Quote from: Batman on November 27, 2014, 17:31

Quote from: Noedelhap on November 25, 2014, 16:19

Why not payout on the 7th instead of the 25th? Or even the 15th, no they want to hang on to our money as long as possible.

I didn't get the email either. Way to go.

Because IS is incompetent and unable to process sales for 30 days or more sometimes. They have to delay payments up to 45 days, and hold on to our money as long as possible. Nothing like SS that reports sales the same day and pays first week of the following month.

Money on their account for a longer period mean more bank interests in Getty's pocket! One way more to earn extra money, and how to show themselves as a "solvent" company with lot of cash due to their rating on stock market...
So conclusion is that Getty doesn't see us as their Partners in any way

We aren't and never have been 'partners'.
They are a business!
You are a business!
It's their job to make money for themselves.
It's your job to make money for your business. How you do that is solely up to you.
Expecting iStock or any MS Site to help you is naive.

But totally agree with your first sentence.
"Money on their account for a longer period mean more bank interests in Getty's pocket!"
There are also other costs involved with paying on demand as opposed to the new method.
This will save them millions in the long run.

 

Quote from: stockuser on November 22, 2014, 05:07

I'm not a native speaker but I think 'based out of USA' means 'located in the USA but doing business worldwide' for a non-native speaker this could be easily misunderstood as 'not located in the USA'. I think this is the way fairplay understood it.

Yes, Fairplay has probably misunderstood 'out of' as meaning 'outwith'.

And there's a word no American English speaker would ever use.

I had a few photos there to see what would happen. One $5 sale and paid via Paypal. Now that is $5 Australian, less Paypal fees, so I think I go something like US$3.40 in the end.

+1
And reviews take forever (if ever) - I finally got tired of waiting and deleted all my images.

I just 2 notifications from them.
One for a Sub sale with the correct amount.
One for a Credit sale - where the email says 'Your Profit $4.00" - when it should have been $1.84 (which is what the site stats say)

Edit: these are the first notifications in a few days, I got some on the 29th & 30th of Sept and all that were for credit sales had the sale price not the commission. They obviously have some sort of problem with the system since they changed format of the emails.

One Istockphoto is already painful enough, there's no need for another one.

I think they were referring to this site
http://i2iphoto.com

just did a quick test and it worked fine.
Mac using Safari

tied with FireFox also - no problem

Tell them to go to the agency and purchase an EL, then everybody's happy.

Quote from: Dook on August 20, 2014, 10:13

In my opinion, we can't expect the revenue to grow forever. It is just mathematically impossible.

Right, to me it's clear there are two things driving me down:

1. The simple math of increased collection sizes of the agencies growing at a faster rate than my own potfolio.  For instance, if SS' collection went from 25 to 40 million in one year, I have to grow my port at a similar rate (60%) or else my sales will decline.  That's the inevitable math part.

2. Shenanigans at the agencies.  Whatever SS did to negatively impact large, top-selling contributors in early 2013.  FT's punishing of top sellers.  FT's introduction of DPC.  The endless tomfoolery at iStock. 

Put these two causes together and you have a recipe for stagnation and decline that not even the best contributors can overcome.

I don't see or agree with your conclusions.

I�ve been with SS since late 2005. Currently have around 5400 images - all photos. So I could be considered one of the old-timers.
Since then I have had only one month that did not beat the same month previous year (July 2010 was less than July 2009 by $53).

I have been at the top tier at SS since 2009 and I don�t see SS turning off my port and certainly didn�t see the drop off that everyone complains about last March, and I don�t see the dead zone some complain about.

Year to year sales have increased.
(My spreadsheet begins comparisons with 2008 not earlier)
2008 +120% $$$    +81% DL�s (kinda when I think I figured this business out, to a degree, sort of�)
2009  +  61% $$$   +20% DL�s
2010  + 19% $$$    + 11% DL�s (off year with a sick kid and ailing parents, not a lot of effort put in)
2011  + 38% $$$    +19% DL�s
2012  + 35% $$$    +21% DL�s
2013  + 33% $$$    + 29% DL�s
2014  + 28% $$$    + 18% DL�s (YTD)

Typically my portfolio grows by about 10-15% each year.

I�ve also noted significant increases each time I got a new camera 2008 moved from 6mp to 12mp
And mid-2013 a new 24mp camera. Most of my Large SOD sales are from the 24mp camera

I don�t have a niche but a well balanced portfolio that I try to keep up-to-date. I have food, people, wildlife, objects, travel, editorial, medical, sports, seasonal� you name it.

I don�t consider myself a great photographer just adequate, I understand my place and try to provide useful images that can be used commercially. I also think you have to reinvent yourself all the time in this business, keeping you portfolio fresh doesn�t mean feeding the beast by uploading more of the same stuff. If you�ve plateaued its time to do something else photographically. Too many of the people that complain the most have one dimensional portfolios. If all you�ve got is travel images you are only appealing to one sector of the market, and if your portfolio is full of food or pretty girls on white the same applies - there is only so much demand for any given thing. Branch out.

I don't want to dismiss or make light of the problems some are facing. There are problems in the industry like DPC and DP's 3%, and yes I'd like a raise and more transparency from all sites, and better communication and fewer Shenanigans but I don�t see the doom and gloom that seems to be so pervasive in the forums.

You guys made my day!  Thanks to you I have the best week ever in micro stock.

I want to give everyone at P5 a hug!

While I think It's great that you have gotten all this money today - the fact is they screwed up, and in actuality have owed you this money for months (as per your other thread).

Yes he is. 7000+ images - So Sad.

Update:

I sent FT a message asking why.
They replied, rather quickly, that the issue was being escalated to a higher level for response.

I got a 2nd email telling me I had a new message in my account and to login to view.
Went to log into my acct but I am now not able to login.

Sent another message via contact us to ask them to forward me their response or let me login to read it.

We'll see what happens.

I tried to leave a comment there but it won't let me post anything. And I didn't even cuss.

http://www.stockphotosecrets.com/agencies/reviews/dollar-photo-club-review.html

I encourage everyone who can to post their feedback to balance that lousy article.

Go to the Contact link at the top of the page and you can actually find Amos' e-mail. Everyone should contact him directly (he probably has a staffer screen the mail but if he gets inundated with enough negative he might just take notice.