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« on: April 21, 2017, 03:25 »
You cannot edit or remove keywords, and only they can deactivate files at their discretion. 
Thanks! I'll prepare for the battle by collecting all e-mail addresses of Istock & Getty, so IF the rights of this image are sold, I can send my request to all of them in one go :-)
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« on: April 21, 2017, 01:52 »
I have stopped uploading since the word ESP came into existence (stupid me : thinking it would "go away" if I just ignored it haha), but now there is a possibility that another site is selling the rights to one of my images. I have already managed to find the file number on Istock. I am not on Deepmeta, so do any of you know a way to edit the keywords (or better : disable the image) ? If I can edit the keywords, I can make the image "unsearchable" during the time that Getty/Istock need to delete it (as I expect they will need a LOT of time to do that - simply contacting them is a huge task!).
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« on: March 16, 2017, 03:16 »
I don't know about the Netherlands, but I'm in Belgium, and my income from the stock agencies are ROYALTIES. Royalties are NOT sales, they are licenses to use an image. If you would sell copyright, that would be SALES and VAT would apply. VAT is not applicable on foreign royalties. (Foreign = HQ of stock agency outside Belgium). IF they were NOT foreign (like a Belgian agency), 6% VAT would apply, not 21%. So, have fun analysing the Dutch VAT law 
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« on: March 03, 2017, 03:44 »
I just started using the new system and not sure where everything is. I can see where royalties earnings are, but is there anywhere that shows the actual files that are selling?
 Are you talking about February/March sales? If yes, where can you see the royalties?
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« on: March 01, 2017, 16:52 »
Can anyone, please, explain me how to calculate the amount earned ("file purchase"+subscriptions+"partner program"+whatever) in December 2016? And January 2017, please. At the old website
www.istockphoto.com/user_stats.php?id=000000&Offset=-1&DownloadsGraphFileType
I see "file purchase"+subscriptions for December 2016, and "file purchase" for January 2017 (no subscriptions for some reason). Where can I see the "partner program", "G.I. Connect" etc. at ESP website? Where can I see the subscriptions for January 2017?
Is there an explanation at iStock/Getty forums somewhere?
I gave up finding the answer to that mystery
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« on: February 25, 2017, 02:38 »
Funny ... I got both clarification e-mails ... but I did NOT get an ESP invitation, I cannot login to ESP, I did not receive any reports ... but I DO get the clarification!
Oh yes, I forgot : I also DID get paid ...
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« on: February 22, 2017, 17:40 »
Thanks Fairplay, Sammy and PigsInSpace. I'll write to them. Of course, if they want to do everything manually, they will have less time to calculate December and January earnings (sigh!!).
But I do understand the reason behind it (avoiding mass deletions).
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« on: February 22, 2017, 16:42 »
Question for those who are not on ESP yet (if ever) :
I need to delete 1 file, or deactivate it, or just make it unsearchable by taking away the keywords.
Is this in any way possible at the moment?
Another agency wants to sell the rights, and I can delete it from EVERY agency, except Istock.
Any one knows the trick to do this?
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« on: January 31, 2017, 05:42 »
I would assume that may, in this instance, would be dependent upon whether Canva meet a certain set of criteria or not. It won't be a matter of their choice.
You could be right. Anyway, I have no problem with this, as long as Canva sends us the necessary paperwork in time in January 2018. And as for the post by Outoftheblue : I have already had nice visits from the Belgian Revenue Service (twice), Belgian VAT and Belgian social security service since I started microstock in 2006 and I've never had any problem whatsoever (beside a huge raise in my blood pressure and heart rate for at least a week haha).
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« on: January 31, 2017, 04:31 »
How I understand it:
For the US-based agencies we have to fill out a form to get the withholding rate according to the double taxation agreement relevant for our country. If we don't fill it, we will get taxed with 30%.
As Canva is Australia based, things work differently. We don't need to fill out anything, they will withhold the rate corresponding to the correct tax agreement.
And I would expect to get some kind of documentation at year end about the amount of taxes payed, which I can use when doing my tax return.
That's how I understand it too. But a foreign tax return definitely complicates things.
It would only complicate things for us if we do not receive the necessary paperwork from Canva (or not in time for the tax return deadline in our country). You may be right that this is "the Australian way", but I just checked the Australian/Belgian treaty and it says Australia MAY withhold 10%. The word MAY (as far as I understand English) means Australian companies have the choice to withhold or not?
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« on: January 31, 2017, 04:07 »
"Most of you will be familiar with this process from your other relationships in the industry. There are a few minor differences with Canva because we operate out of Australia, but the process is much the same: we will withhold a portion of your royalties and pay them to the Australian Tax Office, and youll need to claim them back via your own tax authorities in your country. "
On the contrary : we are not familiar with the process of withholding tax, because ALL other agencies do NOT withhold tax from contributors living in countries with tax treaties. This means WE (the contributors) have to fill out forms every year, for every agency, but no money is withheld.
The letter gives me the impression that Canva plans to do the very opposite : (1) withhold taxes, even if there is a double taxation treaty with your country. (2) We do not have do fill out forms or send anything to Canva (3) Canva will have to do a lot of paperwork to prove for every contributor, on an annual basis, which taxes have been withheld (4) Contributors in tax treaty countries should add these Canva documents to their annual tax documents and the paid amount will be deducted.
Lee, please correct me if I am wrong here?
In my case (Belgium), this would mean Canva will withhold 10% - the Belgian taxes on Royalties are 15%, so I will have to pay 5% on Canva income and 15% on all other royalties.
Now my question is : why do it the opposite way? I would say (from the point of view of Canva) it's less work for the agency to let us do the paperwork and withhold nothing?
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« on: January 02, 2017, 03:32 »
Same here : December and October vanished .... then this morning December was back again, but October is still a big zero ...
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« on: December 15, 2016, 05:13 »
There's not much left of my portfolio but I guess I might as well archive what information is there. The thing is, I can't figure out how to download a CSV file of my stats. I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do this on my stats page, nor anywhere else I looked. The FAQ was useless.
Could someone here point me in the right direction?
Go to your STATS page and wait patiently till your bar charts appear. You'll see "DAILY" : click on it and choose "MONTHLY". Right above "monthly" you'll see the word GROSS ROYALTIES and (in my case) a box with "X" (like an image that cannot be displayed). If you hover over that X, you'll see "GET YOUR DAILY STATISTICS IN CSV" : click on it and wait. (I know, it says DAILY, but you get Monthly). You can save each year, divided per month, in an Excel spreadsheet. (but wait with 2016 until a few days after year end). If you get an ERROR page, start all over again, as the BACK button doesn't work.
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« on: October 24, 2016, 04:38 »
The OP makes designs with stock photography and wants to know our opinion about how these photos should be paid :
- payment to the contributor (via agency 123rf) EVERY TIME some one buys the design (like Canva);
OR
- 1x Extended License for EVERY photo used in a design (even if it is NEVER SOLD).
123rf wants the extended license, which would cost him a HUGE amount of money, without knowing if any one would ever need/use the image.
Canva uses the first option, only Canva does not work with an agency. Canva works directly with the contributors and pays for EVERY single USE. The OP wants to do the same. This would mean that successful designs will mean lots of credits/payments to the contributor (through 123rf) and non-successful designs will just "exist", without payment to the OP, the Agency or the Contributor.
(unsuccessful designs however WILL cost the OP the working hours to create them).
The only mistake he made (I think) is to already make quite a lot of designs BEFORE discussing this important matter with 123rf.
My personal opinion would be Payment per download, not the extended license.
- In case of extended license, DesignBold will try to make LOTS of designs with the SAME images (= cheaper). After receiving the extended license, contributors will not receive extra payment if a design proves super-successful.
- In case of Payment per download, DesignBold can make as many designs as they want, using different images all the time, and the better they do this (and the more variety), the more successful their sales will be = better for everybody (including 123rf).
I may be wrong of course, but this is my humble but honest opinion.
The only thing that might be better for us contributors, is using the Canva method (work without an external agency), but for that he would need to hire a lot more personnel.
Beside that important question about which license, he is ALSO looking for a co-founder, but that is not his main problem right now. His main problem is the fact that 123rf asks for an EL for every image, even if it does not sell at all.
Did I get that right?
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« on: September 23, 2016, 02:28 »
Keep in mind the original post was from 18 months ago or thereabouts. I think it was dragged up by the crazy Russian spammer or the helicopter essay dude. The OP could be no longer of this world.
Oops! Thanks!
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« on: September 23, 2016, 01:38 »
I do not outsource retouching for my microstock photography, but I do use outsourcing for portraiture (belly & baby photography). I pay 2 $ per image to remove every skin blemish including acne, cellulite, clothing marks, pregnancy stripes, scars, red spots, bruises, shiny spots etc. No color correcting or other improvements.
- how fast do you work? (turn-around of 2 days possible? I send batches of 8 to 16 images)
- what if a person is really a lot of work (lots of skin impurities), or there are 3 people in the photo? (right now, it's 2 $ no matter how much work).
- you really need a PayPal account, but I pay 5% extra per Paypal payment.
- I send the 40 Mb images in LZW TIF format, in Profoto RGB and I want them back in the same format (I send them through "We Transfer") - is this possible?
- most retouchers offer 1 free sample photo to show their skills.
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« on: September 11, 2016, 01:35 »
Sold 32 images on DT today, which is the exact number of images I took of 1 Asian woman. He/she bought them all.
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« on: August 12, 2016, 05:56 »
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« on: August 12, 2016, 05:01 »
I already got a reply from Pond5 : it's an official request for verification from Pond5. Oh well, I better be just a bit too paranoide than get my account(s) hacked Reason for verification : they need to know if I'm a real photographer, so they wanted some proof (like my official website, screenshot of my workspace etc.). I've been with Pond5 since 2011 ...
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« on: August 12, 2016, 03:36 »
AND do inform them about this. I don't think they monitor our talks here at all.
Or I am deluding myself. 
OK, done!
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« on: August 12, 2016, 01:05 »
why ask a bunch of strangers and on a forum instead of emailing p5, that would be the safest option
After so many years on this forum, I really don't see you as strangers any more
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« on: August 11, 2016, 15:09 »
I got this mail : Your Action Is Required.
We take protecting our artists and their intellectual property very seriously. We are currently taking major steps across the site to ensure that both our artists and buyers are protected from fraudulent content. In order to do this, we need your help please take a moment to confirm and verify your identity with us.
The deadline to verify your account is August 26th.My name is spelled correctly, which makes it look real, but the sender is : [email protected] = looks like phishing Any one else got this mail? Can any one from Pond5 tell me if this comes from them or not? I'm not going to click that "VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT" button without knowing for sure.
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« on: July 23, 2016, 01:00 »
Not serious : my camera would make a sound or give a few light flashes when I call it ... I keep on forgetting where I put my camera in the middle of a photo session. Would be nice if my camera would just tell me "Hey, I'm HERE!".
Serious : a flip-down LCD screen like so many non-pro cameras have, so I don't have to use my angle-viewer if I want to shoot real low.
Super serious : I am dreaming of the day Canon starts selling medium format (at reasonable pricing of course) with EF mounts.
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« on: July 18, 2016, 15:42 »
What country are you in?
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« on: July 14, 2016, 09:38 »
SS since 2006 - 8000 files, and yes, in the same boat as Rinder. Declining sales since 2012. One difference however : I ALWAYS expect declining sales (even in 2012), simply because I'm a pessimist in nature. So when everybody is talking about diversifying, I do that, but not within microstock, not even within stock photography. When I left my day job end of 2011, I did not have the guts to put all eggs in 1 basket, so I started a portrait business. Right now, I spend 90% of my time photographying belly&baby portraits and I love it. And when I see an opportunity to shoot something fresh/new, I will shoot it and submit to SS and other agencies. So I submit less than the early days, but no typical stock stuff anymore. I'm glad I did, because if the decline in stock (not just SS!!) goes on like this, I'll be so happy I still have those bellies & babies 
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