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« on: March 10, 2015, 13:58 »
I do not see number of contributors in this report or even better growth in number over the years.
right but I am sure it went up and a lot, you just don't go from 200k to 400k files approved per week with the same number of contributors
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« on: March 10, 2015, 13:55 »
Yestearday I submitted 209 photos and only 4 got accepted. It seems SS have * high standard now.
NEVER submit that many at one time.
NEVER submit that many CRAP at one time.
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« on: March 10, 2015, 13:34 »
We need to address the fact that they have clearly chosen to stiff their contributors while expecting us to fully bankroll, produce, upload and keyword their product. Without our investments and hard work they have nothing to sell.
NOTHING.
your raise below! Every day, contributors in 150 countries submit photos, vectors, illustrations, and videos for our 1.2 million customers to explore, share, and download. With more than 500 million all-time downloads, its important that we look at our global, two-sided marketplace to offer new insight for our most important stakeholders the Shutterstock contributors.http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/contributor-earnings-report
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« on: March 10, 2015, 12:20 »
Shutterstocks report yesterday of paying out $83,605,000 in royalties in 2014 raises a few interesting questions. While it is a lot of money it is only 25% of $328 million.
I believe you are forgetting the expenses of running the business
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« on: February 26, 2015, 11:22 »
All agency need to keep the prize, but raise the % to contributor ! But I'm still dreaming ! Especially Istock for non-exclusive.
Adding more easy and realistic level rank with % increase on all agency would be great too. They need to keep us motivated. But they don't understand that !
have you noticed the 402k new approvals at SS this week? it used to be half of that (200k), I really don't believe that contributors need any further motivations, actually I think that a few thousands joined recently once I don't see how it would be this huge with the same number of contributors (as you say less motivated producing fewer) now imagine SS giving a raise, 1 Million per week?
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« on: February 13, 2015, 05:52 »
quarter after quarter, year after year!
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« on: December 26, 2014, 17:42 »
It has been a rocking year, some downs, many ups.
I got kicked off Fotolia, got a forum ban on Shutterstock and stopped submitting to Deposit and Alamy. Had a few run ins on MSG which I really didnt like. Lost contact with a few people.
Started uploading to Bigstock and Canva. I have established a steady income of $900 per month overall with my images. I met the woman of my dreams, and recently we moved in together. I hit all targets for my day job, looking at a nice bonus come April. I lost 30 kilos (66lbs) and got my health under control. Started a new photo business.
I feel very positive about 2015 and I think it could be a key year to my future. I have a few moments to look forward to; Foo Fighters in Slane Castle, Dublin. Going to see U2 in Berlin and Dublin. Smashing Pumpkins tour. Planned a holiday to Nice, France. Going to walk the Wicklow Way (127km) in August. Probably going to chase the Northern Lights in Norway.
How has your year been?
I wish you happy holidays and all the best for 2015 !
well done Ron!
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« on: December 18, 2014, 19:43 »
I will find more non-stock methods of monetizing my images. A couple years ago when I could see where things were going with stock I started experimenting with non-stock sales. This month my non-stock sales revenue is currently on track to be 3X my stock revenue. I'm glad I made changes back then.
are you talking about print on demand or other things like selling in a market or a local shop? cheers and thanks for sharing your strategy!
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« on: December 12, 2014, 06:53 »
They pay $800 and own nothing but a distribution system.
right but I don't see a risk there once contributors will never leave or stop feeding microstock agencies (some might but more will join)
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« on: December 10, 2014, 18:28 »
Nice,
But in all those years none has learnt to smile
I see smiles in a few years, that said just because you aren't smiling doesn't mean you are unhappy, personally I hate fake smiles and don't think we should hide the less good moments in life, these days people smile so much we can't really know if they are being real or not actually more important than smiles I see trust, pride and friendship in their eyes and body language I love the fact of him (Nixon) showing up as a shadow on some years, something I would never thought of doing, mainly because I would say its distracting but actually its quite fascinating thanks for sharing Sue 
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« on: September 25, 2014, 22:21 »
last sale on the 17th
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« on: September 19, 2014, 17:27 »
Yes I did But I won't post every each single sale... Those you saw are the first. Then emails started...
right lol
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« on: September 19, 2014, 10:48 »
I am really sorry Ariene but you have sold 2 items (since June 2014)
Weird... I got more emails from them and I have more info on my account... Wherever you see the numbers, must be old...
you posted them on FB, 1st one on September 13th
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« on: September 19, 2014, 06:27 »
I am really sorry Ariene but you have sold 2 items (since June 2014), which is far from going crazy, I believe you need to wait a little longer before drawing such conclusions
that said FAA is also delicious
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« on: September 18, 2014, 09:06 »
"Deborah Dorchak - Also, the larger images sizes made no difference to me. I have a plugin on my Photoshop that allows me to blow up an image to any size without losing the resolution. I saved a lot of money over the years buying 1 credit images and then blowing them up as needed."
thanks for the laugh Deborah 
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« on: August 29, 2014, 10:03 »
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« on: August 20, 2014, 05:51 »
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« on: June 27, 2014, 19:33 »
We wouldn't need to even look at dumping agencies if the agency mentality shifted to where it should be
yep, that is right and so simple (complex for them) too, that said I will remain seated because it might take a while  its funny that most agencies founders have started somehow because they were creatives first, then started getting some of our work from all around the world for free (actually we are paying them quite nicely!) and now they believe its theirs, deep down they know they should act differently but money talks
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« on: June 27, 2014, 18:59 »
Pretty good post by Sean.
Amazing how a company could have $50M in sales, have no inventory, and be unprofitable. So from mismanagement, greed, or other problems the contributors are the first to get squeezed to try and fix the problem. I've already stopped submitting to Istock/Micro and Getty because other sales channels are showing more promising trends.
Another problem is that stock, prints, and other sales channels all affect each other. For my prints I have increased prices a lot and have had no problem getting $400 for a 32x48 canvas wrap. Getty/Photos.com sells them for $199 of which I get 20% or $40. So not only is this driving prices down but also at the same time I get a fraction of what I get selling direct. On top of that, if micro is selling my image for $1, $10 or whatever, why would anyone buy a $400 canvas print from me when they can license my image for a few dollars and have it printed at a discount printer for $100?
Buyers are willing to pay more. But these sites are competing on the race to the bottom which doesn't do anybody any good including the buyer. If contributors stop producing products and sites go out of business, how does this help buyers?
its sad but FT deal and other isn't that different from Cafepress, some contributors will quit/leave but a few millions will keep on submitting new pictures, products, whatever lets go nuts and say that 50% would remove everything, that is still 50% left which is enough to keep buyers more than happy the truth is that we can't change anything at this moment, we need to create a new fair place controlled by us and get one buyer at a time and slowly leaving microstock agencies (sort of a stocksy but more open) unfortunately FAA and Pixels aren't the solution, they might be paying some people well but the majority is selling 2 or 3 prints a year, not enough to dump agencies
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« on: June 27, 2014, 17:07 »
"Which Model Will Prevail? 5% Commissions vs. Set Your Own Prices"
He can call it "Set Your Own Price", but we all know that it is really "Set Your Own Royalty". When his income goes down, he just increases his markup and the real "price" goes up.
I wouldn't do anything for 5%, though.
in the all article he said a lot of good stuff that we have been talking about for years, the only wrong was really the 5%, its actually 10% (that great!) if you do a few things like following a person and post a new design every 3 months
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« on: June 27, 2014, 17:02 »
Looks like you and I posted the same thing at the same time.
haha I was 10 minutes quicker  a minus for saying that? its a joke, come on guys!
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« on: June 27, 2014, 17:02 »
all the speech from Sean is spot on and we all know that for a long time but its impossible to change the way agencies look at us with the amount of content and contributors they have on their side, even if a few of us decide to stop supporting DPC or Cafepress or Society6 a few millions like 20 million (as he said on the article) will still continue to accept the very low royalties and once again nothing will change because a tiny % decides to leave
the real trouble resides on the financial side as well, its not viable to drop all agencies and stick with FAA and Pixels where we can set our own prices but there aren't enough sales (close to zero in my case) to provide a regular income and we know too that zero of a lot of royalties/setting prices is still zero!
P.S. are you serious? my post deserves a minus? this is unbelievable, you must know everything and other know zero, sure! don't just minus, say what I am saying wrong IYO
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« on: June 27, 2014, 16:49 »
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« on: June 27, 2014, 03:33 »
Well something is happening because my sales are dire now.
same here, for the 1st time I have a month making less than last year anyway maybe the heavy submissions aren't helping us... I believe I have never seen it so high! SHUTTERSTOCK STATS: 38,689,531 royalty-free stock images / 285,933 new stock images added this week
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« on: June 23, 2014, 05:49 »
six dots get 25 hearts
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