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Envato has always been a garbage company that treats their contributors like trash. Consider this the last straw for me. Removed all my files and good riddance.

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I do my taxes by the cash method ::).  Its what comes into my account during the year.  I dont really care what any of the agencies report.

The IRS will care. If an agency reports something that you don't report, they're going to be asking you some questions.

No, they wont.

Oh ok.  ::)  If the IRS thinks you didnt pay taxes on a 1099, they will be sending you a letter. Not sure why you think otherwise.

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I do my taxes by the cash method.  Its what comes into my account during the year.  I dont really care what any of the agencies report.

The IRS will care. If an agency reports something that you don't report, they're going to be asking you some questions.

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Anyone know when this is going to be fixed? I need to file my taxes.

Dont you record the payments you receive?  You dont actually need a 1099 in hand.

Thank you both. Of course I can look at what I've received but if Dreamstime decides to erroneously report this number (which they've demonstrated they are more than capable of), I'm going to be surprised by the IRS with a notice of unpaid tax due. I kind of like to know they got it right.

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Anyone know when this is going to be fixed? I need to file my taxes.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: The microstock new way
« on: December 01, 2018, 15:09 »

Yes, all agencies (with the exception of Envato) want to offer the largest database of crap, while at the same time offering a curated 'premium' section to ensure they don't lose their important clients.

And it looks like the system is working for those that opened up their inspection process. Envato seems to be in a death spiral for a lot of the microstock sectors they tried to break into.

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Envato is a bad partner for contributors with bad policies and deserves to fail.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: subs
« on: November 15, 2016, 13:17 »
They've commented on this and the reason is that they are paying out subs from the previous royalty structure now in order to transition to the new royalty structure.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Stuck in this file is publishung
« on: November 12, 2016, 13:08 »
All you have to do is click on Edit underneath the file number in My Uploads. Then click on the gray Save button at the bottom right. Go back to My Uploads and do a screen refresh. Done.

This does not work for many stuck files. They are aware of the problem. The best solution at this point is to reupload them and hope they don't get stuck a second time.

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Newbie Discussion / Re: Mad about the stock business.
« on: July 19, 2016, 13:05 »
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Did you dredge up this old thread for a reason?

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Image Sleuth / Re: Copyright infringement by "delta_art"
« on: November 07, 2014, 06:14 »
Wow, as the original artist of that mountain graphic. That hurts. :(

It's bad enough that my sales continue to plummet on iStock but then you have people ripping you off as well. Did anyone report it? Should I report it?

edit: I've submitted a ticket to iStock. Who knows when it will be handled.

edit2: Is there a way I can send a DMCA myself? Does anyone have resources for me to do that?

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: RC's not increasing in line with sales
« on: August 10, 2014, 13:16 »
If they cut the royalty percentages again, many more exclusives will leave. It's already nearly unsustainable for exclusives with plummeting sales.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Just a small nit
« on: March 14, 2014, 15:57 »
the painted flags on their faces are of different countries- Germany, Sweden and Italy from what I can see...

Definitely Germany, Spain and Italy. Not Sweden.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Just a small nit
« on: March 14, 2014, 15:56 »
My wife pointed this out to me a few weeks ago. It's stupid to think a bunch of different white women is a good representation of diversity.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: PP Sales for Feb 2014 have started
« on: March 13, 2014, 19:45 »
Wow! Nice and early this month.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Another Massive Best Match Shift
« on: July 18, 2012, 07:20 »
This week has been real rough for me. Looking at my port in best match sort seems to indicate that's it's changed yet again.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Sales have tanked big time
« on: October 22, 2011, 08:00 »
October is on track to be my worst month on istock in 5 years (since December 2006). That's pretty pathetic to say the least.

I just wanted to chime in and second what nico said here. I'm not nearly as big a fish and this last week has been abysmal. Some of the worst regular business days for sales I've had since 2007 at least (not including holiday weeks/days).

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