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CanStockPhoto.com / Can't upload to Canstock
« on: October 28, 2016, 07:29 »
ftp seems to be down again......
No great shakes, images rarely sell and keyword rejections are mad.
But just wanted to whinge.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: SS grace period of 6 months
« on: October 28, 2016, 05:20 »
Unless a miracle happens, I am looking at down about 30% on last October.
:(

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2c.....is threatening creative livelihoods

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: iStock Royalty Change
« on: October 27, 2016, 01:44 »
so it wasn't even a typo for 20c which would be bad enough....
:(((((

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Didn't mean to hijack thread - just seemed to be where this programme was being discussed. Apologies if this was not good.
Thanks to Axonimage for email - will contact them that way!

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OK - decided to have a look - signed up via FB. Once in, it seems you must then be hosting your photos on FB but in FAQ I see:

Q: Why can't I submit photos from Facebook, Instagram or 500px to microstock sites?

A: These providers do not provide high resolution photos that meet the minimum 4 MB resolution requirement of microstock websites. Therefore, we will skip the recommendation. In the future we will let you upload the high resolution photos and submit.

Not a great start.....or am I missing something?

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Lookingat Axonguru I see:

Your act of posting your User Content on this Website shall be deemed that you grant Axon a world-wide, irrevocable, sublicense-able, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive license to use, modify, reproduce, publish, edit, store, convert, distribute, publicly display and perform, and create derivative works of such User Content and your personal information contained in your User Content in any form, media or technology, known or developed in future, for use for Axon Services and Axons business in any manner. You also grant other Users a non-exclusive license to access, use, reproduce, display, distribute and perform your User Content as permitted in accordance with design of Axon Services.

Am I getting paranoid?

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Canva / Canva Rejection (S)
« on: October 11, 2016, 01:23 »
I do find their site difficult to navigate so am probably missing something....however....
Rejection (S) I guess probably means Soft Rejection
ie I can tweak and resubmit if I want.
But is there a way to know WHY it was rejected ie what to tweak?
Or am I completely misunderstanding....
Normally, I wouldn't worry but recently they rejected what I think is a good and commercial photo....

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It was another site which reduced the limit.....

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Change in US tax W8BEN????
« on: October 09, 2016, 10:38 »
Thanks so much!  Really aprciated!
Now just to work out how to submit photos.....!
:)

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iStockPhoto.com / Change in US tax W8BEN????
« on: October 09, 2016, 10:24 »
I've just completed this - again - but have been notified that without a US or foreign TIN they will take full tax from me at 30%.
In the past this has never happened. Has something changed or should I put a tax number from here (Italy) in? Any ideas please?

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Great joy. Thanks. Just what we need in the runup to Christmas....

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Oh dear.....for me it just down't make contact at all with IS.......
Any idea if Deepmeta is still working?

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iStockPhoto.com / Is hero upload software still working for you?
« on: October 09, 2016, 09:15 »
I can't get it to work now and have contacted the main guy - I know he's generally pretty good at getting back - but wonder if it is just me.....and whether I need to make alternative arrangements....
I've been off these sites for a while and maybe something has happened....

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Shutterstock.com / Re: $2.05 sales
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:16 »
Just odd to get a bunch (of anything!) these days!
:)

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Shutterstock.com / $2.05 sales
« on: October 06, 2016, 05:10 »
Sorry if I'm just out of touch - buy anybody know what these sales relate to?
SODs of some kind but used to be $2.85.
Top tier.
Just that I've had a few lately.....and it's a new number.

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Wow! That really was it!!!
Both IS and IS PP sales truly TERRIBLE for Sept.
Waaaaay down......
:(

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Adobe Stock / Re: Thinking of joining Fotolia
« on: July 26, 2016, 00:50 »
Adobe and FT are one and the same as far as I can see. One owns the other. Nothing more.
Since Adobe took over nothing significant seems to have changed.
My own sales numbers are down in recent months but that may or may not be connected: FT was never a great performer; it is July; the market is oversaturated.
I still mainly get 29c subs so no change there. $1.65 counts as a 'good' sale. Over $2 commissions are as rare as hens' teeth.
I got one sale - once - for $18.  ::)

Update for info:
I'm silver level with 25% royalty and 'just' 6000 more downloads to reach the next level (31%)!
Starting royalties are 20%.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Thinking of joining Fotolia
« on: July 25, 2016, 01:37 »
Sales at FT are feeble - mainly 29c a piece but hey - given the general state of affairs, every little helps.
I guess.....
:(

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This July every day is like a weekend. WAY down on usual.....
It is as if my port is just buried or off. Even reliable sellers aren't selling.
I'm on top tier, not an ace photog, but this performance of my port is NOT normal swings and roundabouts.
I'm increasingly feeling that 25c is cheaper than 38c and what would you do if it was your business with squillions of images, most fairly acceptable, to hand?
Up my game? Great idea if I thought new pics would sell (I see little evidence) but even for 38c I can't afford models, props etc.
Mega demotivated.
:(

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even more strange is that there are some strange downloads coming from images i forgot i had.
and although i welcome that sort of rotation,
i still feel this rotation of getting undiscovered images
are what is killing all of our portfolios.


Exactly.  Better images - which usually sell - are not selling....... because they are not being seen?
:( 

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Adobe Stock / Re: June sales
« on: July 06, 2016, 01:27 »
Feeble...........
And down LOTS all of a sudden in their weird Weekly position - no idea if this is cause or effect.  :(

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General Stock Discussion / Re: NO SALES OF FOTOLIA
« on: July 06, 2016, 01:18 »
Wow - it even looks like you copied the font pretty closely......!  >:(
PS Word clouds were all the rage...a few years back.....

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CanStockPhoto.com / Re: Canstock Favorites?
« on: February 07, 2013, 03:14 »
Seems to be for buyers - mark a photo as Fave and see what happens....

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: D-Day (Deactivation Day) on Istock - Feb 2
« on: February 02, 2013, 05:58 »
Thanks all but especially Anyka - I was on thumbnail and/or edit!
:)

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