I am not happy, not at all.

Hi Everyone. Been at this full time now for a while now (video) and trying to figure out pension ideas?
I've been putting a % away into crypto for a couple of years and that is doing OK. Keeping it long term for retirement.
I've been toying with the idea of either a private pension or second buy to let home for a future retirement investment too?

I'm also hoping my portfolio will see me right too as I'm hoping it will bring in $$$ even when I stop producing (if I ever do?)

What are other full timers doing in regards to pensions???

In long term nothing works. I guess we will see ab big financial crisis next years, maybe this year.
The economy would not recover after another financial crisis, like 2008. So we will see a collapse of the finance system and then an XXXXL economic crisis starting in the next 10 years.
It doesn't matter what you have and how much you have, everything will be lost.

Quote from: t�tar�t� on April 02, 2019, 12:45

The worst update ever !!!! 
How can i go back to a previous version ?

If you'd be so kind, can I ask whether you use Mac or Windows?
Also is it just the keywording that's worse (which I'm working on), or other things as well?

Thank you!

I use mac. And the latest version of DeepMeta ist getting me nervous when editing photos.
Wenn i edit keywords there are accepted keywords and keywords suggestions.
The Keyword suggestions on the right are jumping in the first row when i close a suggestion at the bottom.
I don't know if this behavior has been before. But it never has been so annoying.
Also i don't need the model release window next to the keyword suggestions. Since i don't shoot models. But i can't turn it off. This is making me crazy.
It has always been so fine using DeepMeta. I cant use the ESP Side at Getty because the usability is awful. Its making me crazy.
But now the usability of DepMeta seems to get closer to Getty.
Getty is the worst side to upload images. DeepMeta was the only comfortable way to upload to Getty.

very bad month 

If istock is thinking your contend would doing well exclusive they will contact you.
It ist quite hard to get an exclusive contract at istock nowadays.
I don't know what you are shooting. But shooting lifestyle makes it easier to get an exclusive contract.
Good luck.

IS - not bad regarding DLs. $ we will see at 20th
SS - not bad regarding $
AS - quite good - $ and DLs

Quote from: t�tar�t� on December 21, 2018, 10:43

I guess its not about the "best quality". It depends on "best sale able content". Meaning lifestyle would sell good at signature collection. The typical pets and dogs images are to expensive at signature collection.

No. It's a marketing ploy designed to persuade people to spend more money at iStock in order to get the "best" rather than settling for "second best".
They're taking advantage of the fact that image quality is a subjective judgement, so while you and I might think image A is better than image B they can claim that their judging it by different criteria. But the bottom line is that they are telling purchasers that it is better for them to pay for the higher priced image.

Been some time exclusive at istock. My experience was that exclusive for most contributor doesn't make sense if you don't get enough images at Getty Collections. If you don't shoot lifestyle its hard do get enough images accepted at Getty Collections like Veta.

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Quote from: ShadySue on December 19, 2018, 12:08

Quote from: StockStudio on December 19, 2018, 12:02

Quote from: ShadySue on December 19, 2018, 09:46

Signature files are provided by iStock exclusive artists.
No more, no less.

OK - Thanks!
Seems kinda stupid to filter results according to the contributor agreement and not the content quality - but it is what it is...

It means that should a customer wish, they can look first at files that aren't available elsewhere.

Which might make sense if their website stated it that way. But instead it's shown as 'Lowest price' vs 'Best quality'. 

Agreed.
This issue came up on their forum a while back (it may have been their old forum, I can't remember), and I said that all I attested was that my images are exclusive to iS, I don't claiming they're better than any others. To my surprise, that didn't spark off any replies.

Of course, 'best quality' is subjective - what's 'best' for a particular project isn't necessarily the one you or I would think was 'best' as a standalone file. And what any two people would think 'best' (for a project or standalone) wouldn't necessarily coincide.

I guess its not about the "best quality". It depends on "best sale able content". Meaning lifestyle would sell good at signature collection. The typical pets and dogs images are to expensive at signature collection.

Downloads at AS and Shutter about 20% down compared to oct. But higher RPD. So November income is not so bad.

Sales are good but almost 40% of them are in $0.03-0.15 range, RPD this month is just $0.165. 

And now my images there are competing with the same images in AS and SS that provide far far far better RPD.

RPD oct
Shutter - 1,02
Istock - 0,99
AS - 0,96
unusually equal RPD in Oct.

Depends where you live, here in Serbia a middle class man has around 300euros
If you managed here to somehow pull out about $1000 monthly from stock, you'd be the king of the world all while doing what you love the most.

I guess its the same at Russia, Ukraine, etc,. If you hit $500 a month. You can make a living from shooting full-time stock photos.
If you have done the step shooting full-time Stock-photography its possible to produce enough stock photos doing the next step to $ 1000 a month, $1500 a month, etc.

I guess its not about the second account. Its about tax fraud.
Has your aunt known about her account and properly filled out the tax form?
I guess not.

Very good month