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851
« on: July 26, 2018, 04:27 »
People have signed the petition, people have deleted their portfolios, people have sent emails to TJ and the support staff telling them why their pay cut is a terrible idea. Is it a tidal wave of action? No, but it is something and it does show them they're losing contributors.
It's not something... it's nothing. What have I done to help fix this issue? Nothing... because nothing can be done. How many instances can you remember when a stock agency made a change that wasn't popular and then they reversed that decision? I'm sure there will be one or two examples out there, but I can bet that they didn't reverse the decision due to concern for contributor satisfaction... it will have been because it had a negative effect on the bottom line. And I'm pretty sure stopping uploading or deleting portfolios will have considerably less effect than you seem to think it will. How many will delete their portfolios? Based on the petition numbers it might be 1%. Even if it's 10% or 50% it just means that somebody has 50 to 90 clips to choose from in their search rather than 100. Unless your clips are really unique and in demand, it's unlikely to affect Storyblocks one bit. In fact, if 50% of people leave then (all things being equal) it's 100% more likely a buyer will buy my content over somebody elses... so that cancels out the 50% cut in commission. Happy days! So yes, everybody removing their portfolios is the best course of action and I strongly advise it. If you feel like you need to do something about this to feel like you're doing your bit, or making a difference, then fair enough. I'm not doing anything as I'm sure there's nothing that can be done. I read the email and sure it was news I'd rather not hear, but I basically thought... "S**t, that's a bit of a ball-ache. Ah well... life goes on."
852
« on: July 26, 2018, 04:09 »
serge,
many western nations have tax treaties that allow one country, such as the US, to tax you even if you live in another country.
if your nation doesn't have such a tax treaty with the US, then you have to pay the tax. if your country does have a tax treaty, you have to present a certificate of residency to videoblocks to avoid the tax.
if you look at the list of nations that have such a tax treaty, it is going to cover just about every modern country, including most of europe, australia, etc.
You need to have a "certificate of residency" to prove which country you are paying taxes in, and present it to videoblocks, if you want to avoid having taxes withheld. for example if you look at IRS form 8802, you can see on the last page a list of countries which have a tax treaty with the US for withholding taxes.
He knows that. His issue is that they're withholding tax for all sales, when (in theory) US withholding tax should only be taken from sales to US buyers. And while we're at it, although presenting a certificate of residency is a sure-fire way to prove your country of residence for tax purposes... most agencies don't require you to do so. Filling in a W8 form is usually sufficient, I've never had to present a certificate of residency.
853
« on: July 25, 2018, 05:04 »
Signing the petition is costless, if we are many contributors signing, SB will take the disturb to read about our disappointment.
True, but it's unlikely to make any difference to anything. I think it's highly unlikely they're sat at StoryBlocks HQ going "Strange, people don't like this change... we predicted that everybody would love it!". They will have expected this to be an unpopular decision. In fact, they're more likely to be sat there saying "Only 91 people have signed a petition regarding this?! That's fantastic, we thought the change would be a lot less popular! We should have gone for 60% to us instead!"
854
« on: July 24, 2018, 08:06 »
Video or photos?
855
« on: July 24, 2018, 04:36 »
And if March was your BME then maybe that's not the best month to use as a baseline as it's an outlier rather than a 'regular' month. How much is the drop from February or April?
856
« on: July 24, 2018, 04:15 »
I got my expected and controlled 3 sales adding up to a pathetic $1.08. Yep, it's def rigged for sure.
I'm noticing a bit of a trend here. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that if you'd got 'expected and controlled 30 sales, adding up to a non-pathetic $100.80' then you wouldn't think it was controlled? Or you would, but you'd be less likely to complain about it. It seems to be low sales or dropping sales that bring about this belief that sales are controlled. Is there anyone with high or increasing sales that believes that sales are controlled?
857
« on: July 23, 2018, 11:07 »
Would be worth seeing whether your July 2017 figures were lower than your March 2017 figures.
858
« on: July 23, 2018, 00:06 »
I read your reply fully. Thanks for assuming I didn't. I stand by my reply.
Doesn't really matter, the discussion hasn't changed anyone's minds thus far. Those who experience it know what their stats show, those who don't simply don't believe it.
Well based on your reply, you either didn't read my entire post or you didn't understand it. So I apologise for assuming you understood it but hadn't read it all... and thanks for clarifying that it's the other way around.
859
« on: July 22, 2018, 20:35 »
I appreciate you didn't say 'every week since the beginning of time', but if you're just saying that you usually get the same amount of sales on a daily basis... but your weekly, monthly and annual sales fluctuate... then that's not really saying much is it?
This is how the discussion goes sideways. He didn't say this part in bold, you added it on. So now we talk about how modest fluctuations disprove the data instead of what people are actually saying is happening.
Read my entire reply. As he didn't provide clarification, I provided two answers... one for if his sales are completely level, and one for if his sales fluctuate.
860
« on: July 22, 2018, 03:18 »
Selling the same amount every day, of every week, since time began... is highly unlikely, slightly suspicious and if it's happening to multiple people then I could maybe get on board with the possibility of something fishy afoot. But do you really sell exactly the same amount every day, of every week, since the beginning of time?! Could you really use your sales chart as a spirit level in construction projects?
I appreciate you didn't say 'every week since the beginning of time', but if you're just saying that you usually get the same amount of sales on a daily basis... but your weekly, monthly and annual sales fluctuate... then that's not really saying much is it?
861
« on: July 22, 2018, 00:23 »
The more they hear from us, the better it is for us.
How so?
862
« on: July 20, 2018, 17:43 »
My comment is about how far this industry has gone backwards. Not about my goals or what our team is achieving, much less the pat on your own back self-affirming your own apparent giddying success.
It is really about someone asking if it's possible to make $100 a month from SS. It's sad - and pretty pathetic that this is where the industry has finds itself.
No, your comment was insulting to the OP, which you've just doubled down on by adding sad to the list... so I just thought I'd give you a taste of your own medicine.
863
« on: July 20, 2018, 12:44 »
The goal was to be making more than $100 a day not too long ago.
Speak for yourself. $100 a day?! Pathetic.
864
« on: July 20, 2018, 09:39 »
I dont contribute to VB so I must be missing something here. 100% commission? How do they make money?
Unless they charge a membership fee, get advertising revenue, or make money somewhere else, this had to have been a temporary deal to grow their collection.
Their core business has been unlimited video downloads from their membership collection. Clips they either created, bought outright or licensed for inclusion. I think it was 2010 they started... and you could get membership for $49 a year. As the content grew the prices grew as well... not it's $199 a year or $39 a month. Then a few years ago they decided to add the marketplace... where subscribers could buy affordable clips if there was nothing available in the membership section. So it was kind of a value add for their subscribers.
865
« on: July 20, 2018, 02:59 »
We as contributors/creators are in control of how much we should get per sales, not them.
You must be new!
866
« on: July 20, 2018, 02:56 »
I think I qualify for the Video part CC as I have met the requirements, have not received a message yet, so maybe in the next few days?
In the next 6 to 8 weeks, minus the 8 days since this thread was opened!
867
« on: July 20, 2018, 02:55 »
There are some very good photographers out there stating sales have drastically dropped.
I'm sure there are, but how does that have any relation to Shutterstock using a controlled revenue system?
868
« on: July 19, 2018, 04:14 »
Not sure how Deep Meta works, but Sue is probably referring to the fact that iStock earnings don't get released on ESP until around the 20th of the Month.
869
« on: July 18, 2018, 12:04 »
Hahahahahahahahaah, maybe we should find our old statements about their sketchy business... but noooo, some shitheads from this forum tried to convince us that Videoblocks is a great way to sell files. Here you have it. Now you'll get even less than on SS 
Well it was a great way to sell files.
870
« on: July 18, 2018, 11:59 »
"Mike, did any employees at Storyblocks take a 50% pay cut so that you can be "sustainable" and "fair"? Are YOU taking a 50% pay cut for the "long term shared success strategy"? Is TJ? If not, then your response is 100% crap. Not 50% crap, 100%.You're stealing from contributors to grow profit and operating budget, and not sharing any of the pain. That's a horrible, insulting way to treat contributors, which is why we won't support you by contributing anymore. We're happy to work with your competition and support them. Your back-stabbing CEO just hurt his own company long-term by betraying its suppliers. That's the truth, and you guys are living in a PR spin zone if you don't see it."
Don't you think that's slightly over the top? I could go with that if it was Pond5 (for example), going from 50% to 25%... but it seems a bit harsh under the circumstances, going from 100% to 50%. Sure, I'm not happy with it either, but... betrayal, back-stabbing, crap, stealing?! You'd think they'd murdered your family or something.
871
« on: July 17, 2018, 22:03 »
Have you written to Storyblocks for clarification on why they're withholding tax for every sale?
872
« on: July 17, 2018, 17:14 »
How many sales should you have got?
873
« on: July 17, 2018, 00:55 »
Just pay the subscription fee.
874
« on: July 16, 2018, 17:49 »
What he said. The short version is that this has nothing to do with marketplace sales, only their membership subscriptions.
875
« on: July 15, 2018, 22:10 »
I like how you included a translation for our brothers and sisters across the pond.
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