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Messages - goober
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« on: December 04, 2014, 03:20 »
Algorithms can be incredibly complex and nobody here knows if they are capping income or not. One thing I am sure of. Nobody is getting a good deal with these agencies.
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« on: November 29, 2014, 23:12 »
Livingstone I presume. Getty was getting hammered by Istock so they made a giant carrot. One wonders what would have happened if Istock didn't sell out. Stocksy on steroids.
103
« on: November 26, 2014, 07:50 »
iStock rolled the two price dice and now they have to go home to live with mom.
104
« on: November 09, 2014, 21:21 »
start your own iranstockphoto and block the USA.
105
« on: October 21, 2014, 07:13 »
How fast is istock?
3.088 seconds, 79% of sites are faster.
106
« on: October 13, 2014, 21:59 »
I've got a feeling we're all going to get another email telling us we were overpaid and they will take some back each month for 6 months. Why can't we get an all inclusive accounting system like my bank were every debt and credit has it's own entry. You should be able to see when they took money out and when they put a credit back in, etc.
Whatever!!!.
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« on: October 01, 2014, 22:36 »
the price for new credits is between $15 - $16. It might be with old credits. Who knows?
The price for new credits is $8 - $15, and the $15 is only when you buy a single credit. If you buy 3 credits the per credit price already drops to $12. I wouldn't expect to get many (or any!) $15 credit sales.
But most of the sales I've been having have been with credits that were well below $8, so still mostly old credits being used up.
In Aussie land 3 credits is $44.75 each credit being $14.92 AUD. Oi, oi, oi!
108
« on: September 29, 2014, 18:53 »
I think you only make these kind of dramatic moves when things are really bad. This move to top and tail the whole collection will drive the lower end market elsewhere. I suspect to make such a dramatic move means something is really wrong inside istock HQ.
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« on: September 29, 2014, 18:37 »
I've had a similar experience although I'm not down to $0 but I'm heading that way fast.
Maybe the programmers accidentally put in a little bit of code (glitch) that says not to display your images upfront.
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« on: September 28, 2014, 22:41 »
I sold a photo under the new system (Xlarge) and out of roughly $16 I got $1. How about I get $15 and you take the $1?
Sorry, what kind of sale was this?
How do you know the buyer paid $16?
photo, only 1 sale. regular sale. the price for new credits is between $15 - $16. It might be with old credits. Who knows?
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« on: September 28, 2014, 20:09 »
I sold a photo under the new system (Xlarge) and out of roughly $16 I got $1. How about I get $15 and you take the $1?
They've topped and tailed the collection and made the whole collection very expensive. Maybe the secret plan is to target corporates and sent the cheapo's to use PP sites.
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« on: September 28, 2014, 08:40 »
Is there a set date for the pp payout? Kind of annoying that it turned up so close to the big change over.
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« on: September 09, 2014, 17:54 »
Day two of this week and my sales are definitely up. People are using their credits before the change over. Mind you I expect sales to drop off at the change over.
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« on: September 08, 2014, 18:38 »
I've had good sales last 2 days. I'm wondering if it's people using up their credits before the confusing change occurs on 13/14. Or maybe it's just that my stuff is so fantastic. I just can't decide which it is.
Your work must be fantastic. I can't get many subs sales, far less normal ones.
I guess I am fantastic. On a personal note: I got a job last week, after almost a decade doing stock. I haven't uploaded for 6 weeks and I kid you not I had an email two days ago asking if it is possible to make a living doing stock.
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« on: September 08, 2014, 18:30 »
I've had good sales last 2 days. I'm wondering if it's people using up their credits before the confusing change occurs on 13/14. Or maybe it's just that my stuff is so fantastic. I just can't decide which it is.
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« on: September 03, 2014, 18:40 »
Essentially: Any image in the middle range will be OK. Anything in the low end like simple vectors will stop selling and the high end images will get a reduced royalty.
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« on: September 03, 2014, 18:28 »
New credits will be between $8 - $15 says lobo. I said in a previous post that based on the most expensive credit available now ($2.48) the new 1 credit pack would be worth $12.50
So it looks like the new price of credits is going up if it is going to be $15 at the maximum.
P.S. And I'm so sorry to all you mega photo geniuses out there for using the words high quality when referring to microstock. Shame on me. I'm not sure why you would be slumming through the microstock forums.
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« on: September 03, 2014, 07:39 »
This looks like a big kick in the teeth for the high quality images.
high quality and microstock should never be in the same sentence.
it will force people shooting expensive sets to move to Getty or higher paying agencies, which is where they belong actually.
the microstock's perimeter should not invade their other business, i see the logic in this move and i agree 100%.
Thanks Hobostocker! I'll have a beer with you and the other hobos later under the bridge now that we're all poor. * those rich Getty agency photographers and their fancy sets!
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« on: September 03, 2014, 05:37 »
I recently bought 4 small images at $5 each. I only needed small version for web buttons. Now the same purchase will cost me $50 rather than $20. But I'll get giant versions to squeeze into my tiny web buttons.
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« on: September 03, 2014, 05:30 »
This looks like a big kick in the teeth for the high quality images. I paid over $90 for one image a few months ago. Looks like now I could pick it up for $37. Cheaper vectors will most likely stop selling and complex vectors will be better value.
5 old credits at $2.50 = $12.50 = 1 credit pack.
15 old credits at $2.50 = $37.50 = 3 credit pack.
You can get credits cheaper if you buy in bulk. So this is roughly the top price an artist could expect a percentage of.
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« on: September 03, 2014, 01:46 »
I've received 3 emails about this change. The last one had a guy jumping off a concrete bridge. I assume this is symbolic of the artists jumping off exclusivity.
The changes in the last 2 years at iS are dramatic. Flip flop with no consultation or warning. Jeeps!
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« on: August 25, 2014, 18:18 »
Justanotherphotographer - I totally agree with your initial post. After nearly a decade full-time stock contributing I'm leaving the industry. I haven't uploaded for a few weeks. I said I was done. Unless something changes, I'm done.
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« on: August 05, 2014, 19:58 »
Algorithms can be incredibly complex and they can be tweaked to maximise profits for istock at the expense of photographers be they long term faithful contributors or newbies. They can share the views and downloads around to increase production amongst new or part-time contributors.
IS is so opaque. Opaque in best match. Opaque in leadership. Opaque in financial reporting.
I'm a black diamond and after 9 years full-time with IS I'm now looking for a job. I've had two dramatic drops in income level this year along with a steady downward trend. By April next year I'll be lucky to be earning anything.
If I thought that improving keywords or improving image quality or subject matter could make a difference I would do it but I think the system is bent on sharing the views, increasing the contributions from part timers and taking out as much cash as possible for the parent companies.
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« on: July 30, 2014, 21:07 »
$0 by Feb next year or April accounting for Christmas upswing.
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« on: July 29, 2014, 03:40 »
I got the big reject. Swoooooosh!!!!
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