Quote from: enstoker on May 06, 2014, 04:46

Check Your files on Shotshop, API  and program sites, my photos are there again.
And, of course, no replies on three mails.

How is with complete portfolio deactivation?
I think, that this fraud agency will keep sell despite deleting files.

I checked in shotshop. The thumbnails of some of my images do appear. But when I click on them, the text "Image temporarily not available. Please try later" appears instead of the image in a new window.

My thumbs are also showing up again.  I also got the "image temporarily not available message - try again later" message when opening the preview.  However I was able to put an image into the shopping cart....  My thumbs have also returned at ibudgetphoto and clashot.  Opting out should not be a game we have to play and replay. 

In the meantime if you do not want your images sold through Dollar Photo Club send your request via a Fotolia customer support  ticket and you will be manually removed.

I wrote fotolia support and was told that I would have to deactivate my images if I wanted them removed from Dollar Photo Club.  Has that policy changed?

DepositPhotos removed my editorial shots from Clashot in February... yet people keep adding as a "friend".  Could it be that they are still available internationally?  Seems suspicious....  Anyone else experiencing this? 

Fotolia needs to provide an opt out for this terrible deal.  If they don't provide an opt out removal of images maybe the best business decision available. 

Why not just a sole proprietorship? I am closing my corporation after 32 years for a lot of reasons. Mostly to save money and simplify my life. Unless you have liability concerns, why incorporate -- and the corporate vail can be broken.

My tax guy says an LLC provides a measure of liability protection... but it's far from perfect.  He also says the LLC can open a 401k for itself allowing me to defer a portion of my royalty income... and pay those taxes latter. 

Eventually I see myself picking up a photographer insurance policy and trying more ambitious shoots with models, locations, etc.,.  Organizing into a LLC is partially with a view towards those plans.   

Anyone know what the social media license pays?

Quote from: trek on March 06, 2014, 20:29

I hate this deal.  A good portion of my port is travel and travel editorial related.  Much of my material is subject matter they decided should be given away for free.  Deactivating my port maybe a sound business decision.  Certainly something I'm thinking over.

I see it differently : once your embedded images are clicked 100 or 200 times you could make one sale, the average conversion-rate on e-commerce sites is 0.5% to 1%, photos are a bit harder to sell so maybe you can expect 0.1%

I do not believe free use of my images will ever result in a sale.  Only lost sales. 

Photogenica is showing the portfolio names I only use (or used) at Veer, 123.  They are also showing the name I use at DP and others...   

Just dragged a preview of one my images to my desktop.  It's 1200 pixels.  The Clashot watermark is very tiny down in the right corner.  Even worse than FAA.  Getting lots of views too.  Does anyone know if an opt out is possible?  I don't see a opt out button at deposit. 

It would be better if there was an "editorial" button in the photo submission page.... like the one in the video submission page. 

Click More, then Download.  The sales list is a monthly lump.  Click and scroll from there.

My images have been waiting 32 days....  Is it only me or are they that far behind?