Quote from: noodle on May 30, 2014, 16:38

I got the e-mail that pretty well everyone else here did,

Hmmm. So most everybody here has gotten that email?

Is there nobody (other than me) who uploaded images but hasn't gotten it?

uploaded 20 images - received no email

Quote from: cobalt on May 14, 2014, 15:38

I�ve been uploading for about 6 months, have 342 images there and made around 8.25 euros. Not bad for a small site.

How is that even worth your time? Honestly. How can you justify 1.35 euro per month to be not bad?

Ron, tell us again, how much are you making on Symbiostock in a month?  After hosting costs of course.

I use Mostphotos basically as a free online backup. Upload is automated and I switched off subscriptions.

Quote from: a-b-foto on March 16, 2014, 04:17

I am not happy with DP, not at all. They are dishonest!

But it�s DP (not Shotshot or any other partner or reseller) that pays the photographer the pitiful subscription price!
We simply do not know who much DP gets from their partners. The probably get a normal 50/50 deal.
I think it�s you who is naive here if you really believe that DP "allowed second parties to pay subscription prices (to us) and those people have re-licensed our images"

If you read earlier in this thread, you'll see a contributor posted the text of a reply Shotshop sent him when he applied - that they don't work with microstock photographers. There were other contributors who submit to Shotshop directly who earlier in this thread reported having work rejected as "not suitable" only to find that same work on Shotshop's site but via the DP reseller API

I realize that is circumstantial evidence, but to me it says very clearly that Shotshop does not have clean hands in this deal. And I would point out that many deals with distributors are not 50/50, so I don't think there is a normal. Those of us who have been on the receiving end of these "deals" for a while are not being naive, but circumspect.

And as you point out, we don't know what DP is paid - and you don't know either - but contributors should know about the split between agency and distributor.

Alamy, for example, (a) lets you opt out, albeit only once a year and (b) is up front about the split - 40% for the distributor, 30% for Alamy and 30% for the schmuck who created what's being licensed. I applaud their transparency, but I opted out of distributor deals as it just seemed wrong for the company that did virtually nothing to walk away with the lion's share of the payment.

I do not have to read that earlier in this thread, I know that from 1st hand experience because I am a Shotshop contributor. Unlike many others in this thread who keep posting things as "facts" that are obviously only specualtion. Some people in this forum sure like their conspiracy theories... I would rather stick to the known facts. But I guess I�m the only one...

And just for the record (as I keep getting quoted and misinterpreted):
I�m not defending any of the actions of either DP or Shotshop.
I have actually stopped uploading to DP and I�m only waiting for my next payout.

Ron, none of your posts has got anything to do with the topic this thread... You�re just touting Symbiostock and your own site 

That agency was quite happy to pay another a subscription and then offer the file at a high price - what does that say about their business ethics?

How do you know?

I think it�s quite possible Shotshop paid DP 50% like in a normal partner deal.
The whole "subscription" and "reseller" shenanigans DP is talking about just doesn�t make any sense. You cannot re-sell what havn�t bought in the first place, can you?

Quote from: jarih on March 11, 2014, 06:21

I just got this email:

"Your portfolio has been successfully removed from our partner sites.
Should you have any further questions or require any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us."

But, but.. anyway my portfolio is online Shotshop and Ibudgetphoto.. somebody is lying..

Exactly the same. Yesterday I sent an ultimatum to DP and today got exactly the same message but my images are still at ShotShop and Ibugetphot...

That�s because DP calls them "resellers" and not partners...

don�t feed the troll 

I can�t find my files anymore on shotshop.

That�s interesting! So they removed them without you asking them to?
That would mean they probably received so many emails / bad feedback that they cancelled the Shotshop API for everybody!??

Quote from: Ariene on February 16, 2014, 11:07

DP:
"Yes, you get $0,30 even though our API re-seller sells a file for � 24.90. Our API re-sellers have the right to set their own prices. If you want to opt out of all our partner programs, please confirm and your files will be sold only on depositphotos.com"

Me:
"Yes, absolutely OPT me OUT of any partner programs and re-sellers now."

DP:
"...It will take some time to remove your portfolio from API re-seller/partner sites".

I'm waiting only for the replay to my question - what is the "some time".

Why should I have worries? I think it's clear situation... If I find my images anywhere else, they immediately loose my 1k files (every day some sells) and that's it. They're to low earner for me to be sad after all. They'll loose much more than I do

That's the first bit of good news from this debacle.  I hope that is TRULY AN OPTION.

I wrote to them yesterday. They did not reply - but my images have already been removed from Shotshop!
(Hope, they won�t put them up again later on  )

Really like it, but wish it wasn't a buck a pop for extra agencies. You get 14 or so for $3, but if you want the last 8, it's $8 more?

Can anyone tell me which agencies are included in the the $3 and for which you have to pay extra?

I am happy with them. They make me 100-350 dollar per month.

How many and what kind of images do you have wit FAA, Ron?

Hi Microstock Man,

we are sorry for that, everything should be synced now but obviously there was some problem with your account. Our IT guys are checking what happened, but anyway - your images are set up for sync now, they should be ready in a few days. Sorry again!

Hi Lucie,

than there must have been a problem with my account as well... Only half of my Pixmac portfolio is shown at http://www.pond5.com/artist/2@abfoto.
Could you get the IT guys to have a look at that as well?

Thanks!

that is what I see: