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Messages - Anyka
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901
« on: November 29, 2008, 15:54 »
November was a good month for me. Not as good as October, but still good. Except for Istock of course: Istock was beaten by Shutterstock, Fotolia and even Dreamstime for the first time! They managed to go from 2nd to 4th place in just 3 months.
902
« on: November 16, 2008, 02:47 »
If I were a potential customer of Magnetqueen, I would like to know the prices before registering.
If the price of the smallest size is not too high, I would be willing to buy one of the photos by one of our community, and tell him/her to report if he/she gets paid for it. Of course this should be a photo that has had little or no sales, because the photographer might not be able to see the difference between a regular 123rf sale and a Magnetqueen sale?
Neither 123rf not Magnetqueen can be against "testing", as it would be a regular sale.
903
« on: November 06, 2008, 13:02 »
Great! I love it that the final keywords are NOT put alphabetically!
904
« on: October 31, 2008, 13:47 »
This is the first month where Fotolia took 2nd place (after Shutterstock) instead of Istock. October will be a BME for every stock site, except Istock. Istock will reach 50% BELOW BME.
Congratulations Fotolia for covering my Istock loss !
905
« on: October 31, 2008, 02:02 »
Does it really only support 30 keywords? If yes, what does it do with the remaining 20 in the metadata of your image? Just cut off the last 20? I always put the most important ones in front, so cutting off the last 20 would not be a disaster.
But if the program sorts them alphabetically first ...
906
« on: October 13, 2008, 23:55 »
I DID send my ID three weeks ago, and it was a copy of my very valid Belgian idendity card.
OK, I'll do it again.
907
« on: October 13, 2008, 14:56 »
I don't understand ... how can they be so fast with standard reviews, and be so slow with reviewing the first batch of 10 ? I submitted my 10 test-images on the 20th ... still waiting ...
that's almost 3 weeks now!
908
« on: September 12, 2008, 13:24 »
I'm still not sure if I like "On Demand" : sales are up on all sites this month (which is normal for September), but not with Shutterstock. Regular subscription sales at Shutterstock are not doing well right now. I sell an average of 1 O.D. per day, but it's not enough to make up for the lower sales. It's too early though to make conclusions ... 
909
« on: September 05, 2008, 10:30 »
37% shutterstock
25% istockphoto
13% dreamstime
14% fotolia
4% stockXpert
3% bigstock
2% alamy
(first 4 started in 2006, the other three only in December 2007)
910
« on: September 01, 2008, 10:49 »
6%
no idea how much regular sales we lost, but it adds up nicely.
911
« on: July 09, 2008, 15:01 »
I don't remember which site it was, but two years ago I needed a model release for a photo of a deceased family member.
It is not the heir that should sign the MR (fortunately, because quite often, there's more than one!), but the "next of kin", and one person signing is enough. I can't find the MR example anymore on I-stock or whatever microstock site, but I still have the release I typed for my dead aunt. It was accepted by every microstock site, so if you want a copy, just let me know.
Of course this only solves the problem for the dead people in the pictures, not the copyright problem for the artwork.
912
« on: June 26, 2008, 04:14 »
Good news for all Belgian microstockers (and macrostockers) : today, after almost six months delay, the Belgian VAT gave me their official decision about my VAT status :
1. for Belgian sales, ordinary VAT rules apply to me (of course)
2. for stockphotography ABROAD, I do NOT pay VAT
3. for ALL purchases (100% of all purchases that are photography related), I can recover VAT.
That's excellent news, well worth waiting for.
Anyka
913
« on: April 13, 2008, 02:55 »
I only have an assistant when I do a photoshoot with animals. He's 13 years old and handles them very efficiently and friendly. He never lets any mouse escape and cleans up everything that needs cleaning up within seconds. And I pay him 10 euros per hour. He simple LOVES the job.
914
« on: March 14, 2008, 03:02 »
You're right dbajurin, they did tell me to put the reason for not charging VAT at the bottom of the invoice, something like "VAT not applicable due to VAT code number XXX".
I would only feel MUCH more comfortable if the VAT-institution would give me a written confirmation about what rules apply to me (not just whether I should CHARGE VAT to my customers, but also - very important - whether I can reclaim VAT for professional purchases).
Keeping my fingers crossed ...
915
« on: March 13, 2008, 07:47 »
I don't know about other countries, but in Belgium, there are different levels of VAT, and in this case (transactions outside EU) the invoice would charge zero % VAT. So what they tell me to do is to make invoices for the amounts received, but without VAT. I suppose it has to do with the obligation to have an invoice filed for every part of your income, even if VAT is not applicable  .
916
« on: March 13, 2008, 06:27 »
Thanks Silverfox, I knew I couldn't be the only one in this situation! As for the other posters : absolutely right, we're talking about earnings, but in this case, my question was about VAT, and not about income tax. My accountant gave up discussing with me and asked for the advice of the "BTW-huis". If you like, I will send you their super-complicated answer by e-mail (just give me your mail address), as I am not going to translate the whole stuff into English. However, the VAT-house is not the VAT-institution, so it is still possible that I am "caught" during my first VAT-control in a few years, just because they have another opinion. So my accountant sent the VAT-house mail to the local VAT and asked them for a written confirmation. I am not sure this will all be settled before the end of my first VAT-quarter end of this month! The thing that makes it most complicated is : most photographers (like me and probably you too) do more than microstock - they also sell prints/portraits, do weddings or product photography work in their home country. In my case, that's only 5% of my photography earnings. So the biggest question for me is : can I recover/re-claim VAT for my professional purchases for 100% or only for 5%. The funniest part of all is : they want me to send invoices to the microstock companies  OK, OK, I will make these invoices, and file them, but I'm not going to make myself ridiculous and really SEND them!
917
« on: March 05, 2008, 15:53 »
In case there are any Belgians around, living in Belgium and earning extra money with microstock, I'd be SUPER greatful if you could mail me and tell me how you solved the tax and VAT problems. My accountant tells me to send invoices to the European microstock sites (like StockXpert in Hungary) can you believe that? Photography is an "official side-job" for me (free translation of "zelfstandige-in-bijberoep"). Combine that with selling partially outside/inside the E.U. makes my situation pretty complicated (says my accountant). So if any of you can compare your version of the VAT-story to mine, I'll be eternally grateful! THANKS A MILLION - SUPER BEDANKT BIJ VOORBAAT - MERCI MILLE FOIS 
918
« on: February 25, 2008, 05:04 »
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919
« on: February 09, 2008, 14:07 »
I've got the same problem, only worse : I don't even see the polls on the right.
The Forums work allright, it's just the home page that's completely empty.
920
« on: February 06, 2008, 12:15 »
I agree. I'm sure most of us value this site enough to be willing to do a donation or even pay a membership fee. So if the old or new host is asking for more, just give us a button "donate" to click on!
921
« on: February 04, 2008, 11:37 »
Yes, all I get is a blank page!
922
« on: February 03, 2008, 10:14 »
You're right, I'll report it. I followed your advice and found that the "here" link goes to "as1.emv2.com".
923
« on: February 03, 2008, 08:19 »
I got this strange e-mail from Fotolia (or from some one claiming to be Fotolia) :
"We regret to inform you that content 2422629 easter duckling looking up in a grass field was not accepted. An error appeared while uploading to the website and only a part of the file has been received. As a result, we can not review the file. This problem sometimes occurs when the upload server is busy or if the connection between your computer and our server has been interrupted.
We are sorry for this inconvenience and we encourage you to submit your file again.
This email has been sent to you by Fotolia. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please modify your profile by clicking here"
The strange thing is, that this image was successfully uploaded a week ago, got approved the day after, and is immediately found when I do a search.
I am definitely not going to click on "here" and will change my password.
Any one else got mails like this?
924
« on: January 30, 2008, 15:51 »
Even if EVERY trick of Miz' tutorials COULD be found somewhere in a book (or in 10 books), then I would still prefer his video tutorials, and not just because they're free! Many people (especially the not so young ones like me) hate studying bulky photoshop books - video tutorials are easier, and much more "hands-on". It's nice to view one of them, then go to photoshop, try it out and say "hey, it really works". Of course Miz did not INVENT those tricks, that was done by those fantastic Adobe software guys. So thanks Miz for not making me read those tough 'n bulky books - you made it so much easier for me/us.
925
« on: January 29, 2008, 12:40 »
VERY useful tutorial! Can you believe I used the healing tool for dust? This will save me lots of time --- and the time saved will be used to watch all Miz' other tutorials 
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