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PhotoDune / Re: Anybody else issues with FTP connection
« on: July 04, 2015, 03:10 »
yes. and the fact that they reject more than any other agency that I submit to
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PhotoDune / Re: Anybody else issues with FTP connection« on: July 04, 2015, 03:10 »
yes. and the fact that they reject more than any other agency that I submit to
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Adobe Stock / Re: Introducing Adobe Stock!« on: June 25, 2015, 22:49 »I'm interested why you think that Adobe will take more sales from SS than IS ?No, I'm not going to say anything about my RPD you probably don't care much about that. I think you'll be swapping a very small amount of iStock sales and a larger amount of SS sales. On top of that if Adobe is successful then SS will lower your RPD by cutting prices and possibly changing how subs are paid.As in Independent Adobe deal basically matches or betters any other microstock offering I submit to as far as RPD.Your royalty will be lower than SS by a fairly large margin depending on your level. 103
Adobe Stock / Re: Introducing Adobe Stock!« on: June 25, 2015, 22:37 »As in Independent Adobe deal basically matches or betters any other microstock offering I submit to as far as RPD.Your royalty will be lower than SS by a fairly large margin depending on your level. Okay my statement was too far reaching. Adobe deal isn't the best of all, but its certainly not the worst. Yes it would probably reduce the RPD if all sales were taken from SS alone. RPD last month at IS was $0.44 so I'd happily swap those for the Adobe sales. only 11% of last months sales at Istock were Credit sales. This is where you chime in and say how awesome exclusive at IS is and your RPD there are massive. 104
Adobe Stock / Re: Introducing Adobe Stock!« on: June 25, 2015, 21:33 »Apart from the usual self-aggrandizing Getty Images nonsense which is open to debate endlessly on this forum, I think we should try and focus on the core message here... As your exclusive I accept that the numbers are different and thus I can understand how Adobe is undercutting prices that your images are sold at on Istock and Getty. As in Independent Adobe deal basically matches or betters any other microstock offering I submit to as far as RPD. I suppose their correspondence appears to be sent to exclusive contributors (to encourage them to stay exclusive) Their letter as read by an independent grates a nerve. Edit: Also I don't think Adobe is setting a precedent, that was done long ago at prices much less than $10 by many companies including Istock. Sure I'd like Adobe to price higher because of the link in with photoshop etc they're offering convenience which should attract some premium to the pricing. 105
Adobe Stock / Re: Introducing Adobe Stock!« on: June 25, 2015, 20:21 »Apart from the usual self-aggrandizing Getty Images nonsense which is open to debate endlessly on this forum, I think we should try and focus on the core message here... I can buy 6 photos on Istock for $65AUD = $47.45 USD and for the commission I get 16% = $1.26USD/photo Buy bigger packs etc and its cheap again. Adobe 33% @ $10USD per photo I get $3.33USD/photo Unless your exclusive on Istock it doesn't make sense to me, to support IS and not the Adobe deal. 106
Dreamstime.com / Re: Request for image« on: June 22, 2015, 22:58 »
I had a request via dreamstime and never heard back, I think I priced it at $500. Maybe they thought they'd get it for $50
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General Stock Discussion / Re: End of travel commercial photography in Europe?« on: June 20, 2015, 02:31 »
um, not that I want to interrupt the discussion about the presidents of the US, the civil war and history of wars and US an Russian intervention in Europe.
Does this mean I can't sell editorial or commercial stock photos taken in Europe ? 108
General Stock Discussion / Re: Having Multiple Accounts for "Branding"« on: June 12, 2015, 22:15 »
I think having multiple accounts on dreamstime would be an advantage because there seems to be a portfolio boost on some rotation system. Also the earning levels there are on a per photo basis.
Most of the agencies don't have constricting upload limits anymore so that's not an issue now. 109
123RF / Re: Just removed all photos from 123rf« on: June 12, 2015, 22:08 »
worst thing about 123 is they pay the lowest subscription royalty I'm aware of.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Cost of Living's Affect on Production« on: June 08, 2015, 00:38 »However, if you are a landscape photographer, nothing beats the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass in USA - Lifetime Pass for $10. Seniors from all other countries would go to war for such a deal.Our National Parks are free for everyone, though admittedly nothing like as varied. What about for "commercial" photography. 111
General Stock Discussion / Re: Cost of Living's Affect on Production« on: June 07, 2015, 01:21 »
minimum wage in Australia is about $33,500 AUD (about $27000 USD).
%25 loading for casual workers. (i.e. no paid sick leave, no holiday pay etc.) cost of living is higher than in USA. You'd be struggling to support a family on one minimum wage workers wage. 113
Photo Critique / Re: Please critque my pictures - thank you« on: April 21, 2015, 18:49 »
if you need money "fast" stock photography not really where'd I'd be concentrating my effort, I'd be out trying to get another job. Even with a top level portfolio ready to upload it takes time to build sales.
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Dreamstime.com / Re: Monthly Shame Award goes to DT« on: April 21, 2015, 18:45 »
not too worried about the actual review time but I'm having a lot of files upload with lines through them.
Also when I upload there's like 3 copies of the same file trying to load. 115
General Stock Discussion / Re: What happened to those top mcstock sellers who moved to Getty/IS 2-3 years ago?« on: April 20, 2015, 19:09 »
Inspiration wasn't also limited to artists works on microstock. People made a lot of sales producing works inspired by RM work aswell.
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: New Asset Detail Pages Are Active / All Descriptions And Lightbox Links Are Gone« on: April 15, 2015, 23:04 »^^ Another weird decision if it is a positive decision and not an occasional bug. (I don't check the bug thread there. Life's too short. That's what I'm seeing, able to sort in search but not my own or anybody elses "portfolio" page I can go to "my uploads" page and see them in upload order 117
iStockPhoto.com / Re: New Asset Detail Pages Are Active / All Descriptions And Lightbox Links Are Gone« on: April 15, 2015, 18:12 »
These guys are idiots, whats the problem with displaying a description.
They're showing a description for editorial underneath the photos, what's the big problem with showing it for commercial photos ? Take a landscape photo, if you don't have the location in the title now the buyer wouldn't know exactly where its from. Another thing I couldn't see how to sort by newest first on my own or anyone elses portfolio page. I normally scroll through to see how many of my new photos haven't sold yet. 118
PhotoDune / Re: Who still has a high acceptance rate?« on: April 03, 2015, 22:56 »
my acceptance rate there has plummeted aswell. Hard to get anything through, if Shutterstock takes it with 50 million photos I can't understand why photodune would be more picky
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Dreamstime.com / Re: Monthly Shame Award goes to DT« on: April 03, 2015, 21:22 »
I'd vote a couple of agencies above dreamstime in those stakes.
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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock Increase Print Limits to 500,000 and other changes« on: April 02, 2015, 17:41 »Can someone tell me what gets a print run of more than 500,000 ? Well maybe there is bigger print runs in countries other than mine but for example. Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday = 223,000 (2013) Mon-Frid (132,000) Women Weekly on of the biggest magazines in Australia (printed monthly ) = 459,000 (2013) Council publications => there aren't 500,000 dwellings in a council area. Sure there are things like the New York times, time magazine but I don't think there are as many as you say and year on year there will be less. Number of print runs allowed without EL should be reduced not increased. 121
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock Increase Print Limits to 500,000 and other changes« on: March 30, 2015, 23:59 »
Can someone tell me what gets a print run of more than 500,000 ?
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Shutterstock.com / Re: A closer look at Shutterstock headquarters« on: March 03, 2015, 17:40 »
Makes me feel like a minion working for cents whilst the Barons in the ivory tower drive round in their virtual Segway head machines.
I'd like to see the Istock office in comparison. 123
General Stock Discussion / Re: February 2015 sales« on: March 02, 2015, 23:43 »
earnings 30% lower than Feb 2014 however PP, subs etc still to come in to IS.
Estimate 20% down on 2014. 124
New Sites - General / Re: Stockbo« on: March 02, 2015, 18:25 »
4000 images, they're really taking it to the big boys.
I'm glad they rejected 4/5 of my best sellers that I uploaded there. If they'd accepted them I would have wasted many hours uploading the rest of my portfolio. Interesting that the cost per month they quote to keep the site running. Shows that with some sales each month (after development etc is stopped) the small sites can still make money for the owners, but not much for contributors. 125
General Photography Discussion / Re: Time Lapse Question -« on: September 06, 2014, 06:43 »
What about using live view ?
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