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« on: February 19, 2013, 02:55 »
You can also get 200 a day subscription what  12 months $10979
what on earth are you going to do with 73000 stock photos a year ?
Start your very own heroturko? Sell thousands of DVDs on the streets of Bangkok?
I guess nothing legal or morally correct
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« on: February 19, 2013, 02:53 »
sorry to hear it didn't work out.
Do you think chosing a specialised area for the agency to focus on might have turned out differently ?
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« on: February 18, 2013, 04:44 »
have you seen the pricing for subscriptions at bigstock 5 per day = $69 per month. xl normally 6 credits each, 4 XL images for $49. I can see alot of buyers moving to subscriptions with pricing like that. You can also get 200 a day subscription what 12 months $10979 what on earth are you going to do with 73000 stock photos a year ?
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« on: February 18, 2013, 02:40 »
make your own with random notes. 99% of people buying the photos wouldn't even notice. Just make sure you put a note to the inspector that you composed it.
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« on: February 17, 2013, 05:38 »
38cents is nearly 50% more than 25cents.
If this was my fulltime work it would be more than significant.
52%
thanks, I apologise to all the readers of this thread. I'd hate people to to think 50% more of 25cents gives a total of 38 instead of 37.5cents I'm so sorry !
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« on: February 16, 2013, 22:57 »
In addition to making your actual images larger on your own site, you should perhaps look at what 123RF appears to be doing. Their watermarked thumbs show up in Google searches as 1200 x 1200 pixel images. They aren't that size though. So lying about your thumb size somewhere in the HTML looks (for the moment anyway) to be an SEO strategy of sorts 
I definitely see more of my images in google search from 123rf than from any other source. So what ever they're doing works. maybe 1205 x 1205
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« on: February 16, 2013, 21:51 »
38cents is nearly 50% more than 25cents.
If this was my fulltime work it would be more than significant.
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« on: February 15, 2013, 04:29 »
You can operate as a sole trader without forming a business.
Ok I'm not a tax agent or anything. Sorry if I have mixed terms. What I meant by not forming "a business" I think I should have said "forming an incorporated company" My point was that you can operate as a sole trader without registering for GST or obtaining a ABN and report the income on your personal income return. From ATO website. "Reporting and paying income tax As a sole trader, you need to report the business income you earn (after expenses) on your personal income tax return, along with any other income you earn."
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« on: February 15, 2013, 03:43 »
You can operate as a sole trader without forming a business.
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« on: February 15, 2013, 03:33 »
Haven't check here in a little while. Certainly big and unexpected news. SJ I'm sure you'll land squarely on your feet and I wish you all the best. I'm sure you don't need any advise from me but if you need somebody to refer you to this high selling agency called shutterstock send me a message. 
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« on: February 11, 2013, 01:49 »
5% tax treaty with the US.
definitely keep some records to prove that your operating as a hobby.
A figure of $50k quoted by someone umm I'd make sure I had some good records to defend that one.
km's are a good thing to show the costs associated with microstock
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« on: February 09, 2013, 22:09 »
I think the targets are way too high. But remember that they'll be counting subscriptions sales on bigstock which will increase everybodies download count.
Seems like they should just combine bigstock and shutterstock under the one umbrella. Keep the 2 sale websites. Sales from Bigstock report over at Shutterstock. Only upload at shutterstock.
That probably makes too much sense and is hampered by some software programming issue.
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« on: February 09, 2013, 22:01 »
I'd recommend starting at Dreamstime,etc (no test to pass) get some runs on the board, this will let you work out which of your photos are actually wanted by the stock machines.
Shutterstock you'll need 10 great ones.
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« on: January 27, 2013, 02:22 »
A bride and groom to be were both unfortunately killed in a freak accidents on the way to their wedding.
They arrive at the pearly gates together and are greeted at the gates by one of the angels. "Welcome to heaven. I'll show you around but first thing do you have any requests ?"
"Well we were on our way to get married, any chance of that ?"
"Sure I'll arrange it."
Off goes the angel and returns 4 weeks later. "I've finally found a priest ! There's not that many of them here it turns out. Are you ready to go ahead ?"
"I've just one question" asked the groom. "If it doesn't work out are you allowed to get a divorce in heaven ?"
With a look of astonishment the angel replies.
"Your saw how long it took me to find a priest, how long do you think it would take to find a lawyer ?"
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« on: January 26, 2013, 19:47 »
What do you call a lawyer with two wooden legs ?
A waste of wood !
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« on: January 26, 2013, 04:01 »
I can't get the upload system to work at all at the moment. I've just stopped uploading there till later, sales aren't good so I've been trying to spend my time where it will return the most money. Unfortunately I spend too much time reading posts here
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« on: January 10, 2013, 22:14 »
Based on all of what is happening, I think there might be grounds for a class action case. You cannot force contributors to an "agreement" to promote our images without giving us an option to opt out of it. There is a case against facebook now that seems to be of the same guide lines. Facebook is trying to settle it quietly. The judge has rejected the settlement since it does not award any damages to facebook contributors. For facebook, it could result in a lot money.
From the article: "The lawsuit, brought by five Facebook members, alleged the social networking site violated California law by publicizing users likes of certain advertisers on its Sponsored Stories feature without paying them or giving them a way to opt out, the documents said."
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/facebook_quietly_settled_lawsuit_that_could_have_involved_up_to_1_in_3_amer
There are also other articles that show how Facebook is forcing people to pay to insure all your followers will read your posts. Guess what? People are now turning against facebook. Amazing how you can screw up your own business...
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From 15b of the contributor agreement
b.You consent to service of any required notice or process upon you by email, registered mail or overnight courier with proof of delivery notice, addressed to the address or contact information provided by you at the time you are first granted access to the membership portions of the Site. You agree to waive any right you may have to (i) trial by jury; and (ii) to commence or participate in any class action against iStockphoto related to the Site or this Agreement.
Not saying that the language is ironclad, but we did agree to it
Surely that wouldn't stand up, can they kill me and say I agreed no trials by jury.
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« on: January 08, 2013, 00:58 »
I've only got 23. Looks like I need to be more helpful. Good to see some more positive things around here, been a bit doom and gloom.
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« on: January 07, 2013, 00:52 »
oh Alex, thanks for popping in but seriously? you needed us to notice it? what are y'all doing over there?
....hopefully working on some super awesome new feature that generates good sales
Maybe like paying 36 cents for subs. Oh wait
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« on: January 06, 2013, 04:03 »
view your portfolio and there is a photo+ tab. Click on it.
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« on: January 06, 2013, 04:00 »
500 bucks per month why stop there ? why not 1000 ?
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« on: January 06, 2013, 00:57 »
Because someone thought it look nice
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« on: January 06, 2013, 00:47 »
Got my first 25cent sub woo yay.
I hope nobody is uploading.
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« on: January 05, 2013, 21:37 »
Does elective cosmetic surgery count as $ spent on healthcare ??
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