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Thanks Scott for the update.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: June 04, 2014, 10:00 »
Just heard from another big contributor, 20,000+ images that they have opted out.

529
Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: June 03, 2014, 21:08 »
Any updates, I don't think we should let this fall off the front page.

530
Shutterstock.com / Re: Sales stopped?
« on: May 31, 2014, 19:04 »
Slowest Saturday in quite a while.

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I opted out of NU in April but had 8 NU sales in May. There is a thread on the Alamy forum about a sudden spate of NU sales and some speculation about them being old sales finally being recorded.

532
http://aandi.com/

One of the best labs ever

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 27, 2014, 16:01 »
Just heard form another photographer that has opted out his 5,400 images.

534
Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 25, 2014, 15:30 »
Opted out with portfolio size about 25.000 images.

Thanks Ivonne

535
experience says they never buy at the price you want - wast of time.

536
You need a 'none of the above' choice

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Sales reporting worries
« on: May 20, 2014, 15:06 »
I had 1 reported for the 18th (a sunday, so at least a sale)
4 on the 19th
and only 1 so far today.

I noticed the sales were reporting slow, I guess that explains why.

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Adobe Stock / Re: When will the claw backs begin?
« on: May 20, 2014, 12:42 »
Hi Everyone,
 
Ive got exciting news to share with you!  Fotolia has changed the commission structure for monthly subscription downloads for all contributors. 
 
The changes have taken effect as of today so you may have noticed some differences already.  From now on, all  contributors that are opted in to Dollar Photo Club will receive 25% of the price paid for a subscription download.  For example, a $25 monthly subscription provides 5 XXL images resulting in a $5 price per image.  Your commission on that sale will now be $1.25 instead of the flat rate it has been.  In some cases this change can result in more than a 500% increase in commissions. 
 
As subscription quantities increase, the cost per photo goes down.  The good news is that your commission will never go under what it is now .  In other words, the minimum commission you will receive is the same commission as it has always been.  This change can only affect you positively.
 
The 25% rate is for those opted IN to DPC. If you choose to opt out of DPC, Fotolia will still pay a 20% commission for subscription sales at Fotolia which in some case is a 400% increase for existing sub commissions.
 
Some more news will come soon regarding the Extended license at Dollar Photo Club.


Cheers!

Mat

Though it only for some subscription packages - so there shouldn't be any clawbacks.
We should all be opt out though

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 19, 2014, 12:06 »
I have personally contacted over 90 artists many of whom haven't heard about DPC and many are opting out.
We need to keep up the battle.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 16, 2014, 11:56 »

And thanks Svetlana - it could be a ton shorter than the above, but it would be a whole lot ruder :)

May I suggest that if people are going to write, we need to keep track of who has been contacted? I don't have time to manage that right now though.

And that before you write you are sure that the contributor is (a) still on Fotolia and (b) still opted in to DPC (if you click on one of their images in a DPC search and you don't see the larger preview, it means they've opted out but it hasn't yet gone from search)? We don't want to contact the same people multiple times or badger those already opted out.

PhotoBomb contacted me with a list he'd assembled with some contributors and e-mail addresses. I started checking portfolios last night and found several were already opted out (Danny Smythe/rimglow and Daniel Dash). I have already contacted keeweeboy (opted out) PhotoEuphoria (no reply) Leah-Anne Thompson and Ljupco (not aware of DPC and will look into it).  We can't put people's e-mail addresses into a public forum, so I won't post the list, but if it's OK with him, I can post a link to the spreadsheet with the information that's in my dropbox folder.

admin edit: removed quote as requested by quotee

That's fine with me. I need to figure out now how to add to the list.

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Go to your Contributor page
Under My Account, select My Profile
Select Contributor Parameters
Find Sell my files on DPC and click Modify.

542
What worries me is that FT is going to push its existing customers to move to DPC, which will make any increase in Commissions at FT moot. How long before they tell their FT customers that their credits will apply to an account at DPC if they move over?
I don't trust FT - this is all smoke and mirrors we are getting screwed - bottom line.

543
Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 06, 2014, 16:23 »
One more of the little things we can do...
It is almost certain that the funds for the advertising of DPC come from Fotolia. Probably it's almost nothing, still we can all ask or payout now. Normally i did it bout twice a year or so, but from now on i will request payout every time i reach 50 credits.
The same as I don't want my images to fight their silly war, neither do i want my money to be used for that.

Wow!  I'd never leave money with any agency a moment longer than required. It's always been my theory that the money is better, for me, in my bank account as opposed to theirs. And the memory of 'Lucky Oliver' going belly up leaving people with uncollectible earnings only reinforces my position. I don't know that any business is trustworthy enough to hold my money (including banks  :P )

544
Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 06, 2014, 15:11 »
Second, I understand that there are improvements to the program that are imminent and should alleviate a lot of the concern about cannibalization of credit sales.  [/

Do you care to elaborate?
I haven't seen or heard anything yet to point to something better from FT.

545
So ask Shutterstock

546
Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: May 01, 2014, 11:56 »
Deleted 100+

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Why is SS so impolitic to deliver a fraudelent bait&switch-site wich spreads also malware with our images?
That crappy PD-site cant drive that much user to SS that its worth to risk such a reputation-damage, or am i wrong?


I don't think Shutterstock has anything to do with it.
Looks like somebody's trying to use the "free" keyword to generate referral income on Shutterstock
.


At last and intelligent response.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Clockwork - Shutterstock down again
« on: April 30, 2014, 11:51 »
Works fine here - California

550
Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia D-Day (Deactivation Day) - May,1
« on: April 28, 2014, 18:06 »
Matt's comments on this have not been consistent, starting out by saying this was an API partner not Fotolia. I think it's unclear whether he!s just a contributor or a spokesperson. He should get a badge if he's official.

Well I just got an email from Mat that seems to contradict his protestations for all these years that he isn't an employee of FT.

Hi,
 
Just wanted to let you know that Ive received your message requesting to opt out of Dollar Photo Club.  Ive started the process for you.  Please allow several days for the process to complete and be sure to let us know if you change your mind.

Mat Hayward
Senior Customer Service Agent USA

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