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Messages - Danicek
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« on: February 02, 2011, 07:53 »
I always get about 30-50$ per month, now I see only 7$ for all month :O
It was not all month. See second response from support to Luis above.
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« on: February 01, 2011, 03:05 »
Ok, I admit I've too few files to be really sure about this, yet to me it looks like the PhotoSearch sales are gone and were replaced with 'Distribution Regular' sales.
Is this really the case? Can others with much more files comment or even better Duncan himself? It is possible I missed it, but was there any announcement regarding this?
Follow up question would be - if the PhotoSearch sales are gone and are replaced with Distribution sales, that appear to pay much lower royalty (even though still not very low), does this mean our files are no longer sold on PhotoSearch and if they are, then are they now available for lower price or are we simply getting like half of the % than what we used to?
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« on: January 27, 2011, 06:25 »
Ok, thanks for the feedback. Yet Xalanx - that's still around 1% and almost 3% for Leaf. Sounds like much more than what I see on other sites...
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« on: January 27, 2011, 04:31 »
DepositPhoto --
So, since I've too small sample, I would like to know if anyone is experiencing the same.
I've approx. 300 photos with DP and so far I've sold like 20 files, all either subscription or SMS sales of which 25% was later canceled and the royalty deducted from my account with statement:
Subscription was rejected
I'm assuming this means they somehow canceled the subscription, but whoever bought it still managed to download some images.
And it happened multiple times (i.e. it was not single purchase of several files that would later be canceled).
The % is too high, so I'm thinking that if this is an overall trend, I should close my account.
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« on: January 27, 2011, 02:22 »
Good points Mat.
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« on: January 23, 2011, 02:13 »
Who started this idea that offering free images as bait would bring in buyers, it only brings in people who cant afford to pay for images. They can find plenty of free images on flicker you don't need to provide yet another place for our work to be devalued down to zero dollars.
I agree.
If you go to the hardware store needing a tool... and hey, there's a bin marked "free tools".... they may be low quality stuff, but chances are pretty good you'll grab one you think will do the job and walk out feeling smart.
The ever-growing collections of free images are one of the things eroding what's left of microstock.
The original argument is only partially true. It is quite possible that if superior non-fee images are offered visibly along the free ones, it can indeed make some sense. And that's how most stock sites do it. Example: If you Google for your free image of a 'free WOMAN SLEEPING', click say on this one http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-woman-sleeping-3-imagefree8332260You get what I'm talking about. Visible choices of non-free images jumping at you. The big red text will also tell you how cheap it is nowadays to purchase an image. And, believe it or not, some of those Googling for a free image for example for their blog won't know that. The problem may be sometimes that the quality of the free images is surprisingly high (at least of some of them). But that really only tells us the market value of this product nowadays.
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« on: January 23, 2011, 02:07 »
1700 images online, 0 sales. Things can only get better.
well hearing things like this makes me wonder....why would anyone even expect to get sales from a website that also offers the option of FREE IMAGES right on the front page.....
Have a look at www.dreamstime.com, www.istockphoto.com, www.shuttestock.com (I did not check the others). All do and all on their home page.
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« on: January 15, 2011, 10:32 »
Looks like truth hurts again. But you people sure are good at ignoring things! Great skill, it's called ignorance... and looky-look what it got you with istock and microstock in general 
Did you notice you called people stupid? Not quite an invitation for discussion. I don't feel bad to sell my shot of plain unpainted cement wall for 0.33 a pop. I don't feel like selling it for $200 would be appropriate. If your stuff is exceptional enough, it will still sell for $200 a pop or more, so don't whine here.
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« on: December 28, 2010, 04:01 »
I got an XS for .10 so I am assuming that credit cost them .50 or else there was some other discount involved or they were bought years and years ago.
That site has some issues lately, but my biggest issue with them is going to start in a few days.
Yes, and it will be .08 for many in few days. Isn't that bit too low even for XS?
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« on: December 21, 2010, 04:36 »
I see my account as usual...
61
« on: December 20, 2010, 02:28 »
Requested on 1st and still waiting.
62
« on: December 10, 2010, 08:46 »
Thankfully. I got scared everyone migrated over to TS.
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« on: December 09, 2010, 04:25 »
FD any updates and/or progress?
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« on: December 09, 2010, 04:07 »
The buyers being constantly led to the higher Vetta and Agency collections means more profit for iStock...plus the fact that the 10% bonus issue still hasn't been fixed on the EL's. So what does this all mean...it means more profit for iStock.
Think about it.....$400 - 40% = $240 profit for them...whereas a $4 shot - 40% =$2.40 profit. They gotta sale 100 of the lower priced to match the profit of one vetta and that is to say they are the having to pay at the high dollar 40% commission level. At the lower percentages the profit is higher.
Oh boy and why do you think Getty bought IS? Why Getty used to have serious financial problems while IS is raking in gold? Shouldn't it be the other way round when 80% of $1000 sale at Getty is $800?
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« on: December 02, 2010, 15:03 »
That's because your application was not approved. 7 out of the 10 have to be accepted for you to be accepted as contributor. If the reviewer gets to the 4th he would reject, he may not even look further. Conclusion - those without reason may or may not get accepted next time around.
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« on: November 20, 2010, 10:18 »
.... Enjoy it while it lasts. It won't last long. 
Yeah, I know, they it will last until 2012 :]]
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« on: November 20, 2010, 04:54 »
"You agree to waive any right you may have to (i) trial by jury; and (ii) to commence or participate in any class action against iStockphoto related to the Site, this Agreement or any agreements contemplated hereby."
Wow. So you cannot really defend your rights given by the IS agreement because you waive it upon signing it. You obviously still can defend yourself in case you think there is some sort of violation of law (because you cannot waive right to do so).
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« on: November 19, 2010, 04:28 »
it cannot be Sunday..............
I would be very surprised if it was Saturday or Sunday. It wouldn't make much sense to announce the 100%/110% royalties day just to make everyone angry because it happened to be Sunday. They obviously can push that to Monday if they want (I was under the impression that they don't review or don't review much on the weekends anyway, so it shouldn't really be a problem for them).
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« on: November 13, 2010, 06:14 »
Edit - This might help understand it more. On iStock you can get an XL image for 20 credits but you can also get the exact same image in the exact same size for 145 credits. The image that the buyer downloads is identical but in one instance they're paying 125 credits more. Why is that?
I don't understand at all. Can you give some concrete examples where the "exact same image" on iStock is sold for 20 and 125 credits for the same size?
I would assume Richard is referring to the fact that you can buy the exact same picture (i.e. even the same size, so the picture is really the same) as standard RF license and extended license. You get the same image but different license for its usage. That clearly shows that you are in fact licensing an image, not buying an image.
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« on: November 10, 2010, 14:05 »
We will see. I doubt that. It does not make any sense to come up with such an annoncement to ruin it by timing it on weekend. And yes, they certainly have way to target a day by driving the reviews. As far as I know they do not review or at least do not review much during weekends.
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« on: November 09, 2010, 07:23 »
He's signed a release that clearly states the image may be modified and going bald is a fact of life, not a defamation of someone's character.
Of course it's a defamation of his character, going bald might be a fact of life but if he isn't going bald and this image portrays that he is then it's defamation. It's a fact of life that some people are gay, some are criminals, some are cross dressers it doesn't mean that you can portray somebody as that if they're not.
There is clearly a difference between criminal and bald. For something to be defamatory it has to be 1) untrue and 2) negative. I guess most people perceive going bald as negative (although in different way than being criminal). So it may be defamatory but I doubt it is as clear as you make it sound.
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« on: November 08, 2010, 03:47 »
I just took a look. They give only 10% and also charge you for having a shop! I think I will give them a miss for now.
I thought they are selling actual products as opposed to stream of data. Is the 10% from the price of the final product? You can't just compare it with micros, right? Someone has to buy the t-shirt, store it, print on it, ship it. Who pays this all? Cafepress?
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« on: October 28, 2010, 10:26 »
They should at least close the whole account. The guy is still active (although now without the pictures).
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« on: October 28, 2010, 10:22 »
^^^ Agency file has blue camera next to it, Vetta file has golden camera next to it, exclusive plus file has crown with plus sign, exclusive file has the crown...
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« on: October 27, 2010, 10:27 »
^^^ Well, he obviously specializes in video. On IS he has 9 files and 9 downloads, on pond5 1200 videos...
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