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« Reply #150 on: November 17, 2009, 12:40 »
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Dead completely since photo.com has been disconnected.


« Reply #151 on: November 17, 2009, 12:55 »
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Dead completely since photo.com has been disconnected.

StockXpert has always been dead for me... with and without photos.com and JUI...
I'm one of those photogs that have zero views on all new images for weeks.

Patrick H.

« Reply #152 on: November 17, 2009, 13:11 »
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I get zero views on most of my new images for a few weeks but then some start selling.  StockXpert PPD are about average and I am getting StockXpert and JUI subs sales. 

It is going to be interesting to see what happens with photos.com now.  I had the feeling that some SS buyers had gone there but perhaps now they can't get what they want and they will go back to SS or one of the other subs sites.

lisafx

« Reply #153 on: November 17, 2009, 13:36 »
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Interesting - my JIU sales today are the higher than ever.  I wonder if some of the Photos.com subscribers have migrated there. 

All in all today is turning out to be one of my best in a long time.  Will be interesting to see if this is a trend or just a blip on the radar. 

RacePhoto

« Reply #154 on: November 17, 2009, 13:37 »
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Odd because my photos are still on Jupiter. I just looked minutes ago. Under subscriptions. Last month I thought they were gone, but I looked in the wrong collection. Right under the images it says "Stockxpert". No iStock opted in images show. (some of my images are only on IS and some are only on StockXpert, so I can tell) Jupiter has not been disconnected. Maybe tomorrow?

http://www.jiunlimited.com/en/

That's OK people have been reporting doom and gloom, drops in sales since the announcement, when nothing changed. Then every month since then, reports of drops in sales and images gone, when nothing changed. Now we can see... it's happening again.  ;D

When this picture vanishes from the message, I'll know they are honestly gone. The hat is on Chicken Little because the sky is falling.




Photos.com appears to be disconnected.

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Photos.com has been the premier stock subscription since its launch in 2003.  Our collection contains more than 400,000 professional, model-released photos and illustrations in a variety of categories.  With a Photos.com subscription, you pay once and download photos as you need them.
Plus Collection
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Photos.com Plus adds more than 1 million professional quality, downloadable files to your graphic arsenal.


Pretty vague what someone gets for the extra money. 1 million more files of what? If you like photos.com, then you enjoy seeing the same model on a page seven times, and the same series of shots, or same location, page after page. Something strange there? Look at page one of food and drink and see the same girl and all her friends (models posing) filling the whole page. Same couple dining, same guy eating breakfast, same isolated coffee beans.  :o

http://tinyurl.com/yf3axpm
« Last Edit: November 17, 2009, 14:10 by RacePhoto »

« Reply #155 on: November 17, 2009, 13:55 »
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Ditto
and I couldn't even find mine there.  Must have been looking in wrong place.

Interesting - my JIU sales today are the higher than ever.  I wonder if some of the Photos.com subscribers have migrated there. 

All in all today is turning out to be one of my best in a long time.  Will be interesting to see if this is a trend or just a blip on the radar. 

« Reply #156 on: November 17, 2009, 17:48 »
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I got 22 JIU subscription dls today, 1 Photos.com PPD yesterday. But no Photos.com subscription dls since the Nov 13 D-Day, and I used to average about 10 of those per day. My Stockxpert PPDs seem to be improving in the last few days, but that could just be a fluke. I am opted in on IS but not a single "Partner Program" sale has registered on my stats page there. What does it all mean? The ways of Getty are mysterious indeed.

KB

« Reply #157 on: November 17, 2009, 17:55 »
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I am opted in on IS but not a single "Partner Program" sale has registered on my stats page there. What does it all mean? The ways of Getty are mysterious indeed.
I think it means they report them just once a month.

At least, that's what I seem to recall having read. Anyone else remember that?

« Reply #158 on: November 17, 2009, 18:02 »
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I am opted in on IS but not a single "Partner Program" sale has registered on my stats page there. What does it all mean? The ways of Getty are mysterious indeed.

I think it means they report them just once a month.

At least, that's what I seem to recall having read. Anyone else remember that?


That's correct.  See http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=88699&page=1, last post by sylvanworks.

It's been suggested elsewhere that you may see nothing until end of December, but I haven't seen that confirmed by any admin, so maybe end of November perhaps.

« Reply #159 on: November 21, 2009, 08:37 »
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November 21, 2009
(Jupiterimages Unlimited subscription)       1       $0.30


 ??? ??? ??? ???

ap

« Reply #160 on: November 21, 2009, 15:25 »
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November 21, 2009
(Jupiterimages Unlimited subscription)       1       $0.30


 ??? ??? ??? ???

+1

this is my first jupiter sub since i joined 2 months ago, when the death knell was struck. on the whole, stockxpert has performed quite well just in terms of stockxpert's own credit sales. so, if anyone think it's not worth to join them now, you can reconsider.

« Reply #161 on: November 21, 2009, 15:26 »
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My last Jupiter download was on Nov. 12th ...

-Mark

« Reply #162 on: November 21, 2009, 16:04 »
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my last Photo.com    Nov 12
last Jupiter  Nov 16

« Reply #163 on: November 21, 2009, 16:06 »
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I got three Jupiter sales today.

« Reply #164 on: November 21, 2009, 16:09 »
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Three Jupiter sales for me also today.

« Reply #165 on: November 21, 2009, 17:17 »
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Five for me... ;)

« Reply #166 on: November 21, 2009, 18:12 »
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JIU sales the last 5 days. Better than average month overall.

« Reply #167 on: November 23, 2009, 17:35 »
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I opted out from subs long ago, so JIU/Photo.com is not an issue to me, but I am having a relatively good month at StockXpert, especially in the past week (60% of this month's earnings).

RacePhoto

« Reply #168 on: December 15, 2009, 01:12 »
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I hope someone else finds the humor in this as well as the doom and gloom.

People were complaining about taking 30c payment at JUI and photos.com, and what did we get instead? 25 cent downloads, StockXpert will probably close and the sub photos will now come from iStock.

After reading the announcement and the StockXpert forum, it appears (and I may be wrong) that some content will be moved from StockXpert but the only way to be positive that a photos is transferred into the new 25c program is have it on IS and available for subscription sales.

What I haven't figured out, because I wasn't paying attention, is what happens to people who are not IS contributors, who will have their StockXpert portfolios moved to Getty's new sub site? Will they be made into IS members? Made members of the new site unnamed site? Or in limbo as contributors represented by an invisible agency Stockxpert.  ;D Will they get a free pass into IS without the review process? It's going to be interesting watching for the answer to this one.

If StockXpert closes, I can cash out and have one less site to upload to. The benefit is my IS photos will have more exposure. Keep in mind that my favorite micro site is SS where I get 25c a download. That puts me in the minority who say, 25c is the same no matter what site is underpaying paying me. What the, "yet to be name", site needs to do, is tell me when I get the raise, the same as SS, for achieving a predetermined sales level. (hint: they are bringing this down to the same commission, but not offering any incentive.) So it's not the same as SS by any stretch of logic, even my warped truth that 25c is always 25c.  :o

I hope someone at IS or Getty recognizes this flaw in their new improved distribution plan.

Further hint: After earning a total of $500, your rate increases to $.33 per download. Once you surpass a total lifetime earnings of $3,000, your rate will increase to $.36 per download, and after you reach $10,000 in lifetime earnings, your rate will increase to $.38 per download.

« Reply #169 on: December 15, 2009, 08:47 »
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Just for the records: Usually I made ~$40-60 a month at StockXpert - December so far has brought $2,50. I've just requested a payout, and I'm under the impression that this could be my last payout there ever ...

« Reply #170 on: December 15, 2009, 10:29 »
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For me December is about $20 which seems to be not as bad as for some others - but anyway much lower than before :(

It's a pity, StockXpert was a good site.

RacePhoto

« Reply #171 on: February 02, 2010, 14:55 »
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See I told you so. Nothing to worry about.  ::)

OK pointing out that I was wrong about the StockXpert not closing, but we'll have to wait and see if the StinkySock site brings in more downloads and equals the returns for the subscription sales. As for the other downloads, dead as a doornail.





apparently they postponed the removal for 10 days. now it reads:

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Alert: This image will not be available to download or license after November 12.



I think Racephoto is on to something.  This is starting to sound like the Boy Who Cried Wolf.  They keep threatening but no action. 

I would love to be a fly on the wall at Getty/Photos.com when they are discussing this.  Or more likely fielding calls from irate subscription holders who will be leaving the site once the good content is gone ;)

« Reply #172 on: February 03, 2010, 19:21 »
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25 Jupiterimages Sales for January. 10 of those sales came in on January 16th. 426 images in StockXpert portfolio. Will be sad to see StockXpert go ...


-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com
 


« Reply #173 on: February 04, 2010, 12:44 »
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Think this information is somewhere at the forum already, but will make a note in this section just to sum everything up.

SXis now closed, instead we have a Thinkstock.

If you:

1) have a SX account and turned On selling through subscription and you don't have account at Istock, your portfolio will migrate to Istock
2) have a SX, turned Off selling through subscription and would like to sell images at Thinkstock you shall turn subscriptions On (My Account->Profile , flag point 7 and save changes)
3) have both IS and SX accounts and have subscription sells turned on at both - your SX portfolio will migrate to IS, but duplicates from IS pack will be deleted from SX one.

In all the cases your payment from the one sell at ThinkStock will be $0.25


More detailed information can be found here - http://ministocking.blogspot.com/2010/02/thinkstockphotos-what-where-when-who.html

-- I'm sorry I'm not quite sure if I'm allowed to give this link but hope moderators wouldn't be against --

donding

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« Reply #174 on: February 04, 2010, 13:04 »
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Think this information is somewhere at the forum already, but will make a note in this section just to sum everything up.

SXis now closed, instead we have a Thinkstock.

If you:

1) have a SX account and turned On selling through subscription and you don't have account at Istock, your portfolio will migrate to Istock
2) have a SX, turned Off selling through subscription and would like to sell images at Thinkstock you shall turn subscriptions On (My Account->Profile , flag point 7 and save changes)
3) have both IS and SX accounts and have subscription sells turned on at both - your SX portfolio will migrate to IS, but duplicates from IS pack will be deleted from SX one.

In all the cases your payment from the one sell at ThinkStock will be $0.25


More detailed information can be found here - http://ministocking.blogspot.com/2010/02/thinkstockphotos-what-where-when-who.html

-- I'm sorry I'm not quite sure if I'm allowed to give this link but hope moderators wouldn't be against --
On that link it says about partner sites to click on opt-out then refresh...shouldn't it be opt in then refresh? here's the quote
"Luis said...
Enter IS website, then click on the bag/case on the left of the messages link! After, below My Uploads, are a few tabs, there is one called Partner Program (4th tab)! Then you choose opted-out and refresh data, then check one by one! After a few days they will appear on ThinkStock :)
"


 

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