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Missed minimum payout for the first time in 8 years
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Missed payout last month. Deactivated my account today. F*ck them.
Uncle Pete:
--- Quote from: alexandersr on January 01, 2021, 12:31 ---@Uncle Pete Why didn't you continue the count down?
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Busy doing backups. Annual event, get organized, back up photos, videos, whatever, sort by dates, events, subjects. Go out at 5 and celebrate, be home by 7PM to avoid the young amateurs. Pop the champagne and have a cozy evening at home.
epixx:
Interestingly in addition to lower earnings, the number of sales is dropping for me at Shutterstock while it's going up at Adobe, Dreamstime and Alamy. Even Featurepics is rising from the dead with 3 x 3 dollars in December. A few years ago I would have called that a joke. Nowadays that's the equivalent of 90 typical sales at SS.
In June last year I said to myself that I'll remove my portfolio at SS when they sink below 30% of my earnings, thinking that it would take a couple of years. They're almost there already.
sgoodwin4813:
--- Quote from: wds on December 28, 2020, 16:37 ---I don't understand why the agencies don't take the approach of inching up prices on strong selling images (and of course to proportionally pass the increased earnings on to the photographer).
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DT used to do exactly that with images given ranks based on numbers of sales - the higher the rank the higher the price. It was always nice when you got those level-five credit sales. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to be sustainable, at least for agency profits. Not sure if they even track the levels any more.
DT also had a very strict similars policy with the idea to keep the database clean for a better buyer experience. Another idea that sounded good in theory but died in the face of reality.
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