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« Reply #100 on: March 15, 2010, 22:16 »
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As best I can tell, any image marked iStockphoto did in fact come from iStockphoto.  StockXpert images are supposed to be labeled Hemera.  In my own case, I have a set of iStock images I opted into partner programs.  These are all poor or nonsellers at iStock, so I don't feel I'm losing much by offering them cheaply.  Most of them show up on Thinkstock; for some reason there are 250 fewer on Thinkstock than I have opted in.  So far none of my StockXpert images have come across.

As for payment, I see 21 partner sales in January and 37 in February on iStock.  The February sales showed up today.  Interestingly, they showed up in two batches; the count was 23 a couple of hours ago but just jumped to 37.  I'm wondering if they represent two different sources, say Photos.com and Thinkstock.  What I'll be curious about is whether this is how things will be, with iStock image sales on Thinkstock reported on iStock and Hemera image sales on StockXpert.  Or maybe it'll all shift to StockXpert whenever they manage to move those images.


« Reply #101 on: March 16, 2010, 07:55 »
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IIRC images that were on StockXpert were supposed to be dumped into Thinkstock as the Hemera collection. The whole ill-planned scheme has changed so many times since it was announced, hard to tell what they are doing now. They sure aren't going to tell you. It's the new business policy everywhere...create so much confusion, the underlings won't know what you're doing and they will just give up and follow like little lambs.

« Reply #102 on: March 16, 2010, 08:24 »
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IIRC images that were on StockXpert were supposed to be dumped into Thinkstock as the Hemera collection.

It still works that way, at least it does for my photos. Everything on ThinkStock marked as "Hemera" is ex-StockXpert, everything marked as "IStockphoto" is coming from IS...

The whole ill-planned scheme has changed so many times since it was announced, hard to tell what they are doing now. They sure aren't going to tell you. It's the new business policy everywhere...create so much confusion, the underlings won't know what you're doing and they will just give up and follow like little lambs.

Couldn't agree more - and don't forget to have faith in TPTB  ;) *SCNR*

« Reply #103 on: March 16, 2010, 08:46 »
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A bit off topic but important.

I just went to StockXpert to check something and I was logged in as someone else. I could also access their images and everything. what?

RacePhoto

« Reply #104 on: March 16, 2010, 13:46 »
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What I'll be curious about is whether this is how things will be, with iStock image sales on Thinkstock reported on iStock and Hemera image sales on StockXpert.  Or maybe it'll all shift to StockXpert whenever they manage to move those images.

IS and StockXpert are different companies, owned by Getty. We don't get paid by Getty, we get paid by the individual companies.

You can't have sales from one company (StockXpert) being payed to an account on a different companies books (IS).

You wouldn't expect a sale on DT to be paid on your FT account would you, just because they sell on the same partner site?  ;D  Maybe that's an easier way to explain it.

However what you proposed would mean that all the IS people would suddenly have StockXpert accounts, for ThinkStock payments only? Many people on IS never had and don't want a StockXpert account, especially considering the exclusives. No I don't think so.

dbvirago

« Reply #105 on: March 19, 2010, 19:51 »
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Thanks db....
Yep, those are mine. At least some of mine (and not my best sellers--????)  that were at StockXpert. I'm still in the dark about this whole TS thing. The images that you so kindly found for me say Istockphoto on them. Does TS just redirect images that were once on StockXpert to IS? I could make no sense out of any of the StockXpert info that was on their site, including how they were going to pay us. I did follow the link to IS regarding pay but found no explanation at all...at least that I could understand. Sorry for being so dense on this subject.

I haven't figured it out either. All of my stuff at TS says Istock. But I have more images at TS than IS.

RacePhoto

« Reply #106 on: March 20, 2010, 00:57 »
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Thanks db....
Yep, those are mine. At least some of mine (and not my best sellers--????)  that were at StockXpert. I'm still in the dark about this whole TS thing. The images that you so kindly found for me say Istockphoto on them. Does TS just redirect images that were once on StockXpert to IS? I could make no sense out of any of the StockXpert info that was on their site, including how they were going to pay us. I did follow the link to IS regarding pay but found no explanation at all...at least that I could understand. Sorry for being so dense on this subject.

I haven't figured it out either. All of my stuff at TS says Istock. But I have more images at TS than IS.

Ah Ha, the first light that something is fishy. Thanks. You have just proved the impossible happens. (not blaming you, but questioning how IS and StockXpert are being merged into ThinkStock) It should be impossible to have more images on ThinkStock than you have on IS. Interesting!

« Reply #107 on: March 20, 2010, 05:02 »
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A bit off topic but important.

I just went to StockXpert to check something and I was logged in as someone else. I could also access their images and everything. what?

This happened to me to, I was directed into someone else's account with full access to their personal information! I sent a not to support.

WarrenPrice

« Reply #108 on: March 20, 2010, 11:25 »
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A bit off topic but important.

I just went to StockXpert to check something and I was logged in as someone else. I could also access their images and everything. what?

This happened to me to, I was directed into someone else's account with full access to their personal information! I sent a not to support.

Same thing happened to me.  I also emailed support.  After more than a week, they responded wanting details.  I don't have any details.  I was logged into someone else's account.  I looged out and logged in again and it worked correctly. 

Veryyyyyy Strange.


 

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