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Yesterday I uploaded a picture of a candle, which was approved - the whole series was.  I was very pleased.

There is an edit for each picture, as an option to replace the picture for an improved version.  I thought that I would use it this morning.  The only thing I changed is one small part of the isolation, to refine it further.

Well, I got the result:  "please upload better quality images"...

I emailed the site about it, still no answer.

I hope that in these kind of circumstances there would be an option to keep the previous approved version, even though it is of a slightly lesser quality.  Anyway, it does not inspire me to use this edit function in the future...

Mistakes are made, but it is sometimes frustrating.

There's no rhyme or reason at StockXpert for me when it comes to rejections.

IMO, it doesn't make much sense to have to go through the whole inspection process for an image that was already approved.  All that should be done is make to sure that the image is basically still the same (and not a totally different image), which should take a reviewer a few seconds.

Most people seem to be ignoring the ability to update their photos om StockXpert for the reason that many have stated: people have tried to update a photo with a larger or better quality image and both images were rejected.  This does not instill confidence in the process.

Why would I want to take the chance of having one of my images rejected that is already online and possibly selling?

StockXpert/Steve-Oh: This process is flawed.  Nobody wants to use it because of the possible consequences.  It needs to be fixed.  You shouldn't be rejecting images when a submitter is trying to upload a better version.  After all, we are submitters are just trying to help buyers out (by giving them better quality).  Our images are already online.  If you want to reject images, then do it through a "spring cleaning" process.