Author Topic: Lookstat Giving it a try (Read 21244 times)

ozbandit · « **Reply #76 on:** February 17, 2009, 04:43 »

Excuse me if this was discussed before but how about a "set" feature that would allow us to group our images by sets (selectable via lookstat and sets also to be named by users) that would also give a total income per set, per site. Something like that would then give photographers a better idea which of their shoots were the most worthwhile....

leaf · « **Reply #78 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:11 »

Is there a way to combine two images that are actually the same one, but that lookstat didn't manage to recognize as the same one? If that made sense...

dirkr · « **Reply #80 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:45 »

Only to make sure your to do list doesn't get too short

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How about giving users the ability to enter more sites manually?
I assume you will never be able to add all existing stock photo venues in an automated way. I for example have some (german) midstock sites that you probably never heard of (pitopia.de, digitalstock.de, shotshop.com, panthermedia.de, zoonar.de - at least the last two are mentioned here on MSG). And they do produce some sales, and although by far not as frequent as the big microsites, the amounts can add up since the prices are higher.

So a feature to add sites, add photos (if they are not already on the existing sites) and add sales manually might make sense - in the long run, definitely adding FT and StockXpert and sorting out the image matching are more important.

ozbandit · « **Reply #82 on:** March 05, 2009, 18:51 »

Bit quiet on this thread, how are the new sites coming along Rahul ? I'm looking forward to not having to log into each my agency every day to check my stats

ozbandit · « **Reply #84 on:** March 06, 2009, 08:12 »

Sounds great, thanks for the updates

ozbandit · « **Reply #85 on:** March 29, 2009, 16:42 »

Heya Rahul

nice maintenance release with this and past year on that stats. If I can also make another suggestion it's to add an option to either sort images in the Earnings section be either revenue or downloads, hope FT isn't too far away either, loving your site/product

MikLav · « **Reply #87 on:** April 14, 2009, 13:53 »

Just tried Lookstat a little and the one feature that I would be really interested to see is tracking of groups of images. It was mentioned before - the idea is to track not individual images across sites but results of complete sessions.

Tracking individual images like it is possible in the current version is nice for some analytical work but I don't see it very useful in routine day to day work.

XeniaII · « **Reply #89 on:** April 29, 2009, 15:31 »

hey rahul, i think this is a very useful tool. i have registered and i love how it works. my problem is that i have not much pics on shutter, dreamstime or istock... so it would be very nice, if fotolia will be on board soon..

i know that some day you want us to pay for this service *g but on my site it is no problem, if it works.

My only wish... fotolia, than stockxpert and bigstock...

the german agencies are not important for you i think, but a tool where i can add them would be great...

best regards

yvonne

null · « **Reply #91 on:** May 03, 2009, 21:58 »

Quote from: MikLav on April 14, 2009, 13:53

Just tried Lookstat a little and the one feature that I would be really interested to see is tracking of groups of images. It was mentioned before - the idea is to track not individual images across sites but results of complete sessions.

Yap, I asked for it before. This would be a most useful feature, since it would allow to calculate the yield of a total shoot.

Rahul Pathak · « **Reply #92 on:** May 03, 2009, 22:34 »

That one is definitely on our list and makes a ton of sense as a feature. Thanks for the feedback!

ozbandit · « **Reply #93 on:** May 06, 2009, 21:18 »

It seems that Shutter Stock hasn't been reporting for me for past few days, is this a global issue with Lookstat or just on my account ?

Rahul Pathak · « **Reply #94 on:** May 06, 2009, 21:29 »

Hi Ozbandit,

SS recently blocked all third party applications/services from accessing their site which has caused the disruption. We'll be working to figure out how best to move forward and will be emailing users as we know more. Sorry for the disruption in obtaining your SS stats. This is currently a global issue for us and we are working on it.

Rahul

disorderly · « **Reply #96 on:** May 07, 2009, 01:56 »

Thanks for the update, Rahul. I like what you guys have done and look forward to getting even more detailed insights into my sales. Assuming Shutterstock can provide APIs to give you the information with minimum impact, this may turn out to be a win for both sides.

dirkr · « **Reply #98 on:** July 17, 2009, 03:02 »

There hasn't been any update regarding lookstat in months...
Should we consider the site dead or can we expect things to come...?

NitorPhoto · « **Reply #99 on:** July 17, 2009, 03:38 »

I couple of months ago I joined... and I have come to like the site especially when they promised they add FTL and more sites very soon. Since then no improvements and they even lost SS from their list. Using lookstat is pointless now. A few months ago I logged in 2-3 times a day while now I log in every second week only. This is a sad story.

i know this is not their fault but the agencies started a war against 3rd party stat services. But lookstat looked different, lookstat's aproach looked so professional.