I removed my port last year I think, or was it the year before. There were a number of reasons for leaving. One of them being I didn't like working with them or the way they worked (this might not matter to many people but it's important to me).

The strangest experience I had was when I wrote to them asking to change the descriptions of a few editorial images. I had made a terrible mistake in the descriptions of these images which needed to be rectified to be factually accurate. Instead of a thank you for informing us email (remember the mistake was being displayed on their site and being viewed by their buyers), I received a long winded and scolding email basically saying don't do it again (does anyone actually set out to intentionally make mistakes?) and saying how difficult it was for their IT personnel to change the descriptions, maybe that's a good indication of how smart their IT personnel are. They did inform me they will make the changes to the descriptions though. They never actually did. There's a difference in making a mistake and being unprofessional. I made a mistake, they were unprofessional. I don't regret leaving.

This forum sucks. I'm out of here. 

"Forcing customers to buy credits may simplify the process on one hand, but can lead to customers paying too much, forgetting they have credits available and in some cases have them expire before they can use them."

Customers aren't forced to do anything, they could buy from sites like Alamy if they wish but microstock buyers prefer to license many images for the price of one of yours. And these forgetful buyers somehow keep remembering to come back and buy new credits.

Pepsi has said this on the post.

Translated from Portuguese:

"Thanks for your pertinent observation!

By mistake we do not publish the correct version of the image. The final version includes your photo, we like a lot, but without the watermark.

If you want to send us a private message to you do get proof of purchase of the image, which as you can see is still done on Friday.

Thank you for your attention!"

"Just bend over.. Mwa-ha-ha-haaaa!", said the agency. 

What the he-ll guys, up until now we got ZERO $$$ from bloggers...

I have always bought microstock for my blog and I'm not the only one.

When you explain to your mother's cronies what it is you do and afterwards there is complete silence, apart from the cat releasing a fart. Then your mother says: "My other son is a lawyer."

That's a good one!

Here's an example of how Fotolia operates, which might explain why they're so deep in debt.  I recently received this email message from them...

Quote

We were recently contacted by one of your models, [model's name]. She has asked us to remove the images you uploaded even though a model release has been provided. This complaint has raised some questions about your account and as a result we have blocked your account until this issue can be resolved. If [model] will remove her request we can reopen your account. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely, 

Chad Bridwell
Director of Operations
Fotolia.com
206-683-4942
[email protected]

Skype � Chad_fotolia
Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/chadbridwell/

Shocking!   Fotolia don't live in the same world as the rest of us and they never will.

Quote from: cidepix on December 06, 2013, 07:12

is it worth selling these on micros may be read as "is it worth selling these great images on worthless micros"..
at least that's how it sounded to me.. and since the images aren't really as good as thread title implies, the answer was spot on..

I didn't infer that at all.
It's clearly all in the interpretation.
I interpreted it as "is there any point in trying to sell these images on micros?".

I thought the same.

Here we go again.

crestock were good and have offered me my princely payout of $8.xx

My experience with Crestock was hilarious, luckily I had too few images with them to care and I guess the feeling was mutual. I was only making an enquiry, I hadn't made a decision but they were all too keen to get rid of my images, or was it me . Here's my email communication with them.

Me: If I want to take my images off Crestock, is the only way of doing this by
closing my account?

CS: This email is to confirm that the images which were formerly active in your portfolio have now been removed. I can leave your account active, or close it if you wish. Let me know what you prefer and I will take care of it for you.

Me: Close the account. Thank you.

I didn't ask for the money, nor did they send it, but it was a tiny amount, maybe $2 or $3.

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on September 16, 2013, 15:27

Quote from: cobalt on September 16, 2013, 15:17

Apparently they are just changing the logo, not the site: http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=356290&page=1

What's the point of the period at the end?  (no pun intended)

www.iStock.com

An indication of their direction? A full stop.

here today  $2.50 subscription sale an image at level 2,  ?

That's strange. They announced this, "The royalties awarded are $2.00 for non-exclusive contributors and $2.20 for exclusives."