About microstock» canister levels http://www.about-microstock.com Everything you need to know about microstock photography Sun, 30 May 2010 17:55:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Canister Changes deferred at iStock http://www.about-microstock.com/2010/02/19/canister-changes-deferred-at-istock/ http://www.about-microstock.com/2010/02/19/canister-changes-deferred-at-istock/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:17:19 +0000 Elnur http://www.about-microstock.com/?p=885
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    • ]]>     iStock announced through their blog that Canister Changes originally announced for 1 March, will be deferred to a later date. Here is a link to iStock forum.

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    • ]]>     Canister Levels – ranking used by Istockphoto to distinguish contributors by their overall sales. See the table below for current (Dec 2009) ranking:

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    In Dec 2009, Istock announced changes to canister levels effective Feb 24 2010:

    Base: 1 – 499
    Bronze: 500 – 4,999
    Silver: 5,000 – 19,999
    Gold: 20,000 – 49,999
    Diamond: 50,000 – 399,999
    Black Diamond: 400,000 +

    Once changes take effect, current artists will be grandfathered into their existing levels: no contributor will drop a level.

    Canister levels for non-exclusive contributors have little importance (apart from self-esteem), but for exclusives they determine royalty payout percentage (can be up to 40% compared to 20% for non-exclusives)

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