On StockXpert's forums there is a thread titled "I Want My Money!!" where a few people are concerned because they have been waiting for payouts since the 15th.  That's 8 days and counting on a site that promises to pay in three days.

I am in that boat and haven't been able to get a coherent response to my TWO support e-mails about it.  The first was ignored and the second was responded to with a form letter about "we understand your concerns and are working on the site problem you wrote about".  They don't even mention what the "problem" is much less how it is being addressed, and of course the only thing that actually matters, which is WHEN will we be PAID?!

Has anyone gotten paid by StockXpert in the last week?  Is this a sitewide problem or just confined to a few unlucky contributors?

Steve, are you there?  When will your contributors be paid?

did you ask payment BEFORE or AFTER site upgrade? I asked mine 2 days ago, AFTER upgrade.

I requested a payment yesterday, so nothing to report here.  However, I am still waiting on a payment from FT that I submitted on the 15th.

Thanks Zeus and JoAnn for the info on the sale.  Don't know how I missed that. 

If you are right and they are withholding their contributors money on purpose then that is reprehensible, not to mention possibly grounds for class action if it continues... 

Don't worry, they won't be "keeping" contributors' earnings.  Getty is likely doing due dilligence and StockXpert will not be able to move its money around as easily at this phase.  They are not in a bankrupt situation that I've heard so once the transaction is complete (or once Getty decides NOT to purchase JI) and sometimes it is much more difficult just to write a cheque - payments must be approved by all parties during this period.   I'm sure the money will flow again.

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I wouldn't be so bothered except that I am owed money by THREE sites that are in arrears - StockXpert, 123RF (for Sept), and Fotolia - all of which appear in no big hurry to pay contributors. 

When one site is slow to pay, it's a glitch.  When three of them are doing it then it looks more like a trend. 

That's scarey 

Thanks Pixart, that is the most reasonable hypothesis I've read/heard as to why we aren't being paid.   Sort of reassuring somehow if money being frozen is just an inevitable part of any buyout. 

It begs the question - how long will this buyout last?   

I wouldn't be so bothered except that I am owed money by THREE sites that are in arrears - StockXpert, 123RF (for Sept), and Fotolia - all of which appear in no big hurry to pay contributors. 

When one site is slow to pay, it's a glitch.  When three of them are doing it then it looks more like a trend. 

Well, through the 90's I was a legal assistant at a couple large entertainment companies a few smaller companies were bought and sold.  (Selling is the worst of these two nightmares!)  Payments aren't exactly frozen, the internal process just changes.  A StockXpert payment that was *likely* once verified by a keystroke may now have to be documented and presented to managment and then to the lawyers on each side for verification and for approval or deferral.  But sometimes non-essential payments are not made at all until the new purchaser takes over and assumes all debts and receiveables.  Hopefully Getty doesn't jerk anyone and delay payables ever further if it's the latter.   If JI was solvent when they purchase it Getty really has to pay eventually.  I have not heard that JI is in bankruptcy or bankruptcy protection, or then we'd be on a creditors' list and it would be doubtful that we'd see much or any of the amount owed.

And whoa, FT is in arrears?  With the general bad talk about their methods lately this fact isn't a confidence builder is it?  Maybe I'll try to cash out now instead of the end of the month in case they are going in the red as well...

As for Fotolia, I only mean they are in arrears to me - don't know about anyone else.  The last few payments from them have been very slow in coming, and their new policy of not allowing you to request another payout when one is pending means that money is allowed to accumulate and sit in the account.  With Fotolia's lax security measures this is not a site I want to accumulate much of a balance with. 

They are late in payment to me as well.

StockXpert have had several long delays with payments in the past.  I don't think the takeover has anything to do with it this time.  Did we have a long delay when istock was taken over by getty or when getty was taken over by another company?  I can't remember that happening.

I requested my payment yesterday and recibed today

Make a request yday and got it in less than 12 hrs

Appears that today they finally managed to get their payouts done.  I got mine (requested from the 15th) today too. 

So if you were one of the lucky ones who just requested within the past couple of days - good for you.  You can imagine there was never an issue.

However a lot of us have had to wait a week to 10 days for that payout and that's indicative there was a problem. 

Hope whatever the issue was it is fixed and the next payouts will be within the promised 3 days.  I will know again by Tuesday...

Got my Fotolia and StockXpert today. I wonder if they hear the complaints sometime.