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well i was happy to see that my images were reviewed on lucky oliver, but was diaspointed by the lack of information i got.  I had submitted a whole pile (several hundred) and the response I got was


I am curious how many they rejected.  Was it 1 or 300 of them.  I submitted in a bunch of different batches, so i don't know if they looked at the first 300, or the first 1000 or what....

Exactly!

And with regards to what was accepted, what not, why, etc., I think they just wanted to get caught up.  I think all of mine were accepted - eventually.  No need to worry about rejections, I'm sure.

It would be nice for each picture to have a reference.  About 2 weeks ago I noticed that I had 8 pictures missing, emailed them the references from the accepted list which didn't show up in the portfolio (nor the keyword search), and fortunately they were very quick to put them back online and apologetic for the mistake.  Very nice and friendly administration team, that's for sure.

But sure I wish that there would be an individual photo reference, for both the acceptance batch and the online photo ID.  I like the convenience of keeping track, it frees up my mind.

My last batch still in queue at LO is from Sept 22.  Except for ScanStock, all the other sites have already processed it.

What concerns me the most is the lack of views (it has been 917 views for more than 10 days), with the frozen $0.30 'piggy bank' as a result.  I know that the marketing has not started yet, but I wonder...

Since the team is young and very friendly and have a desire to enjoy life (and it shows in their personal participation on the site!), I really wish them the best.  But of course to wish them the best is to wish us the best, isn't it?

Bottom line:  I don't mind waiting a few more days if I see this little piggy go to the market and start to unfreeze 

Same question as last week. I upload daily, but it's been over a week since I got the last review. Still 3 weeks behind.

Hmmmmmm . . . I don't remember the dates, but my reviews are only about a week behind.  Maybe I should start keeping a log with dates for uploads to all the different sites.  But it doesn't really matter how fast or slow they review photos if there aren't any sales. 

There was a note in their blog I think on Sept. 29 saying that they have fixed the problem of the google and other search engine spyders counting as image views or something of that nature.  I have had 1 view since that date.  Even on other sites that I'm not getting sales, I'm at least getting views so I know there is potential for sales.  No hope at LO with no views.

...definitely picking up, with a few views at my portfolio, they have doubled for me, from 1 to 2 

They also hired a person for the business development:
http://www.luckyoliver.com/blog/110/A+Few+New+Introductions

So with more exposures and a team who wants to be here for the long run and which seems to have a strong positive leadership, the site is on a good track.

My whole batch finally got reviewed yesterday. Hope they are catching up. I got the more useful email from Jill like I used to stating what had not been accepted and why.  Still only a couple of blog sales for me.

After the last batch, I got an email telling me what was rejected. Nothing happened since then. No sales either. I think they are assuming we have more patience than we do. I've given up on other sites in less time than I have given them.

On the other hand, the boy got game. Just wish he'd crank it up.

http://www.zurb.com/zurbphotos/

http://www.zurb.com/zurb/bio.html

http://www.redimat.com/artist_bryan_zmijewski.html

http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=299256

http://www.wowwebdesigns.com/designers/id_261/

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb380011.htm

Well I spoke a day too soon. I got my last batched finally reviewed by LO and I was humbled. Popped my inflated bubble!  Roughly a little less than a third were rejected. Interestingly, I got a detailed comment on each one, many 'personalized' by mentioning the subject in the shot and what was considered wrong with it. I can't say that I agreed with all the comments, but, if the  Bryan that sent the mail as the reviewer, is the same Bryan above, I understand where his artistic eye would see the images in the manner that he did. None-the-less, some were good sellers for me elsewhere. Oh well, what's that old saying,  "The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss".  It's their site and their call what they want on it. 
I think I'll keep loading for a while longer and see what develops. In this last batch were pix that do well for me... let's see if they do anything here. I'm a small portfolio compared to you vets and I need to spend more time uploading, building my base.

Just had my current batch reviewed. Images from a little over 2 weeks through this morning. Not too many rejections and detailed reasons that I couldn't argue with. New bouncer with a good eye.

Okay, just had one day turnaround on reviews. Not sure if they're caught up or I got lucky.