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Messages - Nikovsk

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Canva developers are a bunch of unprofessional babies who can't take any criticism.

That's why I only stick to the reliable agencies (SS and FT).

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Large image previews on SS ?
« on: October 22, 2015, 04:59 »
I'm happy to preview image before buying, but watermark is almost invisible in many photos.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime is on a roll
« on: October 21, 2015, 06:01 »
DT thinks my SS bestsellers are too simple. So I quit them.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: New One month subscription plan
« on: October 08, 2015, 13:02 »
7% is outrageous, I'm glad I quit uploading there a long time ago.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock ID
« on: October 08, 2015, 12:09 »
Wouldn't your old passport, together with your current driving license be enough?

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What are you talking about? I'm EU citizen and our leaders have sold us out.

It's easier to fool people, than to convince them that they have been fooled - Mark Twain

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Yeah I heard the greeks love having their pensions cut in half, the spanish and italians adore high unemployment while illegals get flat screen tv's, and eastern europeans are thrilled being told what to do. Poor germans that lost their homes to house immigrants love Merkel too. But Juncker is the most beloved person of all. What a happy place.

Russia is bad. They actually bomb terrorists while the west has been funding them for years.

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Off Topic / Re: 10 dead 20 wounded in school shooting
« on: October 08, 2015, 04:33 »
Restricting medication would probably be more effective than gun control.

Lawmaker Calls For Study On Links Between Pharmaceuticals And Mass Killers
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-07/lawmaker-calls-study-links-between-pharmaceuticals-and-mass-killers

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The only unethical thing is europeans paying to become a minority against their will.
EU is a banker fascist corporation working to undermine european countries financially and socially.

Sorry, but ethnic/religious conflict is coming to Europe and you're worried about some irrelevant shoot.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime dropped to Middle tier??
« on: October 07, 2015, 12:18 »
I agree fellow Old Timer.DT at one time was a major Player for me. with half the Images I have.The boys got fairly wealthy on us. Maybe they just don't wanna play anymore?
Not sure. Could be they are losing market share or could be their search results manipulation - didn't they say they "rotate" contributors, so everyone's getting an equal "opportunity" in search results... which could result in everyone's getting equally sad returns...

My income was cut literally in half in July. I emailed them last week and they told me they made a "permanent search adjustment to make it fairer for all contributors". So their message to me was that its the new norm, get used to it.

Great, now we have socialism even in private companies. No wonder DT is fading away.

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Since I'm getting some days with 50 subs and only 1 ODD, I don't doubt it...

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Here we go: 500px eroding prices
« on: October 02, 2015, 10:49 »
They're rejecting all my SS best sellers. Waste of time.

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Off Topic / Re: 10 dead 20 wounded in school shooting
« on: October 01, 2015, 15:28 »
Once the average citizen isn't allowed to have guns, criminals take over and crime skyrockets.
Just ask Latin America.

Then look at Switzerland - the problem is not the gun, the problem is the culture (or lack of it).

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Exactly the same as ArenaCreative.

SS search is quite consistent, therefore earning caps seem a bit implausible.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Sales nearly stopped at Fotolia
« on: September 28, 2015, 06:35 »
On some days I'm already selling more on FT than SS.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Cap on daily earnings?
« on: September 28, 2015, 03:41 »
I did not believe this theory, as my weekly income had huge ups and downs but on average it was increasing.

But as soon as I reached 0.36 level, my weekly chart simply flattened, within a few cents difference. 3 weeks in a row - the creepy part is, weekly earnings are exactly the average of the last 8 weeks before reaching 0.36 ($1 difference).

It could be a huge coincidence as my bestsellers have very stable search positions, but it's strange. I will observe in the coming weeks and post the results later. And will also upload more than usual to see if affect earnings.

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CanStockPhoto.com / Re: What happened to CS?
« on: September 23, 2015, 09:46 »
I believe I am watching the erosion of micro stock before my eyes, where it won't be worth uploading to anyone but 2-3 agencies.

It happens now!! The only ones where really worth are: SS, IS and Adobe/FT. Based on my experience.

Agree, but I don't have the patience to upload to IS.

So I just upload to SS and FT.

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The number of images in my niche has literally doubled in 12 months.

Last year, a new image would stay in the first page for a whole week or more.
Now barely stay for a day or it's already born in the second page.

Guess what, 90% of new stuff are the same ugly illustrations from 2-3 spammers.
They're everywhere.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Do you believe that DT is dying?
« on: September 18, 2015, 06:11 »
I reach payout every couple of years there.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Sales at Fotolia
« on: September 16, 2015, 14:21 »
I haven't noticed any Adobe impact until August, when things really picked up at FT (+50% revenue).

This month is going really well too.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: SS vs DT
« on: September 04, 2015, 10:04 »
My total earnings in SS are 32x higher than DT. Needless to say, I dropped DT last year.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock sales is sinking deeply...
« on: September 03, 2015, 05:11 »
So we have to double our portfolio every two years just to keep with the flow.

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Canva / Re: Canva
« on: August 31, 2015, 11:13 »
How much do you get from each sale at Canva?

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DepositPhotos / Re: Changes in royalties
« on: August 30, 2015, 04:40 »
What is the "leading position" that they claim?

They certainly are the leading scumbags in the industry.

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