Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 20, 2024, 15:37

Is it me or DM doesn't display right, Todayis20 shows no thumbs, the Dec. file reports as October? Did Getty adjust the access again?

Yeah, they changed it, again.
Apparently they have advised TodayIs20, and we're just waiting for them to have the time to make the necessary adjustments on their site.
Of course, if Getty would just give us decent stats, we wouldn't need external apps. 

Yes, how is it that individuals can write software to handle stats and our data, and the big multi-million dollar corporations, can't give us useful earnings stats. Adobe is another one, where we can't get image historic earnings, except from an outside creative, or by downloading and making our own database?

But IS is the worst and holds the record for that dishonor.

I'm sharing the screen shot of my page right now. None of my accepted files appearing on my profile page. Maybe they just hate me 

Did you look at Illustrations? Site says 11,495 images. Did you compare that number to what it was before the last upload?

If buyers can see them, it doesn't matter what shows on your profile. I see 13 latest close ups of a leather surface. Search for a recent upload, that's accepted and not on your profile page. Is it for sale?

Since you quote? Try Romans 8:25?

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Ji,
I can not see Pond 5 only message ,,403 ERROR
The request could not be satisfied.,, It was just me? I am using Firefox

Couldn't access Wirestock because of an expired certificate. I wrote and they said "Change your browser". 

Yes I'm normally a Firefox user as my main browser.

Thanks for mentioning this, I was wondering why I was getting errors on P5 yesterday.

Quote from: DaLiu on January 17, 2024, 19:28

My SS downloads are going greater and greater, strange thing is in the last year i see more and more SO sales and almost dissapeared the On Demand ones.

Today sales:

This can also be read from many other contributors. It's the same for me. There are now also more SODs than subscriptions. But they are often SODs for minimal amounts - many for $0.10. I preferred the old days when there were few SODs, but they usually brought a lot of money.

Monday 12 SOs, all of then 10� each for a whole, whopping, $1.20 

Quote from: blvdone on January 17, 2024, 08:29

Quote from: DaLiu on January 17, 2024, 07:11

If you different portfolios how you can even compare them, I have exactly the same portfolios on AS and SS, for me SS is 3x the number of downloads of AS.

Do you make 3x on SS as well?

Usually more than double.

Not to disagree or be argumentative, but that also depends on what images and what kind of subjects. It's possible that your talents are more in line with what SS buyers want. Nice going.

I have 5,450 images on SS now and 984 on Adobe. I make easily 3X on AS what I do on SS. But, unlike you and many others, the images are different. Adobe doesn't take what SS does and for the most part, SS doesn't take what Adobe does. I'd be unfair to expect that someone else would have identical results as mine.

The only thing I can say, aside from bottom line, how much did I make last year, would be RPD. If that was identical, I'd be happy, but nowhere close. SS is less sales and for less commission. 3X the money for 1/5th the images, and I only joined Adobe after they bought FT. I'm impressed. 

You are doing very well, congratulations.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 15, 2024, 14:29

Quote from: Wilm on January 13, 2024, 16:55

Hello Pete,

No, that's not what I mean. I'm thinking more of sites that sell products with purchased images. The images themselves are the main selling point - so they would have to be sold with an extended license or via API. Photo wallpapers, wall tattoos, photo puzzles and many other products already mentioned...

So I'm looking for one of my photos, used on a product that's for sale on Amazon? If that's it, yes I suppose that would require an extended license.

As what I see as a humorous aside. I made a free FAA account, which they used to allow, and I added 17 puzzle photos. (room for more) Or what I thought would be challenging puzzles. No sales. Yet my paid account, I sold two puzzles of just my usual things like an Indycar race and something else. I thought evil, puzzling, puzzles would be a good Holiday item. Oops, I was wrong again.

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-pete-klinger

I've never sold a mouse pad on FAA.

Yes, Pete, that's what I meant.

And on the subject of the FAA: I've never uploaded anything there. But you can still find products there with my pictures. I've never understood how that works either.

Look and see who it is. Some agencies have accounts on FAA. I suppose that's a partner or something?

Just an example:  https://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/shutterstock

I don't know all of them, but some others have mentioned this years ago.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 15, 2024, 14:11

Quote from: KuriousKat on January 14, 2024, 03:53

Judging by those who smugly announce their earnings on FaceBook groups, I'd say that plenty make some decent money before being shut down. The fraudsters also recommend setting up multiple accounts in various family member names, so that if one gets shut down, everything is not lost.

And you believe them?  SS has shut down family members because of IP address, camera data and computer sharing. It's not as easy as some FB brag.

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What FB group, I'd love to go read what they have to brag about. I can't understand how thieves, with collected images, make more than people here who are smart and work hard?

Family members don't necessarily live at the same address or share an IP, and I know for a fact of some contributors doing this. As I also know of legitimate contributors  running two separate accounts from the same IP.

The thieves make money because they skim off better content. We all know that, as a general rule, 20% of the images make 80% of the money, but if they are selecting the best images, then they can certainly increase the sales percentage in their favour. It's always been quality over quantity, so if you steal 50 spectacular images, then they are likely to make more than a beginner with 50 snapshots of his back yard.

I'm sure people wouldn't keep contributing if they weren't earning anything as, even with stolen content, you still have to upload it. If you only make a dollar a week, then people wouldn't bother.

If you then add on the number of 'free trial' accounts that only download this content, then it doesn't take long to start earning.

Bottom line, I don't care whether it is lucrative for them or not, but I care about a database being flooded with stolen content that heavily competes against the legitimate stuff.

As for the FaceBook group, search Shutterstock Contributors, Shutterstock Contributors Worldwide, etc. There are loads of groups, and they all have a smattering of crooks bragging about their successes.

Yes, true, and thanks.

I want to read the crooks bragging about how much they make, stealing images. Maybe when I have a boring day.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 15, 2024, 13:23

Quote from: Andrej.S. on January 15, 2024, 06:11

Thanks, seems to be useful for some content, which already exists. Also interesting to analyze how often one keyword is used.

For new or niche topics I still use just ChatGPT. You can generate with it as many comma seperated keywords as you want by just describing the title of the image.

ME: keywords, comma separated with a space after each for a photo of a triple cheeseburger with lettuce tomato catsup mustard sesame seed bun on a natural background

ChatGPT: triple cheeseburger, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mustard, sesame seed bun, natural background

Upstock: (Triple Cheeseburger)  fast food, cheeseburger, burger, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, tasty, food, hamburger, bun, juicy, meat, fast, eatery, epicure, meal, delicious, pickle, ketchup, savoury, sandwich, onion, grill, beef, lunch, culinary, photo, diet, cookery, isolated, background, double decker, deliciously, sizzling, triple, patty, flavorful, cheddar, mouth-watering, condiment, variation, crispy, satisfaction, appetising, layer

Ok, just tested it with following ChatGPT Promt:
Please give me 40 keywords without numbering and comma separated for the following content "triple cheeseburger with lettuce tomato catsup mustard sesame seed bun on a natural background".

Results: triple cheeseburger, lettuce, tomato, catsup, mustard, sesame seed bun, natural background, food, burger, fast food, delicious, savory, indulgence, meal, culinary, gourmet, appetizing, homemade, juicy, tasty, fresh, condiments, sesame seeds, culinary delight, mouth-watering, comfort food, classic, American cuisine, fast-casual, stacked, layered, culinary photography, gastronomy, temptation, flavor, bun texture, food styling, culinary art, beef, cheese, pickles, onions, condiments, grill, sesame seeds, bun, culinary creation, foodie, deliciousness, hamburger, mealtime, epicurean, condiment harmony, culinary satisfaction, appetite, gastronomic pleasure, culinary masterpiece, food indulgence

Yeah it's a little bit tricky. One probably have to explicitly request a mix of adjectives to describe the burger, but also the taste, etc.
Will perhaps sometime try to define some prompts for creating keywords for various contents.

The AI is only as smart as the prompt, and thanks for making me a little smarter. 

There is a dramatic decrease in sales compared to previous years. Did most of the customers move to MJ or other AI services and cancel subscription? I really don't know. Shutterstock always adjusting the site. They removed the info on the preview screen telling the photo is a good seller or not. This might have affected the sales also. There is also a significant decrease in Adobe stock.

You mean the inaccurate data claiming some photo was hot or not, when some of mine that sold best, were not ranked high and some with no sales, had been marked as interesting or climbing in popularity. That was one of the dumbest features SS ever added. It was BS.

Nvidia is a heavyweight cooperation partner that brings a lot of technical and theoretical know-how in the software/hardware industry and model development of AI.
NVIDIA Picasso for example seems also to generate 3D models and has a web integration of user applications like photoshop, etc.

English Version Link:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/gpu-cloud/picasso/

Thanks, seems to be useful for some content, which already exists. Also interesting to analyze how often one keyword is used.

For new or niche topics I still use just ChatGPT. You can generate with it as many comma seperated keywords as you want by just describing the title of the image.

ME: keywords, comma separated with a space after each for a photo of a triple cheeseburger with lettuce tomato catsup mustard sesame seed bun on a natural background

ChatGPT: triple cheeseburger, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mustard, sesame seed bun, natural background

Upstock: (Triple Cheeseburger)  fast food, cheeseburger, burger, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, tasty, food, hamburger, bun, juicy, meat, fast, eatery, epicure, meal, delicious, pickle, ketchup, savoury, sandwich, onion, grill, beef, lunch, culinary, photo, diet, cookery, isolated, background, double decker, deliciously, sizzling, triple, patty, flavorful, cheddar, mouth-watering, condiment, variation, crispy, satisfaction, appetising, layer