Just wanted to highlight this outside of the features thread.

https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors

Some pretty nice work.

And just for continuity:

The goal of this feature, apart from celebrating our talented contributors, is to inform you of what type of content is trending based purely on sales data.
Contributors of the week are determined each week using the following process:

    For each asset type we generate a list of 400 contributors who made the most sales in the previous week, only considering their uploads from the past six months. Then, we order the list based on each contributor�s uploads/sales ratio, and the top 10 contributors on this list are featured as �Contributors of the week�.

    Contributors are eligible to be featured at most once every five weeks. This selection process is subject to change in the future.

1) most sales in the previous week,
2) only considering their uploads from the past six months
3) uploads/sales ratio

Looks like a fairly current viewpoint, not a historic catalog. Just imagine if "popular" also worked something like this on some sites. 

Why is Dreamstime listed as one of the Big 4 when it's #8 and behind Pond5, Alamy, 123RF, and Deposit? 

Instead of a number, I'm starting over with just the general subject.

Shutterstock Milestones:

September 21, 2006 - Shutterstock surpasses one million stock photos
February 20, 2009 -Shutterstock reaches 6 million photos, (5 million 2.5 years)
February 14, 2010 - Shutterstock reaches 10 million Photos (4 million 12 months)
June 19, 2012 - Shutterstock reaches 20 million stock Images (10 Million 28 months)
October 30, 2013 - Shutterstock reaches 30 million images (10 million 15 months)
August 4, 2014 - Shutterstock celebrates 40 million images in it's collection. (10 million 10 months)
December 31, 2014 - 46.8 million images in the collection. (1 million new files per month)
March 3, 2015 - 50 Million Image mark is reached (10 million in 7 months for those watching)
August 12, 2015 - 60 Million Images (10 million in 160 days. 62,500 new files a day)
December 15, 2015 - 70 Million Images (four months)
March 26, 2016 - 80 Million
June 16, 2016 - 90 Million (10 million under three months)
Sept 8, 2016 - 100 Million
February 2017 - 110 Million
October 28, 2017 � 160 Million
December 29, 2017 - 170 Million (10 million new two months)
April 16, 2018 - 190 Million (20 million new in 3.5 months)
June 10, 2018 - 200 Million (10 million new in 55 days)

No longer tracking the following.

SS Members by registration year rounded
2004 - 2000
2005 - 4300
2006 - 3900 = 9000
2007 - 3800 = 13,000
2008 - 5500 = 19,000
2009 - 7200 = 27,000
2010 - 6000 = 33,000
2011 - 6000 = 39,000
2012 - 10000 = 49,000
2013 - 11000 = 60,000
2014 - 14000 = 74,000
2015 - 26000 = 100,000
2016 - 64000 = 165,000

-=-=-

Year   Cont YR   < 0 Img      Cont % < 0   Cont T      < 0      Cont % < 0

2004    1,950       1,030       52.82%    1,950       1,030       52.82%
2005    15,426       4,725       30.63%    17,376       5,755       33.12%
2006    26,349       3,676       13.95%    43,725       9,431       21.57%
2007    36,631       3,939       10.75%    80,356       13,370       16.64%
2008    48,267       5,767       11.95%    128,623    19,137       14.88%
2009    70,125       7,866       11.22%    198,748    27,003       13.59%
2010    58,454       6,324       10.82%    257,202    33,327       12.96%
2011    66,479       6,026       9.06%       323,681    39,353       12.16%
2012    154,082    9,661       6.27%       477,763    49,014       10.26%
2013    205,951    10,990       5.34%       683,714    60,004       8.78%
2014    228,906    14,050       6.14%       912,620    74,053       8.11%
2015    343,461    26,455       7.7%       1,256,081    100,508    8.00%
2016    422,950    64,440       15.24%    1,679,031    164,949    9.82%

I'm not sure the number of contributors makes a difference any longer. The number is so large, people come and go. I'll try to stick with images from now on.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shutterstock-reports-first-quarter-2018-110200026.html

First Quarter 2018 highlights as compared to First Quarter 2017:

Key Operating Metrics.

    Paid downloads increased 0.5% to 43.7 million.
    Revenue per download increased 16.8% to $3.40.
    Image collection expanded 41.6% to 187 million images.
    Video collection expanded 45.1% to 10 million clips.

Earlier News - holdings and ratings.
https://www.dispatchtribunal.com/2018/04/22/metropolitan-life-insurance-co-ny-cuts-stake-in-shutterstock-sstk.html

Feb. 22nd 2018 -
"Shutterstock also saw its key operating metrics continue to climb. The number of paid downloads rose 4% to 43.9 million, accelerating from their pace of growth last quarter. Revenue per download climbed 11% to $3.33, continuing a nice double-digit percentage run higher. The company now sports more than 170 million images and 9.1 million videos in its collection, sustaining growth rates near 50% for both metrics."

Looked this morning, the stock was at $50 a share which I still think is high, at least 20% over what it should be.

http://www.pinsdaddy.com/business_KZMU9gKUrXg5eRQCXBYgGhNXN*GyqTAn59CPSfizecs/

Oh tricky, illegal characters, the link would need to be copied and pasted. Here's Tiny URL version:  https://tinyurl.com/ybsktayx

Welcome to our Business section from here you can click on your desired Business image and use the Business picture embed code to add to your blogs, forums, websites and other online media. The embed code contains all necessary CC attribution, that are mandatory to include, so you don't need to contribute the image authors manually. If you want, you can customize your Business embed code: resize the Business image as well as select the position in which you would like it to appear on in your article. It's then simply a case of copying the short code and pasting the Business code into your post.

Is this legal? I see some of these as crediting some site that probably paid for the use. There are also other searches with watermarks still on them Shutterstock for example.

I didn't cross search but I'm sure that people here will start to see their work or friends.

http://app.engage.gettyimages.com/e/es?s=1591793372&e=1690456&elqTrackId=178baed6532740e59ffea78497faafe5&elq=dd36087fbd8f479f85568da90ab7b11a&elqaid=19590&elqat=1

"Getty Images is retiring Thinkstock.com to make way for a newer and overall improved experience for Thinkstock customers on Getty Images and iStock."

I just got an email from [email protected] that has the name Nicole Kidd (Dreamstime) on it, sent to my account that I use for Microstock. Just a heads up, in case anyone here thinks there's really an Email from DT with the Subject: Past Due Invoices

It's spam or phishing I didn't click the link. I'll be sending this to DT now.

I've been using ws_ftp since pretty much forever. All my sites have all lower case files and names. Now I switched to Filezilla and it's making a mess od things.

How do I force lower case names and extension on Filezilla? Searched and I see requests back to 2003, their forum has no answers, FAQ... does anyone know? Or do I have to get some extra utility and run it on all my directories for the website data?

I think I found the setting for local editor, same problem. With other ftp, double click on a file, it opens in word (I still edit web pages as text) FZ it tries to transfer. If I click Edit it opens in a browser, or downloads the file to the main FZ folder? How is that Edit?

Can anyone explain this? The rejection reason is: Technical Error

Thanks for giving us the chance to consider your image. Unfortunately, during our review we found that it contains one or more technical issues, so we can't accept it into our collection.

Can I edit and re-submit? It's vague.

Found this after looking in the forum, link to a link to a link. 


Technical issues

When we reject a file based on technical issues, we have identified technical flaws other than focus, exposure, or artifacts, which we call out specifically.
Photography and video technical issues include but aren�t limited to

White balance: The white balance may be too warm or too cool.

Note:

When you shoot in raw formats, you have great flexibility to adjust the white balance in your post-processing workflows.

Contrast: There may be too much or not enough contrast.

Saturation: Oversaturation may give your file an unnatural look, but under-saturated or spot color can also result in technical decline.

Note:

You may want to try the Vibrance slider instead of Saturation in Lightroom.

Selections: Editing must be done inconspicuously. Selecting objects out of their backgrounds (or masking) to composite into new images requires time, patience, and care. Do not submit images that have been poorly selected or look like they are not a natural part of the scene.

Chromatic aberration: Refers to color fringing around objects in the image.

General composition: Is your horizon straight? Have you cropped the image too much? Consider leaving a designer room to add their own text or objects.

Best I can eliminate is: other than focus, exposure, or artifacts, which we call out specifically

But mostly I don't know the latest at AS/FT about resubmitting rejected images if I correct the flaw, which I'll need to guess at?

I have these ideas, but I don't really use them, or share most, and they are of no real use or value. I thought I might as well share some. This is theatre of the absurd humor, sometimes, for those of you who are humor impaired or think sarcasm is a mean crevasse in some mountain of serious solid granite. OK I'm not, but sometimes it might reflect on the industry as a whole. It's not about "you" for people who seem to think, everything is somehow about them personally, and it's not even about me. It's just a loud guffaw at some of the silliness we create or are forced to endure working at this. As a hobby or a living, we're all in the same boat much of the time.

If you shoot any of these, this is your competition! (yes I do too)

Nov. 2014

Spring Flowers (1,482,072) 3.3% of all images on {5,631,770}
Business Man (1,084,214) 2.2% rounded {4,573,065 }
Business Woman (926,779) 2.2% rounded {3,083,062}
Business Group (371,890) {6,255,551}
Fall Colors (362,980) {1,329,626}
Cute Dog (214,806) {842,561}
Global Network (178,142) {732,280}
Cute Cat (165,338) {651,570}
Waterfall (127,789) {519,654}
Sliced Vegetables Isolated On White (97,868) {268,863}
Glass Of Beer (66,748) {240,308}
Beautiful Woman Jumping (51,016) {114,379}
Business Handshake (48,349) {182,808}
Operator With Headset (36,440) {102,329}

New for 2017 -

VR {61,922}
Multi Cultural {75,226}
Organic Texture {1,261,386}
Cityscape {2,230,367}

45 million stock images Nov. 19, 2014 (first number)
160 million stock images Oct. 28, 2017 {2nd number}