Quote from: Jens G on October 25, 2019, 03:42

Quote from: Jens G on September 20, 2019, 06:43

I have also just opened a support ticket to close my account.
I have hesitated to do it for a long time, but all these refunds was the last drop.

I have received payment this month, even though is was less than $100. And it looks like my files are gone from istockphoto. That was a lot faster than I expected 

Just bear in mind that you will continue to get sales recorded by iStock for probably the next 6 months.

Its what happened when I closed my account in March 2017

OK. I will just have to wait and see if the same happens for me.

SS actually encourages users of the contributor app to add similar content, because every time an image reaches 5-20-50-100 downloads the app whites "Add more like this".

I just found a couple of my food ingredient images at https://www.pngguru.com/

There are lots of images there that look like stock images, and they are all given away for free.

I have also received mine. Really nice 

Jens G

Hi Mat, as a Creative Cloud user and Adobe Stock contributor this is a great offer. Is there anything we need to do to qualify once we have met the 300 submissions or $500 of earnings threshold?

Thanks

The giveaway was last year, but hopefully they will do the same this year.

Quote from: Jens G on January 19, 2019, 10:56

I had 41 cent RPD, and 37% of the sales gave me 10 cents or less. Very bad 

more than 60 per cent for me under 20 cent....i stop uploading anything to getty stock. not even worth the time and hassle. i will collect royalty of the portfolio i had but not bother anymore...15% without big sales is not worth any  hassle.

I stopped uploading in november 2016, and deleted the best selling, which I was not willing to sell for down to 0.02 USD in commission.

I use Tapatalk to read the forum on my phone or tablet, when I'm not at the computer. But it's not a big deal for me, if it stops working.

Since my native language isn't english, my understanding of the terms might not be correct, but wouldn't the big towel in one of the pictures be "merchandise"? And according to the license rules, an "enhanced" license is required for use in merchandise.

The $1.88 royalty looks like an OD sale in the lowest tier.

The past few months my SS income has been very fluctuating.

July and August were better than average, which is unusual for the summermonths. Then came September that was the worst since August 2016, followed by October that was BME by a large margin. November is very calm, and it could end up like my September.

Sometimes I wonder if there is a backlog in sales reporting, so that sales that were not reported during one month or several months, sudenly gets reported in a following month.

Quote from: ccbcc on September 09, 2018, 04:57

I'm at �494 as of august 24th. Surely that's more than $500?

At first Adobe Stock support told me I didn't meet the criteria, that I was at $494. I replied that it was �494. Then they told me to wait for the next batch of codes.

Now I'm not convinced that the automated system takes into account the difference between � and $.

If you don't have 300 files approved this year then you will need to earn �500 before you qualify. Sorry for any confusion.

-Mat

In an earlier post you wrote that 1 Fotolia credit = $1 for the promotion. So it is 500 credits, and not �500?

BTW, I just passed the 300 approved files mark today.

Thanks for the answers and thoughts about it. I had tried a search before asking, but probably didn't use the right words 

Conclusion must be that there is no measureable increase in income with bigger files, but in theory a buyer might skip the file, if the resolution isn't high enough.

Sharpness increases, and noise reduces due to the bigger sensor. Also because there is no aa filter on the 42MP sensor. And the pixel density will still be smaller than on my 24MP APS-C.

The FF camera will be more flexible and a different tool, but also more expensive and bigger. And I will be able to use the full capacity of my FF lenses.

I don't do stock for a living. Photography is a hobby, where I back in 2010 discovered that some of my images were sellable. So the cost of the 42PM camera will probably never be returned by increased income. But it would have been a good excuse if there was a significant increase 

Pricing on SS used to depend on size, but I can see that it is changed. I haven't uploaded to IS since some time in 2016, where I also deactivated my best selling images there, while I still could. So they won't get any high resolution images from me.

I have a bunch of Getty Connect "sales" with "Worldwide right to display and use the Metadata in connection with the Pinterest Platform and services."
License Fee USD 0.00502
Royalty Rate 0.15000
Gross Royalty in USD 0.00075.
 

My june is more than doubled compared to june 2016.

And considering that I de-activated my best selling images while I still could, and stopped uploading, some time in the autumn last year, It's surprising.

When I look at the 2017 IS income till now, it's almost on par with the total IS income for 2016, so it has increased a lot, despite no new files, and the best selling de-activated. IS is now on second place for me, where it was FT last year.

That sometimes make me consider uploading to IS again, but I just won't accept royalties as low as 2 cents.