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901
123RF / Re: Sales at 123RF. Are they worth joining?
« on: June 26, 2010, 07:53 »
For me 123 is twice better than BigStock.

902
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster
« on: June 25, 2010, 12:39 »
1 sale overall...

I will upload to 1000 photos online, then I will stop...

1000 is enough to see eventual positive trend in the future...

903
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Is it Just Me?
« on: June 24, 2010, 07:43 »

Obviously you have never dealt with statistics ...
Statistics  is used to predict future events based on the past, if assuming the same conditions will remain ...


And if they don't, they don't, and if they do, they do, and one number divided by another isn't going to change that.  You just do the best you can do and gauge the result on how successful you are per month (or whatever time length you enjoy).

Sorry guys if I sound provocative , it is not my intention to...
However, my English is just "school English"...
The statistics are only one too forecasting trends. How proverb in my country says: "Who loves is welcome ... "

904
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Is it Just Me?
« on: June 24, 2010, 07:11 »
Oh guys!

Obviously you have never dealt with statistics ...
Statistics  is used to predict future events based on the past, if assuming the same conditions will remain ...

So here is my RPI stats from begin:


After the "upsurge of the beginner" (because SS) RPI has fallen very low in accordance with the quality of my pictures, concepts, and position on Search Engines ...
With time, I am more familiar with the market, my pictures are moved forward in the search engines and my RPI grows almost sinuous pattern...

If it suddenly occurred a great decline in RPI, probably not my fault. But if the same sinuous pattern began to decline there is likely a possibility that the quality of my photos is  cause...

So all of this is because of pattern, and how to predict possibilities in the future...

For now , with this conditions, I expect further growth o my RPI and profitability...
This is just a basic explanation and forecast ...
A bigger number of different patterns mean more accurate prediction of events in the future ...

905
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Is it Just Me?
« on: June 24, 2010, 02:52 »
But, like Sean, I don't give a lot of thought to RPI.  If I did I would have probably hung myself by now ;)

Maybe you should. Keep track of RPI. Not hang yourself. I reread this and it sounded bad.  ;D

If you have a 20% decrease in your RPI on 6000 files, you would make less than you would with the higher RPI and 5000 files. Say you add in a 10% little slump to that and you could lose another couple hundred dollars a month easy. If you don't keep track of RPI, how do you know what you should expect to make?

Of course!

RPI (tracked monthly) is the best measure for all our performances....
With that measure is easy to predict quantity and quality in the future...

906
Yep!

Lately I have problem with BigStock, DT sometimes SS...

907
iStockPhoto.com / Re: TS earnings are being posted
« on: June 23, 2010, 11:37 »
StockXpert earnings on TS are posted on a different schedule.  I had my first Hemera sales posted to StockXpert on June 8th and expect to see the next earnings in two weeks or so.

Thanks!

908
iStockPhoto.com / Re: TS earnings are being posted
« on: June 23, 2010, 10:25 »
But what is with StockXpert sales at TS (hemera)...?

I have there 200 old photos to test TS, still nothing, but they are on TS for more than month...?

909
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Is it Just Me?
« on: June 22, 2010, 13:17 »
Are you all talking about overall monthly earnings or about monthly RPI?

If you had drop in monthly earnings compared with same month last year, also with all new  photos in last 12 month, it would be disaster for your RPI...

More pics but less $ mean "synergy of parameters", but in wrong directions...  :-\ :'(

910
General Stock Discussion / Re: No freebies!
« on: June 17, 2010, 09:56 »
"Free" is meant to appetize, not to replace.

Good point!

Everything what has some value, it will not be free of charge, always been so and will be...
Nobody will use their knowledge and time to produce something worthwhile, and then give it for free or without any reward...
When we say that something is worthwhile,, it means that someone is willing to give something to get it...
Thing, picture, information, tool etc., isn't matter ....

This topic only reflects unjustified fears of  microstockers and it is completely unnecessary....

911
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Woohoo
« on: June 17, 2010, 03:14 »
Yesterday I had 125 credit EL sale, mine is 30$ ... WU HU HUU!

Unlimited Reproduction / Print Runs (125.00 credits)

912
Cutcaster / Re: Cutcaster down
« on: June 16, 2010, 06:47 »
I am getting lot of views , but no sales...
Only one sale from beginning with almost 900 pics on Cutcaster online....

What I need to do to get more...?

913
General Stock Discussion / Re: No freebees!
« on: June 16, 2010, 02:05 »
But who will upload new pictures for fee!? I won't...
So that the stupidity can last a very short...
But anyway these are just unreal fears of microstockers... :P :-\ :-*

Today we have bunch of free pics sites, but good work still worth someone's money...
So, I see no reason why microstock agencies want to depend on some third parties (through advertisment paying agenices), without direct links with their customers...

So don't worry, I think that future is in big spread in cost of licensing, depending on the type of use... From microstock to macrostock on the same agency...

Nobody digs a trap under his feet...

914
I wondered myself something similar on this topic:

Here is the link:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/ss-part-of-earnings/

915
Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime are driving me crazy!!!
« on: June 15, 2010, 08:12 »
How can I remove image from exclusivity on DT?
Incidentally I have set several...

916
General Stock Discussion / Re: Sales At 123RF
« on: June 13, 2010, 16:53 »
Hi All,

 Met with them here at Cepic. They seem to understand what they are doing and there are some big changes in Micro coming down the road. Every major agency seems to be following. Looking forward to strong growth in micro over the next couple of years.

Best,
Jonathan

Please can you explain what do you think under "strong growth in micro"....
Regards

917
http://www.stockphotorights.com/forum/

Maybe that forum can be right place for our complaints.
Someone who is native speaker of English language could open the topic and explain all this also there...

918
CanStockPhoto.com / Re: My first FotoSearch Regular - $19.80
« on: June 12, 2010, 12:14 »
8$ Fotosearch today!  ;)

919
StockXpert.com / Re: 4 months after StockXpert stopped....
« on: June 09, 2010, 16:13 »
Deleted

920
StockXpert.com / Re: Thinkstock earnings posted
« on: June 09, 2010, 10:07 »
Hey, I logged in StockXpert and open "my images", all my uploaded images are there...  ??? ??? ???

921
I agree with Paulie and Sharpshot...

Again, isn't problem if one of our photos was sold to some blogger for 0,25$, but when commercial TV use that photo for their article on their website, with same licenses and rights of usage, is something completely different...

I think it is necessary to determine the new border between commercial and non-commercial use...

Maybe, photorights.com is first step in that direction...

922
I received several payouts over Payoneer from PBC...
Regards!

923
Another time, when your  boss  reduce your salary for -10%,  tell him "better something than nothing"!

Isn't problem in 1,2 or 25 or 38 cents...

Problem is what he can do with our images for that price in range of current RF license...
Changes are necessary for the RF licenses...

Does the front page of famous newspaper is worth only 25 cents or even 25$ for photographers work? I don't think so, even this is EL, still is too low...

924
Let's all of us to stop using soap, it is too big risk... :D

925
This isn't my photo, maybe this photo isn't so professional, never mind, but on Microstock is a lot of pro photos for a few cents...
But hope is here, OD, Veetta, etc.  ;)

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