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iStockPhoto.com / Re: IStock rejection
« on: April 18, 2013, 13:18 »
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Enjoy your 15%

Enjoy your 25c from SS too.

I'm actually averaging 37c per DL so far.
very soon to be much higher.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: IStock rejection
« on: April 18, 2013, 06:38 »
Enjoy your 15%

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: March PP - quick and quiet!
« on: April 17, 2013, 17:52 »
Nothing here yet.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: The Texture Store
« on: April 16, 2013, 14:47 »
^^^ +1 to all of the above.
I have hundreds of such files and you ain't getting them :)

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StockFresh / Re: Stockfresh upload limit?
« on: April 14, 2013, 09:58 »
Thats -- Smaller the agency bigger the attitude issues.

I tried to seek the similar help from Bigstock people. I asked them either review the files fast or give me more quota to upload more to approval queue. They said nothing is possible.

Bigstock isn't small because it is essentially SS.
You can always try asking for a bigger limit, I did and it worked.

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We use the Yuri one and it seems to be accepted by everyone.

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: US ITIN Number for selling direct
« on: April 12, 2013, 14:53 »
They are wrong.

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Stocksy / Re: What sort of RPI are you getting?
« on: April 11, 2013, 04:51 »
A bit soon, don't you think?


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iStockPhoto.com / Re: death of istock postponed?
« on: April 10, 2013, 15:21 »
Dreamer:
I was in exactly the same situation as you. I like you didn't post on IS forums just to keep my head down as you say.
have no fear! there is life after exclusivity and IS isn't the only player in the market.  Once I have more experience and data I will share my findings with the community since I know there are many in the same position as you and me.


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Would you pay more for a Ferrari if you knew it was made in the exact same manner as a low end high volume production car?

I would never pay for a Ferrari. Period. Paying that much for a car is insane:) And... in many ways, it is actually made in a worse manner than low end high volume production car...  ;)

An excellent analogy, a Ferrari isn't a car. a Ferrari is a piece of art that also happends to be car.  Someone who buys a ferrari uses his emotions and heart, not his brain.

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Stocksy / Re: Any Sale?
« on: April 09, 2013, 18:29 »
Had our first one.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: death of istock postponed?
« on: April 07, 2013, 17:46 »
shudderstok:
not bad at all, the only problem is you are a minority, "we are the 99%" .
I can give you me as a good example.
A loyal (ex) gold IS exclusive for years.
portfolio grew the last year by over 40% (over 5.5K images in total)
earnings dropped over 40%
RPI from a peak of 67c to 25c

If exclusivity works for you then great, if and when it wont well then I guess you are always welcome and join the indy club.
You will also get a free bonus of people liking you much more around here :)

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: death of istock postponed?
« on: April 07, 2013, 02:46 »
I have been an indy for 3 days now, I think some patience will help before jumping to any conclusions.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: death of istock postponed?
« on: April 07, 2013, 02:40 »
^^^ You do what's best for you.
What I can tell you is that the People who "have success at IS and Getty" are becoming a minority.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Is SS running slow for anyone else?
« on: April 03, 2013, 07:35 »
Maybe it's because of my massive uploading :)

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Stocksy / Re: Any Sale?
« on: April 03, 2013, 07:34 »
they're the last one in a long line of new agencies that popped up with small budgets and no clear business plans.


Why and how did you get to this conclusion?

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Worst month in years as an exclusive at IS (not for long).
~1,400$ if anyone wants to know.
Hopefully that will change soon.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Can I modify the prices?
« on: March 29, 2013, 04:24 »
Thanks.
A bit OT but do you know of a way to process files in bulk ?
The only thing I have found that might help is this:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/101172

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Adobe Stock / Re: Can I modify the prices?
« on: March 29, 2013, 04:11 »
What is the highest you can set it at, does anyone know?

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Former istock exc applying to SS
« on: March 28, 2013, 16:54 »
^^^
Yes.

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SNP: quite a surprise! good luck!!
Care to share the results of your homework?


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Why so long? We plan to have our entire 5K+ portfolio up and running in at least 10 different MS sits in about 1 month after exclusivity ends.
We are 2 people though...

I hope you and your partner really get to categorize and assign MR/PR for the 5K+ in 10 different MS in a month, which will be "50k+" images to be categorized one by one. Of course there are sites that don't need categories. Anyway I hope you get to accomplish it. Keep us updated and tell us how you made it. ;0)

That is the main time consumer indeed, uploading 100gb+ to each site also takes time, but 1 month after exclusivity ends + 30 days notice to IS = 2 months, which is quite a lot of time with 2 people and my new 3mb upload DSL helps :)

gostwyck: thanks a lot, I hope for the best but it is a bit difficult to be optimistic after such a bad year. I feel like a beaten wife leaving her abusive husband.

Cobalt: an income hit is expected, I was talking of the time needed to get the port up and running at the different MS sites, with the "big 4" being a priority.  The faster they get there the less you lose.   I do plan to open a new thread on our experience and share what ever I can so maybe I can help the others who are considering doing the same, but we still have 3 weeks waiting period at IS and anyways this is Lucato's thread :)

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I am expecting it to take two years to get back to a level I feel comfortable with.

This is simply becuase by uploading to a new agency, you are entering a new marketplace. The customers need to get to know you as a reliable resource, they have to bookmark you, lightbox your files, "follow you" etc...Then the client has to approve the project and my files and then comes th download...and then a few months later the project gets extended and they download even more files etc...

The only variable is video. That is a new market and there is very little good content. And video files earn a lot more. So, if I learn how to make good videos, I might be able to speed up my income. But 18 months should be a minimum time frame. unless I become superhuman and can upload 500 files a month. But that is simply not possible unless I hire people. And at this time I dont want to.

Why so long? We plan to have our entire 5K+ portfolio up and running in at least 10 different MS sits in about 1 month after exclusivity ends.
We are 2 people though...

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Today I've reached the first milestone
« on: March 17, 2013, 16:17 »
Congratulations :)

I hope I can get to that milestone faster.


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iStockPhoto.com / Re: No downloads in two working days!!!
« on: March 16, 2013, 12:39 »

It has picked up for me this month.  Especially with the dec/jan gi sales.   Maybe they are helpling exclusives in the best match because the survey asked a lot of questions that would show a conern about losing exclusives.

It would be smart of them to wake up to what losing their exclusives means.  Recently it has seemed they don't care about losing exclusives at all, which I have found baffling. 

Unfortunately, the graph I was referring to as being alarming was Shadysue's, and she's still exclusive AFAIK.

Yes, I'm exclusive and based on this week's dl's,  March is shaping up to be horrific. March has also been my best month the last two years. Edging more towards dropping the crown.

Same here!  Last march was a BME, this month is 40% less $$$$ with 40%+ bigger port.
Waiting for the 30 days to be over.

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