I left iStock almost 3 years ago. Their history is like the boiling frog experiment unfolding in real life. I have no sympathy for those who accept such a despicable treatment.

Quote from: Steveball on November 07, 2019, 02:28

I was hoping they would forget to close FT as I don't like using the AS site. It's the most frustrating site of them all, why under 'my statistics' does it default to top sellers!! A simple remember last settings would save me 9 clicks every time I refresh the page. Also, is there a way to see what files have sold on a particular day because I've given up searching for it!

Bookmark this URL:

https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/sales-earnings

And then you can see recent sales with one click
Even if the selection box at the top will say "Top Sellers" even when you open it this was, actually results "Activity" will be shown immediately

This seems to do the trick, thanks

My sales are within the month's average but yesterday I had my first zero day since 2012. I hope it's just a fluke.

Quote from: thx9000 on June 24, 2019, 14:00

Just wanted to share that Dreamstime keeps the remaining balance at account closure. Really shifty policy considering their payout threshold is 100$.
Sales were so poor I wasn't going to get my money until next year anyway.

Odd because when I closed mine, I politely requested payment and account closing, they paid me after a few months. I was not at threshold. Times change so maybe that did too. But I wrote first and they sent the money, I didn't just delete everything and ask for money.

I disabled all my images first and then emailed them. It shouldn't make any difference. They already took their share of the sales. Keeping that money is just a low blow.

I can't believe there are so many contributors still working with them. If people don't respect their own work they shouldn't expect agencies to do so. I deleted everything almost an year go. I remember that at the end even my measly royalty level was not respected. Every sale was part of some special deal and I was getting around half of what I was due.

It's really slow compared to Fotolia. Btw is there a way to load directly the latest activity? Right now I have to make 2 extra clicks every time I check my sales since the default data type is top sellers. Not to mention waiting for the pages to load.

Quote from: Shelma1 on October 25, 2018, 08:20

I think it's time to start that women-only forum.

It might be time to close this forum 

Nah, just update your ignore list. So simple

Checks date, not april 1st! 
Thanks Adobe

For me it went from regular $100+ a month to less than $25. There was a very sharp decline since March, not only in $ but in overall sales. The majority of my port is invisible in search and support stopped responding several months ago. They seem to be in complete disarray. I'm couple of dollars shy from 50 and once reached I'll erase manually all my images. At this point I have zero trust in them

Sometimes at chickens

https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/5/3/17316640/science-stock-photos-representation-fails-bad-stock-photos-of-my-job

Actually it's a nice illustration of the observer effect in quantum mechanics 

Finally, it's official:

https://www.123rf.com/contrib_structure.php?utm_source=0418contributorannouncement&utm_medium=cta01&utm_campaign=EDM#contributorannouncement

I find this a complete disgrace since practically none of my sales follows their commission model. At 40% size L should yield 2.4 credits yet I get 1.236. Another L sale gets me 1.032. Size M should yield 1.6, I get 0.576 instead. I dare anyone to look through their sales and find one that reflects correctly their contributor level.
And btw another feature I have recently noticed: the majority of my portfolio is invisible in the search. No wonder sales have dried up

There is no point in asking them for "answers" - they've already told you everything you need to know by their actions thus far.

Removal of large quantities of images would get their attention - if anything would induce them to change their mind, and it's possible that nothing would - think the late, not-so-great Dollar Photo Club. Think about what you want them to do - restore the old rate schedule, for example - and set a date by which they do that or the images get removed.

Anything less is a waste of energy. My view is moot as I left the agency when my royalty rate dropped from 45% to 40% because they're not doing well on the sales front but their failures affect my royalty rates.

I'm guessing they're trying to prep the business for a sale so they can get out. It's possible they don't want a contributor revolt as it would put buyers off, so they might act. I doubt that the fundamentals of the business would improve even if they did put the royalty rates back where they were, so it might well be a victory with not much of a contributor benefit. They don't appear to be investing in the business, or advertising in Google searches (you used to see their ads and thumbnails, but now hardly at all)

Completely agree. Their reaction was pretty obvious, the last thing we need is some more half baked justifications. Personally I stoped uploading new material and if/when the end of the month numbers go below a certain threshold I won't hesitate to pull the plug.