Author Topic: So where's my money? (Read 6719 times)

dragonblade · « **on:** September 02, 2020, 10:43 »

I don't take a regular look at the ESP site because I find it awkward and tricky to navigate at times. However, I noticed that late last year, my earnings were just over $70 and then the following month, the amount was slightly over $2. So my question is - where did the rest of that money go? I didn't receive a payout. I checked PayPal and there is certainly no payment from iStock / Getty for that time period. I did get a payout from them once before.

Another thing I should add is that I actually earned just over $100 in that period but due me foolishly not updating the tax form, they took out a huge chunk of tax which left me with a little over $70. Though regardless, I don't know how it dropped from over $70 to just over $2 with no payout.

WD3 Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2020, 11:27 »

You'd get a better idea of what's happening with your iStock account if you used:-

https://www.deepmeta.com

dragonblade · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2020, 11:34 »

I have used Deepmeta in the past for submitting photos. I had no idea it contained earnings information as well.

Edit: Ive just checked out "Sales" in Deepmeta after signing in and all the fields under the headings are blank.

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2020, 11:50 »

Quote from: dragonblade on September 02, 2020, 11:34

I have used Deepmeta in the past for submitting photos. I had no idea it contained earnings information as well.

Edit: Ive just checked out "Sales" in Deepmeta after signing in and all the fields under the headings are blank.

You may need to contact Support.
(Though for some odd reason, I don't get replies to my support tickets, although they say they've been sent. I do get their other emails though).

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2020, 23:58 »

Sale reversals maybe?

dragonblade · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2020, 05:48 »

Yea I'll try contacting support.

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on September 02, 2020, 23:58

Sale reversals maybe?

What are sales reversals? Are they instances where buyers get refunded for purchases they no longer want? If that's the case, I find it hard to believe there were over $100 worth of refunds from countless purchases made over many, many months. Regardless, that is a lot of money to disappear.

dragonblade · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2020, 20:41 »

They got back to me and said that because I hadn't updated the tax form, they put my payment on hold. I had to complete a tax interview and some time later, they delivered the payment. I got most of what they owed me (seemed to be short of a few dollars.)

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2020, 12:13 »

Quote from: dragonblade on November 21, 2020, 20:41

They got back to me and said that because I hadn't updated the tax form, they put my payment on hold. I had to complete a tax interview and some time later, they delivered the payment. I got most of what they owed me (seemed to be short of a few dollars.)

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