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wut

« Reply #200 on: February 06, 2012, 11:05 »
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They rejected a photo of woman holding money, she was shot from waist up and this is the rejection reason:

Unfortunately we're not able to accept your submission at this time, as it contains imagery of banknotes or other currency that are copyright restricted or do not meet our policies for currency submissions. Photographs should not contain:

- Banknotes photographed flat-on at any size
- Whole bank notes. Bank notes photographed partially or obscured so that no more than 75% of the note is visible may be acceptable.
- Imagery of the British royal family or other restricted peoples
- Currency used in a derogatory manner

Have they gone completely mental ?!?!?! First rejecting anything with just a hint of sexuality or violence and now this? What can you even sell there?  ::)


« Reply #201 on: February 06, 2012, 11:29 »
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gotta be a mistake, are they EUR?

wut

« Reply #202 on: February 06, 2012, 11:31 »
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Indeed they are. To make it even worse and to show their double standards, similar one was accepted last week

« Reply #203 on: February 06, 2012, 12:07 »
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I won't go on at length (again) about PhotoDune's (outsourced) reviewing, but will note that in order not to make myself crazy, I just upload - keep track of what I've sent them, but not what they accept or reject. As there is so little consistency in policy, there's no point in trying to learn what to send them.

Why do I bother? Because for a new-ish agency they sell very well.

If you decide to keep sending them files, just stop trying to make sense of acceptances or rejections and you and PD should get along just fine :)

wut

« Reply #204 on: February 06, 2012, 12:22 »
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Indeed, that's what I'm in fact doing with these small agencies. But when I'm faced with such muppets, I really can't help myself and not report about it over here :)

lagereek

« Reply #205 on: February 06, 2012, 12:32 »
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I think photodune is a lot of pretence. I have a few pals uploaded to this agency, I am talking about independant IS, diamond exclusives, with thousands of files, etc, I am talking about really pro photographers and they have had nothing but hassle and troubles with this agency.
The general feeling is,  they dont really know where they stand.

« Reply #206 on: February 07, 2012, 11:13 »
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I just tried to upload some of my images for the first acceptance. I chose about ten files and I can't upload because I get this weird "You must select your portfolio from the drop down" I have no idea what they mean. Anyone can help me there?

« Reply #207 on: February 07, 2012, 13:24 »
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I haven't had any problems with Photodune.  It's an easy upload with few rejections.  They rejected one of my best selling photos, I sent an email and they accepted it.  Much better than some sites that have become silly with rejections.  I would like to see higher prices and commissions but at least they sell, unlike a lot of the sites started in the past few years.

« Reply #208 on: February 08, 2012, 00:42 »
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Just been accepted and started uploading...have to say it is pretty easy if you follow their guidelines...and approval is fast. The concept of uploading a shoot and then the related releases and not having to match appeals...unlike some/most of the other sites which are clunky. Overall I'd say they have a great system going and I hope sales are good.

And having grown up in Sydney I can't help wanting to see an Aussie outfit do well. ;D

« Reply #209 on: February 08, 2012, 03:36 »
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I can't get accepted because I can't upload my initial batch. Am I the only one who gets this 'You must select your portfolio from the drop down' ? ??????

Microbius

« Reply #210 on: February 08, 2012, 03:43 »
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Indeed they are. To make it even worse and to show their double standards, similar one was accepted last week

And to show their triple standards check out how much they are bothered about copyright and stock photo misuse in their other marketplaces.
http://www.microstockgroup.com/photodune/envato-and-copyright/

wut

« Reply #211 on: February 08, 2012, 06:02 »
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Indeed they are. To make it even worse and to show their double standards, similar one was accepted last week

And to show their triple standards check out how much they are bothered about copyright and stock photo misuse in their other marketplaces.
http://www.microstockgroup.com/photodune/envato-and-copyright/


Yeah I read that thread. It just shows they're probably here for a short period of time, just for the short term money grab.

It's interesting I had a talk with some marketing agencies owners and a CEO of one of the top Camera brands yesterday, I was trying to convince the former to buy elsewhere than at IS and broke down the MS model to the latter. He just couldn't believe a middleman can get as much as 85%. It's totally unreal and unbelievable to anyone, especially businesspeople (some surely find it interesting that there is still such an industry where you can rip off so many ppl to such a degree)

« Reply #212 on: February 08, 2012, 09:02 »
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I can't get accepted because I can't upload my initial batch. Am I the only one who gets this 'You must select your portfolio from the drop down' ? ??????

dont remember that one, I remember doing the zip file, can you show us a printscreen?

« Reply #213 on: February 08, 2012, 10:03 »
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My print screen seems to big to upload and i have no idea how to make it smaller.
Sorry. What do you have to do with this zip thing? I saw it but didn't do anything with it. Maybe that's the problem. If trying to get in is already this difficult I wonder what it is like once you're in...

wut

« Reply #214 on: February 08, 2012, 10:08 »
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My print screen seems to big to upload and i have no idea how to make it smaller.
Sorry. What do you have to do with this zip thing? I saw it but didn't do anything with it. Maybe that's the problem. If trying to get in is already this difficult I wonder what it is like once you're in...

It's a never ending story, they're not adding MRs from subfolders you uploaded them to, their outsourced reviewers are complete muppets and drive you crazy with absurd rejections (I'm mean if it's good enough for the other 10 sites, it's not good for a small site paying only 33% commissions etc).

« Reply #215 on: February 08, 2012, 10:20 »
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My print screen seems to big to upload and i have no idea how to make it smaller.
Sorry. What do you have to do with this zip thing? I saw it but didn't do anything with it. Maybe that's the problem. If trying to get in is already this difficult I wonder what it is like once you're in...

dont remember the exact steps but after the usual register, you have the quiz, then you need to send a zip file with at least 5 pictures to get approved, after getting in you just ftp the files and submit 40 each time if you have the iptc done and less than 50 keywords, no numbers allowed too

regarding model releases pictures, you need to upload first the MRs to model release folder at ftp and then the files from that mr into the previous folder, after the upload click process on author dashboard and it will assign the model releases automatically
« Last Edit: February 08, 2012, 10:24 by luissantos84 »

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« Reply #216 on: February 08, 2012, 15:50 »
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I can't get accepted because I can't upload my initial batch. Am I the only one who gets this 'You must select your portfolio from the drop down' ? ??????

dont remember that one, I remember doing the zip file, can you show us a printscreen?

You're both right:
1. upload the zip file (containing at least 5 pictures, better some more)
2. choose the zip file name from the dropdown list

« Reply #217 on: February 10, 2012, 06:21 »
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I got accepted and have uploaded since then quite some images. They review fast (24 hours) but they rejected so many bestsellers of mine that I wonder how they do this reviewing.  Anyway I try not bother about that too much. It's their loss..
Can you change the price of the accepted images? I notice all of them have 3,- . And where do you see if you are submitted for Extended license? I want to make sure that has been turned off. Thanks for the help you all.

wut

« Reply #218 on: February 10, 2012, 07:22 »
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Besides that you only get sales right after you upload, it looks like the site works on feeding the beast concept. Reviewers are complete muppets, read the previous posts ;)

« Reply #219 on: February 10, 2012, 10:24 »
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I got accepted and have uploaded since then quite some images. They review fast (24 hours) but they rejected so many bestsellers of mine that I wonder how they do this reviewing.  Anyway I try not bother about that too much. It's their loss..
Can you change the price of the accepted images? I notice all of them have 3,- . And where do you see if you are submitted for Extended license? I want to make sure that has been turned off. Thanks for the help you all.

Hover over your name and select Settings from the dropdown menu. It's in the Licenses section

« Reply #220 on: February 10, 2012, 10:39 »
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Besides that you only get sales right after you upload, it looks like the site works on feeding the beast concept. ..

That may be the case, unfortunately, but I guess we'll see if sales "catch" after a time (as well as right after upload). I didn't upload this past week or 10 days and whereas I had about $25 from last week, this week has a grand total of 66 cents.

« Reply #221 on: February 12, 2012, 08:27 »
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I got accepted and have uploaded since then quite some images. They review fast (24 hours) but they rejected so many bestsellers of mine that I wonder how they do this reviewing.  Anyway I try not bother about that too much. It's their loss..
Can you change the price of the accepted images? I notice all of them have 3,- . And where do you see if you are submitted for Extended license? I want to make sure that has been turned off. Thanks for the help you all.

Hover over your name and select Settings from the dropdown menu. It's in the Licenses section

Thanks!

lisafx

« Reply #222 on: February 12, 2012, 19:45 »
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Besides that you only get sales right after you upload, it looks like the site works on feeding the beast concept.

Oh, I hadn't realized that.  I haven't uploaded there since getting my portfolio on the site. Sales were good for about three months but are a bit softer now.   Better get busy sending them my newer stuff then.   Thanks for the info :)

wut

« Reply #223 on: February 13, 2012, 05:07 »
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Besides that you only get sales right after you upload, it looks like the site works on feeding the beast concept.

Oh, I hadn't realized that.  I haven't uploaded there since getting my portfolio on the site. Sales were good for about three months but are a bit softer now.   Better get busy sending them my newer stuff then.   Thanks for the info :)

No problem, it looks like the old SS system. When sites mature (have enough material and tons of traffic) they switch to normal mode, like SS did some 9 months ago. After that, basing your business solely on constant high volume uploads is more of a burden, you just get a ton of low quality similars from half of the contributors (because they feel they need to upload like crazy in order to get decent earnings), have more expenses for paying inspectors, to inspect something that's oversaturated and because of that (and low quality you get because of high quantity) won't sell.

BTW I just got this rejection, I guess those outsourced inspectors doesn't even speak English:

We're sorry, your item "Title". Selective focus on the coffee cup. has not been approved for sale on PhotoDune. This is the reason given by our item inspector:

Unfortunately we're not able to accept your submission at this time as the image quality does not meet our quality requirements due to one or more of the following aspects:

 - Blur or motion blur
 - Focus
 - Excessively soft

 ::)

And I get so much of these absurd rejections from these muppets...

Wim

« Reply #224 on: February 13, 2012, 06:14 »
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These ridiculous rejections will drive me away from the agency eventualy, same for other agencies.

We are not in competition with each other, we are in competition with these reviewers!
It's not the agency at fault, it's these guys that feel threathened by our work or just use their power to rob us from our money.
I hate to see those flaming threads amongst us contributors, makes it even worse.
Also, add more value and have more respect for your own work people!

Alright, just wanted that of my chest.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2012, 07:08 by Wim »


 

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