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Microstock News / Re: MyStockVectors.com 50% Off Sale!
« on: October 20, 2011, 14:56 »
Congrats Cory. Great work!  ;D

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New Sites - General / Re: iRockStock?
« on: October 15, 2011, 20:06 »
How is it that you haven't been kicked out of the other micros, I thought most had a policy of closing the accounts of anyone who was involved with the running another stock site?

As far as the similarities to IS goes, it does look like a total clone, but then again DP also looks like a Frankenstein of components from all the other sites and they seem to be doing okay.

I wanted to praise iRockStock for emulating iStuckwhether it was intended or not. ;) I am sick of iStuck and their tyranny. A big middle finger and a bowl of fresh horse manure is all I have to say about iStuck's great "power" to crush people. This is the time of the PEOPLE. Not the giants on Wall Street. I am so sick of their completely unpredictable rejection policies. Not to speak about how they've shafted everyone with pay.

I just signed up for iRockStock and hope to upload my portfolio. Hopefullyspeaking as an illustratorthe process won't be like iStuck and alot more like GraphicLeftovers (if it is, I will probably lay back until it improves). Also, I hope they can appreciate unique styles of work that sell (unlike iStuck).

Congrats iRockStock. May you and the other independents continue to nibble away at iStuck. We don't need one giant on the block. Everybody can make it if we don't get greedy.  ;D

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Veer / Re: Veer Subscription Royalties Update
« on: September 30, 2011, 15:55 »

Trying to compare with my iStock statswhich I find very difficult to interpretI only see "File Purchases." How do I determine if any of those are istock subscription sales? It appears that these are all normal sales.

On the sidebar in your stats page there is a line that says "subscriptions", click on that and it gives you a list of all the files that have sold as subs, how many times they have sold and what the total subs earnings are.

OK! Look at that. Zero subscription sales. So if we are comparing apples to apples, I won't lose the "big" money I get at Veer if I opt-in.  ::)

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Veer / Re: Veer Subscription Royalties Update
« on: September 30, 2011, 15:30 »
That's a good question, black rhino. There is always a risk that buyers will switch from credit over to subscription sales. That certainly seems to be the trend at Fotolia. However, if someone switches to subscriptions and your photos are not available you will still lose the sale - but you won't get a subscription "consolation prize".

Looking at iS subscriptions, which work in a similar way, the average value is well above the minimum, so this scheme should work well.

Interesting point. However, if I don't have subscription sales on iStockand Veer's program is similarthen it might not make a difference.

Trying to compare with my iStock statswhich I find very difficult to interpretI only see "File Purchases." How do I determine if any of those are istock subscription sales? It appears that these are all normal sales.

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Veer / Re: Veer Subscription Royalties Update
« on: September 30, 2011, 14:59 »
 :) The folks at Veer are wise to admit fault and atone. The arrogant leadership at some of those other places will burn and be big losers if they don't follow the example of Veer. Pardon the biblical language, but I'm really sick one particular big agency that presupposes they are the model for what's "suitable for stock." I know for a fact they are playing with fire and how they treat artistsand their customerswill come back to bite them.

Anyway, I chose to opt-out thanks to the other artists' insight on microstockgroup. However, I wanted to seek some opinions out here on whether or not I should opt-in.

First, I've been with Veer for a year. I've done pretty well with them considering I only have 270 images there. I tend to make $7 for my EPS (about a 1/3 of sales) and $2.10 for medium JPG and quite a few $0.35 small JPG. Because sales aren't fast and furious as they can be on Shutterstock and Photospin, I am not excited about opting in to the Veer subscription plan. I'm thinking that I'll lose those nice $7 sales for cheaper subscription sales.

I like the "big" dollar sales. They bring balance to the small change I get elsewhere. So I'm thinking I'll will not opt-in. What is your opinion?

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