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Agency Based Discussion => CanStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: click_click on July 05, 2011, 16:19
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Check it out.
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Looks very good.
Their new logo isn't all that amazing, but way better than it was.
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That orange logo is hard to look at on the blue background.
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You all beat me to it ;)
Yes, we have some awesome new changes. Not only a new design, but a brand new search which is incredibly fast, and many other upgrades.
A full list of changes can be found here (http://www.canstockphoto.com/forum_read.php?id=5140).
We are very open to any feedback, so don't hesitate to let us know!
Duncan
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Great job - definite improvement Duncan and crew. Congratulations.
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BIG improvement over the last design. The orange logo does make me eyes feel a bit weird if I look at it to long. Not sure if it needs to be brightened or darkened but the orange search button looks really good against the blue.
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Hi Ducan, BIG improvement.
The only thing i would say is make the fact that you sell video a bit more prominent to help your sales and us contributors!
Regards,
stocker2011.
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Looks really great Duncan! Very visually appealing and easy to navigate.
Agree with Helix on the orange logo on the blue background though.
Overall really nice job. And all done without any of the hiccups and glitches that seem to accompany these types of changes on other sites :)
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That orange logo is hard to look at on the blue background.
i like the light headed feeling it gives me after i stare at it. =)
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just drop in a drop shadow behind the orange logo and we good to go
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Kickass!!
I even like the logo on the blue. Great stuff!
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just drop in a drop shadow behind the orange logo and we good to go
a drop shadow might work, or it can be changed to white.. The simpler the better. I agree that it does not look good on blue. Apart from that, great work!
Congrats!
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just drop in a drop shadow behind the orange logo and we good to go
a drop shadow might work, or it can be changed to white.. The simpler the better. I agree that it does not look good on blue. Apart from that, great work!
Congrats!
No a drop shadow wouldn't work. It needs a drop "glow". Like this....
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5906684621_a730212036_z.jpg)
Duncan, if you want me to send you the orange icon, it's yours!
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For me colors of interface icons and elements on site is to much vibrant and saturated.
Its OK for cartoon or child sites not for stock.
Thumb of photos and illustrations must be vibrant but if other interface elements are vibrant too you dont have point in what you are looking for, just in to colorful cartoon site what CanStockPhoto is not.
Also name CanStockPhoto in top left corner will be better to be white on blue than black...
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just drop in a drop shadow behind the orange logo and we good to go
a drop shadow might work, or it can be changed to white.. The simpler the better. I agree that it does not look good on blue. Apart from that, great work!
Congrats!
No a drop shadow wouldn't work. It needs a drop "glow". Like this....
([url]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5906684621_a730212036_z.jpg[/url])
Duncan, if you want me to send you the orange icon, it's yours!
drop shadow works great on the orange search button.. but I personally believe the icon should be a plain white..
also, I guess they have the designers to do it? ;D
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For me colors of interface icons and elements on site is to much vibrant and saturated.
Its OK for cartoon or child sites not for stock.
Thumb of photos and illustrations must be vibrant but if other interface elements are vibrant too you dont have point in what you are looking for, just in to colorful cartoon site what CanStockPhoto is not.
Also name CanStockPhoto in top left corner will be better to be white on blue than black...
What's so vibrant about it? the only vibrant colours they've used is the orange on the search. The logo isn't too bright. The background is subtle. They've used colours that make the images look more vibrant and that is what you want. The images now pop.
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just drop in a drop shadow behind the orange logo and we good to go
a drop shadow might work, or it can be changed to white.. The simpler the better. I agree that it does not look good on blue. Apart from that, great work!
Congrats!
No a drop shadow wouldn't work. It needs a drop "glow". Like this....
([url]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5906684621_a730212036_z.jpg[/url])
Duncan, if you want me to send you the orange icon, it's yours!
drop shadow works great on the orange search button.. but I personally believe the icon should be a plain white..
also, I guess they have the designers to do it? ;D
One would think so but I'm guessing they would have executed it better if they used a designer :D
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For me colors of interface icons and elements on site is to much vibrant and saturated.
Its OK for cartoon or child sites not for stock.
Thumb of photos and illustrations must be vibrant but if other interface elements are vibrant too you dont have point in what you are looking for, just in to colorful cartoon site what CanStockPhoto is not.
Also name CanStockPhoto in top left corner will be better to be white on blue than black...
What's so vibrant about it? the only vibrant colours they've used is the orange on the search. The logo isn't too bright. The background is subtle. They've used colours that make the images look more vibrant and that is what you want. The images now pop.
Ok
Maybe "vibrant" is not what I mean. Maybee poping menus with odd icons feals me like childish style?!
Try to cover gray footer from screen or just cover it with hand and see that something is not eye friendly.
Generally site looks to me like old template from Rapid weaver with added gray footer like on 123rf.
Maybee I am wrong but I think there is too much room for improvement.
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Thanks for all the great feedback! Almost all the critiques so far have been on points that we anticipated before launching, but wanted to gauge everyone's feedback. Certainly it is all very much appreciated, and will all be taken into consideration. I'm sure we'll see continuous tweaks in the coming days and weeks.
We're looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts and impressions, so keep them coming!
BTW, for comparison, a light drop shadow was added to the logo. If you refresh, you should see it. We'll keep it there at least for tonight.
Duncan
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For me colors of interface icons and elements on site is to much vibrant and saturated.
Its OK for cartoon or child sites not for stock.
Thumb of photos and illustrations must be vibrant but if other interface elements are vibrant too you dont have point in what you are looking for, just in to colorful cartoon site what CanStockPhoto is not.
Also name CanStockPhoto in top left corner will be better to be white on blue than black...
What's so vibrant about it? the only vibrant colours they've used is the orange on the search. The logo isn't too bright. The background is subtle. They've used colours that make the images look more vibrant and that is what you want. The images now pop.
Ok
Maybe "vibrant" is not what I mean. Maybee poping menus with odd icons feals me like childish style?!
Try to cover gray footer from screen or just cover it with hand and see that something is not eye friendly.
Generally site looks to me like old template from Rapid weaver with added gray footer like on 123rf.
Maybee I am wrong but I think there is too much room for improvement.
Yeah, sorry, I just don't see "popping menus" but you're right, there's room for improvement. If it was me, I would make it look more vibrant. The boxes around the images, I would make them a clean crisp white and make the grey much lighter.
I just noticed they put a shadow behind the logo... much better but I still think a glow would improve it, along with a slightly more saturated orange.
Overall though, the site is a huge improvement to what it was. Not just visually, but the speed is fantastic.
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Lots of opinions from people..eheheh
In any case, I'm most interested in these things they mentioned ----usability, navgation, easy of use, speed, comission payout that has not been lowered, larger watermark...it seems they are going to expand to foreign markets? updated payout schedule...
and I'm just happy if that helps bring in more sales.
I think the cosmetic part can be easily tweaked later
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I never thought they would change it. This is far more impressive. The old site functioned pretty well, but well past its sell by date on the design. I love the way on the homepage if you click "Search our library" not "Search", the search box moves to the centre of the screen. Nice touch. Don't like the logo, although the one that pseudonymous has done is much better. In fact I've gone from not liking the logo to liking it. It's amazing what a difference small changes can do.
Amazing growth on CanStockPhoto, almost 5 million image files now. I think when I signed up in late 2008 they had less than 1 million. Duncan, remind ur buyers that they need to buy images of Asia ;) I don't sell much with CanStockPhoto, but I know others that sell pretty well. Keep up the good work and thanks for having good contributor support.
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Great job and I like it :)
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Above the design changes I think it's worth to mention that they have raised commissions a bit - if only for XL-subs, but hey, that's certainly a step in the right direction (yes, I would have liked seeing the $0,25 subs rate rising as well, but that's only the logical next step, right Duncan ? ;D).
Give them some praise for that, we need more sites raising commissions!
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This is much better than the bland look that some of the other sites have changed to. I hope the buyers like it though, it really doesn't matter what I think, as long as sales keep growing.
I like the subs increase for larger sizes and vectors but I would still like to see the $0.25 go. It feels horrible selling for that low commission when I get $0.38 for any size with SS. Raising it to $0.30 would make a big psychological difference and I'm sure CanStockPhoto would benefit. There aren't a lot of $0.25 subs but I'm sure it puts people off uploading their portfolios and that will cost CanStockPhoto a lot of money.
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I don't think it's terribly inspired but I don't care, at least it's not overcomplicated. The words "faster search" in Duncan's original post are the most impressive thing so far. The things that matter are having a good, effective search, ease of use, a solid framework that doesn't break down and a simple, easy to understand pricing/purchase system. Functionality trumps appearance every time.
Now, if Duncan could just find a way of making that little number on the top right side roll over a lot faster, that would be really good. Last year's earnings surge seems to have gone into reverse in the last few months.
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For me the use of complementary colors makes the icon hard to read. This is an old trick in the art world for that exact purpose . . . blue-orange, red-green, yellow-purple. Using a drop shadow makes it even worse when using complementaries, making the border less distinct. Also, the orange favicon on brownish Bookmark dropdown reads poorly . . . maybe use a white background would help.
Maybe something like this . . . . . . but who in . am I . . . . . .
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Wow, I got caught up with the aesthetics and the functionality that I didn't even get to read the part about our commissions being increased. That took me completely by surprise.
Thanks Duncan, you and your team are a class act! I wish other agents take note of your fairness.
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Very refreshing Duncan ;D
I like the new design - but also like the 'glow' suggested and illustrated by Pseudonymus in this thread.
I notice that there's an option under My Account -> Preferences to change the colours - but I can't get that to work in Firefox.
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How's CanStockPhoto working out for you guys? I just signed up. Think I'll give them a try.
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Much better but +1 on the logo not looking good. Both in terms of colour and design.
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It's better than the old design , that's for sure . The thing that worries me at Canstock are the sales though - almost 65% of the my total are subscriptions .
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How's CanStockPhoto working out for you guys? I just signed up. Think I'll give them a try.
Last few months, it has definitely been much better than Bigstock!
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are all the other agencies prices as low as canstock? Being exclusive mostly vector artist, i dont really see what other agencies charge. I just noticed the prices of the files and they are so much cheaper than istocks. no wonder buyers are leaving. so much cheaper competition. i wish these agencies would raise prices.
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are all the other agencies prices as low as canstock? Being exclusive mostly vector artist, i dont really see what other agencies charge. I just noticed the prices of the files and they are so much cheaper than istocks. no wonder buyers are leaving. so much cheaper competition. i wish these agencies would raise prices.
I was actually looking at this the other day because I was a little out of touch with it too. I came up with an average of between $15 and $20 for vectors. It's hard to nail down an exact price because of credits, pricing tiers and other factors. I agree with you though. I think CanStockPhoto could raise their top end prices on vectors and largest size rasters.
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To Duncan:
Is it possible to make our royalty balance a bit larger or more prominent? I find I really have to squint to see it now that the site colours are brighter.
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Wow, I got caught up with the aesthetics and the functionality that I didn't even get to read the part about our commissions being increased. That took me completely by surprise.
Thanks Duncan, you and your team are a class act! I wish other agents take note of your fairness.
Very enthusiastic +1!
I missed the part about the raise too. Thanks a lot Duncan! :D
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Its a great improvement! looks professional indeed. Graphically its interesting because it "hits" your eye, simply because of the colors, very clever.
One thing though, when you search and tick, lets say photos, it keeps flickering too much.
Best thing and congratulation for this: your search-engine gives very relevant material and thats the heart of the business.
good luck and best.
Christian
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Neat indeed. I only wanted to see the earnings total change (last image sold was exactly one month ago). :'(
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Neat indeed. I only wanted to see the earnings total change (last image sold was exactly one month ago). :'(
Thats because youre an Aussie ;D
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No, I'm Brazilian. ;D
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Neat indeed. I only wanted to see the earnings total change (last image sold was exactly one month ago). :'(
Thats because youre an Aussie ;D
What are you trying to say here lagareek? Are Aussies meant to be talentless or something?
ETA: I tapped danced and simultaneously typed the above sentence.
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Its a very easy to use site now, works well. I look forward to earning lots of money on it.....
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are all the other agencies prices as low as canstock? Being exclusive mostly vector artist, i dont really see what other agencies charge. I just noticed the prices of the files and they are so much cheaper than istocks. no wonder buyers are leaving. so much cheaper competition. i wish these agencies would raise prices.
$10 for the vector file seems pretty normal. I think that's more on par with what the industry seems to be doing and what buyers support than what istock has been up to.
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I'd be more concerned w/ what I got for the sale than what the cost was - for example at the lowest level on IS, a 20$ sale will return the artist $3. a 10$ sale at a site with 50% commission gives the artist 5$. - Note that most of the sales on CanStockPhoto are from members which are half the price listed for non members (so $5 for a vector if I am reading things correctly = $2.50 for the artist).
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
In general the new site looks like a big improvement. The search does tend to clump similar images from the same artist, but that is understandable if they all have the same keywords.
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FWIW, the series editor doesn't seem to be working at all. Every time I try to use it my browser completely freezes up. I disabled all my java add-ons and it still doesn't work.
Duncan, can you take a look?
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FWIW, the series editor doesn't seem to be working at all. Every time I try to use it my browser completely freezes up. I disabled all my java add-ons and it still doesn't work.
Duncan, can you take a look?
Hmm, that's strange, it works fine for me. We have not had any other reports of trouble with it that I'm aware of. Could you kindly try another browser? Or try your current browser after restarting it? If you continue to have trouble with it, could you let us know what browser and version you're using?
Thanks,
Duncan
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Nice new look, but why still no profile for footage collection?
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It worked for me today - Firefox 3.6.18 - but is still a bit slow. Tried IE and about the same.
Thanks for checking it out :)
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Wow - I'm used to virtually no sales at CanStock, perhaps two dollars a month, despite a port of 500 files. But had four sales in one day this week and now a 'Distribution Regular' sale for a mighty $15.59! Very exciting...
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I thought I would break some record, but today I had a sale after 50 dry days.
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like the new design and my sales keep rolling in!
One thing I don't like about the new design is how counter-intuitive it is to get to the galleries that I have created. Have to go to community>galleries>my galleries. It took me about 5 minutes of hunting to find it, because community is the last place I would look for galleries that I've created. I'm sure there are other ways to get there, but none were obvious to me.
On the subject of galleries. When adding images to galleries, I'd like to be able to control the order that the galleries appear - alphabetical, newest first or some other way. Currently oldest comes up first which is a pain since the newest galleries is the one I'll be adding images to.