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Messages - Tantoon
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« on: May 05, 2015, 11:39 »
I really love this place.. thank you so much for your help and the info.
easydigitaldownloads is interesting indeed and I may consider the mentioned theme if the developer is continually updating it (seems he does!)
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« on: May 05, 2015, 06:54 »
thanks guys.. It is a wordpress theme/plugin and there are alternatives. I agree, a waste of time.
Really! Wordpress alternatives? can you please mention them? I'm currently using Ktools but not happy with their SEO (it really sucks) another reason is that google considers Mobile-friendly as a ranking factor now..
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« on: May 05, 2015, 03:54 »
Hi guys,
I read somewhere that the project was abandoned? is it true?
I'd love to hear your opinion about the pros, the cons.. anything that can help.
thank you
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« on: April 30, 2015, 11:31 »
add me to the list.. unbelievable!
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« on: December 16, 2014, 05:16 »
so
-Skrill will no longer be an option (what if someone doesn't have the alternative payment methods as an option?)
-30% taxes on all the US sales?! (does that apply to the PP income?)
-anything else I missed?
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« on: April 27, 2014, 10:07 »
it's not the market, it's SS 0.13 x let's say 1000 monthly downloads (the actual number are much much higher) = $130 x (at least) 10,000 contributors, you do the math.. and since many new PROFESSIONAL contributors are joining SS every month they can now apply this formula.. honestly why wouldn't they?! those new contributors can produce almost the same image quality, so why should SS loose 0.13 in every sale?! fortunately the game doesn't end here, it's just a matter of time and a margin call 
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« on: February 24, 2014, 21:01 »
Got my notice. Overpayment of $1571.00. Monthly recoupment $261.
It's going to hurt.
Lisa, mine is
Over Payment Total=$1,570.50
Monthly Recoup Amount=$261.75
The numbers are just way too close. What's your portfolio size on istock? I wonder if this is all bullsh*t and they are just taking money back according to portfolio size... may have nothing to with actual "overpayment".
Hmmm. Mine is $331.56 with a port size of 2428, or .136 cents per image. Might be a starting point to test.
I got almost the exact numbers.. that's strange! Is Istock going banana or something?
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« on: November 28, 2013, 04:23 »
Don't go with Ktools,
Horrible SEO,
Bad support (it's like messaging Hitler)
and finally "if" you manage to customize it, you're stuck with what you got, to upgrade you'll need to do the customization all over again..
Not recommended!
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« on: June 27, 2013, 01:37 »
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« on: June 23, 2013, 22:38 »
It's encouraging to read that got your images to the queue page Tom 
I have tried for some days now, with photos that were uploaded using FTP. The files upload OK but all I seem to get when I try to process the uploaded files is: "Uploading...Please Wait...". And I have waited for many hours.
True Story 
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« on: June 19, 2013, 04:25 »
It has changed and is different now and now I cant get my files from Processing Queue to Completed Images? ?
Same story >-<
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« on: June 17, 2013, 14:28 »
Updating..
I'm 99% positive that it was SS (although I'm not sure whether it was a bug or a regular images shuffle by the staff..) anyway my most popular images are "somehow" back to their old position, sales are are heading toward my normal too..
no complaints, I guess that's the nature of our business, sometime we eat, sometime we're meat ^^
thank you all.
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« on: June 13, 2013, 11:05 »
Ride the wave while you can but don't be surprised when it crashes.
If you're seeing large long-term decreases then my guess is that you may have had a niche all to yourself that now has been found (or copied) by others.
that's exactly what I'm doing, I'm like waiting for that particular moment.. meanwhile maintaining my ratio, making my port a bit bigger and investing in "myself" in my free time (learning new skills) so I can abandon the ship safely when it sinks, well, at least that's the idea.. that's the curse of having many files in the first page >< I'm not only being copied, I'm being traced, literally! they're using my (and other illustrators) work as reference  and they release these huge vector sets that would take forever if you were designing it from scratch.
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« on: June 13, 2013, 06:51 »
Strange! still down.. like a back dive  I need to change my job, it's like living in a mines field, you never know when it's gonna blow you up! (sales, popular search, contributor's level etc..) these unpredictable things are nightmares. If my sales keep going like this, I might hit BME.
best wishes ^^
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« on: June 13, 2013, 05:32 »
Hi guys, is anyone else facing a dramatic drop in sales? last week things were normal, this week however, SS sales went down almost -40% (I don't think it's June!) any idea ? Thanks..
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« on: June 12, 2013, 23:49 »
Same here, level 1; missed up earning history, lot's of other strange things!
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« on: June 12, 2013, 16:14 »
Love it ^^
thank you
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« on: February 27, 2013, 00:55 »
I had many files accepted at Istock via the "Scout" thing due to inspector mistakes but in general they are unbiased maybe a little bit picky but they know what they are doing. anyway the most ridiculous rejection I've ever seen came from Dreamstime, I don't know about their photos inspection but they sure know #hit about vector illustration; not to mention their annoying uploading system (for vector), daaah.
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« on: February 16, 2013, 03:19 »
it's better if you design phrases/words/badges instead of letters, since they are more usable from a designer perspective, if you are serious about sales I recommend releasing them in vector format not raster.
good luck ;}
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« on: January 17, 2013, 13:07 »
+1 to the image above!
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« on: January 17, 2013, 12:32 »
I'm not sure what you mean by Normal, but I guess it's far from being normal, neither sales or images position are normal, in fact my sales are dropping down really fast!
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« on: December 27, 2012, 02:31 »
CMSaccount has a little nicer UI for the buyer.
When adding something to your cart to buy this is how it plays out
CMSaccount
- You click 'add to cart' and you get a java pop up that the image was added to your card.
(1 click, 0 page loads)
Yes, Ktools should really consider this in their upcoming updates, this is not a luxury feature it's an essential one, if a client want to buy more than one image he needs an easy way to organize/add items to his cart, the current lightbox system isn't that ideal (it doesn't allow you to buy the whole items in the lightbox at once)
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« on: December 24, 2012, 04:31 »
Edited: Do Some serious research first
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« on: November 27, 2012, 16:57 »
I guess they assume you're linking to your blog or personal website, not a "competitive" website?!
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« on: November 27, 2012, 16:53 »
Lots of things,
Slider, easier navigation, more gateways, improved design (still need lots of work if you ask me) easier integration with other scripts (like Google Analytics) etc..
however I don't think upgrading is the best idea if you've been using PS3 for a while, at least not without strong SEO knowledge.
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