re Morphart: "I just got my new baby girl on the 17th (yesterday), wasn't here for a few days, but tomorrow I should get the time to complete and send the cards."

Congratulations, Morphart!     My baby girl turned 30 on January 17th!

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My lot is stamped, addressed, and waiting for me to think of something to write next to address.

2 years of cards scattered over & under furniture when I swung my monitor into postcard display holder,
so hope I'm not leaving any out:

• racephoto - peaceful Falls, sad legend
• karimala - atmospheric, contrasty BW
• reckless - jazzy, 2-sided (barely survived reckless attack by postal machinery)
• Opla - image + glossy pearl paper made for each other

I think there are some linguistic issues here, isn't a doggy bag what you take home uneaten food from a restaurant in ?

or do you mean something that goes in here

http://www.dreamstime.com/dog-waste-bin-by-park-footpath-thumb19799076.jpg

I'd hate to confuse the two

This thread - in more ways than one - has reminded me why I should avoid assuming things about other people, including their motivations, life experience....

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FWIW
Re: "The first paragraph ends with a preposition "something to be happy for". Should read "something for which to be happy." Really nitpicky but some judge merit on grammar."

It's okay to end a sentence with a preposition. However, what's right (from a writing mechanics standpoint) and what's wise (for effective communication) can be two different things. So, if you suspect your audience will consider it an error if you end a sentence with a preposition, then, certainly, rephrase the sentence, ideally in a way that doesn't sound stilted. (former writing teacher, editor, proofreaderr...  )

jsnover's comment about bacterial films - which reminds me of "the tipping point" - is well-worth keeping in mind.

Jsnover: "If you've ever read about bacterial films (meaning a collection of bacteria on a surface, not a movie) nothing much special happens until they're there in sufficient quantity. It may be that there is no immediate effect of one or two photographers leaving iStock, especially if those anecdotes about how buyers work that we've heard here are true - that buyers choose a site and stick with it rather than shopping around for each purchase to find their chosen image at the cheapest price."

Quote from: Karimala on January 06, 2012, 10:33

The advantage, for me at least, is peace of mind.  I can't in good conscience support a company that refuses to support its contributors.

+1 Well said.

+1

Morphart  - Last year, RacePhoto sent each participant a message with link to list of addresses. Try it, you'll like it

XPTO - IF the Newspaper Scheme is where those dozens of small sales are from, have you considered opting out of it?

Especially since I have such a small port (400+ images, all of NY, mostly RM), I'm in neither Newspaper Scheme nor NU. I feel it's preferable to risk losing small sales rather than losing a big sale where client needs right image with "less complicated" sales history.

Quote from: antistock on January 02, 2012, 22:44

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they already have subscriptions too, for instance their deal with UK newspapers like Daily Mail, Guardian, Telegraph, etc .. that means 5$/photo if you're lucky for web size (RM or not).

That's true. I've got about 50 sales under $10 (gross), being half of them about $3 (gross). In these latest I get $1.85 / $1.90 per sale.

And being the RM images included in the deal is just awful. Some of the RM licenses given to clients are so broad in spectrum and duration that they basically RF.

And I'm not even in the NU program.

RacePhoto - Glad you like the postcard - I used Vistaprint  
Postcards are not as thick as the "dollar each" kind, but company's reliable and very economical - amazingly so for large quantities. When people use this "tell a pal" link for 1st order, they get up to 80% off & I get referral credit:

ann's Vistaprint referral: http://vistaprint.tellapal.com/a/clk/3qJdd

And, happily, one can often find 25% Off offers after the first order.

madelaide - floating Christmas Tree is so beautiful!

Count me in, too, RacePhoto.  And thank you, Blufish

Quote from: Microbius on December 06, 2011, 04:22

Yeah he cracks me up. He's the same bloke that tried to pay one of his bills with a drawing of a spider. That one went viral a year or two back.

Missing Missy too. Thanks to OP for posting the original site.

OMG, I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard over "Missing Missy" (and I Love cats). Thanks for mentioning that one, AttillaTheNun.
http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

Hilarious. If future historians, or aliens, use our stock photos and TV shows for research, perhaps they'll find it heart-warming how often people sit squeezed around 1/2 of table.

alamy traffic doesn�t look to good:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/alamy.com/

does anybody know why?

Well, I certainly don't mean to dismiss the big disparity in traffic size, but keep in mind that Alamy is not a microstockgroup agency, where making Lots of rather small sales that involve little-to-no Customer Service is crucial.

(BTW, the link leads to info based on U.S. Data Only, and Alamy's home base is in England, though it's continuing to open offices in other countries.)