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Well nothing surprises me with Fotolia as I mentioned in my previous thread.
I do not trust them one bit.

It's a real shame that good peoples work is being associated with a data capture scam. It's probably a good thing though that images are not credited.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia Lack of Trust
« on: May 06, 2009, 13:34 »
When I think about it, we place a hell of a lot of trust with Microstock Agencies.

We give them our pictures, they sell them, we get paid and simply rely on them to do good by us.

How could anyone investigate a Microstock Agency for fraud. It would be impossible to prove/disapprove any wrong doing. If investigation did take place it could all be blamed on a technical issue.

I think it's a sad affair when you cannot come onto a forum away from a Microstock site and say what you feel. What one person says is hardly going to damage the reputation of a large corporation.
Besides, they seem to be doing a very good job of this themselves anyway.

Does this make me unprofessional to discuss this issue on a public forum? I don't care. Atleast I stood up and spoke my mind.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia Lack of Trust
« on: May 05, 2009, 14:16 »
I didn't come here to gather the troops against Fotolia and have no intention of trying to prove my point. This was just a vent as mentioned in my original post.
Don't see any problem in speaking my mind on a publicly accessible forum, that is what they are for (freedom of speech and all that)

I'm glad to here that others are not experiencing the same pattern as this makes me think that maybe I have an account glitch.

Seems that after 4 years of submitting to Microstock sites the shine has worn off and the over extended honey moon is over for me.
However, what I believe still stands.

P.S. this is nothing to do with rejections

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Adobe Stock / Fotolia Lack of Trust
« on: May 05, 2009, 11:00 »
First post and not a happy one, but I got to get this off my chest.
Of all the sites I submit to, Fotolia is the site I trust the least.

The lack of trust stems from:
1. Communication
2. Price Changes
3. Rank Changes
4. Over abundance of XS and S sales

Point 4 is what bugs me the most. Recently, there are simply too many XS and S sales. These numbers do not tally up against the other sites that report the size downloaded where small sizes are in the minority. Are Fotolia's buyers totally different to other microstock site buyers (I think not).
I believe that Fotolia (given their track record in the past) are mis-reporting the sales. In other words, customer downloads large, sale shows as XS or S.

Sorry, but had to get this off my chest.




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