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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: gostwyck on September 14, 2010, 04:10

Title: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: gostwyck on September 14, 2010, 04:10
I'm using the newest version of Shutterstock's front page, which is still in Beta, but a new feature has miraculously appeared overnight.

There's now a map of the world and everytime you refresh the front page your last 10 sales appear over it, one by one, with a dot indicating both the country and the city where it was bought.

The knowledge that I just sold a kitchen in Perth, Australia ... a bathroom in northern Italy ... and a sandwich in Athens, Greece ... etc ... is probably not going to make me any more money __ but it is really cool and strangely entertaining!
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: gaja on September 14, 2010, 04:28
That sounds like a lot of fun; where can I see this?
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: rubyroo on September 14, 2010, 04:32
Nice to hear an agency's trying to give us a little more to cheer us up ;D
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: peresanz on September 14, 2010, 04:36
I'm using the newest version of Shutterstock's front page, which is still in Beta, but a new feature has miraculously appeared overnight.

There's now a map of the world and everytime you refresh the front page your last 10 sales appear over it, one by one, with a dot indicating both the country and the city where it was bought.

The knowledge that I just sold a kitchen in Perth, Australia ... a bathroom in northern Italy ... and a sandwich in Athens, Greece ... etc ... is probably not going to make me any more money __ but it is really cool and strangely entertaining!

My Shutterstock's front pages is boring as usual. How did you get to the new front page? I can't find the way...
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: robggs on September 14, 2010, 07:11
I'm also keen to know. 8)
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: Eireann on September 14, 2010, 07:47
I can't see a thing!
Tell us please how to find the new feature :)
Must be fun :)
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: click_click on September 14, 2010, 07:53
They may be rolling this out gradually and only some contributors see it at this point.

Alamy does this all the time.

Istock in the past did it the opposite way and failed many times when going live with new features (available to everyone).
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: gostwyck on September 14, 2010, 07:57
... only some contributors see it at this point.

Istock in the past did it the opposite way and failed many times when going live with new features (available to everyone).

Yep __ you have to be invited.

As you point out though we do all get be the beta testers for Istock!
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on September 14, 2010, 08:10
I can't see the new interface either.
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: rubyroo on September 14, 2010, 08:14
As you point out though we do all get be the beta testers for Istock!

 :D :D :D
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: bravajulia on September 15, 2010, 03:23
@click_click,
 can you tell me were I can find in alamy this nice lesson of geography?
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: plrang on September 15, 2010, 17:38
no screenshots
?
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: luissantos84 on September 15, 2010, 18:35
nice feature, too bad I cannot see it :P
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: click_click on September 15, 2010, 18:45
@click_click,
 can you tell me were I can find in alamy this nice lesson of geography?
Sorry, I don't understand your question (English is not my native tongue).
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: stockastic on September 15, 2010, 20:34
Is this a gag, or are there certain mushrooms that must be smoked before this new display appears?
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: bravajulia on September 16, 2010, 03:26
They may be rolling this out gradually and only some contributors see it at this point.

Alamy does this all the time.

Istock in the past did it the opposite way and failed many times when going live with new features (available to everyone).

Sorry click_click, maybe my english is bad: where is in alamy? I never see this function. Dove sta?
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: click_click on September 16, 2010, 07:46
They may be rolling this out gradually and only some contributors see it at this point.

Alamy does this all the time.

Istock in the past did it the opposite way and failed many times when going live with new features (available to everyone).

Sorry click_click, maybe my english is bad: where is in alamy? I never see this function. Dove sta?

Hmm, I still don't quite understand what you are asking me but I think you want to know which features Alamy rolled out to a selected group first before making it accessible to everyone.

- The "new" Manage Images tool was initially offered to only 250 in March 2009 before it was put live on the site for everyone.
- The "newest" Alamy Upload is only offered to a group of contributors to see if it works fine before making it accessible for everyone.

These are just 2 features that I can speak of as I was participating there.

If I didn't answer your question send me a personal message.
Title: Re: Shutterstock - See where your last 10 sales were downloaded
Post by: RacePhoto on September 23, 2010, 15:28
I'm using the newest version of Shutterstock's front page, which is still in Beta, but a new feature has miraculously appeared overnight.

There's now a map of the world and everytime you refresh the front page your last 10 sales appear over it, one by one, with a dot indicating both the country and the city where it was bought.

The knowledge that I just sold a kitchen in Perth, Australia ... a bathroom in northern Italy ... and a sandwich in Athens, Greece ... etc ... is probably not going to make me any more money __ but it is really cool and strangely entertaining!

Any more hints for the rest of us, how to get or see this feature? I keep looking and all I get is the old pages we have always had.