Chat response:

"Thank you for contacting us.

Our IT team has been already been informed of an unusual number of refunds occurring and are investigating the issue currently. Give them some time to investigate the matter, we will update you by email as soon as we receive more information.

Thank you for your patience and understanding in the meanwhile."

When I hit the suspicious button nothing happened.

And surprise, surprise, istock has yet again messed something up that should be pretty straightforward. Part of my funds (less than $100) have been paid, part have vanished into thin air.

My balance is -$2509, which seems crazy either way. There must be some kind of glitch going on with the earnings page.

I got a getty PP sale for $52 dated July 1 yesterday. We'll see if that doesn't get clawed back.

Quote from: gostwyck on June 21, 2013, 13:50
Aren't you just changing your story to match the new facts that have emerged? According to your OP you have been chasing this issue since last year, because you saw your image on a movie poster, however it was only on 5th June that Tickstock found that the poster was for resale. The use of your image in a movie poster, without resale, was indeed covered by the basic license purchased from DT.

The OP does also mention his concern that movie posters are offered for resale.

Worst month since June, 2009. Meh.

Or they'll drop the amount they pay us for lower level subs. TA DA! Higher level subs now pay you more than lower level subs!

The house always wins.

Best July ever thanks to some ELs in the last few days. Third best month of the year so far.

I'm having issues in Firefox, too.

The House wins again. So far the increase in earnings I see at SS have just about made up for all the other companies taking my money away, but it can't go on forever.

Overall, best month ever for me despite iStock being half what it was last November. BME at SS, 123RF (by a mile) and BigStock.

Mine was up about 50% over last month. Unfortunately, 150% of last month's total amounts to just about diddly-squat.

Why not "It has come to our attention that Fotolia offers some of the lowest commissions in the business. In an effort to improve the quality of our contributor-ship we will be raising the commissions of anyone who does not participate in a site that offers lower commissions."?

Oh yeah, because it's about Fotolia milking more money from us, it's not about destructive pricing.

I've got 4 from there this month. A good month for me is usually 2, a typical month is 0.

Down from last August a little bit (4%ish), but only because IS has tanked more than the growth in my other sites can make up for.

BME at 123RF.

My vectors are now suffering from 100% rejection. Up until recently, I'd say I had about 0% rejection. Oh well, at least their standards have gone up if they are finally rejecting my crap 

Quote from: chrisroll on August 16, 2011, 12:52
Much less earning than precedent month  .

Another bug

Possibly another month with divided payments. That, or IT'S THE END OF MICROSTOCK!!!!!!!

-Barely made a payout at iStock for the first time in years.
-First zero download day at Shutterstock since April 2008
-First month ever to do worse than the same month of the previous year.

Everything's looking dandy!

Earnings are posted again, btw.

iStock down by a third from last year, Dreamstime posts a BME, beating iStock for the first time ever in my 5 years of stock, 123RF suddenly comes to life with their BME for me. Very odd month, other than SS usually strong and stable performance.

Quote from: heywoody on June 24, 2011, 12:28

Quote from: Daevid on June 24, 2011, 11:36
So far this month, Dreamstime is beating iStock for me for the first time. I hope it continues at this pace, because it's making up for my iStock losses.

How is this possible?  I have <7% of my Dreamstime images on IS yet revenue from IS is 75% of Dreamstime 

iStock has been continuously losing Dls for me over last year's monthly totals, and Dreamstime could just be having a spike month for me. I have about 35% of my DT files at iS. It's pretty close (just a couple dollars apart).

So far this month, Dreamstime is beating iStock for me for the first time. I hope it continues at this pace, because it's making up for my iStock losses.

Meh. Barely up from last May, around 4% increase. Mostly because of iStock underperforming compared to last year. Big surprise.

Yeah. I got 25 more cents than I had before the sales disappeared. Well worth the wait!