Author Topic: Micro Stock Watcher (Read 19442 times)

tristinh · « **on:** August 24, 2006, 03:37 »

Hi all,

Im new to this and have uploaded to a few sites.

However what I have found is that I am constantly checking to see if my files have been approved/downloaded/viewed etc.

I have read various other forums and have come to the conclusion that I am hooked along with alot of others.

To help me feed my addiction I searched around looking for some sort of program to watch all the sites that I submit to and found this newbielink:http://www.microstockwatcher.com/ [nonactive]

This seems like a fantastic idea and I was was wondering has anyone else found things similar that we could try before this is completed? I am so impatient and would like to see one which works now.

I have the Istock widget which is good but multiple site would be great.

Thanks Tristin

marcviln · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2006, 06:01 »

Quote from: tristinh on August 24, 2006, 03:37

To help me feed my addiction I searched around looking for some sort of program to watch all the sites that I submit to and found this http://www.microstockwatcher.com/

This seems like a fantastic idea and I was was wondering has anyone else found things similar that we could try before this is completed? I am so impatient and would like to see one which works now.

tristinh - My company created MicroStock Watcher. Thanks for your interest and your compliments. The Mac OSX 10.4 version is ready now and the Windows Yahoo! Konfabulator version should be done soon. I'm hoping to release it next week. If you use a PC, please be patient for a few more days. If you use a Mac, I would invite you to give it a try.

Best regards,
marcviln

www.microstockwatcher.com

melking · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2006, 06:18 »

man, i cannot believe they don't what the windows version...

That Sucks! Just as i thought that was going to be great...i find out i cannot even use it! I would really like to have this program and would ever pay for it...

oh well

Melissa

marcviln · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2006, 08:11 »

Quote from: melking on August 25, 2006, 06:18

man, i cannot believe they don't what the windows version... That Sucks! Just as i thought that was going to be great...i find out i cannot even use it! I would really like to have this program and would ever pay for it...

Melissa

Melissa - We will have the Windows/PC/Yahoo!/Konfabulator version ready very soon. We know Window people want it, too.

Please hang in there and check back next week!

BTW - You have a great website! Super images and smooth layout.

Thanks,
marcviln
www.microstockwatcher.com

melking · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2006, 10:06 »

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply! Next week...wow that would be so cool! Can you please post back here when it is ready!

I am glad you like my website...thanks

Melissa

leaf · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2006, 10:56 »

well this site has something similar also in the works. Homefully soon at at the top where you see the word Dreamstime, you will see the headings of the major stock sites, as well as your downloads, and earnings.

StockManiac · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2006, 12:03 »

I was wondering what the word Dreamstime was doing there...

melking · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2006, 13:24 »

ooooh! when will this be?

leaf · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2006, 17:19 »

maybe next week if it ends up not being too complicated... I have it mostly ready, just have to implement it, but it is never as easy as I hope it to be

tristinh · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2006, 06:03 »

marcviln,

any updates on the windows widget.

Thanks

yupgp · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2006, 06:40 »

Hello,

Do you plan to add 123RF and Featurepics ?

Thank you.

tristinh · « **Reply #11 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:12 »

just thought I would bring this back to the top, any new on the windows version.

I see the Mac version has been running a week or so now but no news on the windoes version.

Any mac users that have tried this your feed back would be good.

Thanks

berryspun · « **Reply #12 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:24 »

Quote from: leaf on August 25, 2006, 10:56

well this site has something similar also in the works. Homefully soon at at the top where you see the word Dreamstime, you will see the headings of the major stock sites, as well as your downloads, and earnings.

That would be fantastic! I hope that you can implement it soon. Thank you Leaf for creating and improving this site. I realized that checking on every stock forums was quite time-consuming, and to know that there is this central place where I can quickly get up-to-date with the major site events is really great.

marcviln · « **Reply #13 on:** September 18, 2006, 14:13 »

Thanks for your patience. The Window (Yahoo! Widget) version is now available on our site (www.microstockwatcher.com). We were working out some cookie and firewall issues but we believe the application is stable now. Best regards, Marcviln

Quote from: tristinh on September 13, 2006, 10:12

just thought I would bring this back to the top, any new on the windows version.

I see the Mac version has been running a week or so now but no news on the windoes version.

Any mac users that have tried this your feed back would be good.

Thanks

melking · « **Reply #14 on:** September 18, 2006, 17:46 »

Oh my this is great! I have this program on my computer now...and it saves me to much time...I don't have to go to each site and see what my current earning are I just click the refresh button and I get stats on 6 of the sites.

It is a big time saver for me! I LOVE it!

I would tell anyone who asks me to get this program.

Melissa

berryspun · « **Reply #15 on:** September 18, 2006, 21:32 »

What would be great is to have this info installed on top of this page, where the DT sales already are. Would it be feasible?

Quote from: marcviln on September 18, 2006, 14:13

Thanks for your patience. The Window (Yahoo! Widget) version is now available on our site (www.microstockwatcher.com). We were working out some cookie and firewall issues but we believe the application is stable now. Best regards, Marcviln

leaf · « **Reply #16 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:34 »

Quote from: berryspun on September 18, 2006, 21:32

What would be great is to have this info installed on top of this page, where the DT sales already are. Would it be feasible?

Quote from: marcviln on September 18, 2006, 14:13
Thanks for your patience. The Window (Yahoo! Widget) version is now available on our site (www.microstockwatcher.com). We were working out some cookie and firewall issues but we believe the application is stable now. Best regards, Marcviln

hopefully

suwanneeredhead · « **Reply #17 on:** September 20, 2006, 22:15 »

Stupid question... where it says Dreamstime ID on the top, how do you enter your information to get it to go & fetch those numbers?

DigitalDarrell · « **Reply #18 on:** September 20, 2006, 22:27 »

I downloaded and installed the program. It is nice, and well worth the limited amount of money it costs. However, the program could be seriously improved by tracking two additional items:

1. Grand Totals on all columns.
2. Daily Downloads

Personally, I use the IStock widget to be notified when a sale takes place. I also run all my agencies in separate tabs in FireFox so that I can watch daily sales. The currently collected information is nice. But even more important are DAILY downloads and notification of those downloads. I want to know when I make a sale, so that I can go look at which image sold. It makes microstock fun. Since I am only up to about 225 images, it will be a while before I make any serious money, although the $200.00 per month I am making now is nice. So, to make myself feel better about the time I am spending taking, processing, uploading, and keywording all these image, I need some recreational sales viewing. Give me DAILY SALES!!!! I'd pay more than the $15.00 USD for the items above.

Warm Regards,
Digital Darrell
www.DigitalDarrell.com

berryspun · « **Reply #19 on:** September 20, 2006, 23:33 »

Suwanneeredhead, just put your DT id in your profile, and then the total sales show up (not the money).

suwanneeredhead · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2006, 08:01 »

Love the Microstock Watcher! Is anybody else having trouble logging into iStock? It just sits there and goes round and round trying to log in. I have double-checked the username & password... wondering if it has anything to do with their recent upheavals.

I have a friend who is an internet security analyst and i had asked him to make me a yahoo widget just like this! I guess we were a little too late, guess he didn't need the money!

Thanks Madeleine... i had gone into my profile but couldn't find it so I just dug deeper to find the dreamstime ID field. Those are daily downloads, right? Because mine says 0 right now (its early).

leaf · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2006, 08:13 »

it is total downloads, but it is only updated once a day, (to relieve stress on the dreamstime site)

CJPhoto · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2006, 08:17 »

Leaf - maybe on the next version there can be an update button?

leaf · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2006, 08:47 »

melking · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2006, 09:25 »

We are talking about a prgram...not anything to do with this forum here.

you can get the program at www.microstockwatcher.com

here is screen shot from there website....NOT MY STATS!!!

Great program to have!

Melissa

leaf · « **Reply #25 on:** September 21, 2006, 11:16 »

we are sort of talking about both things. About this forum (the stats at the top) - that is what CJPhoto was referring to (i think) and also the program that you mentioned.

beisea · « **Reply #26 on:** September 22, 2006, 01:07 »

Looks like a neat program, but when I downloaded to my desktop, after I unzipped, there are a couple of PDF file, 1 stockwatcher.widgit file, but double click will not be able to start the program, anyone has any trouble downloading the window version?

melking · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2006, 08:10 »

If you don't already have the Yahoo Widget engine you need to install it. It's free.

URL: http://widgets.yahoo.com/

you have to have this for it to work

Melissa

Striker77s · « **Reply #28 on:** September 22, 2006, 08:33 »

Thanks for bringing it up again. Great little program, I paid the $15.

Mark

melking · « **Reply #29 on:** September 22, 2006, 08:53 »

well worth the money for sure....

beisea · « **Reply #30 on:** September 22, 2006, 22:57 »

Thanks Mellisa, I got this working now.

melking · « **Reply #31 on:** September 25, 2006, 08:34 »

Anyone else try this program yet! It is the best thing since sliced bread!

I love it!

Everyone should give it a try!

Melissa

suwanneeredhead · « **Reply #32 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:21 »

Anybody having trouble getting Microstock Watcher to fetch the stats from Shutterstock? I haven't changed my password, and the stats are showing in the Firefox browser thingy, so i know the login information is correct. All i'm getting is the 2 dashes ( -- ) across the stats for Shutterstock.

Stacey

Striker77s · « **Reply #33 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:35 »

Yesterday mine stopped working also. I guess we will have to wait for an update. We will find out how good the support is.

Mark

Greg Boiarsky · « **Reply #34 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:40 »

They're having trouble with their servers. The forum's all messed up, so maybe this problem is related.

scrappinstacy · « **Reply #35 on:** October 05, 2006, 23:00 »

Microstockwatcher is a wonderful program. I would love to see it have more stock sites listed. I'd also love to see another column with daily totals!

marcviln · « **Reply #36 on:** October 06, 2006, 04:36 »

We are aware of the Shutterstock problem and are looking into it. It may in fact be an issue with SS rather than the widget. I will post something here once we have identified the issue. We thank everyone who has downloaded the software.

Marcviln
Bedouin Ventures LLC

Quote from: Professorgb on October 05, 2006, 09:40

They're having trouble with their servers. The forum's all messed up, so maybe this problem is related.

suwanneeredhead · « **Reply #37 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:40 »

Thanks marcviln... we love it, and I believe you may be right that it's on the side of the SS server... even my firefox extension is having problems with them.

Looking forward to further releases (with other microstocks on them)! Y'all are the bomb!

marcviln · « **Reply #38 on:** October 07, 2006, 03:30 »

As I predicted, the problem was on the Shutterstock side. They switched their login mode from https to http. We have modified MicroStock Watcher accordingly and it seems to function properly now. The new version (1.3 for Dashboard, 1.2 for Yahoo! Widgets - no functionality difference, just version numbers) is available for download at http://www.microstockwatcher.com/download.html

Marcviln
Bedouin Ventures LLC

Quote from: marcviln on October 06, 2006, 04:36

We are aware of the Shutterstock problem and are looking into it. It may in fact be an issue with SS rather than the widget. I will post something here once we have identified the issue. We thank everyone who has downloaded the software.

Marcviln
Bedouin Ventures LLC

Quote from: Professorgb on October 05, 2006, 09:40
They're having trouble with their servers. The forum's all messed up, so maybe this problem is related.

melking · « **Reply #39 on:** October 07, 2006, 09:19 »

thanks....I download it and it works great!

Melissa

phildate · « **Reply #40 on:** October 09, 2006, 21:02 »

I've paid for microstockwatcher but I haven't received my activiation code yet

emailed Marc about it but no reply. The code that was sent with the payment receipt doesn't work but I haven't had any other emails...what am I looking for??

yingyang0 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 09, 2006, 23:31 »

IT STILL DOESN'T WORK FOR iSTOCK!

melking · « **Reply #42 on:** October 10, 2006, 05:52 »

Hi, Istock works for me now....are you still having problem?

marcviln · « **Reply #43 on:** October 10, 2006, 06:33 »

Phil - I apologize for the delayed response. I emailed you a working code. Thanks for your patience and for purchasing MicroStock Watcher.

YingYang0 - The iStock problem may have been related to a broader server issue they had yesterday (reported on this forum and in others). Please check it again; I have double checked it from my end and it appears to function.

Marcviln

Quote from: phildate on October 09, 2006, 21:02

I've paid for microstockwatcher but I haven't received my activiation code yet emailed Marc about it but no reply. The code that was sent with the payment receipt doesn't work but I haven't had any other emails...what am I looking for??

yingyang0 · « **Reply #44 on:** October 10, 2006, 08:03 »

Quote from: marcviln on October 10, 2006, 06:33

YingYang0 - The iStock problem may have been related to a broader server issue they had yesterday (reported on this forum and in others). Please check it again; I have double checked it from my end and it appears to function.

Marcviln

Nope. Still not working for iStock. It works for the other sites, just not iStockphoto. It is 8am US central time here.

Update: It's working now. It was my fault, didn't read the manual so didn't know I had to delete the name/password, restart the widget, then retype it information in .

marcviln · « **Reply #45 on:** October 10, 2006, 13:34 »

Glad it's working. Best regards, Marcviln.

Quote from: yingyang0 on October 10, 2006, 08:03

Quote from: marcviln on October 10, 2006, 06:33

YingYang0 - The iStock problem may have been related to a broader server issue they had yesterday (reported on this forum and in others). Please check it again; I have double checked it from my end and it appears to function.

Marcviln

Nope. Still not working for iStock. It works for the other sites, just not iStockphoto. It is 8am US central time here.

Update: It's working now. It was my fault, didn't read the manual so didn't know I had to delete the name/password, restart the widget, then retype it information in .

melking · « **Reply #46 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:41 »

ANyone else having problems with Microstock Watcher?

Shutterstock has not worked for me in weeks?

and now LuckyOliver does not work?

Melissa

Striker77s · « **Reply #47 on:** November 08, 2006, 09:45 »

What version are you using? I belive the latest is v1.5

Mark

melking · « **Reply #48 on:** November 08, 2006, 11:13 »

hey thanks I have the new one now!

Striker77s · « **Reply #49 on:** November 08, 2006, 13:03 »

Having to update the software will probably be a common thing. Everytime one of sites changes their log in system or layout the software will have to be updated. Obviously they have little control over it. My only suggestion would be to implement automatic updates in the program. That way it makes it easier to keep on top of it.

Mark

Daneel · « **Reply #50 on:** February 07, 2007, 09:44 »

Hi!

I'm on version 1.5 and luckyoliver.com always gives me an error. Does anyone else have this issue?

StockXpert doesn't seem to work either... :-(

Thanks,
Michael

Daneel · « **Reply #51 on:** February 16, 2007, 13:54 »

Hi all,

due to the frustration with microstock watcher (support didn't reply to my e-mails either) and because I like programming, I wrote my own software to receiving stats:

http://microstockmonitor.unfolded.com

There is also a dedicated forum on Microstock Monitor in this forum (in the software section).

I'm looking forward to see you there.

Ah yes...and Microstock Monitor is of course free :-)

All the best,
Michael

Photosgraphis · « **Reply #52 on:** February 16, 2007, 14:00 »

Quote from: Daneel on February 16, 2007, 13:54

Hi all,

due to the frustration with microstock watcher (support didn't reply to my e-mails either) and because I like programming, I wrote my own software to receiving stats:

http://microstockmonitor.unfolded.com

There is also a dedicated forum on Microstock Monitor in this forum (in the software section).

I'm looking forward to see you there.

Ah yes...and Microstock Monitor is of course free :-)

All the best,
Michael

Hello Michael,

I've just tried it. It works great! Thanks.

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