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iStockPhoto.com / Re: iStock Royalty Change
« on: October 25, 2016, 12:34 »
I feel sick to my stomach.

The simple fact that a client can pay so little (10c) for an image through subscriptions sickens me. 

Surely buyers can, and they will make use of the 'whole' allocation.

I need to process this. Cannot compute

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: iStock Royalty Change
« on: October 25, 2016, 12:30 »
Does anyone know what's current subscription minimal royalty for non-exclusives?

It will be 0.02 USD, but what is it now?

I think 25c for the lowest band?  I stand to be corrected

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Pros:

Grow your business by having everything linked - social media, website etc, and a trusted name. People like the authenticity of a personal name. It's also easier to remember.

Cons:
For people who prefer anonymity and privacy, a pseudonym works for them, myself included. I do not care for social media and the likes or spending time trying to grow the business in those ways (website, postings etc). I simply want to shoot and upload and keep it separate from my day to day life. 

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Messed up Shutterstock contributor view
« on: September 28, 2016, 06:31 »
Can't believe no one has this problem.

Browser and Flash are all updated but it still gives this problem.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Nice Surprise
« on: September 27, 2016, 09:59 »
Also happening for me.

And Fotolia is ahead of SS for me too.  :D

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Shutterstock.com / Messed up Shutterstock contributor view
« on: September 27, 2016, 09:56 »
Good day all of you amazing MSG people.

For about a week, after signing in to Shutterstock Contributor (on desktop), the 'pop up' is a tiny window with content that is cut off, and I am unable to do any of the functions from within.

I'm wondering if this is a software issue?  Flash?

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How would a bot pick up info such as:

Logos/trademarks/artwork
People without model releases


If there is a bot, maybe it screens through simple images without complex matters, to pick up technical errors only. And the images then get accepted, and the rest go through to actual humans

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Same here. 50 - 75 % drop on SS compared to July ... :o


A big drop for me in September. Ever since they messed with the algorithm end of August

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Microstock Services / Re: Offer photo retouching(editing) services
« on: September 22, 2016, 07:43 »
And there are plenty contributors who sell far more than that. If you're good enough at MS, you can outsource everything.

Personally, 1$ sounds too little, but it depends on where you live and what you are making.

Each to his own

Good luck OP

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Microstock Services / Re: Offer photo retouching(editing) services
« on: September 22, 2016, 07:03 »
Actually, the people who can afford to outsource are earning far more than 0.30 over time

Selling each image hundreds or thousands of times = a lot of income per photo, for those contributors

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Shutterstock.com / Re: is ss site working?
« on: September 08, 2016, 08:54 »
My sales is a very sad state of affairs lately.

July and August were far better, and by this stage in August I had already made on DAY ONE what I have made in these 8 days of September so far.

Late August, and September have been atrocious.

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Same here. All images - GONE.

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Yes literally Thinkstock.
Subs is there, but far less sales than the partner program brings me.
Perhaps it is too early to have a true diagnosis for my images  ;D

Thank you

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iStockPhoto.com / Partner program makes up 90% of income on IS?
« on: August 18, 2016, 15:19 »
I am pretty new to microstock, joined a few sites this year.

I have heard that the partner program should make around 10% of the income on IS, whilst IS downloads the other 90%.
My experience is the opposite, and has been for months since I started.

Thoughts from veterans?

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