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Messages - ThomasAmby
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« on: November 11, 2011, 04:58 »
It was in fact in their Artist Image Upload Agreement, so they just missed the announcement.
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« on: November 09, 2011, 17:07 »
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« on: November 09, 2011, 17:04 »
I don't remember the old rates. But I was just looking at some sales history. I sold a small image and got $1.2 of 4 = 30% I sold a medium image and got $1.8 of 6 = 30% I sold a vector and got $4.5 of $15 = 30% As I have between 200 - 999 sales I will have to accept a new royalty percentage of 25% instead of 30% - so this would appear to be a paycut for me, right? Way to put it ETA: I was just contacted by the CEO of Crestock who told me they were grandfathering all contributors so nobody will be getting a paycut. Good news  From the Artist Image Upload Agreement, section 13.1.4: To the extent that this Artist Agreement replaces prior agreements between you and Crestock, the Royalty Rate calculated herein will not be retroactive.
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« on: November 04, 2011, 03:10 »
I was completely unaware of the fact that higher level images equals more downloads on the buyer end as well.
I guess that's only fair.
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« on: October 03, 2011, 04:34 »
Really odd that 123RF pushed down Fotolia.
Last month was my BME at 123rf, but still earnings there were only 20% of my Fotolia earnings that same month. I would never have guessed other people are seeing such great results with 123RF compared to FT
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« on: September 24, 2011, 09:25 »
Incredible.
So glad to have made the decision to phase out my involvement with microstock.
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« on: August 30, 2011, 06:16 »
I'll leave if you leave 
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« on: August 24, 2011, 09:27 »
Master of Awesomeness
I'd actually love being called that by an agency, it would most certainly boost my motivation And the stats section would read Buyers: 200.000 Photographers: 6000 Masters of Awesomeness: 3000
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« on: August 24, 2011, 07:57 »
Illustrator
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« on: August 22, 2011, 17:08 »
I used to delete two or three new spam comments everyday on my personal website, untill I stumbled upon a great tip - tried it and it works great, haven't had a spam comment (or e-mail) since! The idea is to add a hidden input field (well, the text field itself is not hidden, but it needs to be placed inside a <div> with visibility set to "none" from the stylesheet - bots are clever.) Call the text field "email" and your actual, visible e-mail field something completely unrelated. Then make a function that checks if the false / hidden e-mail input field has been given a value and redirect to a trap-site or Google or whatever if that's the case. If the fake e-mail field field is empty, the comment will be posted. It's not possible for regular users to see or fill out the field, bots however, will. Can't believe how great it works - not a single spam comment ever since - given all the annoying captchas out there
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« on: August 16, 2011, 09:47 »
It's great especially for vectors artists - 0.29 instead of 1.08 for me.
On the other hand - it's true that other sites don't make difference between photos and vectors in subscription prices as well but that doesn't reduce my shock.
Let's celebrate! Thanks for listening to us, Fotolia!
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« on: August 16, 2011, 09:38 »
Great! Looking forward to these new exciting changes
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« on: July 19, 2011, 11:13 »
Okay I just noticed the Facebook page isn't mine, apparently it's a copy of mine. Someone actually created a false Facebook page and Amplicate profile to badmouth Fotolia in my name
Why would anyone do that? 
Probably the Facebook API at work. The webpage is probably making a call to display your Facebook info to you only - web page owner can't access it. Most likely nothing to worry about. Just don't add anything/submit the Facebook module and nothing will be added to your Facebook.
But I actually did a Facebook search on my complete name and found two different profiles, my own and the fake one that I don't have access to because it's not a "friend" of mine - this profile has my image. I reported the fake profile to Facebook. Just to be sure I tried changing my profile picture, and it only changed on my own profile, not the fake one.
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« on: July 19, 2011, 07:26 »
Okay I just noticed the Facebook page isn't mine, apparently it's a copy of mine. Someone actually created a false Facebook page and Amplicate profile to badmouth Fotolia in my name Why would anyone do that?
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« on: July 11, 2011, 16:22 »
Is it allowed to do such a clear - and demeaning - reference to a competitor?
Not in Denmark I think, but I've seen many examples in America.. Vivozoom is doing something similar: http://www.vivozoom.com/"At least 40% cheaper than iStockPhoto" And here's an IS/Vivozoom price comparison chart: http://www.vivozoom.com/pricing.html
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« on: July 11, 2011, 14:40 »
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« on: July 10, 2011, 13:28 »
I challenge all of you to try to find one single file priced at 10 credits, or maybe even 5 Even $3 vectors are extremely rare How is a vector priced?
1 CREDIT vectors (25 credits under Extended License)
Simple Icon sets, ornaments and graphics, traced images or silhouettes/shapes, simple backgrounds or graphic design elements, highly common or similar subject material. Single or groups of silhouettes and objects.
3 CREDIT vectors (50 credits under Extended License)
Multiple color Icon sets, ornaments and graphic sets, cartoons, complex silhouette groups, backgrounds or detailed design element sets or renders. Large groups of objects.
5 CREDIT vectors (75 credits under Extended License)
Multiple detailed Icon sets, ornaments and complex graphic sets. Highly detailed cartoons, illustrations, silhouettes, backgrounds or complex design element sets. Unique and creative compositions and subjects.
10 CREDIT vectors (100 credits under Extended License)
Original highly skilled and detailed illustrations, cartoons and graphics. Professional top quality illustrations and graphics. A price scheme like that might fool some contributors into signing up though.
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« on: July 09, 2011, 18:42 »
Here it is (question number two) http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/search/?q=linkMembers are allowed to link to an external site where they show their photography portfolio and talk about their services. A single link to this site without sales verbiage under your photos is allowed. But we ask that you not link to a site with a shopping cart or that is essentially just selling prints.
Other commercial links are still not allowed on photo pages since, as noted in the Community Guidelines, Flickr is a personal photosharing service not a site to sell or promote your products, services, or yourself, whether youre a commercial entity, non-profit organization, or an individual.
"Dont use Flickr to sell.
If we find you engaging in commercial activity, we will warn you or delete your account. Some examples include selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream or in a group, using your account solely as a product catalog, or linking to commercial sites in your photostream."
We don't allow commercial links on photos, sets, or other places in the photostream. We do allow you to have a commercial link in your profile which is where people would go to find out more about you.
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« on: July 09, 2011, 18:40 »
It's somewhere in the FAQ that they'd rather not see links to sites with shopping carts... So basically that would mean any stock agency
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« on: June 27, 2011, 05:26 »
[...]I recommend working directly with the artist or the following sites.
The attitude towards programmers/designers in there is horrible. Most bidders are people from Asia begging to do a months work for $30 (lowest possible bid) just to get the job, while buyers (who are for the most part from the Western world) are often very demanding. I would suggest anyone who is looking to outsource tasks to pay a proper amount for the work and not always go for the lowest bid. Interesting, by the way, how Google, Bing and Shutterstock spell the word differently - "Clip art" - "Clipart" - "Clip-Art" So which is it ? Shutterstock won't let me add the word "Clipart" to images, but instead suggests "Clip-art"
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« on: June 21, 2011, 06:07 »
I got the Dreamstime card somehow, tried it once but continued with PayPal afterwards. Using PayPal for some sites and Payoneer for others makes no sense and is too troublesome for the accounts
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« on: June 16, 2011, 07:49 »
Three sales, of which two happened some days ago. The site in its current form is very new so give it a chance
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