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I get about 50% acceptance on DT, maybe around 70% on IS, and upwards of 95% on the other three.  I still send all five all of my photos that "I" think are worth selling.

Everything worth doing in life is difficult and then the rewards feel great.  A relative who is now a successful novelist took about ten years to get rolling in that profession.

Just to elaborate:
4 of 5 of my best sellers at Istock has been rejected at DT. They may reject all they want, but things like that doesn't add weight to their decisions.

Actually, I'm picking up on the comments on the iStock thread about uploading problems which has begun to discuss the DT rejection rate. Yes, I've been noticing the trend to downward acceptance, and I've also noticed a seeming pattern. I usually upload in batches of 10 to 15 images twice a week. While my acceptance rate at my other sites remains around 85% - 100%, DT is rejecting whole batches or only accepting 1 or 2 from a batch. However, it seems that the next batch is accepted at 100%. Then with the next batch, the rejections occur. Then with the next batch, 100% acceptance. Seems strange to me.

Not to mention their annoying rejection comments; "please be more creative," "poor execution," etc. And the long preamble about how selective they are and the implication that they are the creme de la creme of the microstocks. 

Rant over.

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DT is getting very strict.  I am having issues but hopefully it will pass.

Yes, I try to do that for the most part, but I was down to 2 sets, so there was more similar images. But the rejection rate has been going on for a while. DT has always been stricter than many, but my rate went from a steady 60% to 30% in August, the 20s in Sept., and is holding at a steady 20% this month.

Based on other sites, my skills are getting better, not worse. It doesn't really matter though. As has been stated on all these boards, the sites take what they want and leave the rest and there's not a lot that can be done about it.

My rate of rejection has actually gone down.  I think I'm getting better at knowing what to submit.

That is pretty good!  I win quite a bit!   

I don't have too many rejections at DT.  iStock is the one I have trouble with, and usually the ones iS rejects are my best sellers on othersites.

Amen to that... today I have my WHOLE batch rejected for the same stinkin' reason, "This is a very well covered subject in our data base, yada yada yada."  These are some of the best images i have ever shot... and as I searched for "similar" images I never found any.  I think somebody's TIRED and needing to have a NAP over there... but I must say even with the high rejection rate I have... they are still one of my two top performers (with SS).

One thing about DT that is different about other sites (in my experience) is that they are willing to work with you on resubmissions.  I recently had a refusal for the too small reason.  I looked through the requirements and didn't see a clause about interpolation so I upsized the same image very carefully so that there was no loss in quality.  I resubmitted the image with the explanation of what I did to increase the "isolation size" and it was accepted - no questions asked.

One thing I've learned about them is despite their tough standards, if you get a refusal for something that can be fixed (image size, color profile, etc., etc.) then it may be worth your while to look at the image and change what they want changed.  It's gotten me a lot more acceptances on the site.

...and for those that  complain about your acceptance ratio, if you keep this in mind, a refusal and a re-work to an acceptance is an automatic 50% acceptance rate which for a lot of folks is a lot better than iStock these days.

well i agree it is lame that they gave you a dud answer, especially when there is precious few images of ice cream sandwiches on the site (read one).

I do agree with the critique of the image however.

If a designer need an image of a sandwich he would probably want the corners of the bar.  You have just nipped off the corners, making it neither a full shot of the sandwich nor a closeup/detail.

the colors also seem rather off, as the ice cream is a dark yellow/brown, unless of course the ice cream isn't white in real life.  Take the image into photoshop or similar program and run the eye dropper over the ice cream.  in RGB color the numbers should be the same for R G and B  If they are not the same (for example R 180 G 180 B 180) or very similar you know the colors are not white.  If it looks white on your screen and the numbers are still wild, you need to get your screen calibrated.

I did a little mini edit and tried to correct the color a little.  I hope you don't mind.


I think the lighting on the ice cream could be a little stronger.  It looks like it is in the shadow.

well it is a good idea, and i would suggest trying a few more with ice cream sandwiches because really there is NONE on dreamstime,  i haven't checked the other sites but i don't image they have much more.  it might be a good money maker.