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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor Fund Entry
« on: Today at 03:29 »
This could be (pathetically inadequate) compensation for videos that were used to train SORA.
I dont think so, my portfolio size above 20K and all vectors and got 95
i also started video uploading a week ago.

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They did the Blunder and still there is no download report for Feb24.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor Fund Entry
« on: Yesterday at 17:02 »
95+

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can you please check and confirm does the " Net US earnings" are in negative or  " Net non-US earnings " also negative.

My " Net non-US earnings" is positive, if this is the case then i think its financial issues in their company.

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If this is the case why they are taking huge commission, even they cant manage refund or why they are not able to manage their clients.
Accounting and Sales marketing people should resign from their jobs.

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Canva / Re: Magic Creator Payment is now completely zero
« on: February 14, 2024, 15:20 »
3 times they changed my amounts daily basis (monthly income) in a row, i am guessing they will not do the 15 Feb, now i think they have finalized and they will pay me today. LOL!!!
Weired Website and their finance management team.

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on email or on dashboard?

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Hi,
Sr. Please advise me can i access my mircstock (shutterstock, adobestock,istock etc...) while traveling?
I am visiting 3/4 countries, do I need to inform them via customer support.

Thanks,

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Freepik acquiring EyeEm?
« on: September 18, 2023, 07:39 »
Number 1 thief in this Industry

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Yes, it is AI FF Training Payment.
Hold on my friends, Free Collection will be happening last week of Sep-23

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Canva / Re: Canva July sales are in, and it's not good
« on: September 12, 2023, 03:15 »
I guess canva decline started - Reach down at least 20%

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Adobe Stock / Re: how i can remove item from In review tab?
« on: September 09, 2023, 04:29 »
On of the Worst UI / UX :(

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Adobe Stock / Re: Account blocked - I need help please
« on: September 09, 2023, 04:00 »
one of the worst UI /  UX

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Adobe Stock / how i can remove item from In review tab?
« on: September 08, 2023, 11:47 »
Hi,
Does someone knows how to remove in review content in Adobe stock?
@Mat

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Shutterstock.com / Re: No Payment
« on: September 07, 2023, 04:52 »
Right Now Website and App both is Down

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@MatHayward
I got email that my 627 asset were selected for free collection and amount was added to my overall earning (627) but i click on "Free Collection" it says 686 and i noticed closely there is 59 asset are still in review "Pending for Free Collection Approval" - can you please tell me does these are from Previous Year Assets Renewal, if Renewal Does it renew on New Price or Old Price?

Thanks,

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I sold 1 icons 3351 times and on some free website my icons were downloaded 9000 times.
@mat
As per my insights i was able sale most of icons / vectors at .99$ and dont see any charms by this year in Adobe Free Collection :(

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yes, effort is same and why this year and icons are not icons now a days these are vectors and illustrative art...old days gone when single and common objects are considered as icons now a days...icons are different.

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Hey @Mat,
Now it is showing $1 on Banner but it is strange to me they have paid me $5 for my assets from last 2 consecutive years, now why $1, Since my portfolio and assets are similar types.
you can say mixed nature (vectors and illustration).

Hi,
I can see the banner of Adobe Free Collection but it says $5 for each selected assets but in email it is states its $1 for each assets.
Its Human Error or something?

Hi everyone,

Today we did, in fact open nominations for those of you with eligible icons in your portfolio. The payment for accepted icons is $1 per file.

@lowbouncerate, if you could please send me a screen shot of the banner you referenced displaying $5, I would like to investigate. Please send to my email address [email protected]

Thank you,

Mat Hayward

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Hi,
I can see the banner of Adobe Free Collection but it says $5 for each selected assets but in email it is states its $1 for each assets.
Its Human Error or something?

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock "Contributor Fund"
« on: December 21, 2022, 06:55 »
5.79

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: Selling at Own Website
« on: December 13, 2022, 10:37 »
Please share websiste url, if possible.

I was one of the original site owners of the original symbiostock. I fought hard for it to succeed and paid dearly here at microstock group for it. FWIW I still have 2 original symbiostock sites that work and still generate sales. That's almost a decade of sales for a few months worth of work. (Note: I haven't updated anything on them since 2014 because I know if I do they will almost certainly crash forever.) At one point I had 5 symbiostock sites. 3 of them just stopped working for any number of reasons. I am sure the other 2 will also just stop at some point but for me they were well worth the effort.

Symbiostock was a good idea that couldn't work for all sorts of reasons. Regardless, of how people here feel about symbiostock I can honestly say that self hosting does work if you have the right images and a unique niche.

Here is why it works for me and how I am doing it.

I currently have 9 sites live (7 of which I still upload to, in addition the 2 I mentioned earlier)- approx 800-1500 images per site
I sell vectors. (which allows me to heavily watermark them and I charge a premium price for them)
I price my images just below the hourly rate it would take for someone to steal or trace my images.
The 7 modern sites are all woo-commerce based.
I use Elementor which gives me unlimited control over the front end which helps with similars and content location.
I use Yoast for SEO
I have a unique target audience and I have not uploaded any new images to the micros in 6 years.
I am very careful with my keywords (I use phrases not words) and my keyword phrases are unique for that image on all 7 sites.
I spend most of my uploading time optimizing my content based on the Yoast criteria.
Every image (on every site) I upload has a unique file name and metadata which matches the Yoast Focus Keyphrase exactly.
I will also flip images or put them on different colored backgrounds for each my different sites.

I have spent a good amount of time automating the upload process and can upload an image from start to finish at an average of about 4 minutes per image per site.

Unlike symbiostock my current sites are no longer developer dependent. WooCommerce and Elementor aren't going anywhere and I host them myself. As long as I update from time to time my sites are all stable and will probably be that way forever. Hosting does cost a bit a month but for me it is absolutely worth it. My sites outsell all of the micros combined about three to one and I only work on them when I have the time. I make daily sales and one sale is the equivalent to around 40 sales at the major micros.

By uploading only to my own sites my images tend to appear on free sites was less frequently than the ones that I uploaded to the micros. I sell way less volume but at a much higher price and considering what happened in microstock in the last 6-8 years that seems to be a much more sustainable way to go.

Originally I assumed my sales would soften the older the images became. What I am finding is that my older images are just as likely to sell today as they were 5 years ago. Based on this info I anticipate selling images I made 5 years ago 20 years from now.

I am certain there are a lot of people who will disagree with me or for whom self hosting was a dismal failure. I get it and I won't even try to argue those points. It works for me and for me it is far better than continuing to upload hundreds of images a month for .38 cents per sale or to dozens of sites who may or may not be around next year.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock Free Collection: Video Nominations
« on: October 11, 2022, 10:20 »
@Mat
I got an email again from adobe free collection
Title: Upfront payment opportunity, now until October 27
Also In my Portal there is no banner visible.

Can you please tell me is it 2nd Wave of 2022 is going to start or its a system Error.

TIA.

Note: I am not a Video contributor.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock Free Collection question
« on: September 29, 2022, 07:55 »
Still showing "In Review" and not even blue
Hi Everyone,

I have been informed that the final selections in the latest wave for the Free collection have been finalized. By now, you should have received the payment for all of your approved assets (5 credits each). Thank you so much for your participation.

-Mat Hayward





That will remain in place for a while. Should go away in time.

Thanks,

Mat Hayward

Thanks Mat !
One more question I have 90$ in balance but payout button is not blue ? is that because I have a Pending payment ?

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock Free Collection question
« on: September 15, 2022, 05:38 »
@mat
When you they are going to announce free collection results?

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