Just deleted 50 files of my quite small portfolio there.
Anyway, FT is the most picky agency in terms of acceptance.
How often did i receive rejections telling "we have already lots of similar objects ..."
and when searching for similar files i rarely could find one, that was really similar
to the one i uploaded.
And how sad it is to see xxl-files sell for just 0,27 �.
I hope this D-Day really moves something!

1.

Hello,
I want my files to be deleted from DPC!
I did not give you right to put them there.
Thanks

2.

Dear Xxxxx,

First, I would like to say we appreciate your work and collaboration.
Regarding our latest project "Dollar Photo Club", it is a new business model, but basically it is just a new subscription. The goal of Dollar Photo Club is to improve exposure to your portfolio and to increase sales.

Our contributors are important to us and under no circumstance will we jeopardize our relationship with them. We share a common interest and goal with you!

Dollar Photo Club is not aimed for one-time image purchases. On the contrary, it is aimed for serious buyers who need large numbers of images and need them often.

The project is monitored daily, every membership request from a potential customer is treated as a separate order. Only requests from serious buyers are admitted and validated.

With this new model we are selling more images and making sure the clients will return to us for future transactions.

Dollar Photo Club offers more exposure, distribution and the possibility to increase your revenue.
Dollar Photo Club is based on the Fotolia commission program so your royalties will stay the same, but your revenue will grow. Every image downloaded at Dollar Photo Club is paid to the artist through Fotolia immediately.

The license sold via Dollar Photo Club is a Standard license and is now limited to 500,000 copies. Members that need Extended licenses are referred to Fotolia to purchase them. Soon an Extended License will be made available to Dollar Photo Club members at rates similar to those at Fotolia.

In addition, I would like to mention that the Dollar Photo Club subscription rate of $1 per image is not the lowest in the industry. Daily subscriptions on other agencies offer images from 33 cents per image, which is much less expensive than the price at Dollar Photo Club.

A Dollar Photo Club membership is actually more beneficial to the contributors than traditional subscriptions. In a traditional subscription if the subscription expires, unused downloads also expire. As a result, no commission is paid. At Dollar Photo Club, even after a member cancels their membership they can continue to use their unused downloads. This means that a higher percentage of money spent goes to the photographer. We�ve been seeing some exciting results with Dollar Photo Club as we are able to capture business in previously untapped markets. We expect even greater results in the near future.

Our goal is to double your revenue at Fotolia through Dollar Photo Club within the next 3 years starting with a 20% increase in sales in the first 12 months. We kindly ask for your patience during this period of growth.

The Fotolia team cares very much for the photographers and respects your opinions and feedback. Your concerns about being in Dollar Photo Club have been heard and soon an option for contributors to choose will be made available to all Fotolia contributors. In the meantime if you do not want your images sold through Dollar Photo Club send your request via a Fotolia customer support ticket and you will be manually removed.

As mentioned, our contributors are very important to us and we will do our very best to ensure they will get the highest earnings possible.

Feel free to contact us regarding any of the above or other issues

Kind regards,

Fotolia CS Team U.S.A.
+1 888-674-2299
Royalty-free Images - newbielink:http://www.fotolia.com [nonactive]

3.

The problem is that you used my works to your needs, without my permission. I didn't permit you to do that, it was against my will and illegal.
Since United states of America is contracting party of Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and under that convention it is illegal for anyone else to use the author's work except the author.
You were, and still are, using my works against my will and permission and with that, you are breaking the law.

4.

Dear Xxxxx,

Thank you for writing. While we believe that Dollar Photo Club is an excellent way to drive traffic to your portfolio and to increase your overall sales, we respect your decision to opt out. You can make this change in the 'contributor parameters' section of your profile linked here: newbielink:https://us.fotolia.com/Member/Modify/Contributor [nonactive]

If you have any questions regarding Dollar Photo Club please don't hesitate to let us know. You can opt back in at any time should you change your mind.

Kind regards,
Fotolia CS Team U.S.A.
+1 888-674-2299
Royalty-free Images - newbielink:http://www.fotolia.com [nonactive]

5.

Did you read and understand what I have written you in the previous message?

No reply so far

As promised today I've deleted the rest of my port 472 photos+videos (about 250 I deleted yesterday). I left only one image in my port. I'm very happy to support the D-Day. Happy 1 May!!!

P.S. I had the same good feelings when I deleted my port from iStock.

And today I got o good single on Shutterstok, nice

Most of the information Fotolia representatives say about DPC is "lots of false information" I'd say.

For me there is one fact.  TWENTY FIVE CENTS.

I am a supplier.  I am supposed to set the prices.  What other wacked market lets the "stores" decide what they are going to pay their suppliers?  Do you think Walmart says "I'll pay you 25 cents for each pillowcase in the box" and then in 6 months say "I changed our arrangement - I've raised the price on the pillowcases, but I've actually cut your wholesale price to 10 cents".  And furthermore, they have not paid for my content so they should not be able to share it with their partners, take a cut, change licenses and make any decisions.

Rant over.