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Messages - Noedelhap
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1851
« on: October 02, 2013, 16:40 »
Still not interested, partly because of:
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1852
« on: September 28, 2013, 14:06 »
I can't be bothered by adhering to sites' individual rules regarding keywording images. I just keyword with what I consider relevant and appropriate for a certain images. Sure, the most important keywords first, but other than that, I follow my own methods. I keep it below 50, but at least 20 or so, without being spammy.
And I consider 'nutrition' for food images a relevant keyword. Plenty of buyers using that word to find food images, so why not? Same goes for healthy (for fruit) and beautiful (for woman). If a buyer doesn't know what kind of health-conveying image he's looking for, he might notice my 'healthy apple' image and think: "yeah, THAT'S the one!"
1853
« on: September 28, 2013, 09:03 »
1 sale in 5 months, 450 images. not worth my time, not even if its a 1 second uploading process.
50% of nothing is nothing.
Not sure why peeps keep uploading. How do you justify that 1 or 6 or whatever pathetic sales number is enough to compensate your time and effort. Honest question.
Using Stocksubmitter, I upload to many sites simultaneously with a single click, and GL is simply one of these. So there's no extra effort involved. Any money made at this site is a bonus.
1854
« on: September 23, 2013, 18:39 »
tardy. very tardy. slipshod even.
Why? The terms of the agreement are that payments will be made in the following month. They've still got a week to complete it.
I'm no fan of iStock's treatment of us but I don't understand why they get criticised for adhering to the payment terms.
Because Lobo assured in the PP forum that the royalties would be paid today.
They still have 7 1/2 hours in iStock's 'today', don't they?
You never know, they might manage it!
You're right, it has begun!
1855
« on: September 23, 2013, 17:06 »
tardy. very tardy. slipshod even.
Why? The terms of the agreement are that payments will be made in the following month. They've still got a week to complete it.
I'm no fan of iStock's treatment of us but I don't understand why they get criticised for adhering to the payment terms.
Because Lobo assured in the PP forum that the royalties would be paid today.
1856
« on: September 23, 2013, 13:31 »
Submitting to Veer doesn't seem to work. It keeps being stuck on 'Downloading list...'
1857
« on: September 21, 2013, 17:39 »
It's taking too long already. I don't expect PP sales tomorrow, so that'll be next week, around 28-29 September...Again, very late.
Edit: Lobo stated "We will push August PP royalties Monday. Have a good weekend."
That's when I want to cash out, what a bad timing :\
1858
« on: September 20, 2013, 10:40 »
Well rebranding does have its advantages. If the old brand doesn't convey a good message anymore, a new look, logo and website design may spark renewed interest from potential buyers.
I don't dislike the logo per se, but I've yet to notice increasing sales.
1859
« on: September 17, 2013, 12:19 »
The only thing that worries me is the social media marketing, if the images are not watermarked. The reactions below the TOS article state that images are available for grabs at a pretty high resolution. SS should try to prevent image theft by watermarking or showing smaller images, or both.
The request not to talk about earnings is fine by me. Most people aren't keen on telling what they are earning anyway. I believe you can still mention your total earnings, but not to publicly disclose more specific details about the number of SDs or ODs. I think it's good to be a little secretive about it, since any of SS's competitors may use the information to devise new strategies to compete with SS, which could turn out bad for us.
1860
« on: September 16, 2013, 15:46 »
Do you really think that if a buyer takes the time to find the image they need on one site that they look at other sites to see if the same image is cheaper? I'm not trying to be a wise a$$ but asking this as a hypothetical. I'm wondering if anyone has evidence that this is a common practice - checking multiple sites for the same image just to get it at a cheaper price? If you only offer your images at one site will the buyer come looking for you or will you miss out on the buyers that only buy from one site?
Great post. Personally, I don't think you're 'undercutting' yourself if you sell your images at different price points, because it's like you say, most people don't take the time to hunt for bargains.
1861
« on: September 16, 2013, 13:27 »
$5 for an HD clip is a big no-go.
1863
« on: September 14, 2013, 07:25 »
$2,14 per file is an extremely low amount.
$15,000 as a whole is a nice sum, but think about what they'll earn. Even if HALF of your portfolio sells for $5 an image/year (which seems likely), they'll make $17,500 a year. That's a $2,500 profit in the first year alone. Then think about how they can distribute your portfolio forever. Compared to that, your $15,000 looks like a cheap bargain.
1864
« on: September 13, 2013, 17:58 »
How much would you be willing to pay for 6 freshly produced cg video files that haven't garnered any sales yet?
1865
« on: September 11, 2013, 07:14 »
I have a batch of uploaded images pending there for TWO whole months. Ridiculous. Are they even alive?
1866
« on: September 04, 2013, 14:09 »
I am constantly receiving down votes for what I am saying, to a point I no longer enjoy this forum. I am being accused of posting comments just to argue with people. I dont, period. I dont want to argue, its draining me. So I am going to take a break from the MSG forum. I am here to offer help and to give my point of view. But my words are often twisted and I end up defending myself over nothing. I cant deal with it. I dont lace my comments with smileys, I am just posting my comments. I am Dutch, we are quite direct in what we say, but that doesnt mean we want to argue. I am not a troll either, I am not even anonymous, trolls dont pay for images to test someones checkout on their own site. Trolls dont spent their time helping people. This thread is the straw, the OP agrees with me, yet, I get 5 down votes. there are some trolls here that dont even get as much down votes. And when I am called a troll, the comment gets up votes. Its fine, I just need to take a break from here.
Seriously, who gives a crap about pluses or minuses? They mean nothing, stop making such a fuss about it.
1867
« on: September 01, 2013, 19:42 »
I emailed them if I could upload them quickly, but as they don't have a decent uploading system yet which takes IPTC data from the JPEG, I'm not going to bother.
1868
« on: September 01, 2013, 13:28 »
Videoblocks is not a normal footage site. You can`t contribute as a normal contributor and than get a commission on every sale.
They are buying the copyrights to the footage from the artist. They pay you once and then they can do what ever they like with your footage in future.
How much do they pay for the copyrights?
1869
« on: September 01, 2013, 12:32 »
They don't reset it, actually. If you look at the dropdown menu and go back to the month August, you'll find the monthly total again.
1870
« on: August 31, 2013, 09:00 »
I ran into the same problem with my own website script, how to properly register my customers based on whether its a business (VAT-registered) or not, and whether they're located in the EU or outside of the EU.
That means I can't let a customer buy something by letting him log in on his Facebook or Twitter account, because I wouldn't know where the customer is located. That means that I wouldn't know whether I should charge VAT or not.
I wish they didn't make VAT laws so terribly complicated in the EU. Especially because no one can give me a straight answer on how to handle this, not even the government itself. That makes me think I shouldn't really matter anyway, but I don't want to risk a fine.
1871
« on: August 29, 2013, 18:12 »
And
"IPTC for Vector Submissions:
It's coming. We are really close."
Omg, the technological progress in the microstock world today, it's a-ma-zing!
1872
« on: August 29, 2013, 17:59 »
I had to read the first paragraph 8 times and I still don't understand a word of what they're saying.
1873
« on: August 25, 2013, 11:07 »
Would I dump iStock if it was a purely emotional decision? YES.
Would I dump iStock if it was a purely business decision? Depends.
They are still the #1 earner for me and they recently reinstated the 20% royalty for illustrators.
Sure, they mistreat contributors, they screw up their site every now and then, they have a horrible forum moderator, but in the end, it's all about the money. When the moment comes that iStock dies in terms of sales, that's the moment I'll ditch them. Even though emotionally, I would ditch them right now. But business-wise, it wouldn't make much sense...yet.
1874
« on: August 22, 2013, 14:23 »
Just upload everything as fast as possible. The sooner it is out there on Shutterstock, the sooner it can get some sales. Don't worry about stuff like 'should I upload a few every day or not?' because in the end, it doesn't matter at all.
If anything, uploading large batches would make you prominently featured at that moment.
I wouldn't agree. In my experience, timing is everything. I have uploaded 2 variations of the same photo (both accepted, duh) on two separate occasions. One of them brought 8x more cash than the second one. And they are practically the same, the only difference was timing.
If you're "lucky", a lot of buyers will search for the thing you uploaded and if the timing's right, you will easily get into the top result for that search query. And from there on it's smooth sailing. If you upload something and nobody searches for it and it isn't downloaded, someone else's photo of the same thing will be new and have the cycle that yours was "supposed" to have.
That's why I find it the best to upload similar shots (for example from the same shoot) on various occasions, to give your photos more chance to get into the positive spiral. 
Since you can't predict sales, or how and when others upload more than you, it's a waste of time trying to calculate this into your uploading workflow.
1875
« on: August 22, 2013, 11:04 »
Just upload everything as fast as possible. The sooner it is out there on Shutterstock, the sooner it can get some sales. Don't worry about stuff like 'should I upload a few every day or not?' because in the end, it doesn't matter at all.
If anything, uploading large batches would make you prominently featured at that moment.
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