Comments on: Fotolia Updates Affiliate Program but Sees No Need to Tell Affiliates

By: pdtnc

pdtnc — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:32:56 +0000

Its just rude frankly!

Thought I’d try another support ticket:

*Hi,
can I get an update on this situation please, I feel strongly about this situation and the total lack of an official publicised response doesn’t fill me with confidence that in the way things are being run, why is this information not forthcoming from Fotolia?

I truly feel that a lot of my Red-Marked expired affiliates are marked as such in error, I have always promoted Fotolia through my blogs and websites. http://pdtnc.wordpress.com/ will be the main referral url.
My account is still registering new affiliates, on a regular basis, that have clicked my referral links I would suggest that this is proof that you have expired many of my affiliates prematurely.
*

I shall wait for a response, though my last ticket is still in an ‘opened’ state since 2008-10-02

By: Perrush

Perrush — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:31:21 +0000

Only thing I wonder is why your referrals last 5 years while mine only last one single year. My first referral goes back to 2006, last one signed up yesterday. Every single one expires within a year.

Guess there will be a reason for. )

Greetz
Stefan

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:30:29 +0000

Shame on Fotolia!
I’ve stopped uploading there a couple of months ago… and probably never resume… I hope I am not the only author they would lose because of their falsehood.

By: nona

nona — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:13:10 +0000

Hi Lee,
I’ve enjoyed reading your posts ,my sales on fotolia took a nosedive a few months ago from which they never recovered, and I’m not surprised at the way they handed their “referral cancellation” process, their relationship with their contributors needs a lot of improvement.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:52:08 +0000

“Last week they cancelled some 6 sales. They said it was due to a false credit card but it is impossible.
Those images were sold a lot of months ago.”

John, this happened to me several months ago. After I inquired twice about why my sales were disappearing, they also told me that my loss in sales was due to a false credit card. So I yanked all of my images off of their site. I’ve recently uploaded some more to see if things have improved. Sorry to see that they are still giving you the same poor excuse they gave me.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:12:17 +0000

Thanks for getting the word out. My trust in Fotolia is getting less with each passing day.

By: Bruce Robbins

Bruce Robbins — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:37:19 +0000

This doesn’t affect me as I don’t have any affiliates but it seems to me that Fotolia is the weirdo of microstock not just for this but also for the competely arbitrary way they look at submissions. If Fotolia was an animal it would be a three-toed sloth.

By: Charlesknox

Charlesknox — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:18:26 +0000

Not very professional on their part if you ask me

Thanks for letting us know lee.

Charles

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:07:15 +0000

Almost makes me glad I don’t have any refferals! Although I sure would like to get a couple sometime. Guess Fotolia wont be very good to me on that regard.

Allen

By: John

John — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:01:09 +0000

I am not surprised reading this.
Last week they cancelled some 6 sales. They said it was due to a false credit card but it is impossible.
Those images were sold a lot of months ago.

They are playing with us, Im sure.