frankly, i think FL will just laugh at this revolt

just total your images and find the percentage your images hold compared to FL inventory!
unless you're Yuri or whoever that's their breadwinner,
i don't think this revolt is even a pimple , like Miz pointed out.

i like FL, i 'm a newbie and have been there 3 months with no sales from them, while the other sites i joined have already given me sales within their first 3 weeks.
but i like to think FL is a slow starter as they  , at least the reviewers who reviewed my images, are quite polite and when they do reject my images give me a good explanation instead of "this is a snapshot!"

i think i'll wait and give FL the benefit of the doubt.
hilariously, if you ppl do pull out, it's all the better for us too, 

just joking!

Many of us who have set our heels in over this issue are in the top 50 earners for Fotolia, if a significant number of us cease doing business with them they will feel the impact.

They may only loose 1-3% or their overall inventory but it will be 1-3% of their top earning inventory and that is a significant issue.  I can tell you from having had personal communications with the top of the company over this they think they are going to play hardball but in the end they will come to the table with a better deal. They have to and they know it. They played us for fools and have now realized that it was a mistake to do so.

I have over 4,448 images there with another couple thousand that were in the que for uploading there. I am prepaired to ride this until the wheels fall off it need be and FT managment knows it.

I won't upload more until the price changes or we have a choice to opt out.
818 images

Marianne

Has the FT forum erased the topic?  I get a bad link when I click the first post.

Has the FT forum erased the topic?  I get a bad link when I click the first post.

Reason for deleting it:
http://www.fotolia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=11944

vtupinamba / 3572 images online

i have about 20 images for review... i send about 100 images / month... but for now... i also stopped...

*edited 06.05.2008 - just to be clear, when i wrote for "now", i don't mean "anymore", i mean won't upload for couple of months.

Add me to the list for not uploading anymore new stuff until changes are made.

829 files

http://www.stockphototalk.com/phototalk/2007/12/fotolia-infin-1.html

Hilarious , especially last two sentences

Quote from: fotoKmyst on June 04, 2008, 11:33

frankly, i think FL will just laugh at this revolt

just total your images and find the percentage your images hold compared to FL inventory!
unless you're Yuri or whoever that's their breadwinner,
i don't think this revolt is even a pimple , like Miz pointed out.

i like FL, i 'm a newbie and have been there 3 months with no sales from them, while the other sites i joined have already given me sales within their first 3 weeks.
but i like to think FL is a slow starter as they  , at least the reviewers who reviewed my images, are quite polite and when they do reject my images give me a good explanation instead of "this is a snapshot!"

i think i'll wait and give FL the benefit of the doubt.
hilariously, if you ppl do pull out, it's all the better for us too, 

just joking!

Many of us who have set our heels in over this issue are in the top 50 earners for Fotolia, if a significant number of us cease doing business with them they will feel the impact.

They may only loose 1-3% or their overall inventory but it will be 1-3% of their top earning inventory and that is a significant issue.  I can tell you from having had personal communications with the top of the company over this they think they are going to play hardball but in the end they will come to the table with a better deal. They have to and they know it. They played us for fools and have now realized that it was a mistake to do so.

I have over 4,448 images there with another couple thousand that were in the que for uploading there. I am prepaired to ride this until the wheels fall off it need be and FT managment knows it.

I fully agree with Bobby.
I only have 600 files with them but I won't upload any new material and I also consider deleting my portfolio.

Andres has also raised his voice on their forum http://us.fotolia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=116118 , and he's the top earner on this site.

Now that I'm getting regular sales with Alamy and got my first sale today with PhotoShelter, I think it's time to concentrate on Macros.  Micros will get leftovers.

Yes I know. But thats been that way for years now.
But FT...."no wait"  "almost instant reviews" will be a novelty for me! Yippie!

Cranky MIZ

It's time to show the agencies that we are not the stupid fools what they are  trying to make of us.

Hmmm. Fooltolia?

Well I feel a bit of a fraud because I had already stopped uploading to them, however I'm quite highly ranked there so add me to the list anyway because as I said on their forum I'll consider pulling out altogether over the way we've been treated with the subscription implementation but this decision will be based on whether or not they have an opt out and if not how future subscription sales effect me.
Oh and I have 1389 images there.

http://www.stockphototalk.com/phototalk/2007/12/fotolia-infin-1.html

Hilarious , especially last two sentences

That is an amazing turnaround, so in December 2007

"for example, a micro subscription model that pulls down prices to 25 cents an image, decreases the overall business and only provides short term sales benefits."

Yet now in June 2008, the very same person has decided that its a good idea after all. I presume Fotolia are scared of losing their piece of the pie.