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I do despite high rejection rate and low sales.as you said it's kind of easy to upload and I am curious to see their future.
actually it is a  nicely designed site I like it,I hope things will be better there.but rejection sometimes drives you nut!

A year ago, I sent them a test batch of my best sellers (then) at other sites. They rejected 12/20 with the blunt reason that they were not looking for that kind of shots. I emailed them back that if they were not looking for my kind of shots, I was not looking for a site like them. That's it.

Maybe they changed acceptance policy now, but I never checked again.

i had give them a try early this year.
Yes, it was true about their acceptance policy, at list a couple of months ago.
After 3 months and 0 sales i deleted the 30 images i had there.
For me it was a waste of time.
Wish everyone a better luck with them.

I upload there still but I get annoyed everytime I get the approval results.
It's not that they are picky, picky is good, it is the way they do it and the attitude they have towards the contributors.  I can't understand their policy. Sometimes they accept pictures no one else have acccepted and then reject whole batches of images that are bestsellers on other sites. There doesn't seem to be any logic or consistency behind it. There are other picky sites such as StockXpert ans SS, but there I can agree most of the time with their "pickiness". Those guys are picky about the correct stuff. I feel that Crestock policy is some way of sticking to their "we are the pickiest of the all"- policy. I feel they loose a lot of sales and good will because of it.

Josh from Crestock here,

Just quickly, to let you guys know of some of the changes which may help you in knowing whether to upload to Crestock or not.

We introduced a resizing system in the first half of the year, this allows us to uphold our (admittedly) high technical standards while still not letting too many good stock pictures slip by.

We've been recruiting new inspectors since the beginning of summer this year and have a good team, a mix of experienced microstock photographers and young photographers.

Our standards are less focussed on the technical aspect than they have been in the past. We're also very open to feedback and like to establish good photographer relations which is essential to our continued growth.

We've got a great new site packed full of new features thats going to be released once it comes out of beta testing in a few weeks. Keep an eye out for that. Btw, thats partly the reason for a few days delay with inspections, its temporary.

Look forward to your submission, don't hesitate to contact us with any queries.

Josh / Manager of Inspections @ Crestock.com

I stopped uploading (I think I have 60 images there) because the vast majority of sales are subscription and give me only 25c. While I don't see a different trend there, I wait.

Regards,
Adelaide

I agree the uploading is very nice now and the site looks good so they have done some nice work there.

I don't think reviews are especially fast - I am guessing yours were reviewed quickly because they sat at the front of the line (being uploaded several months ago)

I've got 60 or so images there but decided pretty early on they were a waste of time to be honest

Thanks sharply_done, we've been noticing your latest uploads and we're happy to have your contributions.

Epixx, full sales statistics and an overview of image sales is available in the new (still in beta testing) site version. We've taken that into consideration, though i'm not sure i'm at liberty to say anymore about the new site. Just keep an eye out early next month.

Sales are rising sharply, and will continue to do so even more in the near future. Hopefully, photographers will start to notice the effects of that soon.

  thats a pretty tough question. We've been asked the same a few times before. As a general rule, I would say its best not to upload your rejections again. Many, many pictures (maybe not specifically your own) were rejected for good reason, and we have enough pictures coming in that we don't want to be inspecting the same pictures again.

However, in your case, and to whomever else it may concern... Select a few of your best, and upload them. And, see how they go, if they go well maybe select a few more, etc. etc. Though for your own sake, its not something I would suggest spending a lot of time with, maybe just next time you've got a batch ready to upload, add a few of the older ones. A few photographers have been doing this lately, and it seems to be working quite well for them.

I have next to given up loading to Crestock. They reject far too many and the effort to upload outways the number they select.  I have over a 90% acceptance at all the other sites, but I have somewhere around 40 or 50% at Crestock.  I have also only had .25 downloads ....never any more....so after a year...I have a whole 20 some dollars.

If I ever get bored and have free time I may upload one here and there....just for the laugh if they reject it.

One photo that they rejected in my first batch was an Italian vineyard photo...probably my favorite photo .....It has sold several times now for EL's for unlimited copies....yet they didn't want it?  go figure.

There is an emotional side on it too. The way CS bluntly rejected good stuff and accepted bad stuff just gave me bad vibes. It's OK to upload to a low paying site with a high payout, as long as you get that warm (perhaps fake) feeling that you are appreciated, like on LO. CS gave me the feeling I was crap. Maybe that changed now, but for me this was the face and attitude of CS: