I got that E-Mail too. My tax form has expired. On my dashboard, at the top, there is a box: "The tax form we have on file from you has expired. Please submit a new tax form."

I would never resubmit the tax form using a link from an E-Mail.

So, if your form expired anyway, what are you waiting for?

You don't have to resubmit the tax form using a link from an E-Mail, you submit a new one on SS tax center page.

Indeed, it's disturbing how many in-uses have to be found and notified to Alamy (that's exactly why the "Have you found ..." threads sarted on the forum). Often I've found that 'nudging' Alamy brings the report in quite soon afterwards. 

Well, I was too naive thinking that this is an honest game. If I have to police and nudge Alamy to do the job for what they and distributors take the lions share for, than this place is not for me.
Even the tools stealing from SS are easier to find and report than stolen images from Alamy.

Has anybody heard about ALAMY/BE & W AGENCY?

I've found one of my images on a website watermarked with "ALAMY LIMITED/ BE & W AGENCY" but I have no download reported for the image on Alamy.

I contacted support and they confirmed that BE & W AGENCY is their distributor and they seam to have a yet unreported sale for the image but I should write back to Alamy if I don't see the sale in my account  by 16/09/2018.

The webpage with my image (and others) was published on May  16 and Google search already shows 5 pages of which 4 pages are verbatim copies of the first site (with different URL-s), all in Russian. Pinterest also shows my image as pinned from a Russian site.

So, anyone can use and misuse our images on Alamy and in six month, when the website is history, they will just refund the buyer.

Wait, they don't have to refund him, he never payed for it.

Quote from: Dodie on June 28, 2018, 07:43

Well, would like to check this theory but I have earnings from several month and I don't remember when I last converted my credits. Is there a page where I can see the date of my past conversions, I can't find it?

Go to "contributor area" then to "my sales". Calculate how much you earn before tax for a particular day. Then to "my statistics" and choose "how many credits I earned" and choose the period including the same day. Calculate how much you paid in taxes on that day. If the number is much closer to 10% than to 11%, problem solved. If not, send a message from your interface.

Thanks, I did that and yes, it is closer to 10%. I can't understand why can't they show the right amount, they don't pay taxes every second.

Thanks again.

Of course there is no 11%, this percent is only for my sales and only this month. It is different for every month.
In the meantime I figured out where the difference comes from, they round up each tax percent at each sale e.g.:
sale $0.34
withholding: $0.04

Yes, they are specifically say on the detail page "withholding 10% = 0.04"

Other agencies, the ones that show "earnings before tax/ after tax" are not doing this.

I knew about the fact that they round up some values but I never realized how much money that means, especially now when there are only US sales, almost no sales from the rest of the world.

Quote from: Dodie on May 15, 2018, 14:39

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on May 14, 2018, 07:16

Quote from: niktol on May 14, 2018, 06:35

$199, $449 and $1699 for 2, 5 and 25, respectively.

Thanks for the help, that's great.

May I ask if you see the same numbers (price) in GBP as the ones shown by Niktol in $ ?

I see the same amount in �, that is strange.

It's not strange, they just rip European customers off.

Thanks for the answer guys. Yes, they rip European customers off. Not just customers but contributors too. I get my cut in $ whether the image is sold in � or $.

They convert from GBP but not from �.

Quote from: Dodie on May 11, 2018, 06:38

After SS's miserable footage pricing the avalanche began, at least these guys give us an opt out.

Just curious how you consider $70 for HD and $180 for 4k to be an "avalanche-like" drop? Did you get $5,000 before?

By the way, a quick look here will give you all the information you need: https://www.123rf.com/products/

Sorry. either I used the wrong wording or you have the habit to understand things differently.
I never said/meant that it is an  "avalanche-like" drop on 123. What I meant is that after SS's much contested sales lately, other agencies will follow.

In fact, this change is in my favor because I always selected the lowest rate before. As Noedelhap said, I find  this a "fair inbetween pricepoint" too.

I read this topic with mild alarm. I am a long time iStock guy but use Flickr exclusively for non-stock personal use. I did not see any notice but will  investigate. A few years ago I decided to use Flickr to store albums of personal photos  for my own and sharing with family and friends. I find it a great way to organize and share, so much so that I have pretty much gotten out of the habit of putting copies on an external drive like I used to. I has become my repository for all my family and vacation photos, many thousands now.
Maybe I'm being foolish but I figured if Flickr goes down and those photos disappear, the whole world must be ending and it won't matter anyway. Flickr is my "safe" bookcase full of my photos albums I hope will long outlast me.
I do not use Flickr for any storage or sharing of stock photos, but it seems it would be hard for someone to steal them unless you allow them to with the permissions. As I understand it, no-one can even see them unless you choose.
Is this changing with Smug Mug, I guess I better find out.

They sent out several emails to everyone, check your spam folder.
This is the new site: https://www.smugmug.com/together/?utm_campaign=flickr-launch&utm_source=Flickr&utm_medium=product&utm_content=home-page

Would anybody be so kind to help me with two questions regarding sales:

1. For my last sale, on the sale history page I see under details the following text: "Usage: Single company - multiple use editorial only".

I didn't upload the image as editorial.
Q: is the price different when the license is editorial license only?

2. Is payout automatic or I have to request it?

Thank you very much.

I�ve been on Flickr for years adding some of my best work that sells very well elsewhere. Almost no activity and I can�t tie one sale or even lead to Flickr. There are plenty of photo sharing communities. I realize it�s not intended for selling but since most of us are here to sell stock I don�t see the point for sellers. Anyone get sales or even leads through it?

It's not about sales. Many people are using Flickr as "backup drive", keeping their HR images private in separate sets. I never saw this solution a safe one but many do.

Now imagine all those images landing on SmugMug.

I just have a few small images there and haven't visited Flickr for years but if I don't want to be enrolled to SmugMug automatically, I will have to delete them.

Btw. just got a second email today, no mention of opt out any more, just stay or leave. It made no sense anyway.

I just got this email from Flickr:

We�re excited to announce that Flickr has agreed to be acquired by SmugMug, the photography platform dedicated to visual storytellers.

.......you can choose to not have your Flickr account and data transferred to SmugMug until May 25, 2018. If you want to keep your Flickr account and data from being transferred, you must go to your Flickr account to download the photos and videos you want to keep, then delete your account from your Account Settings by May 25, 2018.

If you do not delete your account by May 25, 2018, your Flickr account and data will transfer to SmugMug and will be governed by SmugMug�s Terms and Privacy Policy.

So, what are you guys and gals doing?

Mine arrived too.

I still see the old popular and new.