Author Topic: Is this the road where SS will go ..? (Read 14145 times)

Zero Talent · « **Reply #25 on:** September 06, 2018, 09:16 »

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!

No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

derek · « **Reply #26 on:** September 06, 2018, 09:38 »

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:16

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!
No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

No you are from Ukraine, so what I've been there and its a nice country and I dont understand why you put it down?? I joined SS in 2005, long before you and that says it all!
Youre league is ONLY micro-stock and that also says it all!
I know who you are behind that pseudo and you know who I am.

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

Zero Talent · « **Reply #27 on:** September 06, 2018, 09:51 »

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:16
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!
No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

No you are from Ukraine, so what I've been there and its a nice country and I dont understand why you put it down?? I joined SS in 2005, long before you and that says it all!
Youre league is ONLY micro-stock and that also says it all!
I know who you are behind that pseudo and you know who I am.

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

Do you even know what this forum is about, let alone this topic? Check the URL: It says microstockgroup.com. Please check the topic: it is just about SS.

So yes, I am clearly doing much better than you on micro. My suspicion is that I'm doing much better than you overall, but we can never know that, can we?

PS. If you think that I'm dodging my country when you claim that I'm from Moldova or Ukraine, you are clearly mistaken. Just for the record, since I guess I already mentioned it on this forum: I am from USA. Can you believe it? tsk, tsk, tsk...

dpimborough · « **Reply #28 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:39 »

Oh dear, here we go again.........

Pass the popcorn someone

derek · « **Reply #29 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:48 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on September 06, 2018, 10:39

Oh dear, here we go again.........

Pass the popcorn someone

Dont bother I give up fighting noobs and rookies makes no sense. Let them have their likes and shares in a forum, who cares. These sort of people are never satisfied, they start a thread like " how was your July"...if you tell them good, they call you a lier, if you tell them bad they call you a lier, hahaha!....and this particular twatt iscalling everybody liers.

save the popcorn get some beer instead

Zero Talent · « **Reply #30 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:55 »

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 10:48

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on September 06, 2018, 10:39
Oh dear, here we go again.........

Pass the popcorn someone

Dont bother I give up fighting noobs and rookies makes no sense. Let them have their likes and shares in a forum, who cares. These sort of people are never satisfied, they start a thread like " how was your July"...if you tell them good, they call you a lier, if you tell them bad they call you a lier, hahaha!....and this particular twatt iscalling everybody liers.

save the popcorn get some beer instead

For the record:
1. I'm not from Ukraine.
2. I'm not a "twatt"

. That makes you a misogynist, on this forum, not just a xenophobe.
3. I didn't call you a liar, let alone everybody. I really believe you when you say that your sales have tanked, big time. You told me and I agreed that we are in different leagues. This is consensus, not a lie.
4. If you are on micro since 2005, it's so sad to admit that a "noob" or a "rookie" (see point 5.) is doing much better than you. You might have missed the memo, "noobs" and "rookies" (see point 5.) got, meanwhile.
5. I'm not a "noob", nor a "rookie"

derek · « **Reply #31 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:56 »

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:51

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:16
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!
No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

No you are from Ukraine, so what I've been there and its a nice country and I dont understand why you put it down?? I joined SS in 2005, long before you and that says it all!
Youre league is ONLY micro-stock and that also says it all!
I know who you are behind that pseudo and you know who I am.

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

Do you even know what this forum is about, let alone this topic? Check the URL: It says microstockgroup.com. Please check the topic: it is just about SS.

So yes, I am clearly doing much better than you on micro. My suspicion is that I'm doing much better than you overall, but we can never know that, can we?

PS. If you think that I'm dodging my country when you claim that I'm from Moldova or Ukraine, you are clearly mistaken. Just for the record, since I guess I already mentioned it on this forum: I am from USA. Can you believe it? tsk, tsk, tsk...

Not unless you do commissioned work 3-4 days every week and with a turnover of 154.000 pound/sterling per annum and 2 employees from commissions only, Yes if you are doing better then I congratulate you and say I am sorry for arguing with you!

mindstorm · « **Reply #32 on:** September 06, 2018, 11:35 »

Quote from: angelawaye on September 06, 2018, 09:03

May I ask when you started? Are you in the .38 cent club?

Not yet. I am in the .36 club.

Though I started in 2011, I only had a couple hundred images online until about a year ago (summer of 2017) when I decided to get more serious. My portfolio has grown from about 400 in Aug 2017 to 3600 today, and I still add a couple hundred images per week.

More recently (last month) I have started getting serious about uploading video clips also. I have about 120 of those online now, and probably another 200 or 300 by the end of this year. No sales there yet, but I am just getting started, and I understand video typically takes longer to get traction.

If interested, here is my SS link -- http://shutterstock.com/g/mindstorm

mindstorm · « **Reply #33 on:** September 06, 2018, 11:38 »

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

I have no idea why a "person's origin" is relevant???

FWIW, I was born and spent most of my life living California (USA, just in case there is any doubt...). I moved to Ecuador when I retired in 2013, so now consider Ecuador my home.

derek · « **Reply #34 on:** September 06, 2018, 11:42 »

Quote from: mindstorm on September 06, 2018, 11:38

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38
If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

I have no idea why a "person's origin" is relevant???

FWIW, I was born and spent most of my life living California (USA, just in case there is any doubt...). I moved to Ecuador when I retired in 2013, so now consider Ecuador my home.

Dont worry we were just beefing around with each other. Happens here now and then. Of course a persons origin dont matter!

Pauws99 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 06, 2018, 13:30 »

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 10:56

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:51
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:16
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!
No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

No you are from Ukraine, so what I've been there and its a nice country and I dont understand why you put it down?? I joined SS in 2005, long before you and that says it all!
Youre league is ONLY micro-stock and that also says it all!
I know who you are behind that pseudo and you know who I am.

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

Do you even know what this forum is about, let alone this topic? Check the URL: It says microstockgroup.com. Please check the topic: it is just about SS.

So yes, I am clearly doing much better than you on micro. My suspicion is that I'm doing much better than you overall, but we can never know that, can we?

PS. If you think that I'm dodging my country when you claim that I'm from Moldova or Ukraine, you are clearly mistaken. Just for the record, since I guess I already mentioned it on this forum: I am from USA. Can you believe it? tsk, tsk, tsk...

Not unless you do commissioned work 3-4 days every week and with a turnover of 154.000 pound/sterling per annum and 2 employees from commissions only, Yes if you are doing better then I congratulate you and say I am sorry for arguing with you!

What really puzzles me though is for such a successful person you still sell on a site whose owner you despise.

derek · « **Reply #36 on:** September 06, 2018, 14:55 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on September 06, 2018, 13:30

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 10:56
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:51
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:16
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!
No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

No you are from Ukraine, so what I've been there and its a nice country and I dont understand why you put it down?? I joined SS in 2005, long before you and that says it all!
Youre league is ONLY micro-stock and that also says it all!
I know who you are behind that pseudo and you know who I am.

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

Do you even know what this forum is about, let alone this topic? Check the URL: It says microstockgroup.com. Please check the topic: it is just about SS.

So yes, I am clearly doing much better than you on micro. My suspicion is that I'm doing much better than you overall, but we can never know that, can we?

PS. If you think that I'm dodging my country when you claim that I'm from Moldova or Ukraine, you are clearly mistaken. Just for the record, since I guess I already mentioned it on this forum: I am from USA. Can you believe it? tsk, tsk, tsk...

Not unless you do commissioned work 3-4 days every week and with a turnover of 154.000 pound/sterling per annum and 2 employees from commissions only, Yes if you are doing better then I congratulate you and say I am sorry for arguing with you!
What really puzzles me though is for such a successful person you still sell on a site whose owner you despise.

Wrong! both myself, Laurin and fuego know Jon personally, not like pals but personally but Jon isnt running things anymore and havent been doing that for over a year and a half as if you couldnt work that out, sure! his got big stakes in the company but he aint running it. So how could I despise him. His been good to us. Shareholders have the power and they appoint anyone they want to!

Zero Talent · « **Reply #37 on:** September 06, 2018, 15:32 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on September 06, 2018, 13:30

What really puzzles me though is for such a successful person you still sell on a site whose owner you despise.

What puzzles me is, though such a "successful" person (allegedly making $200,000/year from his other job), he is spending so much time, on this forum, ranting about his SS pocket change, (maybe what, best case, max 4-5K/year? probably less) fueling various capping conspiracy theories.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #38 on:** September 06, 2018, 16:08 »

Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 14:55

Quote from: Pauws99 on September 06, 2018, 13:30
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 10:56
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:51
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 09:38
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 06, 2018, 09:16
Quote from: derek on September 06, 2018, 06:50
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 05, 2018, 16:38
Quote from: derek on September 05, 2018, 13:39
Quote from: mindstorm on September 05, 2018, 11:37
I sometimes wonder if I am selling to a different SS than the rest of you whiners...?

1) I DO get rejections of submissions. Not a lot, but then I don't put up a lot of junk either. My last batch of 126 images had 9 rejections today (all for "main subject not in focus" or "noise" -- a couple were a bit crunchy...).

2) I DO get sales on new images. I uploaded a batch of Namibia photos last week of lions, elephants, and the like. I had 21 sold from that batch just in the last 2 days.

3) My sales DO drop every summer. August is always bad for me. But then it roars back in September and is good the rest of the year.

4) I DO sell most of my portfolio. Two months ago, I had 2500 images in my portfolio. According to MicroStokr Pro, 1729 of those images have had sales. (I added another 1000+ in the last 2 months, as I went back and added stuff I had overlooked in my older stuff on my disk -- and yes, those are starting to sell too)

Maybe you know something we dont???

Yep, he knows what sells and you don't. As simple as that!

If it helps, here are my answers to the above points:
1. I DON'T
2. I DO
3. Not really
4. I DO (~86%)

Wow mate!! got to hand it to you! youre in a different league to the rest of us youre not from Ukraine or Moldova by any chance are you?

You little cute xenophobe, you!
No, I'm not from Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor from any of those countries you constantly belittle in this forum.

I am obviously in the same league as mindstorm and many others. A league you can only dream about.

No you are from Ukraine, so what I've been there and its a nice country and I dont understand why you put it down?? I joined SS in 2005, long before you and that says it all!
Youre league is ONLY micro-stock and that also says it all!
I know who you are behind that pseudo and you know who I am.

If you are doing so well in micro-stock! fine! but when people start dodging their origin, their countries well that makes me suspiscious. tsk, tsk!

Do you even know what this forum is about, let alone this topic? Check the URL: It says microstockgroup.com. Please check the topic: it is just about SS.

So yes, I am clearly doing much better than you on micro. My suspicion is that I'm doing much better than you overall, but we can never know that, can we?

PS. If you think that I'm dodging my country when you claim that I'm from Moldova or Ukraine, you are clearly mistaken. Just for the record, since I guess I already mentioned it on this forum: I am from USA. Can you believe it? tsk, tsk, tsk...

Not unless you do commissioned work 3-4 days every week and with a turnover of 154.000 pound/sterling per annum and 2 employees from commissions only, Yes if you are doing better then I congratulate you and say I am sorry for arguing with you!
What really puzzles me though is for such a successful person you still sell on a site whose owner you despise.

Wrong! both myself, Laurin and fuego know Jon personally, not like pals but personally but Jon isnt running things anymore and havent been doing that for over a year and a half as if you couldnt work that out, sure! his got big stakes in the company but he aint running it. So how could I despise him. His been good to us. Shareholders have the power and they appoint anyone they want to!

and who owns most of the shares? and who is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board?

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