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Software - General / Re: Topaz Simplify at 50% off
« on: February 14, 2014, 04:35 »
I think if you get in directly from the link, you will get a combined discount.
If anybody else buys it that way at a greater discount, please let us know, if it has worked.

Les

Nope, doesn't work for me. Would be too good ;)

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Yep, 'steals' is not a best word, it just expressed my frustration at weak dollar and Paypal having such huge spread.

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Hi!

$ has been losing recently to EURO and other European currencies. A question to fellow European contributors - How do you handle this problem? Do you exchange your dollars on Paypal as soon as a payment arrives, or do you wait for better times to make an exchange (then your are not only a stock photographer but also a broker ! ;) ) ?

Not to mention that Paypal steals takes 2,5% from the currency exchange....

Michal

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: February 07, 2014, 13:16 »
Wow, now over 250,000 new files weekly. Fast pace!

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Well maybe Nitor uploaded too much, however nonsense it may sound. I've noticed that when I upload a lot of files at once, I'm having some slower days. The new files might push your bestsellers further in your port and consequently in the main search.

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Thank you Nitor for your answer. At least it refutes my presumption.
Wish you best of luck in spite of the current trend!

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NitorPhoto when did you reach emerald? And did you raise prices? If so, when?
I am asking cause I suspect there might be a correspondence between raising pricing resulting in fewer downloads and consequently pushing you further in the search.
Of course I may be wrong and hope these are just my dark suspicions.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 14:08 »
Yeah, that's a good catch :).
The signature from the old days when the market was dynamically growing and sales were raising proportionally with new images/photographers..

You have a nice website and photos, Michael.

Thanks a lot ;)

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 13:00 »
ShadySue is right, my comment was not about being an employee in the dictionary meaning of that word (would be impossible for plenty of reasons), but being treated like an individual who's a part of a team, and not as supplying crowd.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 12:56 »
Yeah, that's a good catch :).
The signature from the old days when the market was dynamically growing and sales were raising proportionally with new images/photographers..

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 10:51 »
As for the drinks cart Shelma mentioned, you just have to worry about how to get home if you're not on a bus/train route, so bizarre. Or go without, so it's a hollow perk (no treat for me anyway, I don't drink beer or spirits).

Yeah, new York, most people took the subway. But there was a sort of understanding that you took a 20-minute break to have a drink--Friday at 6 p.m., when you were still in the office, of course--and then you went back to work for a few more hours.

That job was the worst. I worked 12-13 hours per day, 7 days a week. Which is why everyone who worked at Kirshenbaum & Bond called it "Kirshenbaum & Bondage."

Hope they just paid accordingly...

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 09:38 »
Personally, I try not to fret over a number like that because I have zero control over it. Also, I'm a detail freak and as such can't infer anything from a random number since I don't know how many contributors uploaded or what they uploaded or whether their portfolios sell.

For all I know 20% of it could be girls or blokes not doing much other than flash their teeth at the camera or yet another 5,000 images of some rock in Utah.

In any event, 200,000 is mere plankton when you think about how many images are produced globally every day - and I mean commercial work, not just snapshots.

Well, that's true, well said!

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 08:23 »
The folks at Shutterstock do the great work of course, but so do high tier photographers who are with SS almost from the beginning. Then, why aren't we given any perks? I don't ask for yoga, massages etc, but a pay rise to let's say 0.44$ and being more selective in approval process (at least for newcomers)!

I would love it, if they had a yoga massage artist flown in and massage me on Saturday. But as you say, less can do .44$ would be nice. And it is years ago since we had any rise.

 ;D ;D

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 08:14 »
The folks at Shutterstock do the great work of course, but so do high tier photographers who are with SS almost from the beginning. Then, why aren't we given any perks? I don't ask for yoga, massages etc, but a pay rise to let's say 0.44$ and being more selective in approval process (at least in limiting access to newcomers)!

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 07:43 »
I also find a bit unfair that Shutterstock employees have all the perks:
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We know that the trick to keeping awesome people happy is by creating a fun, comfortable environment. This includes competitive pay for top talent, full medical benefits, plus:

Stocked beverage fridges, free breakfasts & snacks
Lunchtime Yoga
Pizza & Massage Fridays
Happy hours and killer Summer & Holiday parties

And we, photographers (especially the top tier, that has given SS the most) are treated as crowd, not individual employees as we deserve.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 07:36 »
The microstrock concept is that we sell our pictures for one dollar many times, so it becomes sustainable.

The cost of producing an image is returned because it sells many times.

BUT the agencies let us down, they put all the expenses on us, all the postprocessing, categorizing and keywords and all the manufacturing costs. We do all the work.
Yet they deny us the benifit of having many downloads on the images, because they just take more new contributors in.

So the agencies undermine the concept that is the basis of their success, they cheat us and they do not keep their promises.
I can understand that the agencies want to have innovative content, they want new contributors, so they dont stagnate.
Innovations are important in the world of today.
But I cannot understand why they consequently only prey on us, and not let of harvest the benifits.
Well I can. They have the oppertunity, and since we are powerless, they exploit us.
If there were a union of contributing phoitographers. The first it would command was that, the agencies could only take in as many new photographers as the rise in sales allowed.

Agree. The inflow of new photographers should be limited. 100.000 new files weekly would be more than enough.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 07:03 »
From one part people complain about too much rejections
From another part people complain about too much file added

Aaaah humans are so strange

I don't complain about rejections. I wish Shutterstock would reject more.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 06:52 »
Mine as well! But these stats make me a bit anxious...

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Shutterstock.com / Over 200.000 new files added weekly :(
« on: January 12, 2014, 06:46 »
Do people upload their Christmas holidays backlog ? Over 200.000 is definitely too much, uploading now is like throwing the images in the abyss :(

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exclusive rights for a picture already on microstock sites:

no seller - $500
avarage seller - $3000
great seller - $5000

cheers,
Michal

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General Midstock / Re: Will Rodeo ever pay us ?
« on: January 03, 2014, 18:17 »
Of course it was sarcastic :D

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General Midstock / Re: Will Rodeo ever pay us ?
« on: January 03, 2014, 07:49 »
I also hoped to get an Xmas present and be paid by Juha, but unfortunately I was not :(.
Guess the Finn folks spend and lot on Christmas themselves so they needed our money.


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General Stock Discussion / Re: December 2013 earnings
« on: January 01, 2014, 08:15 »
Food for hangover ? Bananas, yoghurt and magnesium with the B6 vitamin. Provided you don't vomit ;).

Good for me I didn't mix alcohols and drank only Finlandia with juices.

PS: sorry for the offtopic ;)

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General Stock Discussion / Re: December 2013 earnings
« on: January 01, 2014, 07:49 »
Calculating earnings - a remedy for hangover ? ;)

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: November and December sales
« on: December 20, 2013, 06:30 »
Today's 20th of December and still no PP November sales... makes me worry a bit...

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