It's pretty clear when you sign up what the threshold is ... thresholds are everywhere. Even Google won't pay out under $100 through adsense. Read the * messages when you sign up.

When you pull up at the ATM (not sure what you'd call that where you live, a machine to dispense funds) Does it let you pull out $5? No, it doesn't because those machines cost money, transfers cost money, and money in the account makes money ... If you had a savings account with 100 dollars in it, that doubles in a year. Would you withdraw it for $10?

With that said, even if you pull your IRA or something they'll pay it but, you'll take a penalty

Here, I've been redoing my forms so I had the book here by my desk. You'll need to modify this to fit your needs.

License of Rights

Agreement as of the _____ day of ___________, 20_____, between _____________________________________________,
located at ___________________________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as the �Client�) and _____________________________________, located at _____________________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as the �Designer�) with respect to the licensing of certain rights in the Designer�s writing
(hereinafter referred to as the �Work�).

1. Description of Work. The Client wishes to license certain rights in the Work which the Designer has created and which is described as follows:

Title_______________________________________________________________________________________
Subject matter_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________.
Other materials to be provided__________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________.
Form in which work shall be delivered   [ ] computer file (specify format _____________________________)
[ ]other, specified as _______________________________________

2. Delivery Date. The Designer agrees to deliver the Work within _________ days after the signing of this Agreement.

3. Grant of Rights.  Upon receipt of full payment, Designer grants to the Client the following rights in the Work:

For use as ______________________________________________________ in the ______________________ language

For the product or publication named___________________________________________________________________

In the following territory_____________________________________________________________________________

For the following time period_________________________________________________________________________

With respect to the usage shown above, the Client shall have nonexclusive rights unless specified to the contrary here ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Other limitations __________________________________________________________________________________

If the Work is for use as a contribution to a magazine, the grant of rights shall be for one time North American serial rights only unless specified to the contrary above.

If the Client does not complete its usage under this Paragraph 3 by the following date__________________________ or if payments to be made hereunder fall to less than $____ every ____ months, all rights granted shall without further notice revert to the Designer without prejudice to the Designer�s right to retain sums previously paid and collect additional sums due.

4. Reservation of Rights. All rights not expressly granted hereunder are reserved to the Designer, including but not limited to all rights in preliminary materials and all electronic rights. For purposes of this agreement, electronic rights are defined as rights in the digitized form of works that can be encoded, stored, and retrieved from such media as computer disks, CD-ROM, computer databases, and network servers.

5. Fee. Client agrees to pay the following for the usage rights granted: [ ] $______________
[ ] an advance of $________ to be recouped against royalties to be computed as follows_____________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Additional Usage. If Client wishes to make any additional uses of the Work, Client agrees to seek permission from the Designer and make such payments as are agreed to between the parties at that time.

7. Alteration. Client shall not make or permit any alterations, whether by adding or removing material from the Work, without the permission of the Designer. Alterations shall be deemed to include the addition of any illustrations, photographs, sound, text, or computerized effects, unless specified to the contrary here___________________________

8. Payment. Client agrees to pay the Designer within thirty days of the date of Designer�s billing, which shall be dated as of the date of delivery of the Work. Overdue payments shall be subject to interest charges of _____ percent monthly.

9. Statements of Account. The payments due pursuant to Paragraph 8 shall be made by Client to Designer whose receipt of same shall be a full and valid discharge of the Clients� obligations hereunder only if accompanied by the following information: (a) amount remitted; (b) check or wire transfer number and date, as well as the bank and account number to which funds were deposited by wire transfer; (c) Client�s name as payer; (d) title of the work for which payment is being made; (e) designer�s name; (f) the identifying number, if any, for the work, or the ISBN, if any; (g) the period which the payment covers; (h) the reason for the payment, the payment�s currency, and the details of any withholdings from the payment (such as for taxes, commissions, or bank charges).

10. Copyright Notice. Copyright notice in the name of the Designer [ ] shall [ ] shall not accompany the Work when it is reproduced.

11. Authorship Credit. Authorship credit in the name of the Designer [ ] shall [ ] shall not accompany the Work when it is reproduced. If the work is used as a contribution to a magazine or for a book, authorship credit shall be given unless specified to the contrary in the preceding sentence.

12. Releases. The Client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designer against any and all claims, costs, and expenses, including attorney�s fees, due to uses for which no release was requested, uses which exceed the uses allowed pursuant to a release, or uses based on alterations not allowed pursuant to Paragraph 7.

13. Arbitration. All disputes arising under this Agreement shall be submitted to binding arbitration before ____________________________________ in the following location _________________________________����_________ and settled in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Disputes in which the amount at issue is less than $____________ shall not be subject to this arbitration provision.

14. Miscellany. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties. Its terms can be modified only by an instrument in writing signed by both parties, except that the Client may authorize expenses or revisions orally. A waiver of a breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a continuing waiver of other breaches of the same or other provisions hereof. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of ___________________.

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.



Designer______________________________________      Client____________________________________                                             
                            Company Name

                                   
                                                 By:_______________________________________                                         
                                 Authorized Signatory, Title

Totally gotta diffuse your lighting a bit too. I bought quite fruit and veggie files a while back and though I love avocados, this would not be the image that I'd be putting in any publication or ... really anything that I wanted mine or a client's name on.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/five-avocados-isolated-on-white-background-604563089?src=hTW49e1SaFFeuWkWnrxcfQ-1-65

And that's not to say that it's a poor photo but, the harsh shadows are ... sinister ... Like, the avocado has a plot and bodies in it's basement ... :/

Quote from: DallasP on June 01, 2017, 04:40

Incredibly easy ... when people purchase just write a cookie ... Ever been shopping on Amazon and then see the ads for the same item on Facebook?

Not when you're spending hundred of $ for a clip.
When you're looking for something of 100$ value do you just click on the first ads choice? I don't think so.

And you're talking about manipulation from the buyers point of view. This is absolutely normal, it's marketing.
Manipulate the contributor side is a completly different thing.

If it's something that I'm in the market for, you're * right I click the ad.

They're just capping lower contribution margin sales, grocery stores do this by moving things in the store, like the $1 or whatever they keep from subs isn't as nice as the on demand buys, ELs and stuff ... and they have to toss smaller contributors some quarters to keep them playing the game.

They've got these numbers down to a science, you can be goddamn sure that they're capping sales and changing search all day every day. Much the same way airlines adjust ticket prices daily ...

In fact, if you've been in business for a few years ... you probably know your breakeven, contribution margins, and possibly even have those broken down by category.

copyrights protect artistic works (drawings, paintings, literature, photos, movies, etc). they do not protect anything that has utility (the shape of a guitar). guitars are not creative works. guitar shapes are NOT protected by copyright.

trademarks protect brand names and sources of manufacture or services. they do NOT protect guitar shapes.

the image should not have been rejected.

uhm ... doesn't Coca Cola have a trademark/copyright on THE SHAPE OF THE EFFING BOTTLE?! Are you just going around arguing copyrights and trademarks with everyone? Are you a lawyer?

Quote from: Shelma1 on May 19, 2017, 12:02

you can use standard fonts. You just need to convert them to outlines.

Standard fonts (what do you call standard fonts?*) are free to use but are they free to use when you get some profit of their use?

I think you can use any font that you have licensing to. I have quite a few illustrations with text in them.

Be sure to outline the font though. It will be declined if you don't.

on the same note. I'm about to take a piss, and I notice that the bowl has a pool of water in it. While my urine falls into there it breaks the hydrogen bond and creates somewhat of a splitter and a splash. I should video that in slow motion.

I'm considering contacting some magazines and book publishers with an image of mine that has some scientific interest. Obviously, I would like to receive payment for the publication of this image. However, I do know there's always the chance that your image may end up getting published for free. For example, there is an Australian science magazine that accepts content without payment. And once I submitted an article and photo of mine to a newspaper and I was under the assumption that I would get paid (if the work got published.) I never got a reply from the paper but they did publish my work without payment.

As such, I'm a little reluctant about submitting my image upon my first / initial contact with the publication. So what would be the best approach here? Give a description of the photograph (and explain what makes it special) in the initial e-mail and state that I would be happy to negotiate on a price when I send the image? Or alternatively, send a low resolution image complete with watermark in the first e-mail, negotiate a price and then send the full res image later on? Or should I simply send the full res image straight away and say I'm happy to negotiate a price?

By the way, there was a very small magazine that I used to submit articles and photos to a number of years ago. They only paid for the articles (and a very small amount too.)

I wouldn't expect much compensation especially from newspapers with a lot of content submissions from readers/locals, if they've got a "letters to the editor" don't expect anything. I would definitely get an article and supporting photographs together, and then contact the editor or publisher with your idea and explain what you want to be compensated. If you just send it to them they'll just publish it with COURTOUSY/YOUR NAME.

I still send my photos to the local paper and get a few in per year. I used to work there though, so that might help.

Quote from: MatHayward on May 08, 2017, 21:09

Hello All,

Not a week goes by where I'm not asked at least once what type of content Adobe Stock is looking for. The general, catch-all answer is that regardless of the subject matter, buyers are looking for authenticity. Real looking people in real situations with genuine expressions and interactions.

That remains true and I expect it always will. That being said, a more specific list of content needs and requests has been generated. If you are looking for some motivation on what to shoot next..look no further than the list linked below....

 https://adobe.ly/2pdvHeB

That's funny ... I was out on rainy old monday and had decided I'd shoot textures. So I shot some tree bark and stuff, I don't think I put them in the folder to upload though ... and here is bark on the list. I'll have to give it a go.

Double post, so while I was out today I kept the list of needed content in my mind but, there are tons of pretty similar images in there already. I'm thinking this is more of a ploy to keep us submitting fresh stuff than an actual need of content.

Hello All,

Not a week goes by where I'm not asked at least once what type of content Adobe Stock is looking for. The general, catch-all answer is that regardless of the subject matter, buyers are looking for authenticity. Real looking people in real situations with genuine expressions and interactions.

That remains true and I expect it always will. That being said, a more specific list of content needs and requests has been generated. If you are looking for some motivation on what to shoot next..look no further than the list linked below....

 https://adobe.ly/2pdvHeB

That's funny ... I was out on rainy old monday and had decided I'd shoot textures. So I shot some tree bark and stuff, I don't think I put them in the folder to upload though ... and here is bark on the list. I'll have to give it a go.

Quote from: lucagavagna on May 09, 2017, 10:30

I got the mail but no credit were added 

Did you check the menu at the left? In the "MY CREDITS" part you can see all of your sales and transactions. It shows the date and says "Positive adjustment" and the credit added too.

Oh, lol. +.28

It all helps I guess.