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« on: November 18, 2014, 02:18 »
Pond5 ranking in Microstock Poll Results seems quite high. Is it because of video sales? I wonder how are the photo sales there. As uploading process is not easy there, is it worth uploading just photos of mostly food images on white...  
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« on: November 17, 2014, 08:28 »
Can anyone explain about the royalty payments / rates of 123RF for the license as in Shutterstock's "Enhanced License" where we get $28 please? I could not see such info at http://www.123rf.com/contrib_structure.php
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« on: November 15, 2014, 18:31 »
When I read the business details and pricing, I was about to jump in. Then I have seen the big previews without watermarks and stopped. I know that stock images has a widespread usage on web/blogs and their thumbnails are big enough for a moderate blog. I think they intend to distribute low-res / small images for free unofficially. But it should always be remembered that each penny for each pixel of an image is valuable for contributors.
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« on: October 27, 2014, 08:26 »
Immediate effect?
Account still active and still making money...
Although Alamy said that the thief had not received any money for sales through ALAMY. If you believe...
I wonder if Alamy received any money...
Must be a profitable portfolio that they DO NOT terminate...
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« on: October 25, 2014, 08:09 »
Here we are on Alamy thread and left behind the copyright owners of stolen images in shutterstock thread unaware. Thief in Alamy must be happy now!
Are the stolen images only available from SS? I thought SS didn't believe in exclusivity, artist or images?
Nope, images could be from every agencies but I have opened in SS thread due to it is the number one. Now watch how low will the viewer and quoted people number be in this "unfragmented" thread.
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« on: October 25, 2014, 07:57 »
Here we are on Alamy thread and left behind the copyright owners of stolen images in shutterstock thread unaware. Thief in Alamy must be happy now!
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« on: October 25, 2014, 07:46 »
Actually, it's a pity this was the thread with follow-ups and the Alamy thread was garbaged, because there isn't much chance that anyone from Alamy will look at a thread on the SS forum.
Agree! Looks like some do not want anyone to know. Even aggrieved contributors responding this thread complained about duplication on Alamy thread.
Sorry, didn't realise they were in different folders. Maybe this entire thread could be transferred to the Alamy forum.
Actually both or more threads of different agencies should exist so that everyone can be aware of the situation of such an important issue for all of us.
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« on: October 25, 2014, 07:20 »
Actually, it's a pity this was the thread with follow-ups and the Alamy thread was garbaged, because there isn't much chance that anyone from Alamy will look at a thread on the SS forum.
Agree! Looks like some do not want anyone to know. Even aggrieved contributors responding this thread complained about duplication on Alamy thread.
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« on: October 25, 2014, 03:48 »
Selling collected images from microstock agencies in macrostock agencies must be the new job for image thieves. And the only solution for this is immediate reaction of agencies. Otherwise we may see many more from these. Agencies must defend the rights of their contributors.
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« on: October 25, 2014, 03:26 »
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« on: October 25, 2014, 02:02 »
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« on: September 24, 2014, 02:59 »
When I look at my portfolio under POPULAR tab, I see many new unsold images on top than good selling images. I think it's better to put DOWNLOAD NUMBERS directly instead of POPULAR with strange algorithms.
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« on: August 26, 2014, 01:29 »
I guess the major accounting firms does not audit SS site codes! 
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« on: June 05, 2014, 17:06 »
It seems they distribute all agencies' images. www.firestock.ru
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« on: May 29, 2014, 15:20 »
They are paid for each rejection
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« on: May 28, 2014, 02:42 »
it takes about 3 weeks.
But they have responded my complain as "it takes 1 to 2 weeks depending on the volume of transactions"
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« on: May 28, 2014, 02:38 »
Because it has almost been three weeks and still waiting for the credit conversion payout.
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« on: May 17, 2014, 17:13 »
It seems Shutterstock periodically replace reviewers and every newcomer afflicts contributors for a while during his learning period. I wonder this learning periods costs how much to Shutterstock in total. Yes every undeserved rejection cost more than us to them.
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« on: May 13, 2014, 02:29 »
I guess the future of microstock photography;
- For agencies, distributing low-res images for free (as Getty) and selling hi-res images for a dollar (as Fotolia does on DPC)
- For photographers, either to consent low royalties such as $0.20 - $0.30 or join forces as cooperation against 1Dollar agencies by trusting their content quality.
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« on: May 09, 2014, 05:45 »
Yes they sell for $1 which is quite good price for customers.
BUT,
They are selling OUR photos.
We can STOP them IF we want.
Don't forget that CONTENT is more important than the price.
SO LET'S STOP THEM
CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT
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« on: May 09, 2014, 02:04 »
I have deleted half of the images in FT on May1st.
Opted out DPC as well.
Still waiting for the payment to close FT account.
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« on: May 09, 2014, 01:53 »
Came across what I think is a Print on Demand in the US with all Shutterstock images. One of my pics is there too and I'm not in BigStock. Reported it but so far no action.
http://pd.gostrategic.com/glassprints
Have you sent DMCA to the site?
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« on: May 07, 2014, 01:21 »
I would wait a bit more and buy the new upcoming Mac Mini i7 with maximum RAM, as I am doing "now"
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« on: May 06, 2014, 09:46 »
April was BME but May started 1/3 lower in daily average. SODs and ELs rescue daily totals for now.
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« on: May 06, 2014, 03:27 »
How do I find list of authorized Shutterstock affiliate sites?
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