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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: August 04, 2008, 19:41 »

Quote from: sjlocke on August 04, 2008, 19:21

Yes, probably $.31 for the EL standard photos.com license

eta: "I'm told the e-mail will be sent within the hour."

Interesting thing he doesn't have a hand in it. You think he'd write it and it would get sent.

No, it looks like this is all Paddy's 'big idea' and she's now scrambling to find a way out. Resigning might be worth considering.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: August 04, 2008, 17:57 »

Sounds like they're argueing amongst themselves about what they think they can get away with .

Even after all this time and all these words they don't know what to do.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: August 04, 2008, 08:17 »

Quote from: stokfoto on August 04, 2008, 08:03

on the bright side no other agency would have allowed a strike against them on their very own forum.I would like this democratic approach will continue when they are taking serious decisions.it'd be too sad to drop StockXpert if they insist on the change.but having seen such strong opposition to the deal I hope common sense will win and they will step back from photos.com deal.fingers crossed!

Yes, they do deserve credit for the open debate.

It is in sharp contrast to FT .

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: August 03, 2008, 12:13 »

Quote from: cphoto on August 03, 2008, 11:51

They realized they made a mistake and they are working on fixing it before the official announcement tomorrow.

That's good to know but I've a feeling that there will still be a nasty sting in the tail.

I am concerned that Paddy seems desperate to kick-start Photo.com (possibly soon to be followed by further 'partnerships' with other sites she's responsible for) and so far appears to think that commandeering our stuff and giving it away for peanuts is the way to go.

I came across this blog which gives a few pointers to how grim things are at Jupiter. Rumors of mass redundancies are in the offing too;

http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/07/29/jupiter-is-not-responding/

(you need to scroll down a bit for the text)

My worry is that these moves may be motivated by short-term desperation from a sinking ship rather than genuine business opportunities with a sound future.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: August 02, 2008, 08:49 »

Quote from: vphoto on August 02, 2008, 05:31

deleting my StockXpert portfolio is firmly on my mind.

Same here to be honest __ whatever happens next.

The management team at StockXpert have let us down like a cheap pair of tights.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: August 01, 2008, 12:24 »

Looks to me that StockXpert have dug themselves a mighty big hole here and have a no-win situation on their hands.

If they offer an opt-out then anyone with half a brain will do so __ so they won't have much of a library left to offer at Photos.com anyway.

If they don't offer an opt-out then they won't actually have a library worth offering to anyone at all.

I suppose the license terms could be modified at Photos.com but they seem to have ruled that out entirely.

It's likely that most folk will have already stopped uploading there (I know I have) until the situation is clearer so the growth will have stalled. Added to that they have already destroyed their reputation with their contributor base. It'll be a long time before we trust them again.

I sure hope they like the taste of humble pie at StockXpert/JI. It's going to be double-helpings all round pretty * soon.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: July 31, 2008, 19:38 »

Quote from: le_cyclope on July 31, 2008, 19:27

So one would be able to buy the WHOLE collection of StockXpert with 19 accounts (19x91250=1733750) or 8549$...

Scary, isn't it?

Not so much 'scary' as utterly ridiculous and economically unviable. StockXpert get a "2/10 __ see me" end of term report from this particular contributor.

I think we're about to witness the rather public and humilating death of yet another microstock wannabee site that just got too greedy much too soon. Oh dear; how sad; never mind.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: July 31, 2008, 18:32 »

Quote from: hd on July 31, 2008, 18:14

So tell us...unless we're from the school of "I'm just tickled-pink to get any money for my photos"...why should we stick around?

No, no no __ please stick around, at least for a month or two anyway, to enable me to grab EL licenses on all your most saleable images.

You know where I'm heading first of course? That's right __ Yuri's port!

Can you believe that I will be able to just help myself to all of Yuri's best selling stuff (and everyone else of course) that I can then sell forever on eBay merchandise as well as lots of other marketplaces. Hey __ $99 for 750 EL licenses is a bet you simply cannot lose on. This is very good for me.

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: July 31, 2008, 17:47 »

Quote from: sharpshot on July 31, 2008, 16:57

It is a shame that they don't know basic things like this already. It does make me wonder if they really understand what they are doing?

Exactly. I've lost a huge amount of confidence in StockXpert/JI over this. I'm really not sure they know what they're doing either.

Funnily enough the stock market seems to reflect our thoughts too as their stock today is worth about 20% what is was a year ago. Hmmm __ it might just be time to cut and run now to limit the damage they might do to the industry or at least your own port.

How can selling EL's for 30c benefit anyone at all __ apart from the buyer who will scarcely believe their luck of course?

If this goes ahead I am seriously thinking of buying a Photo.com sub for a month just so that I can download 750 of your very best images and then be flogging them on eBay as prints, mugs, t-shirts, etc for many, many years to come. Wish me luck and enjoy your 30c EL sales!

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StockXpert.com / Re: StockXpert Images on Photos.com

« on: July 31, 2008, 14:48 »

Quote from: steve-oh on July 31, 2008, 14:14

We never were going to prevent you from deleting your portfolio. You always will be able to delete your portfolio at any time.

Thanks!
-Steve

I'm still pretty underwhelmed by the proposed partnership and the removal of opt-outs to be honest.

Without the ability to opt-out I will be deleting my portfolio at StockXpert in order to preserve the value of my port and my earnings at other sites. As far as I'm concerned this is just another attempt to undermine the established sites by giving our images away for less and less and I don't want to be a part of that.

Can I suggest that you make a provision to temporarily suspend portfolios at the contributor's request rather than going all the way down the road of deleting them? There's no way the revenue from StockXpert would justify the hassle of re-uploading my port if you subsequently changed the TOS back to more reasonable terms __ and I think you underestimate the strength of feelings from many of your top contributors on this.

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