|
MicrostockGroup Sponsors
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
Messages - Petr Toman
78
« on: March 07, 2014, 12:46 »
79
« on: March 07, 2014, 11:26 »
so it is running now - https://prime.500px.com I just got invitation with the code. Each photo $250. But I dont see any "Released" info with people pictures.
80
« on: March 07, 2014, 11:11 »
Hi Petr,
Wed like to invite you to our private beta launch of 500px Primeroyalty-free licenses for premium photos.
You know 500px as a community of 37 million breathtaking photos created by over 3 million photographers in 200 countries.
Today were making a collection of these photos available for commercial licensing. In a world of diminishing profits for photographers our revolutionary 70% royalty plan is sure to make waves, but from a buyers perspective heres whats even more exciting:
Exclusive content Over 75% of our collection has never been published.
Simple buying One option covers it all. For $250 per photo you get the highest resolution and its always royalty-free with a worldwide, any-media usage license. No expiries or seat limits. That means unlimited print and digital impressions forever.
Audience insights We collect billions of consumer signals each month and give you in-depth audience metrics to ensure your photo choices are the best ones for your needs.
Cant find the perfect photo? Email your brief to [email protected] and well reach out to our photographers on your behalf. Or call our researchers at 1.855.561.4584 x105 and they can handpick a custom selection for you.
Please visit http://prime.500px.com hh good timing
81
« on: March 06, 2014, 09:34 »
As this could totally destroy small agencies, how about to file a complain against unfair competition in EU  http://ec.europa.eu/competition/consumers/contacts_en.html#1 - follow step 2A  Not sure if anything like that is in US. I sent mine today lets see if they notice
82
« on: March 06, 2014, 08:45 »
I thought the race to the bottom is when we're no longer earning money.
No, the bottom is when we're no longer earning any money but continue to allow agencies, social media sites and end users to use our images to earn money.
It could be still worse. The next step would be, you have to pay for your images to be on Getty 
83
« on: March 06, 2014, 08:01 »
84
« on: March 06, 2014, 06:19 »
From BJP FB: The British Journal of Photography We'll publish industry reactions later today, asking rival stock agencies, photographers representatives and others for their opinion. Stay tuned. Quite curios about the reactions
85
« on: March 06, 2014, 04:40 »
The bloggers go wild about it  Everybody is like great great great ... only minority sees a problem with it :/ this is sick
86
« on: March 04, 2014, 15:47 »
2 OnDemand sales, I wonder if it is because of iStock down? I had last one in Feb
87
« on: February 27, 2014, 02:02 »
How did U do this?! 
I got that answer: "As for the withdrawal, you may withdraw payments for the sale of your images once the balance in your account reaches $50 or more. It is technically impossible to withdraw less."
So I must wait this stupid $4 (drop by drop)...
I received the same mail, but I replied, that I deactivated all my images and there will be no more sales. So I asked them again to send me the money. The next mail came with information that they can transfer it to my buyers account if I wish so. So I send them ID and that was it. They replied it will be done shortly.
88
« on: February 26, 2014, 15:49 »
So after one week agent sent a mail about deactivation. As i had there $14 he will transfer it to my buyers account and close the contributor one. Another one bites the dust....
89
« on: February 26, 2014, 08:14 »
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. Next time more preparation will be wise this was shot in studio when we had only few minutes left, so that's maybe why
90
« on: February 26, 2014, 07:42 »
I don't see the connection between roses(?) and easter eggs. Maybe it's a regional thing that I don't understand...?
Well the idea was "spring - flowers" "easter-eggs". Yeah maybe it should be separated.
91
« on: February 26, 2014, 06:01 »
92
« on: February 22, 2014, 08:50 »
Hi Scott, thank you for communicating with us, but I have one question. High-impact photojournalism is very often very risky business and also the demand is short. Usually only during the peak of those news. Do you have any plans to differentiate it from microstock ? I cannot imagine someone risking life for $0,34 even if multiplied by 100x.
93
« on: February 21, 2014, 01:22 »
Yesterday : 82.46 -0.14 (-0.17%) After Hours: 88.10 +5.64 (6.84%)Financial Outlook The Company's current financial and operating expectations for the first quarter of 2014 and updated expectations for full year 2014 are as follows: First Quarter 2014Revenue of $69 - $70 million Adjusted EBITDA of $12 - $13 million Non-cash equity-based compensation expense of approximately $5 million An effective tax rate of approximately 40% Capital expenditures of approximately $7 million Full Year 2014 Revenue of $305 - $310 million Adjusted EBITDA of $68 - $70 million Non-cash equity-based compensation expense of approximately $18 million An effective tax rate of approximately 40% Capital expenditures of approximately $14 million hmm still sad you didn't buy the stock at the beginning? me too
94
« on: February 19, 2014, 06:09 »
It is a speculation, but quite disturbing anyway.
Imagine that DP will create their "sister's" company, you will never know that they are connected. And now imagine that company will be doing all the marketing and promotions and selling for whatever amount, but then they will pull the images from DP for subsc. prize.
If they will do serious business, they will put all these options to you profile page for you to choose from. How hard it is to flag an account in database for different PP?
This business practice is just wrong, so I sent a closing request :/
95
« on: February 19, 2014, 02:41 »
So I deactivated all my photos just 15min ago on DP, because all my images were still on shotshop. Now I can still see my thumbnails there but when I click the thumbnails on shotshop, no details popup, no image, only price 99$. That means that the database on shotshop is directly linked to DP via that api, and is caching only small previews on shotshop. So if DP is saying it will take some time, they are just lying or they are lazy. The only thing they need to do, deactivate API for the author. So time to quit i guess update : the same happened on ibudgetphoto
96
« on: February 17, 2014, 02:55 »
Same for me, I send opt-out too. To be honest if they do such things, that means there is no one driving the business properly and fairly and they are just trying to squeeze the maximum from the library they have whatever it takes. It doesnt seem to me like bright future for this company.
97
« on: February 05, 2014, 12:35 »
Oooops, sorry for being so dim.
We all know who's based in RSA and has American-style images produced by his factories.
Hold on to your SS shares - their price will rise again. 
</speculation>
I think you're somewhat wide of the mark. According to Africa Studio's portfolio on FT they are based in Ukraine.
http://en.fotolia.com/p/293313
Africa studios contact on SS (About [email protected]) - > whois africa-studio.com -> Registrant Name: Yastremskiy Leonid, Registrant City: Nikolaev Registrant Country: UA -> http://www.dreamstime.com/serezniy_info -> Flickr (Olga Chernetska and Leonid Yastremskiy) Not sure how they pull it off so many images
98
« on: February 03, 2014, 08:39 »
My thought behind this topic was assumption that if you have here linked portfolio to SS, you can always go check for popular. So it is not that big secret. Even though mine is just simple coffee, it can help someone produce similar image but not the same. And I dont mind to share it.
99
« on: February 03, 2014, 08:22 »
Gratz to the winners
100
« on: February 02, 2014, 04:34 »
It could be interesting to see what is your most selling image in the whole portfolio in number of sales. I have small portfolio, but anyway here is mine 37 sales: 
|
Sponsors
Microstock Poll Results
Sponsors
|
Show Posts
