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Shutterstock.com / Re: Murdered Shutterstock Forum Refugee Thread

« on: October 09, 2021, 15:32 »

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You'll get in argument from most of us here. Many of us bailed out of SS 1.5 years ago… and we gave the company an appropriate new name: SHITTERSTOCK.

I see no good reason to change that name now.

So, welcome, Shitterstockers!

To each his or her own.
I joined the Shutterstock forum on the 5th of January 2019 and quit the forum on December 2019.
So I don't consider myself a refugee.
Secondly, although I agree the SS forums were really sorry, and I mean really sorry you have to ask yourself
"who made them that way"?
Yes, I quit the SS forums but I have never quit on SS. It's still the finest (for me and a lot of stockers) stock agency around.
To each his or her own.
Good luck to yah and much success.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Murdered Shutterstock Forum Refugee Thread

« on: October 09, 2021, 14:43 »

This thread is starting to show all that was wrong with the SS forums.
People running other people and organizations down for no purpose other than to
build themselves up.
If the SS refugees are coming here to repeat what they did on SS forums then
I'm outta here.
The SS forums are dead and gone. Leave them that way.
It's a good time to start out on a positive note and go on from there.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Murdered Shutterstock Forum Refugee Thread

« on: October 08, 2021, 15:29 »

Hey Alexandre - Thanks!
Hope you are doing well. I enjoy your newsletters.
Very interesting.

Joe Grossinger

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Murdered Shutterstock Forum Refugee Thread

« on: October 08, 2021, 05:12 »

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New members, who ask why they sell little, still get the advice of uploading, uploading (And pay attention to quality, see what customers need, ensure visibility through the right keywords).
I didn't realize then that you were so annoyed by criticism.
Nice to see you here again.

Yep, that is how I remember it. The matter of similars. I have changed my thinking on that and agree with Shutterstock reviewers.
A little can be a good thing, so I try hard not to do similars. I've actually come to appreciate the reviewers, for the most part they do a good job.
I hope you are doing well.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: VECPHO - anyone heard of them?

« on: October 07, 2021, 23:05 »

Good point Mirco

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor forum deceased?

« on: October 07, 2021, 18:48 »

Thank you.
I appreciate the welcome.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Murdered Shutterstock Forum Refugee Thread

« on: October 07, 2021, 15:24 »

I quit the Shutterstock forum almost two years ago.
I admit it, I never missed it.
Now, I want to make clear I like uploading to Shutterstock.
I like their system, I like their many, many, more sales than any other stock agency.
For me at least.
For most stock photography Shutterstock is the agency to work with.

I never, not from day one liked the forum. Way too many attack dogs with nothing to say.
Lousy moderators who took care of their friends. I hope they are out looking for work in the
fast food industry.
Since then I have backed away from forums and concentrate on my photography and stock biz.
I started on the SS forum with the declaration that I would have over 10,000 images plus video before the year is out.
Since I started early in January I thought that was a reasonable goal.
The attacks from then on never stopped.
Yep I attained my goal. Took me about 11 months.
I'm glad I did it. I learned a lot and made some money on the way.
I still have the same advice I gave way back on January 2019.
Upload, upload, upload. Constantly, unceasingly. Never stop.
However you also need to constantly evaluate your results, photograph more of what sells
and drop the stuff that does not.
Good luck and happy sales.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock Sales are so slow this days

« on: October 07, 2021, 15:05 »

My Adobe Stock Sales are so slow this 2 weeks ..
just me ?
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Yeah man, I only sold one image in one month! This free convention seams to have backfired...
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My sales are also slow on Adobe, Shutterstock and Wirestock
It's probably a seasonal thing.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor forum deceased?

« on: October 06, 2021, 11:20 »

I'm not surprised the SS forums will be shut down comes October 14th
I was on it for about 2 years and the only thing I learned was I should never
have joined it.
For you SS forum members who don't know who I am:
Upload, upload upload!
10,000 or bust