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« on: December 03, 2012, 20:45 »
Shutterstock missed my payment for October 2012 - which I expected to arrive on November 6th. I have checked my account and it was not received before this date or up until now. In fact I just got the November payment.
I wrote shutterstock support 3 times with not even a reply.
Any ideas what to do?
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« on: July 16, 2012, 18:05 »
actually you posted 10 and then went on a search
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you are not making sense
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« on: July 16, 2012, 17:59 »
10 years? you are so weak with numbers, at least prepare what you are going to say
80K images
10 years = 3560 days
80K divided by 3560 = 22.47
Dude check your own numbers before you attack someone else
dude Yuri ain't doing stock for 10 years
That is why I said "Over 10 years that is about 20 images a day. Not sure if he has been shooting that long so even over 5 years that is about 40 images a day". So maybe you should read before you attack  
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« on: July 16, 2012, 17:57 »
just googled it he started shooting in 2005 - 8 years ago
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« on: July 16, 2012, 17:52 »
10 years? you are so weak with numbers, at least prepare what you are going to say
80K images 10 years = 3560 days 80K divided by 3560 = 22.47 Dude check your own numbers before you attack someone else
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« on: July 16, 2012, 17:43 »
'And yet people sit around and complain about someone putting money back into their photography to GROW it. In 5 years time those same people will be saying I wish I grew my portfolio earlier on in the game.'
A lot of us put plenty of cash back into growing our content portfolio. If we all operated at that level, we could all be doing fine. However, the goal here is to crush everyone else with huge numbers - we all can't develop '100 person' companies, thus making it 'unsustainable' for anyone else.
I understand what you are saying. But Yuri was just the same as you, ie working alone on microstock, and he created the machine he has now. So anyone could create 100 person companies.
And as for crushing people with huge numbers, as discussed in this post, Yuri seems to have stopped uploading to microstock agencies for now: http://www.microstockgroup.com/istockphoto-com/yuri-arcurs-has-stopped-to-upload-on-istock-3-months-ago/
On Istock he has 11 thousand images uploaded....and you have 12k images uploaded... So I dont get why you keep saying he is "crushing" other microstockers by flooding the sites with thousands of images.
He is concentrating on PeopleImages. Which is its own thing. I think he has 80k images there right? And probably many more in the near future. I dont see anything wrong in that. Even if he uploaded all 80k to microstock sites, nothing wrong with that either. 80K of Shutterstocks 20 million files - from someone who has worked on it for near 10 years (?)
I just dont get your argument or what you are complaining about. It is more worthwhile to complain about royalty rates than how prolific another photographer is
Over 10 years that is about 20 images a day. Not sure if he has been shooting that long so even over 5 years that is about 40 images a day
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« on: July 16, 2012, 17:38 »
'And yet people sit around and complain about someone putting money back into their photography to GROW it. In 5 years time those same people will be saying I wish I grew my portfolio earlier on in the game.'
A lot of us put plenty of cash back into growing our content portfolio. If we all operated at that level, we could all be doing fine. However, the goal here is to crush everyone else with huge numbers - we all can't develop '100 person' companies, thus making it 'unsustainable' for anyone else.
I understand what you are saying. But Yuri was just the same as you, ie working alone on microstock, and he created the machine he has now. So anyone could create 100 person companies. And as for crushing people with huge numbers, as discussed in this post, Yuri seems to have stopped uploading to microstock agencies for now: http://www.microstockgroup.com/istockphoto-com/yuri-arcurs-has-stopped-to-upload-on-istock-3-months-ago/On Istock he has 11 thousand images uploaded....and you have 12k images uploaded... So I dont get why you keep saying he is "crushing" other microstockers by flooding the sites with thousands of images. He is concentrating on PeopleImages. Which is its own thing. I think he has 80k images there right? And probably many more in the near future. I dont see anything wrong in that. Even if he uploaded all 80k to microstock sites, nothing wrong with that either. 80K of Shutterstocks 20 million files - from someone who has worked on it for near 10 years (?) I just dont get your argument or what you are complaining about. It is more worthwhile to complain about royalty rates than how prolific another photographer is
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« on: July 16, 2012, 16:47 »
I was never in it for the simple life and the million dollar income. I could stop tomorrow and never have to work a day in my life, but then why do I keep going?
To be honest, the only thing I really care about is creating content that is mind-blowing and give buyers a "wow" experience. I want the most consistent, perfect, excellently executed collection everywhere I sell my images. I also want it to be available on the simplest, most intuitive and fastest platform thinkable. If I cared only for the income, I would not have students, neither would I do conferences nor interviews. I would only go for the "low hanging fruits" kind of images (and I know what they are)
You can claim it nave, obsessed, or even stupid (as done here), but you cannot deny that if you were to spend your own money buying images, you would care a lot about these qualities. We are at a turning point, rather you like it or not or perhaps have not even seen it coming.
In the midst of the masses of microstock, there is a growing frustration being built up, and it will not be solved by us just adding more content. Passion will prevail!
Steve Jobs was as worth $25 Million at 25-years-old. He said, It was not about making money. It was about making great products and putting a dent in the universe.. Go get'em Yuri. You are young, talented and ambitious. Make some dents my friend. 
+1 I once knew this guy who from nothing started up a cell phone network in Asia. He ended up selling it for over 20M dollars or some huge amount. I asked him how he did that. He said it was so common place for the shareholders of the other companies ripping out as much money as they could from the other networks each year - that all he did was fight ferociously to see that all the money his company could spare was put back into the company, and in the end it paid off. He had the better company.
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« on: July 16, 2012, 16:42 »
I was never in it for the simple life and the million dollar income. I could stop tomorrow and never have to work a day in my life, but then why do I keep going?
To be honest, the only thing I really care about is creating content that is mind-blowing and give buyers a "wow" experience. I want the most consistent, perfect, excellently executed collection everywhere I sell my images. I also want it to be available on the simplest, most intuitive and fastest platform thinkable. If I cared only for the income, I would not have students, neither would I do conferences nor interviews. I would only go for the "low hanging fruits" kind of images (and I know what they are)
You can claim it nave, obsessed, or even stupid (as done here), but you cannot deny that if you were to spend your own money buying images, you would care a lot about these qualities. We are at a turning point, rather you like it or not or perhaps have not even seen it coming.
In the midst of the masses of microstock, there is a growing frustration being built up, and it will not be solved by us just adding more content. Passion will prevail!
I don't think its stupid at all. I think its genius. People here don't really think it through sometimes. Some may feel like they have a better system. Some may even be jealous. If there is a huge decline in sales in Microstock, without a doubt Yuri will survive it. How many else can say that? It will always be able to support him, comfortably. Now is the time to be a leader in the industry. How many times have we thought to ourselves "If only I started 5 years ago" And yet people sit around and complain about someone putting money back into their photography to GROW it. In 5 years time those same people will be saying I wish I grew my portfolio earlier on in the game.
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« on: July 16, 2012, 11:39 »
Maybe he has a 15 year plan with his photography and PeopleImages and part of that plan is to put all the money back into it until it is at such a size it threatens istock, shutterstock etc.
Yes, his goal is to shut you down and put you out of business by flooding the market with tons of images. Nice, eh? Then you can join his agency for 10% royalty.
Im not talking about being nice. Im talking about one guys plans to be successful. Did Steve Jobs worry about "flooding" the market with Apple computers. Any other microstocker, their goal is to get as many of their photos out there as possible, i dont see whats wrong with that. sjlocke, your posts usually really make me laugh and i am a fan of your wit but we are going to have to agree to disagree. You seem kind of bitter on the subject.
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« on: July 16, 2012, 11:29 »
"We have more than 100 people employed worldwide, and paying them their monthly salaries is our biggest expense. "
I agree with you on some level there. But I also can't help thinking to myself if he had not kept investing back into his photography, hiring staff, etc. then maybe he wouldnt be the microstock giant he is today.
PeopleImages might not have come around etc.
Maybe he has a 15 year plan with his photography and PeopleImages and part of that plan is to put all the money back into it until it is at such a size it threatens istock, shutterstock etc.
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« on: July 16, 2012, 11:22 »
what do you mean by that sue?
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« on: April 27, 2011, 10:37 »
they replied back!
they are helping me handle the matter
they said it takes 30 days to unexclusive them
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« on: April 27, 2011, 08:48 »
for some reason some of my images on my Dreamstime portfolio are ticked as EXCLUSIVE to Dreamstime. Yet none of my images in my portfolio are exclusive. So I try and untick them and it is just shadowed in not allowing me to untick them....
anyone know how to untick them so they are not considered exclusive to Dreamstime? I dont want it to cause me problems with other agencies or Dreamstime.
I have written Dreamstime 3 times over the last 6 months and they have not written me back
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« on: December 17, 2010, 05:11 »
One week in November my Istock stats show a green bar indicating that I got "143 Partner Program Downloads" and then a month later and I have had none since.
At first I thought "oh cool I will get these sales every week now" but now it just feels dodgy or underhand as if they have just allowed another website to choose 143 of my images to have on their site to sell without giving me royalties....surely that cant be true.... but how come I got 143 one week and then none then after?
Any ideas?
They are only added in one big bunch once a month, on a variable date.
Thanks a lot for that - answered my questions. Thanks Sue
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« on: December 17, 2010, 04:30 »
One week in November my Istock stats show a green bar indicating that I got "143 Partner Program Downloads" and then a month later and I have had none since.
At first I thought "oh cool I will get these sales every week now" but now it just feels dodgy or underhand as if they have just allowed another website to choose 143 of my images to have on their site to sell without giving me royalties....surely that cant be true.... but how come I got 143 one week and then none then after?
Any ideas?
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« on: October 15, 2010, 09:45 »
Hi quick question for your guys hope you can help.
I design CD covers. On one of the covers I am designing there is a car on the cover. I changed the license plate to have the initials of my fiance. Just to give here a little surprise when I show her.
Am I breaking some copyright if a license plate number is printed on a CD cover.
I literally have made it to say JTP1 on the license plate.
Say someone has that license plate on another car - could they then sue the artist of the CD? or me?
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« on: October 11, 2010, 07:31 »
i uploaded 10 images about 4 months ago and havent had sales --- and then this week I got two sales! so thought I would post on this thread
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« on: September 21, 2010, 10:32 »
i have 10 dollars of sales at stock fresh - its going good for me.
will promote it to friends, associates and do what i can to help it get started
SF over IS any day in terms of customer service and fairness in royalties
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« on: September 16, 2010, 11:00 »
Hey Jonathan, Here is the link http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=251812where it is mentioned and here is the link with the prices: http://www.istockphoto.com/prices.phpand here is a quote from that page where it says the prices.......I just think reaalllllyyyyy  are istock really going to accept my images into that category or just make Istock the new Getty website? : Agency Collection photo prices Size Credits Small 55 Medium 75 Large 100 XLarge 150 XXLarge 200 XXXLarge 250 250 credits!
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« on: September 16, 2010, 10:37 »
Maybe this whole change in our normal royalties thing was just a distraction so no one concentrates on "The Agency Collection" addition to istock. Lol
What are you views specifically on the new "The Agency Collection"?
Why try and turn a Microstock site into a traditional stock site?
Surely its just going to be annoying to customers who have obviously come to a Microstock site for microstock prices. "oh wow check out this photo its perfect for my poster....doh!!! its one of those blooming Agency Collections"
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« on: September 09, 2010, 10:00 »
Istock posted a second "Explanation" to its contributors - the link is here: http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=252322This is the bit that irritates me: "Since roughly 2005 we've been aware of a basic problem with how our business works. As the company grows, the overall percentage we pay out to contributing artists increases. In the most basic terms that means that iStock becomes less profitable with increased success. As a business model, its simply unsustainable: businesses should get more profitable as they grow. This is a long-term problem that needs to be addressed."If they want Istock's profit to increase each year why don't they advertise to potential customers more. Concentrate on raising everyone's profit - istock's and contributors. Concentrate on getting more people buying from Istock. Next year are they going to lower contributor royalties again because they need to increase their profitability next year too? Basically what they are saying is "We get one pizza a year -- and whereas before you used to be given two slices of pizza from us, now we will just give you one." -- instead of being like - "Okay how can we get more pizza for both of us"
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« on: August 20, 2010, 10:44 »
I'm asking especially people who have had similar situation/s and have experience which strategy proves to be the most effective.
Well, what I do is... ... ...ahhh, you almost got me!
sjlocke is one funny dude, people actually looked around at me at work when i laughed at this
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« on: July 22, 2010, 05:26 »
Yes I have a friend who applied the same day as me, I was approved a couple of weeks ago and he is still waiting. They must have a lot of applicants to go through. Sure they will get through all waiting applications soon.
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