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« on: June 22, 2015, 14:07 »
Agree. P5 is very slow these days, the sales are not great and review takes a long time.
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« on: June 18, 2015, 11:14 »
3-4 months in advance of the season perhaps.
Christmas is more seasonal than summer though. Christmas only happens once a year while it is always summer somewhere in the world.
That's a great point, thank you!
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« on: June 18, 2015, 10:12 »
Say, if your footage are for the coming Christmas season, when is the best time to upload them to the agencies?
If your footages are for summer pursuits, when will the buyers most likely to search for them?
Thanks for enlightening!
130
« on: June 11, 2015, 10:48 »
My major issue is big 4k clips either cannot be loaded or disappear after uploading.
131
« on: June 09, 2015, 18:35 »
Alamy money used to be in Paypal in 6-8 days. Now it's takes two weeks. There is no saint.
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« on: May 27, 2015, 08:29 »
The photos I saw in that book were not editorial use. It was a travel guide with landscape shots. Contributors from some agencies were given credit while others definitely including istock did not get any mention, but istock was credited.
A travel book with landscape shots is editorial.
Yes, you are right. However, I remember Dreamstime contributors got credited and istock not.
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« on: May 27, 2015, 08:15 »
The photos I saw in that book were not editorial use. It was a travel guide with landscape shots. Contributors from some agencies were given credit while others definitely including istock did not get any mention, but istock was credited.
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« on: May 27, 2015, 07:52 »
Isn't that part of the agreement you signed? That they can use your images for promotional purposes without crediting you or paying you royalties?
I was browsing some books in a bookstore a couple of days ago and saw only istock was credited and not contributors. I would not have minded promotional uses but we are increasingly not credited in any use.
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« on: May 27, 2015, 07:41 »
It has been increasingly common that only istock was credited and not contributors. If we don't do anything about it, our "assets" will depreciate even more as the time goes.
It's long overdue that we set up a trust fund to defend our intellectual property rights to fight any abuse from any agencies.
136
« on: May 26, 2015, 05:42 »
Sue, how is your May? The earnings are terrible for me.
137
« on: May 26, 2015, 05:05 »
I wonder why there has been zero view of new images in May?
Does anyone else have this experience? Any speculations?
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« on: May 15, 2015, 09:00 »
Thanks for the info. I was wondering why I have not received any payments for a while.
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« on: May 06, 2015, 16:48 »
Jonathan, it is great! Thank you, Team Pond5!
140
« on: April 30, 2015, 15:24 »
Quote: The stock award was designed "with the objectives of retaining and motivating him while providing a strong pay-for-performance element,"
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« on: April 29, 2015, 11:28 »
Just want to give a bit more info.
My port has also increased about 10% in the past year. Perhaps it should not be considered as an increase.
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« on: April 29, 2015, 10:21 »
I don't have anything to brag about, my sales hasn't broken any records, but I haven't seen any slumps this year.
My last quarter of 2014 was horrible, a historic low. However, since Feb, the revenue has been on a slow climb, I have seen small increases in combined revenue every month. About 60% were credit sales. I saw a 10% revenue increase comparing to the first three months of 2014.
Among my last 20 sales, 6 were from 2014.
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« on: April 27, 2015, 21:36 »
I was paid last Friday.
144
« on: April 27, 2015, 14:56 »
That's about right, I cannot get anything even below 1G.
However, occasionally I was able too.
I have never used SS forum. I'd rather be working instead of venting. Very frustrating.
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« on: April 27, 2015, 12:18 »
I always heard Limit was 2GB. could be wrong.
I thought so too. Wonder why I cannot upload. No problems before, and no problems with P5.
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« on: April 27, 2015, 12:17 »
Apologies for my previous off topic comment. Wrong thread.
No problem. Just I really wish to know why I cannot upload.
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« on: April 27, 2015, 11:28 »
I still cannot upload anything around 1G or bigger.
Is there a file size limit?
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« on: April 27, 2015, 10:20 »
I still cannot upload anything around 1G or bigger.
Is there a file size limit?
I tried to submit Prores 4:2:2, and am reluctant to use MP4.
Please suggest. Thanks!
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« on: April 23, 2015, 15:57 »
Well, I would not go as far as to say that I have nothing positive to say about Getty/IS. At least for me, the sales seem to have been stable after January 2015. I almost feel the worst is over. After all, comparing to Alamy, GI provides me with a monthly income (used to be weekly). That being said, I still feel disappointed because I don't see much growth.
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« on: April 22, 2015, 22:41 »
Tickstock, you are right, it will likely be hard to replace our exclusive income if we drop our status today. However, please keep in mind that Getty has consistently been shifting our sales to GI, PP and Subs in order to pay us 20%, instead of the level we earned at iStock. That is why a lot of people in the higher earning percentages are seeing big deduction of income. If Getty is taking real pride of having exclusive contributors, I would like to see it acting with transparency and decency. So you think I should stop supporting iStock?
That's your decision. I'm just saying what is going to happen when people continue the way they have been.
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