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« on: April 08, 2019, 13:47 »
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« on: April 08, 2019, 08:21 »
Hmm not sure, only the date signed by photographer and model/witness is different by a month, but that shouldn't matter either as long as the date for witness and model is the same. You can always try to resubmit, it could be a drunk reviewer 
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« on: April 08, 2019, 08:13 »
Also, is the witness a different person than the model and the photographer?
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« on: April 08, 2019, 08:12 »
I think you need to attach a photo of the model as visual reference so they can cross-check with the photo.
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« on: April 08, 2019, 04:09 »
Since 1 april 2 sales but for 1 dollar each (before cut...) . March, 10 sales but very low values. Almost don't pay the time to submit images on Alamy.
lucky 
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« on: April 08, 2019, 03:58 »
I'm still getting the same amount of 'clicks' thou and CTR is the same as last year.. So either AL doesn't sell anymore or they're not reporting the sales.
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« on: April 08, 2019, 03:24 »
Same here, only a blank page.
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« on: April 08, 2019, 03:24 »
Last year was a great year, then suddenly sales completely stopped.
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« on: April 07, 2019, 10:52 »
The closest I can think of in terms of community and virtual agency for videos, that's Blackbox. They only upload to SS, AS, P5, SB, and VS, so not to the low payers and require 'exclusivity' on these clips, they also have a real community via Facebook where people help each other. Revenue sharing is also encouraged which is more fair for actors or anyone else involved in the process (rather than getting a flat fee upfront, they get a % of sales for as long as clip sells).
Blackbox does take 15% of net sales however, so that's not for everybody.
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« on: April 06, 2019, 09:18 »
Just a thought, what if the low paying agencies actually violate the antitrust laws, I'm thinking predatory pricing...? If they're doing something illegal and it's brought to light, then they will have to stop. predatory pricing: the pricing of goods or services at such a low level that other firms cannot compete and are forced to leave the market. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/antitrust-law.asp
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« on: April 06, 2019, 03:37 »
Their website is quite limited. I don't think it's possible unless you set up a Shopify store and use their Pixel add-on to curate each product individually.
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« on: April 05, 2019, 06:38 »
You can see how many sales you've had per file if you use the contributor phone app. Go to 'stats' and select 'show all' as date range, it will show you the number of views and number of sales per file.
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« on: April 04, 2019, 09:14 »
Seems to me these "solutions" are getting more and more complex. I think the best that could be realistically hoped for is some kind of "fair trader" certificate where members of the "club" only upload to those agencies. Even then I doubt we could agree on the criteria for that to be honest.
I agree, basically I am fine the way things are.
But if you really want to change something, or have a stocksy for the masses, you have to be really very specific and come up with a real plan.
Otherwise, you can just post a list somewhere: agencies we like...please upload here...
If people only want to rant together, fine. But I think it would also be unteresting to hear something more specific.
You will not get any improvements, if there is no plan and people dont know what they want.
I agree with the list, that's a good starting point, informing ourselves and new contributors about what is happening. Would be great to have a list with all the different prices offered by the main agencies, and what commission we get from it, so we can decide on which ones we want to support. So the question is, who is going to make the list and keep it updated, and where?
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« on: April 04, 2019, 03:49 »
This duplicate account seems like a very dirty temporary fix.
Why don't they implement a button that you can use to tick for exclusive files like some agencies do, and what will happen to all these duplicate accounts if they do? You'd then have to re-upload all your work on one account and lose your sales history?
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« on: April 04, 2019, 03:25 »
If that helps, there's also this: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/Tax-basics-US-citizens.html"End of year At the end of each year, we are required to report all income derived from US sales from that year to the IRS. We supply individuals who have earned more than $10 with a 1099 form that specifies your earnings. We do not supply a 1099 to corporations. Earnings are reported and taxable regardless of whether you have requested a payout. You only pay taxes on this income once, you do not need to pay a second time when you withdraw the funds." And this: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/Taxes-non-US-citizens.html"End of year At the end of each year, we are required to report all income derived from US sales from that year to the IRS. We provide a letter to report statistics for the year for local tax purposes upon request to [email protected]. Earnings are reported and taxable regardless of whether you have requested a payout. You only pay taxes on this income once, you do not need to pay a second time when you withdraw the funds."
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« on: April 04, 2019, 03:09 »
If you go on your contributor account in the tax information section and click on update, it states that we are dealing with a US company.
"Selling creative content licenses is an economic activity and, as an Adobe Stock contributor, income derived from these sales in the US may be subject to U.S. IRS (Internal Revenue Service) withholding tax. Due to the importance of the obligations and the specificities of your situation, we recommend you read the following information very carefully.
The IRS is the U.S. government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law compliance. As a U.S. company, we - and our contributors - must comply with U.S. tax law and provide the IRS with the appropriate withholding tax form. Such tax forms are specific according to the contributors situation and are necessary to determine if U.S. withholding tax should be applied on your income.
Please note - without an approved form, all contributor revenue will be subject to maximum tax withholding.
You will find hereafter information that may help you determine which tax form is applicable to your situation. We encourage you to follow the different steps below and to contact a tax/legal advisor for definitive advice."
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« on: April 03, 2019, 10:45 »
I can almost guarantee this is a reaction to Pond5. This is actually a positive step if they are noticing Pond5! Now everyone needs to pay 60%!
Sorry Jeff, but definitely not a reaction to Pond5 as you're thinking. Adobe Stock is very focused on delivering value to customer and contributor, we have a game plan and will continue to execute against it. Pond5 is a part of that as they are a partner. I'll try to see if I can get the background and report back if possible.
Dennis
Yes I noticed that when I was reading my Pond5 terms, that my video would be distributed on AdobeStock.  Works for me or maybe I should say, less work for me.
Will this apply to editorial videos available on P5? Or only commercial ones?
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« on: April 03, 2019, 08:52 »
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« on: April 03, 2019, 08:43 »
I didn't accept them at first thinking it could have been a hack. Glad to hear it's normal..
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« on: April 03, 2019, 05:41 »
Format: H.264
File extension: .MP4
- Target Bitrate: 50 Mbps (HD video)
- Maximum Bitrate: 50 Mbps
You're creating a big file in a tight container. Why not simply leave it as quicktime .mov?
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« on: April 03, 2019, 01:42 »
Yes iStock is a bit different as they are not searchable on the website, but you can still share the link to the board via direct email if you've got a customer base or on social media. DT definitely does, collections become publicly available once 5 contributors join the same collection: https://www.dreamstime.com/collections_listPrices are fixed on DT, unless you want to sell the rights, you can set your own price. They do have a commission level structure per image, based on how many times this specific image has been downloaded. I think this is quite good, so you get more from images that sell more often. Downside is that sales aren't that great on DT.
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« on: April 02, 2019, 16:47 »
I remember looking at the va interface many years ago, it was pretty simple. Everyone has their normal portfolios, but you all share that one VA gallery and webshop.
It was well designed.
However, unlike a normal agency there is no inspections or quality control at photoshelter.
I think it would be best, if one could have this kind of interface on an agency or plattform that already exists and has an inspectionnteam that also keeps checking for legal standards, missed logos or badly written model releases. Of course tzen, you cant have a 90% royalty, all of this costs a lot of money.
I wonder if it would also work if normal agencies just gave us the ability to create joined lightboxes. This could work well for a small group of people ready to work together. You could pick a theme - all gardening images, all schooldchildren and their daily life, all images related to plumbing and then from your mixed portfolio designate images for specialized collections.
Basically instead of agency editors sorting files, or maybe in addition to them, it could be crowd sourced to the community.
I have always thought that the editing talent of the crowd is not being used.
Why leave all the traffic to pinterest?
You just described Dreamstime. iStock also.
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« on: March 29, 2019, 02:06 »
Kill the new suppliers then  I mean turn away... the new suppliers. Everybody can start blogging about how unsustainable the business is, making 0.25c per month and new contributors will turn to more lucrative options.
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« on: March 25, 2019, 13:30 »
Ah ok thanks, the non-exclusive content they have must be from somewhere else. Looking at the numbers they have 94700 images but only 2015 when filtered on exclusive. 
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« on: March 25, 2019, 12:29 »
I find Robert Harding very confusing, do they accept non-exclusive content? They seem to have lots of non exclusive content on their website, but only accept contributor with exclusive images?
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