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Messages - ignard
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« on: December 16, 2013, 17:40 »
Downloads are expected to start after a month on DT. My port is about 400 photos on SS with an average sale of 14 a day. ON DT it is 1 a day
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« on: December 16, 2013, 10:49 »
I stopped uploading to SS for the moment till the reviewing gets to a normal level. I have 100% rehjections over the last few weeks and they are all accepted on othe sites. IQ is not disputed on the others.
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« on: November 27, 2013, 03:48 »
I have a 'Server Failure' when I try to look at 'My Uploads'. the rest of the site seems to work (at least the way we are used to in the meanwhile. 
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« on: November 27, 2013, 03:23 »
Wanted to give it a try for a year. 2 months to go. No sales and poor presence on the net. think I''ll kill the effort. Waste of money
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« on: November 27, 2013, 02:48 »
Bad, worst and Veer
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« on: August 20, 2013, 03:59 »
Possible Legal issues:
- Brandnames shown
- Copyright issues (always a problem with toys)
Possible technical issues
- Bad Lighting
- Exposure problems
- Focus issues (
- Bad contrast
- Grain, might be caused by bad lighting and/or under exposure
Possible Photoshop issues
- Bad masking
- Bad edges
- bad reflections (harsh)
Possible setup issues
- I can see YOU in the reflection of the frogs 'crown'. Get dressed in a black overall when taking pictures of shiny/white subjects and hide your face /camera/hands behind a black or white cardboard with a hole to put your lens through. there is a reason for photo equipment to be black.
Goor luck
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« on: July 17, 2013, 16:12 »
I notice a new trend within my customer base and that is : They want stock-like photos with their employees as models in offices they own and situations their customers recognize. Not the fancy and slick looking girl on the phone. But real people with real customers
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« on: July 17, 2013, 16:06 »
I must say, if "Lobo" is in charge of contributor communications, he does an incredibly unprofessional job. People have legitimate concerns about not being paid and not getting accurate data about PP sales for the missing months. "Apples and fish sticks," "run on a treadmill" and other responses...are they supposed to be funny? "We sincerely apologize for the delay and are working our hardest to remedy the situation" is more like it.
Perhaps their ad agency or PR firm could take a shot at fixing iStock's IT issues (if that's what this is). Ads about half-price files and press releases about the new general manager are professionally done, well written, and ON TIME. Oh, apples and fish sticks, I know, I know.
I couldn''t agree more. have been an account manager/director for years and there was a death penalty on doing the job like he does.
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« on: July 17, 2013, 14:23 »
I guess we recently saw what is on the agenda of the new general manager during his first 100 days. Screwing up the company and leaving with a multi Dollar bonus.
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« on: July 16, 2013, 12:41 »
Just had my 3rd PP sale. WOW.... HAPPY  IS asked me to fill out a questionaire as a contributor. Which I did. Their question was if I had anything to say on how they could improve the relation (with a contributor) I wrote them: - Meet the expectations created - Give updates on a regular base when something is faulty ( like PP for may and June), hour bu hour, 24x7 - Increase my income by 60% not decreasing it by 60%
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« on: July 15, 2013, 18:10 »
is that an assumption or do you know. Getty is just a supplier for them and not a customer. A journalist will ask them for an answer. After that has taken place, the journalist will make up his mind and finalize the article. Little effort I think to do if you have the connections (which I don't  ))
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« on: July 15, 2013, 17:39 »
Most certainly some of us are working as a photog for a newspaper or a newsagency. If so, would it be possible to call some journalist and let him write an article in the finance part of the newspaper about the mess at iStock/Getty or their ability to pay their suppliers? Those things will be picked up by news stations like Turner or other newspapers.
Will put a bit of pressure on the iS board
38
« on: July 15, 2013, 17:33 »
I stopped uploading about a 2 weeks ago.
I'm a supplier. IS calls it a contributor. When a customer doesn''t pay in time it is common business to stop the supply after a warning.
My warning is that I don''t upload any new material for the moment till I get paid.
If they refuse to pay on the long run, I''ll file them
39
« on: July 15, 2013, 14:33 »
I have got one pp dl showing for 9th May !!!
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Did they give a year according the julian calendar? this month, year, century or next milennium?
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« on: July 15, 2013, 08:25 »
Don''t forget that the IS management is 'excited' to tell us that no payments have been made yet. You better watch your back when a manager is excited to tell you anything. Especially the managers at IS. Who rules IS? Is it luck? Is it Fortuna? Is it the IT department Is it Greed? Or is it the senior management? IS has plenty of managers. All of them (must be at least 100 men) have different ways to make clear to the single IT-guy how the problems should be solved Best practice := No one knows how it should work but it works Theory:= Everyone knows how it works but it doesn''tshow At IS, Best practice and theory are united into their ultimate new business model: Nothing works and nobody knows why Crying Out Loud (COL) or should it be Laughing Out Loud (LOL) At IS
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« on: July 15, 2013, 02:40 »
Presuming GI and/or IS are a professional company, implies that they do delay on purpose just to get rid of any contributor who has just a flint of mistrust against them. GI/IS wants to continue the business under the condition of slavery and them being the master
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« on: July 14, 2013, 19:10 »
New customers travel by foot
Former customers leave by horse
(free after a Dutch saying)
It will take plenty of time to see the effect.
Lowering the Price is just the fastest way to screw up the market and to make sure that nobody makes money
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« on: July 10, 2013, 10:20 »
My volume on SS is about 4 times higher than the volume on IS (all YTD)
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« on: July 09, 2013, 13:09 »
So far a narrow majority of indes are saying they have the same or more sales than before, whereas a majority of exclusives are saying their sales are down and none are saying their sales are up.
An awful lot of indes are saying their sales are lower than expected, which is a bit of a surprise though it may just be because of the summer and the holidays.
To me it suggests weak evidence of a shift of sales towards indes in the main collection. Whether the exclusive files have been allocated to higher priced collections than before in large enough numbers to have increased the overall spend (and commission payments) on exclusive files is something that would need a separate survey.
That's one way of looking at it. A narrow majority of indies are at the same or more while a massively overwhelming majority of indies are at the same or lower. I think people are reporting on sales figures rather than downloads (that's my generous view, although I suspect a lot of people just like to say Istock is losing sales at any opportunity whether or not they are contributing there and irregardless of what the statistics say).
The summerdays are the best months for me. and IS is down, down, deeper than down. SS is up, up, upper than up. so is FT
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« on: July 09, 2013, 12:15 »
Volume: down
Value: waaaaaay down
Partner sales: Does IS have partner sales. Yes, probably.
Partner sales payout is of a different kind. Still haven''t seen a penny for may and june
Will I be uploading new pictures: NO
Will I stay with IS: Probably not, I only upload to the top 6
SS is stronger than ever both in volume and value.
iS tumbled down from a 4th place (behind SS, Beeldbank (local player) and FT)
To a 10th place
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« on: July 03, 2013, 14:32 »
The one who knows exactly what happens with technology in the near future for lets say 3 years, Is either a fool or a drug addict. For rebuilding a core business website you need both. Milking a former investment is wise. Can''t blame IS for that. Not paying debts is a discussion of another kind
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« on: July 03, 2013, 10:29 »
'Long' Jon?  ??  He will be out of the business after about a year or so. Almost a Standard procedure when a company is taken over or goes to the market
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« on: July 03, 2013, 10:03 »
What will be the first words from Bubba to Yuri???
Bent over Yuri..... It'll hurt a little.............
49
« on: July 03, 2013, 08:55 »
The only guarantee you will get from IS is that there is no guarantee
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« on: July 03, 2013, 02:22 »
I was presuming that I was not the only one with this idea that crossed my mind.
It is wednesday 09:00 in the morning CET and still no reply from LOBO on the IS forum.
I don''t complain at the IS forum anymore because you get banned when you have a critic (enough examples from the past). What I do considder is complaining by facebook to reach as many people around the world as possible. It is a way to put some pressure on the IS board. It will reach IS/Getty shareholders, prospects, customers and contributors. Doing it all together would mean a flood of pressure on IS/Getty board.
IS only cares for:
- money.
- prospects
- customers
- bad publicity
- dogs
- the weather
- cats
- the waterlevel of chicken
- ............
- Exclusive contributors
- Indies
(Most important to IS is named first, Less important is named last)
Just my 2 cents and a laugh (though crying would be better)
Regards
Iggy
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