25% off 23c for an XS is 18c.

And 23c is not the lowest you can get now. I believe I've seen 0.16c. So 25% off that is 0.13c :]

^^^ As far as I know, the move of new files from TS to IS is not working for several months. And people, even IS exclusives, are saying that they never really heard why and when it will be resolved. So I guess it is not their priority at all.

Quote from: lisafx on July 23, 2010, 07:59

Quote from: borg on July 23, 2010, 07:03

Good question...

Wait for good sale for years at Alamy,maybe , or slowly making money on microstock?

^^ This is how I see it too.  I make way more money on all my images on micro than on Alamy.  Especially with the (already discussed to death) decreasing prices at Alamy.  

That said, I know for a fact that sometimes people will search Alamy and buy on the micros.  I actually had an Alamy customer service agent e-mail me saying a customer wanted to know if a particular picture was also on "Photolia".  I told them that it was on "Fotolia".  Needless to say that's where it was bought.  

Why Alamy customer service would be doing this kind of research to send customers AWAY to the micros I can't begin to understand.  

It makes me sick to read this kind of statements.

Alamy has it's own buyers regarding RM images. They've put RF just to keep with ever rising microstock offers and to be able to make some of their customers satisfied. That are Media Editors and not graphic designers as on microstock.

Would you try to understand that putting microstock RF image on Alamy will make exactly that what you got? Why . someone will pay you 10 or 100 times more for something what YOU are selling on other places for cheap? If you use your brain and I believe that you know how to do that, then you will conclude that not every RF image is to be put on microstock. If you try to recognize your microstock work (usually those with chance to sell hundreds or thousands of times) against those of yours plain RF images (usually those with chance to sell few times) then you'd have idea where to put what kind of image(s)...

It's just that RF is not the same as RF microstock, but with current trend it tends to become the same and flat. So, as you already had chance to see it, Veer is heading in that direction with RF only and making two not much different categories of images by pricing.

It is NOT using BRAIN by authors is killing your sales on RF because the same images you have on Microstock... That were two different markets with two different kinds of images which is currently in process of taking over in microstock advance!

You are not selling the image. You are selling the license to use it. Have you ever bothered to compare the actual prices for the license for specific use?

EDIT: I see that Lisa mentioned that in his #3 above.

Unfortunately yes, it is alive.

^^^
The image that is higher has higher rating related to the two keywords he used for the searching because it was bought after someone searched with one of these or both of these words? This could put the image before the one with more downloads/views/age ratio if those more downloads on the other image were with different words that those he is using for his test. Just a guess...

How can I remove image from exclusivity on DT?
Incidentally I have set several...

Isn't there a time limit on this? Like a year? I would email support saying you did it by accident.

Quote from: mtkang on June 13, 2010, 04:07

I can't really understand what kind of strategy istock want to sell same thing in 2 prices.

That's exactly what most of us - as contributors - are doing by selling pictures at a number of sites, at different prices - and buyers don't seem to care too much

I suppose IS is doing the same: increasing market share

Except that it is not IS. It is Getty trying to break into the subscription business of the sites like SS. And doing so without worrying much about IS. The way they are trying to do this should be of great worry to those relying on this business.

They do look very similar. However there are alot of stock images out there and it could be pure coincidence. The world will look the same no matter how you draw it.

I doubt that. They look identical to me. Probability of that is close to zero.

Yeah those sites have nice tricks, all of them, east of Berlin. Like Fotomind. I told you so  (it will be in the archives).

You are right. We are all thieves over here. Or at least 95% of us . Not to mention that we sometimes eat foreigners...

Just noticed 3 of my older files were removed from DT today. They moved them into 'rejected files' saying that they were 'approved by accident'.

The interesting thing is that they were active for few months and were selling (not in huge numbers, but still). Since they are now removed and only thumbs showing in rejected files, I don't have way to check how many times they sold exactly. Yet looking at my sales history, they show 3 times in last 40 sales.

Is this a new trend to remove few months old files that sold couple of times? I've to admit I'm rather disgusted. Not that it would be a huge loss anyway. But why?

The full reason is:
 - File approved by accident. We apologize for the inconvenience but the image needs to be removed.
- Too many photos/illustrations on the same subject or from the same series. Your submission should not duplicate content already in your portfolio or content which you plan to upload separately in the future (ie. collages based on your images). Please be more selective and choose only the best shots or illustrations. Avoid submitting simple variations on the same subject or duplicating content already in your portfolio (including from collages). You can create sets of similars (several shots included within the same image). That will help the file sell better and generate higher royalties via our level-based system.

EDIT: Ok, so noticed one important thing - there were 4 'similars' in my portfolio. And the removed files were 3 of them leaving only one. So looks like they are going through 'similars' and removing what they thing is too similar.

Given the huge raise in views (several hundreds %) and no real increase in sales, I'm wondering if the way they record views changed. The views were very low before the change.

Quote from: leaf on March 18, 2010, 15:55

well his link does send you to an image of his and it has sold so I have no reason to doubt his honesty.  If you are linking to one of your images anywhere on the internet it is probably a wise move to include your referral link.

Thank you leaf for your point. I much appreciate it.

I guess it is meaningless to continue this yet just to make it clear - so are you saying that hiding a referral link under a text that does not hint at all that it includes referral link is ok? He is saying that anyone is free to click the text under which the URL with the referral is hidden or not click it. Unless one is checking the URL hidden under the text, then one is unwillingly using his referral. Many people won't notice it at all and may well sign under him without even knowing in future (in case it is cached which it probably is and unless the site displays it when signing up). I don't think I should need to scan the hidden URLs at this forum. It is not 'anywhere in the internet'. It is not a spam email saying that when I click the link it will take me someplace just to do something different.

Or are you saying this because some buyer may actually find his image through say Google and this forum? And so that he gets bonus for referring buyer (if the site supports it)?

That's my point of view... Not a big deal actually, there are simply quite a few referral threads around with all the links and wow's to make people use them. And that makes me bit allergic on them. Actually that's what this poster said as well -- look they are allowed, they are all around. Well I know they are allowed, but for me it depends on how their are used. One can use them often but transparently as mwp does and that's fine with me. This one we are discussing does not seem as honest usage to me. But who cares what's fine with me...

I am in process of uploading my graphics there. I just started and I have first sale! Wow!
That was fast!
I thought it would take ages to sell there, because they looked to me so unknown and not overflowed by tons of images like other agencies. But maybe this is an advantage! Realy interesting site.

This was sold - 3d Render Concept Cars Rainbow

Now this looks like referral link spamming to me.