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Less than 1% photographer fee? Questions raised on #Depositphotos business practice (English translation from German)
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All that I want is an opt out. Right now my files are still on ibudgetphotos, at least those I didn�t deactivate. I hope they will offer us general opt out button and not rely on a system where we always have to write to them.

I also would�t be surprised if many people keep their files opted in,even if they have the possibility to opt out.

But at least everyone then has a choice and deposit can point to their opt out button in the future if people complain.

I think everyone who is serious about stock,is certainly following the threads here. If you see it as a business,you stay informed.

Quote from: Mantis on February 18, 2014, 08:25

Quote from: ShadySue on February 18, 2014, 04:19

Quote from: Mantis on February 17, 2014, 20:41

I wonder if DP has to make financial amends to their partners/resellers and also future lost revenue?
1. reimburse shotshop for the purchase price of the images
2. look at the sales history of the images and pay a penalty to shotshop for lost future revenue for those images that were producing revenue for shotshop.
I can't imagine it's as simple as telling them to take down these images you purchased from us legitimately.

Good point!
Hell mend 'em.

My gut tells me this will create a financial hit to DP, but who knows.  Like someone else said I directed them to this thread, so someone is probably lurking.  And like Cobalt, I was giving DP the benefit of the doubt, but now it's clear that they will try anything to screw contributors as long as they get to laugh all the way to the bank while we eat beans and franks as our gourmet meals.

Why would you assume that? It's an API deal, ShotShop did not BUY any of our images. If they had BOUGHT all of my images, even at a subscription price, I would have made some decent money. But with an API deal, they just get access to all images Deposit offers and whenever one of their customers buys a license, they make a subscription download for only that single file. This is no different from any subscription buyer: You don't get a guarantee that any of the images available today will still be there tomorrow.

And the depressing part is that most likely a huge number of contributors will never hear about it or won't care at all, so out of the 20+ million images available on Deposit, ShotShop might "lose" a few hundred thousand of images now with those people reporting here in the thread.

I fully agree. I doubt their partners are pleased to lose content. Customers will lightbox files for future projects and then suddenly they can�t find them anymore. Especially an agency that offers files at a much higher price point, if I was the customer, I wouldn�t be happy.

Quote from: Fairplay on February 22, 2014, 10:15

No more new uploads from me to DP until they remove my portfolio from all their partner sites! If they don't do it soon I will deactivate all my images! They bring me less than 1,5% of my microstock income. No big deal!

+1 Same here!

Quote from: roede-orm on February 22, 2014, 12:43

I'm afraid, even if you would send a request, they don't close your account. My account is till active, never got an answer when I asked for closing of my account.

I'm leaving only one image up for now and keeping my account. My concern is that since they don't delete the images (even if they are disabled) that someday/somehow they'd change their TOS and reactivate them. I'd prefer to keep what access I have to my images, even if they are not for sale.

Quote from: pixsol on February 23, 2014, 02:40

What could be the reason for customers to buy from Shotshop, when they can buy them cheaper via DP (credits or subs) ? Is DP not accessible to German markets ?

Of course, they are available and they offer an interface complete in German. Wondering the same, so I don't have an answer! But it must be lucrative in any way.