Hello everyone,
We apologize for any confusion.
The Referral Program page (
http://submit.shutterstock.com/refinfo.mhtml) is for informational purposes only. It does not override Shutterstock’s Submitter Terms of Service (TOS). The email sent yesterday is simply an advance notice of a pending change to our Submitter TOS.
When the referral program re-launches on February 28, you will receive $0.04c for every referred download for a period of 2 years after a contributor has been approved.
Here are examples of some of the changes:
* If you refer someone and that contributor is approved on March 1, 2013, you will receive referral earnings of $0.04c per download for that contributor's downloads for the next 2 years (until March 1, 2015).
* If you referred someone 12 months ago (January 1, 2012), you will begin earning $0.04c for each download beginning on February 28, 2013, and you will continue to earn this rate until January 1, 2014.
* If you referred someone 5 years ago, those referral payments will end on February 28, 2013, because the contributor was approved over 2 years ago.
We hope the examples above help clarify the upcoming changes. If there are more questions, we encourage you to write in to us at
submit@shutterstock.com.
Sincerely,
Anthony Correia
Director, Contributor Success
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