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DJI Mini automatically broadcasts remote ID when it detects intelligent battery. When using regular battery, it does not. Then, you have a decision fork here: do you fly your drone recreationally or commercially? If commercially, you need remote ID regardless of weight. With small battery, dji mini 3 does not broadcast remote ID and you need a separate remote ID module. It is unnecessarily complicated. You can read more here: pilotinstitute.com/remote-id-update-for-dji-mini-3-and-4/

AdSense Account Issue: Duplicate Account Error I previously had an AdSense account approved for monetization, but I needed to update the account details due to incorrect information. I closed the original account and attempted to create a new one. However, the new account was disapproved due to 'duplicate account' reasons. I then reactivated the original account, but I'm still receiving an error message. I'm seeking assistance to resolve this issue and regain access to my AdSense account. Please help me resolve this matter as soon as possible.

@Ify_oma that was pretty much our problem. We resolved it by contacting YT chat support, who worked with Adsense to fix this problem. It took them over 3 weeks though. From recent comments, it looks like this path may or may not work. Some YT chat support reps refuse to help. It may depend on who you get.

@@BlokhinFilms oh dear. Does it mean that I'm stuck

If you have access to chat support, try that. If you don't, then your only option is to grant manager role on your channel to someone with access to chat support. Hopefully, it works.

@@BlokhinFilms thanks for your help

Quite cold, but refreshing; maybe 8-10 feet deep, can't say for sure.

who knows 🤣 maybe that's their next thing: charge contributors listing fees (or something)...

Absolutely. Even crowd shots won't fly as commercial. We tried before as commercial and got unanimously rejected by all major stock websites.

Pay per download data varies and is very hard to estimate even from their 10-K financials. If you know this data, let us know. The goal of this video was to show that there are more pay cuts on the horizon for SS. I don't think it matters for Getty what pay per downloads is.

@BlokhinFilms no it doesnt vary. One vector or photo subscription download on ss is 10 cents for contributor. How can you say that getty will lower this? Are you really on shutterstock?

We are on both SS and iStock and I know what I am talking about. 10c is the min SS pays for downloads from very large sub plans. The pay per download is likely around $1 for an average SS photographer. That's what we got for the past 12 month. If you ask other contributors, their pay per download may be below $1. That is why I said it varies. I can't say for sure for Getty. They lump lots of stuff and pay varies. Our pay per download for Getty is lower than SS but can vary from year to year. This is our experience of course.

@@BlokhinFilms there is a chart for ss revenues where everybody can see. Sub price stays the same even if you pass in higher grades. And the grade resets every year. EL sales are few and random. I use to earn 1000 $ with 0.38 price. I refused to accept pay cut to 0.10. If basic price is 0.10 i dont know how you got to 1 $ per download? Maybe you sell many Extended sales? Maybe your portfolio is special.Or you sell videos for 1.5$. Dont know. You can see in you profit chart the years that ss drove contributors away. They have a big spike in earnongs from cutting costs and than in next years fall of profit. In those moments owners sold stocks but ss started going downhill. They were the best once and a great community but they are not that for years. I see no way of this merger cutting down 10 cents sales. Getty would be foolish to do so. Maybe an increase to Getty prices per dl would get me back.

Shutterstock publishes 10-K along with revenue per download (photos + videos). The numbers are there. We fall approximately where the average is. Our portfolio has a good mix of both photos and videos. Photos earn much, much less than videos on average. Thats a fact. Our photos are average and we get a good mix of royalties from different types of sales (exteneded, subs). For photos alone, it is not 10c/download but multiples of that. 10c is just a minimum. Overall, we keep saying on this channel that a good mix of photos and videos is a must these days. And no, you are mistaken, Getty has room to cut SS contributor payouts. This marriage depends on that.

We second your thoughts and sentiment. Adobe Stock has been a life saver for us too to say the least. But, I think they will most likely put payouts on a chopping block at some point too, unfortunately.

We stopped traveling with camera bags several years ago. They were too bulky and inconvenient. Instead we do 1 carry-on and 1 compact backpack per person. That way, we don't check in anything. Everything is with us all the time. We pack our gear into these bags with no problem. Here is a review of what we use: ruclips.net/video/ZMtA6r2QbDk/видео.html As for the travel tripod, we use this one reviewed here: ruclips.net/video/u1R9A_ULdD0/видео.html. It is not the smallest and most compact one. But, it is relatively inexpensive and quite steady, which is important for us. We do take it apart and put it in a carry-on bag. If you need a smaller travel tripod than the one we use, there are trade-offs to be aware of, like they will be less steady and potentially shaky. Hope this helps!

Hi@@BlokhinFilms. Thanks for the information. Unfortunately is very expensive for me. I have a Neewer backpack. The camera I have is the 550D and the lenses I have are the Canon 10-18, the 18-55 and the 55-250mm. The tripod can support 20kg, right? What cheap Canon lens can you recommend me for taking pictures of the moon? Portuguese greetings. Thanks

@bananaukra3235 sorry, not an expert on Canon lenses.

@ No worries. Thanks

May I ask you a few questions? 1. How many photos have you uploaded? 2. How unique and different are they? 3. Do they depict themes in demand, or are they average? 4. Are they mostly commercial or a mix of editorial/commercial? 5. How fast do you go through Shutterstock tiers and hit higher rates? 6. Do you have videos for sale? It is a nuanced situation. Pay varies from platform to platform. When we say $1 per asset per year, that's aggregate across all platforms for a large number of assets (tens of thousands). It is also in our experience. Our pay per item also varies, and for some platforms, it could be below $1 (like way below). It could be that your photos are more in demand/suitable for iStock than Shutterstock. Shutterstock had major declines in content sales across their platforms in the realm of 10-20% lately. So, it is not surprising to some extent that your pay is lower from Shutterstock (so is ours). Our average includes stock videos that earn us more than photos. Going for stock photos only could be a steep uphill battle given how many of them are out there unless they are extremely good and in demand. Also, if I were starting now, I would definitely upload my content to Adobe Stock and Alamy. Adobe Stock especially pays well in our experience. We are happy to converse outside of youtube if you'd like. You can email us (about page on youtube). We also have a video on typical mistakes in stock photography here: ruclips.net/video/_CX--4BOG7M/видео.html There we talk about some of these issues.

Which features for example do you have in mind for comparison?

@@BlokhinFilms Their revenue growth, how they pay contributors, yearly payouts, what percentage of the market they hold and what's your prediction as to how they are going to be affected by the recent merge. Thank you!

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, Adobe does not disclose its stock content sales in public filings. I looked into that before. But, I will do my best in the next video!

​@@BlokhinFilms Thank you! I appreciate your response.

Absolutely. I don't know though what will happen to Getty when AI training is largely done or the need for real imagery subsides. Getty does not have its own AI algorithm and will be dependent on OpenAI and the likes more than OpenAI on Getty at some point. There is a possibility that this generative ai thing backfires on them big time.

It is not that easy.

Do you license stock photos/videos yourself?

Getty has some other exclusive relationships with top photographers that probably have better pay terms. I knew a few in the past. But either way, the mass majority of Shutterstock photographers will see reductions in their pay. It is inevitable. If you look at their merger terms, it becomes clear that it is pedicated on that. Getty will squeeze as much as they can, otherwise they will be in trouble with taking on so much debt (likely, almost another $1 billion) to buy Shutterstock.

@@BlokhinFilms The Gettys stable top photographers from what I understand do get better pay, the rest of the photgraphers are parked in Istock where the commission are lower as access to the top tier is restricted.

Of course. They are top photographers for a reason. I have seen some of the work of one top Getty photographer and it is something else on a completely different level. Some of their photos end up on book covers with thousands and thousands dollars in royalties to photographer (Getty gets more of course).

I’m hoping that it’s good for the contributors, I guess we will have to wait and see 🤞🏽

It is hard to say. We made a video with our take on the merger here: ruclips.net/video/KAUwQKRUaEc/видео.html

I am working at the moment on a drone reel to upload to BlackBox. Looks like you don't recommend this platform? Would you say you make more income on your stock footage by uploading everything separately as opposed as letting Blackbox handling it?

Yeah, I saw it after recording. That was a fluke. It rarely happens!

I can't answer this question for sure since we don't do Blackbox. It is not that I don't recommend it, it is just that we prefer handling stuff in-house. For someone, it could help. Just depends. But, it is a question of time spent doing stuff yourself vs. money paid to Blackbox (I think 15% commission on sales). Submitting content is a one-time cost. But, Blackbox will milk 15% off contributors for a very long time. I don't think it is a good deal in our case. We'd rather pay this money to ourselves.

Indeed. Chronic long-term exposure to radon gas does lead to lung cancer. With hot springs containing radon, people absorb most of it through skin and some through inhalation. The inhalation part is the cause for concern. There were studies done attempting to measure the radon dose that hits the lungs in hot springs. It is definitely above normal. The question is: do benefits exceed the costs? There are documented benefits from radon hot baths. Personally, I would not go to radon/uranium mines to get my therapy. I would rather do hot springs instead if I was in need of this therapy. And, I would not do it every day for sure. Here is a primer on this if interested: www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/1/316

It is hard to tell. We tried several times with different reps before someone agreed to help.

@@BlokhinFilms So you were facing the same situation where they just repeated the script until someone finally helped?

Pretty much. I think our second rep agreed to help us. It should not be like this though.

Is there any way I can get in contact with the same rep you had?

Glad you found it useful.

Glad you found it helpful!

Is it Adsense or RUclips Partner program that denied your application? Those two are different. It sounds like RUclips Partner. Did you ask them why? Also, do you own copyright to the content you put out?

@BlokhinFilms it was AdSense that denied my application. Even though I was eligible to apply for an AdSense account, I’ve been rejected 5-6 times. I’ve watched countless tutorials, closed my current account, recreated a new one, and followed all the steps, but I still got rejected because I didn’t meet the criteria. All my content is original, created entirely by me-I haven’t copied anyone’s work. The last time I chatted with RUclips support, the tech told me I was eligible to monetize and just needed an AdSense account. That left me confused because I’m not sure what she meant. There’s no option in RUclips Studio to change the AdSense association except to fix the issue. She mentioned that if I waited 32 days, the option to change associations would reappear. I could delete my old AdSense account and start over. At this point, I’m not sure what else to do.

That is strange. I thought that the RUclips Partner program is the one who makes decision whether your channel meets RUclips criteria, not Adsense. Personally, I would not wait 32 days. I would ask RUclips chat support for help, if you can. They have a way to work with Adsense to resolve these types of issues. At least, this is what they did for us. We had to wait for almost 3 weeks, but it got resolved. Did they tell you what they meant that you did not meey their criteria? Is this something you can address once you find out? I sincerely hope it gets resolved for you. It is really frustrating to hang in that limbo.

@@BlokhinFilms I've been asking that questions over and over, but they kept telling me that couldn't tell me. That's why I was so frustrating and wanted to just forget about it and gave up.

Were there in May.

We have been slower on uploading images. As portfolio ages, the rate decline is inevitable. We have been putting out more images lately, and there was a noticeable improvement. I totally agree about the gear. Focusing on what sells first is very important. But, I would not discount it either. With time, it is worth investing in better sensor and glass. We outgrew cropped sensors in the first few years and went with upgrade. Just speaking from our experience. The quality difference can be big in certain situations.