The third one (the original artist) replied me, and he reported it. Hopefully it won't take long. I am curios if they just delete one image or the whole port.

Quote from: graphicV on May 11, 2019, 17:01

Offtopic question, but it has connection with SS, and it's caused by "exciting" news.

If I opt out from Image sales, Footage sales, Sensitive use and Enhanced license (in SS account settings) will all my files be removed from all SS searches, including partners sites?

Thanks!

Yes, if you look at your dashboard where it says Image portfolio it will have 0 next to it. Click on it and it will say "This contributor has no active images in their portfolio."
Partner sites, who knows?  Give me a partner sight and I will have a look.

Quote from: graphicV on March 20, 2019, 18:39

So, my existing files will be sold at 1$, with 0.75$ minimum sub royalty like Signature?

No, looking at my sales, the minimum sub sale seems to nowadays be 75c, whether the actual files are Signature or Essential, and I get 30% of that, which is 22.5c.

I think the big thing is, like Jo Anne said, nothing is predictable in this industry, and with iS in particular. I'm exclusive because it made sense at the time (2007) to become exclusive and I never wanted to participate in subscriptions. A prime example of things changing, as iS suddenly decided to offer subs. They change policies almost as fast as the rest of us change underwear.

It's a hard call. But you can always become indie again, after 30 days' notice, if things get even worse there.

RPD is just one metric, but it isn't everything. It is about the same for me (I am not exclusive). I understand that you don't want to share absolute numbers, I wouldn't show them too. Unfortunately that also makes your situation impossible to assess, even if very roughly. I'd say be careful with istock. Some people on this forum tend to throw fits every time the istock name is uttered, but I am not one of them. I am only interested in how much they can do for me, not what I feel about them. Nevertheless, the decline of istock performance during the last two years in absolute and relative terms is obvious when it comes to my portfolio. If things continue as they do now, it is confidently and boldly headed to the third tier stock position. In this environment I would not recommend anyone to go exclusive with them. Everyone's case is different of course and in the end it is your decision.

What is your RPD in the other sites? for example SS? I would wait until your % total income from iS is about 80. But that's just my opinion. IF you have big sales in SS/AS that is what you are going to lose.

These sites are affiliated with stock sites. Stock sites use them as a third party to drag more traffics towards
Them.


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Quote from: graphicV on September 29, 2017, 14:56

Hmmm, maybe I did not understand it best... You earn 1.28 per image per year on Istock exclusive? I always thought that figure was a lot bigger than that. I am non-exclusive, and I earn about 3$ per image per year on Istock. Overall (all sites), 5.2$ per image per year. I really thought that Istock exclusives earn at least as much as non-exclusives on all sites.

It's never going to be the same for everyone, as all ports are different.

Quote from: graphicV on July 03, 2017, 11:16

I agree with you all on Istock, but since january, my RPD is close to 0.6$.  On SS is 0.55$. And RPI on Istock is close to 0.3$. Compared to SS which is about 0.2$. I do not know, feelings are mixed up, but numbers do not lie.

But how many DLs and how much does each make in total income? RPD is a false statistic is so many ways. My RPD is averaging $20 at Alamy, with one DL a month. Here's the sad part, that's more than I make now on IS since the change. And my iStock RPD is probably 20 cents. I haven't taken the time to do the math, because there are so many .02 subscription sales and the data they give us is almost impossible to evaluate.

Do you have the identical images on IS and SS for that RPI? I don't. For that reason, SS RPI is lower, many more images, but I'm earning more than ever on SS since the change and IS is down to 2007 income.

If I can ever manage my own images again on IS, I'm removing everything except the unsold leftovers. My hope is that some day, they may wake up and care about contributors and a fair commission rate. 2 cent subscription commission on a 10 cent download. Of course people are insulted and leaving.

Yes the fact that Getty has pulled this off and still has people happy to take nearly nothing and smile about what they get, is a masterful play, taking advantage of willing victims and desperate people. Above all, Getty is winning the race to the bottom by a large margin.