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DepositPhotos / Re: You are now a Revenue Share program member.
« on: March 20, 2023, 11:28 »
I was opted in automatically. Is there any way to opt out?
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DepositPhotos / Re: You are now a Revenue Share program member.« on: March 20, 2023, 11:28 »
I was opted in automatically. Is there any way to opt out?
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Dreamstime.com / Re: What are the usual video royalties on DT?« on: March 19, 2023, 06:03 »
It can be anything from $3-4 to $28. My latest sale was $8.59 for a lvl 0 sale of that video.
But video sales are so infrequent that it's hardly relevant. Most of my (image) sales are $0.35 subscription. 103
Adobe Stock / Re: Refunded sale?« on: March 15, 2023, 18:27 »Same thing happened to me today, it was video. Custom "sale", earning blank. Thanks, can you shed any light on why it happened, and does it affect our earnings or is it just a visual glitch? 104
Shutterstock.com / Re: Improved content and model release standards - SS« on: March 14, 2023, 11:33 »
The only reason I can think of for relaxing the requirements:
- More approved submissions > increased assets - Fewer guidelines for content reviewers > keep the cost for training and paying reviewers as low as possible, perhaps even downsizing the number of reviewers Of course this means lower quality control and more copyright infringement, especially with auto-traced work and filtered photos. This was already difficult to check, if at all, now they simply absolve themselves of any possible infringement. Not a good sign. 105
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: March 10, 2023, 09:26 »I come from a former communist country and we all thought the West was much fairer than what was on the other side of the iron curtain. As time goes by this difference is diminishing. No wonder more and more extremist parties are popping up. Capitalism is just another side of the same coin. Whatever the system in place, the little man is always at the mercy of the big guys. Whether it's corporations or the communist elite. 106
Adobe Stock / Refunded sale?« on: March 09, 2023, 11:45 »
I've never seen this before in my sales overview: a little red "-" instead of a $ price. See attached screenshot.
Is this a refunded or cancelled sale or something? If so, since when does Adobe allow that? 107
iStockPhoto.com / Re: VIDEO CODECS - no longer accepting PhotoJPEG and MotionJPEG« on: March 09, 2023, 08:38 »
Getty who?
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Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: March 05, 2023, 06:18 »The people paying for the software are unlikely to be contributors... and if they are, most likely using some other software that is cheaper as they're not making as much money from it. But the free software @ 250 dls consists of only Photoshop and Lightroom, video editors and illustrators need more apps which have to be paid for if they don't meet the requirements for the free All Apps plan. 109
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: March 03, 2023, 19:04 »The people paying for the software are unlikely to be contributors... and if they are, most likely using some other software that is cheaper as they're not making as much money from it. I think most contributors use Adobe CC to some extent, actually. Most contributors (like me) do microstock part-time but use Adobe CC for other types of work (video editing, animation, photography, illustration, music/sound design...) 110
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock level reached Sunday, stats have not changed on homepage« on: March 01, 2023, 04:31 »
I received my level up confirmation email Tuesday evening.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Spectacular Single Shutterstock Still Sale!« on: March 01, 2023, 04:30 »
Congratulations!
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Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 28, 2023, 13:54 »
It's not a Wise thing, it's a Paypal thing. I might try HalfFull's tip. But already I think it's too much hassle. Should be much less cumbersome to transfer some money. 113
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 28, 2023, 06:14 »I tried to setup my Wise account but how do I link my Paypal account (which has USD as primary currency) to my Wise USD account? I can only link a bank using IBAN...But my Wise USD account doesn't have IBAN.US banks are not using IBAN I know that US banks don't use IBAN, but I want to be able to send USD from Paypal to my Wise USD account, but I can only enter IBAN banks in Paypal and not US banks. I thought that was the whole idea, to circumvent Paypal's conversion fees. But Paypal doesn't allow me to enter the account details from the USD account. I guess it has something to do with the fact that my Paypal account is set up from inside the EU so it has different textfields to link your bank than a US Paypal account? That would be ridiculous. Paypal isn't any help either. 114
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 27, 2023, 14:11 »
I tried to setup my Wise account but how do I link my Paypal account (which has USD as primary currency) to my Wise USD account? I can only link a bank using IBAN...But my Wise USD account doesn't have IBAN.
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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock level reached Sunday, stats have not changed on homepage« on: February 27, 2023, 13:34 »
Same here, no level change notification.
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Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 26, 2023, 14:00 »Adobe wont offer the chance to pay for CC in USD though. That's local currency so they're winning twice there. They even made up some bs story about how their CC plans and products need to be marketed for European countries, with translations and overseas legislation and everything, and how all of those expenses result in higher EUR prices. Even though the revenue from the markup on the EUR prices outweigh all of those expenses. 117
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 22, 2023, 09:10 »
I really feel we're living in the Stone Age when it comes to payment options in microstock,. It's already ridiculous that agencies only pay out in USD even though microstock is by definition a worldwide business where clients from various countries pay in their own currency for the items, so why are contributors left with the bare minimum of payment options? Not even a direct bank transfer is possible.
And now the only agency that was somewhat modern in this regards decides to scrap multi-currency payouts, and we're left with the conversion fees. Corporate bs at its finest. 118
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 22, 2023, 08:56 »I did not receive any email regarding this. Can anyone show me a source for this news? Thank you. Sad news. Another kick in the groin from what was once a decent agency. 119
Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 22, 2023, 07:58 »
I did not receive any email regarding this. Can anyone show me a source for this news?
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Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: February 22, 2023, 07:46 »
No, please tell me this is a joke?
So that would be a 10% conversion cut, plus Paypal conversion fees...so all in all a 15% cut in my revenue....! If they're so eager to consolidate all currencies, then I'd also like to pay for my Creative Cloud subscription the USD price instead of the more expensive EUR price. But I guess THAT is not possible to do? 121
Canva / Re: Canva now pays 0.6 Cent pr license!« on: February 21, 2023, 09:21 »OMG that's appauling, sorry I misread it as 6c!!!!!! Is this correct? have they published this?Lol, you wish.0.6 cent is much less than 5c though? Morphart posted this in another Canva topic: Hi everyone! My calculation of last month (earnings / applied assets) shows an average RPD of $0.008, less than 1 ct per applied asset. When using the number of exports the RPD is even lower: $0.0068 122
Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime 2022 1099 with wrong name, TIN, and $ amount« on: February 20, 2023, 06:23 »I do my taxes by the cash method. Its what comes into my account during the year. I dont really care what any of the agencies report. Even if they would, you can simply state the truth: DT has erroneously displayed the wrong amount on the form, as confirmed by DT in this forum post. But the IRS would never send you a notice because some random agency decides to send out faulty 1099 forms. It doesn't work that way. 123
DepositPhotos / Re: Depositphotos is tax scammer, what do you think?« on: February 13, 2023, 08:33 »
Companies are legally permitted to ask for your identification and there are laws on how this personal information is stored and for how long.
Depositphotos is not my favorite agency for various reasons, but what you're trying to implicate here does not make any sense. But yeah, good luck on your legal proceedings and proving tax fraud, I'm sure your lawyer(s) are thrilled to have you as their customer. How much have you spent so far on your lawyers? 124
Alamy.com / Re: ASCRL Summer Distribution« on: January 29, 2023, 10:05 »Thank you Noedelhap No problem. I'm not exactly sure why you have received it as a non-US citizen. In that case I think it's best to ask Alamy support, they might be able to explain it in more detail. 125
Alamy.com / Re: ASCRL Summer Distribution« on: January 28, 2023, 09:00 »
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing.
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