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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: kuriouskat on January 12, 2018, 12:24

Title: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: kuriouskat on January 12, 2018, 12:24
I know everything has slowed down there a lot over the last 18 months, but I've gone from average 80 downloads per day to around 40. Today is 7? Also, my Stockperformer won't download any information for Shutterstock today, which makes me wonder if there are site problems?
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: demich on January 12, 2018, 12:40
Same here. SS is very slow today. Only half of average day in downloads for me
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: kuriouskat on January 12, 2018, 12:46
I had a lot of trouble opening my contributor page this morning, so with the stats not downloading to Stockperformer, I'm hoping there is a problem that has caused a delay and the numbers will suddenly jump.

If not, perhaps it's time to trow in the towel?
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Dumc on January 12, 2018, 12:53
Slow here too, had a SOD sale yesterday, that could be explanation.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Dumc on January 12, 2018, 13:01
There were some problems accessing contributor page this morning, ineed.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Graiki on January 12, 2018, 13:20
Me too. few sales today
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Rage on January 13, 2018, 05:29
Some crazy issue today. Yesterday was a good sale day so i was hoping for a strong weekend.

Plus video sales this month are in the tank. What happened
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: rinderart on January 16, 2018, 01:13
Crazy bad. worst 15 Days in nearly 13 Years. absolutely Amazing.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: dpimborough on January 16, 2018, 04:00
Crazy bad. worst 15 Days in nearly 13 Years. absolutely Amazing.

Thats for sure I have to go back 4 years when I had a fraction of the images I do now to see earnings this poor :(
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Steveball on January 16, 2018, 04:51
Ditto. Last 2 days = 0.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: derek on January 16, 2018, 05:33
Oh blimey you got courage!!! :o, soon the part-time micro-stockers, police and ghostbuster will come and tell you your lying and  fabricating conspiracy theories and that youre totally imagining your stats! ::)
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: namussi on January 16, 2018, 05:35
Oh blimey you got courage!!! :o, soon the part-time police and ghostbuster will come and tell you your lying and  fabricating conspiracy theories and that youre totally imagining your stats! ::)

You seem to imagine your murder stats.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: qunamax on January 16, 2018, 05:35
Acting really strange the whole month.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: derek on January 16, 2018, 05:36
See I told you! first one emerged out of the wood-works, hahaha! ;D
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: derek on January 16, 2018, 05:38
Crazy bad. worst 15 Days in nearly 13 Years. absolutely Amazing.

Watch it laurin!  the part-time stockers are at works telling you your making up conspiracy!! hahaha!  same here btw, 13 years! funny part is Istock of all agencies seem to make up some for it!
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Chichikov on January 16, 2018, 06:39
"Is there a problem on Shutterstock today? "

There is a problem everyday on Shutterstock*.

*(Problem of the day: I cannot upload vectors)
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: PhotoBomb on January 16, 2018, 06:54
Crazy bad. worst 15 Days in nearly 13 Years. absolutely Amazing.

But in the 'New algorithm change on Shutterstock' thread you said:
Whatever there doing....PLEASE keep it up.

So which is it?
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: jonbull on January 16, 2018, 07:27
i don't know if algorithm but lucky i had the best 15 days star of year ever, with 4 big sale, and a lot of single.
seems good also today.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Saurav on January 16, 2018, 09:28
Very slow sales this week.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Hannafate on January 16, 2018, 09:55
Shutterstock is stirring their algorithms to spread sales out among contributors.  The idea being to continue to take in money from sales, but not have to pay out as much, because no one contributor will make enough for a payout for a long time. 
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Thomas from France on January 16, 2018, 10:00
January very strong so far , hope it will continue !
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Semmick Photo on January 16, 2018, 15:49
Made $19 in the past week, so its all good. Right on track.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: YadaYadaYada on January 17, 2018, 08:27
Shutterstock is stirring their algorithms to spread sales out among contributors.  The idea being to continue to take in money from sales, but not have to pay out as much, because no one contributor will make enough for a payout for a long time.

You know what, that makes no sense at all. They can't do anything with the money they owe except hold it. How do they gain from taking in money, but not paying out as much? Didn't they lower the payment threshold.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: jonbull on January 17, 2018, 09:13
today i had sales of a complete series i did for christmas...somebody bout the all series...very strange...sound like my photo will appear in some otheraccpount:)
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: qunamax on January 17, 2018, 09:40
Seems that my turn is back on from today, hopefully will stay on until I get my monthly quota, as usual.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Chichikov on January 17, 2018, 09:43
I propose to rename this board from microstockgroup to microstockconspiracygroup…
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: qunamax on January 17, 2018, 09:55
I propose to rename this board from microstockgroup to microstockconspiracygroup…
Nothing conspirative about simple programming. If I owned stock agency of that magnitude, I'd do the same, saves quite a few bucks monthly and creates a bank credit effect without interest.

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Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: derby on January 17, 2018, 14:06
Shutterstock is stirring their algorithms to spread sales out among contributors.  The idea being to continue to take in money from sales, but not have to pay out as much, because no one contributor will make enough for a payout for a long time.

Shutterstock is certainly mashing up search algorithm, but I don't believe for this reason. Why should they lower the payout limit month ago?

By the way, I have just reach third level earnings in these unlucky days... 😁 listening to conspiracy I should have to be blocked before.!

(sorry for my poor English)
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: rinderart on January 17, 2018, 14:43
Crazy bad. worst 15 Days in nearly 13 Years. absolutely Amazing.

But in the 'New algorithm change on Shutterstock' thread you said:
Whatever there doing....PLEASE keep it up.

So which is it?
It is Dramatic changes week to week. started with a Bang then. BAM the floor came out. Since when can I not change My Opinion.If next week it goes back up and I feel Like saying something I will.!
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: JimP on January 18, 2018, 09:32
Shutterstock is stirring their algorithms to spread sales out among contributors.  The idea being to continue to take in money from sales, but not have to pay out as much, because no one contributor will make enough for a payout for a long time.

You left SS still. How do they make money from spreading sales or delay payouts? I make payout every month.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: YadaYadaYada on January 18, 2018, 20:26
Shutterstock is stirring their algorithms to spread sales out among contributors.  The idea being to continue to take in money from sales, but not have to pay out as much, because no one contributor will make enough for a payout for a long time.

You left SS still. How do they make money from spreading sales or delay payouts? I make payout every month.

Commissions owed are not an asset they are a liability. Sales commissions appear on the income statement, typically listed as an operating expense. The income statement starts out with total revenues, then separates out the cost of goods sold to provide the gross profit from sales. Below gross profits, you list your operating expenses, which include wages and commissions due to employees.

Accrued commissions, those that are owed to employees but have not been paid out, also appear on the balance sheet as a liability.

The agencies can't use this money, it's not an asset it's a liability. That's why they have lowered payout limits so they have less liability. There's no gain to capping low earning people, below the $35 limit. It's a empty claim with no logic or advantage to the agency.

I propose to rename this board from microstockgroup to microstockconspiracygroup…

Try to get rid of one and another will show up. It's easy to make claims and find impossible or illogical conspiracy. Then anyone who explains why it's not true gets tagged as a ghostbuster and ridiculed. What should happen is people could remember who spreads these false rumors, and tag them as unreliable gossips.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Dumc on January 20, 2018, 14:56
Did shutterstock remove Best match?
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: obj owl on January 20, 2018, 15:33
Did shutterstock remove Best match?

Still here in the UK.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: Dumc on January 20, 2018, 15:47
I t looks like this for me

Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: YadaYadaYada on January 21, 2018, 13:48
I t looks like this for me

Nothing like what my page looks like. Let me guess, new interface rolling out. Best Match is usually the same as Popular, but popular isn't popular as any of us would imagine it could be. If what you see is the future, hardly a loss, unless someone made a search and wants best match, or most popular. That's different from, just looking at my portfolio and seeing best match, asking myself, to what? There's no search term just my whole collection. Nonsense either way.

Now maybe they can fix most popular to be something that makes a little sense, instead of an unsold new photo being on the first page.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: jonbull on January 24, 2018, 10:22
appalling week...first 17 days incredible with 5 72 dollar sale and 3 more for 42...look for best month eve,,+...then last 7 days ouch..32 dollar total.....but this site has not cap:)....i had already predicted a strong slowdown in the end just to compensate the rise in the first 17 days, but never thought something like this....only sub. today 10 sub.
unbelievable that people still think they not control the sales.
every agency has a random path, every one...shutterstock is super predictable every month.
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: aiben on January 24, 2018, 10:40
what's going on with ss, two days with 0 sales this is anormal
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: derby on January 24, 2018, 16:21
appalling week...first 17 days incredible with 5 72 dollar sale and 3 more for 42...look for best month eve,,+...then last 7 days ouch..32 dollar total.....but this site has not cap:)....i had already predicted a strong slowdown in the end just to compensate the rise in the first 17 days, but never thought something like this....only sub. today 10 sub.
unbelievable that people still think they not control the sales.
every agency has a random path, every one...shutterstock is super predictable every month.

You're simply describing what is a statistics that gives you a medium result :)

A cap?
On the other hand you should speak about a too high presence in the first middle.
It's your words... You had an out of normal great days.

Statistics could easily predict high chance of fall down in second half of the month, just to reach the medium

Sometimes this doesn't happen and it's really an excellent month. But if it's happen...
It's normal, not a cap
Title: Re: Is there a problem on Shutterstock today?
Post by: JimP on January 24, 2018, 17:59
I propose to rename this board from microstockgroup to microstockconspiracygroup…

SS announces Approved video clips will now be visible and accessible via the Catalog Manager. This will allow you to perform all the functions currently available for images (sorting and filtering), except for creating Sets. We can edit keywords, change thumb, all kinds of new editing.

First six messages are complaints that they can't create sets. Nothing good or change for the better is without a scream of microstockcomplainersgroup...

I have a cap, it says NY Yankees on it.