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To Our Loyal GL Contributors,
Much has changed in the past two years with the stock photo market. We have all felt the effects of our larger competitor’s deals and cut throat strategies such as the free image use for bloggers announcement and the free image library deals negotiated with Microsoft and Google ~ tactics designed to benefit themselves at the expense of their contributors. In stark contrast to those players, GL Stock Images is one of the few fair trade agencies on the web today, and since our launch in 2008 we have never changed our earning structure, altered seller commissions, partnered/distributed images outside our site or adhered to the subscription model.
And that is not going to change.
In order to better support our faithful contributor base and maximize your earnings, we will be suspending all uploading until further notice. With over 60,000+ new images uploaded per month, we are taking in more content than we can sell and that is hurting everyone, especially you. This strategy will allow us to focus on selling the quality content you have already provided us.
During this time, we plan to roll out a more aggressive buyer campaign to generate even more sales and buyer retention.
We want to stress that GL Stock Images is not going out of business, nor are we in financial distress. We are making a temporary adjustment that will help us become a stronger competitor in the ever changing stock photo market.
We truly appreciate your talents and your loyalty to GL, and hope that you will continue to be a contributor once uploading resumes.
Все проблемы у них из-за того, что слишком много реджектов и слишком мало продаж. Соответственно, тотальный реджект, пусть и временный, приведет к полной остановке К тому же, канун Нового года - самое время, чтобы притормозить, угу.
Работы в проверке скопились уже за месяц, наверное. По чуть-чуть рассматривают, но их все еще слишком много.