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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: christiano on October 17, 2018, 07:32

Title: no more sales from USA/Canada a NEW conspiracy theory
Post by: christiano on October 17, 2018, 07:32

I think that something is wrong with SS ... usually, for me, the country that buys the most is the USA, followed by Canada ... since the beginning of the month, I sell all over the world and very little of the USA / Canada ... besides seeing my level of sale decrease ... it is possible? Where can I get the complete stats on SS?

thank you

Title: Re: no more sales from USA/Canada
Post by: derek on October 17, 2018, 10:59

Agree!  almost seems us Europeans are banned from sales in the US! ...used to be my biggest market but thats gone out the window!

Title: Re: no more sales from USA/Canada
Post by: pkphotos on October 17, 2018, 11:24

Maybe the US buyers have very distinct tastes and buy mostly US material or at least with a US style

Title: Re: no more sales from USA/Canada
Post by: christiano on October 17, 2018, 11:51

Quote from: pkphotos on October 17, 2018, 11:24

Maybe the US buyers have very distinct tastes and buy mostly US material or at least with a US style

Maybe it's because i'm canadien and Trump dont like us anybody  :P

IS right now (and it was the same approx. with SS)
1.   United States 54%
2.   Canada 22%   
3.   United Kingdom   10%
4.   India   9%
5.   France 5%      

but now for SS it's free for all around the world (except USA & Canada)
weird.

Title: Re: no more sales from USA/Canada
Post by: msg2018 on October 17, 2018, 11:57

Quote from: derek on October 17, 2018, 10:59

Agree!  almost seems us Europeans are banned from sales in the US! ...used to be my biggest market but thats gone out the window!

I'm European and noticed the same. Maybe they're using geolocation to tweak search results in favour of local authors. It makes no sense at all, but a lot of thinks make no sense and happen nonetheless.

Title: Re: no more sales from USA/Canada
Post by: nobody on October 17, 2018, 12:56

yes, it's the trump trade war that kicked in a while ago. One more conspiracy on why our sales are poor with SS  8)

Title: Re: no more sales from USA/Canada
Post by: christiano on October 17, 2018, 13:42

Quote from: nobody on October 17, 2018, 12:56

yes, it's the trump trade war that kicked in a while ago. One more conspiracy on why our sales are poor with SS  8)

It's a good one!