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Messages - Mimi the Cat
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« on: August 24, 2022, 05:54 »
SS is using AI to review images and has been doing so for about 3 years.
SS is using AI = Artificial Idiocy 
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« on: August 23, 2022, 09:27 »
shittystock f**king around just for the sake of it 
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« on: August 20, 2022, 04:41 »
I had a $53 sale in July and an $84 sale in August but isn't so very odd that when I get these higher value sales the overall sales value remains stuck at around $130 a month and never higher
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« on: August 11, 2022, 04:35 »
Every day I delete about 200-400 videos at pond5. Pond5 is history for me.
Why?
P5 is a fair agency and very good at selling videos.
GPP is not dead. Only Adobe is no longer there.
We don't know how many GPP sales were from AS and how many were from the rest of the world.
P5 writes GPP remains strong :
https://contributor.pond5.com/2022/07/08/adobe-partnership-termination/
I'm curious about the GPP sales numbers without AS.
Let's see if GPP stays really strong. I hope so.
"P5 is a fair agency and very good at selling videos." Well now they've been bought out by shitterstock I'm sure that will all change
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« on: August 08, 2022, 02:21 »
Averaging $420 per month in 2022 (Jan to June) 2021 $367 per month 2020 $361 per month 2019 $670 per month 2018 $624 per month The cuts in rates from shitterstock and alamy really wrecked things 
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« on: August 05, 2022, 00:40 »
25% for none exclusive?!?! Setting the bar far too low so screw 'em Any way who can trust them after their previous behaviour "If you upgrade to a Pro or Awesome membership, you will receive a royalty of 100% on all exclusive content" Awesome? How firkkin childish. Who writes this crap some idiot? So "Pro or awesome" Its another way of you pay us money to sell your images with no guarantee of the amounts or revenue. Only a chump signs up to these deals
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« on: August 01, 2022, 13:43 »
Looks like shittystock are bullying Adobe, no doubt Alamy will be next
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« on: July 15, 2022, 10:10 »
Anyway just as mysteriously the -$0.252 refund has disappeared today. Probably the usual glitch/screw up.
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« on: July 13, 2022, 00:43 »
July 12th I had a refund of $0.252 for an image sold in June 2016! 6 Years ago! I thought Alamy were bad with their refund policy but this is ridiculous. What a shower of sh-it
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« on: July 12, 2022, 01:26 »
10 days into the month, poll results still don't have any numbers for shutterstock - not to mention the other agencies. Are the numbers for shutterstock in general so bad that nobody posts them anymore?
The poll results are there but you have to hover over the agency name to see them. If you are talking about the graph then July's results are shown in the following month (August) its always been that way.
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« on: July 07, 2022, 01:48 »
There are comments in the Alamy forum that this is a bug - an obsolete storage program that surfaced when they made the changes for the new 20% royalty rate July 1. Several people say they reported it, but perhaps the more reports the better?
Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
Yes, this was a bug which has now been corrected. We don't charge submission or storage fees - this is an obsolete bit of code from many many years ago.
Apologies for any confusion this caused.
Why wasn't this "obsolete bit of code" deleted when it became obsolete, no longer in use?
What was the point to save it?
They might want to use it in the future when they run out of ways to reduce contributor earnings even further 
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« on: June 30, 2022, 04:35 »
A new low even for Alamy 3 cent sales and I bet they were in China even though I have Chinese sales blocked 
88
« on: June 29, 2022, 00:10 »
Some one should remind stock image producers of the old proverb "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." So it should be with providing to "free" sites 
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« on: June 22, 2022, 00:51 »
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« on: June 19, 2022, 02:59 »
Actually all this discussion of big 4 down to big 3 reminds me of those documentaries I used to see showing the waterhole on the African savannah steadily shrinking in summer and the wildlife getting more desparate as the water source slowly shrinks to a muddy puddle.
I think we can safely say we are at the muddy puddle stage and the hyenas are circling with promises of more "exciting news"
Ah the Wild Kingdom narrator speaking in low tones, softly... describes how the big six, became the big five and now it's the big four, but Pond5 is wounded and limping, the pack will soon surround, separate, and devour the weakest.
Ah yes, we recall how iStock was the Silverback of the Microstock agencies. Oh how age and nature has taken it's toll. Don't look at DT too close? what's a 3.4 compared to 32 or 64?
Tough economy, world and the biggest buyers, this will get worse, before it gets better. If it ever gets better?
The trouble is that invariably in the middle of the depleted muddy waterhole there's usually a crocodile waiting just under the surface too 
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« on: June 16, 2022, 23:40 »
Just had a sale on Pond5 with a pretty good commission - which will be missed if the new owner starts meddling with royalties.
Which they will its in their DNA
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« on: June 16, 2022, 00:31 »
Actually all this discussion of big 4 down to big 3 reminds me of those documentaries I used to see showing the waterhole on the African savannah steadily shrinking in summer and the wildlife getting more desparate as the water source slowly shrinks to a muddy puddle. I think we can safely say we are at the muddy puddle stage and the hyenas are circling with promises of more "exciting news"
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« on: June 14, 2022, 14:58 »
No matter how much they polish that turd its still a turd
94
« on: June 14, 2022, 14:57 »
WOW!! Portfolio Exposure! #feels good! Easy uploads! Where do I sign up! Do I get a free unicorn 123rf Morons
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« on: June 13, 2022, 01:25 »
None of them
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« on: June 09, 2022, 01:03 »
But at least they are letting people know well in advance.
Agencies will change over time, but if they communicate clearly it really helps.
Now those that want to, can make an extra effort getting files online.
And perhaps they will reconsider and come up with another bonus special.
Seriously?  As to a new bonus that will never happen.
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« on: June 08, 2022, 06:28 »
Yeah of course....
Email received today
"Were changing the way we share revenue from inactive Elements subscribers
Hi there,
We are announcing an important change to the way that we share revenue from some Elements subscribers.
Until now, weve used 50% of the revenue from inactive Elements subscribers (subscribers who dont license any items in a given month) to fund different content creation programs and Author incentives. The most significant of these programs and incentives has been the Content Bonus.
Weve recently been taking a closer look at how we can update our strategic focus. As part of this, we have reviewed these programs and have made the difficult decision to discontinue the Content Bonus and the sharing of revenue from inactive subscribers in this way.
The Content Bonus was introduced to help support Authors in their decision to join Elements. It provided a boost to earnings and helped us grow our library by rewarding Authors who publish regularly.
Now, 6 years on, we have over 5,000 Authors on Elements and our publishing rate has grown strongly over time. With over 10 million items, Envato Elements has one of the largest libraries of any unlimited creative content subscription service in the world.
This success, driven by our talented Author community and the high quality content we feature on Elements, means we have more and more subscribers signing up every day.
More subscribers equal more earnings for Elements Authors. In fact, the earnings we pay to our Elements Author community has more than doubled in the last 2 years alone.
We believe funds previously provided for the Content Bonus are better invested in continuing to attract, retain, and grow even more subscribers. These investments will help to secure a strong future for Elements and ultimately benefit Authors by increasing the overall amount and flow of future earnings.
We know that the Content Bonus represents a much anticipated component of many Authors incomes each month, so were providing as much notice as possible to allow you time to prepare for this change.
The last payment of the Content Bonus will be in September 2022 (covering the July earning month).
It is important to note that these changes do not impact our 50% subscriber share model. Our subscriber share model remains one of the most equitable and community-oriented in the industry.
If you have any questions about this decision, head over to our forums and join the discussion here.
Usual corporate bollox
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« on: May 31, 2022, 05:55 »
Why would you bother? and nope too
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« on: May 18, 2022, 01:24 »
Seriously why do you post this stuff just to cause an argument?
There are no "haters" you deliberately seem to relish causing an argument.
Considering noone bothered to respond to this thread in 5 days then you come along and try and re-ignite the thread with a self pitying diatribe.
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