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For me as soon as the Photos.com mess started sales stopped. StockXpert was excellent "at first" then very little. Lately I've rec'd mostly sub's including Photos.com. Have all the same issues as all other posts, no image views until about a week or two after uploading. I had images accepted after I noticed the keywords were (accidentally) completely wrong. Meaning an image of a prescription drug was mislabeled haircut but it was still accepted.

I cant understand.

Support answered saying that everything is correct, that he suggest me to ask other people how do they keyword photos, etc... 

Still no views (only mines when logget out and people from this forum when I asked to visit my portfolio)

Another strange thing . I have a batch pending review until some days. Before this situation, reviews where almost instant.

This remember me my begin at StockXpert. No sales at all for a lot of months and one day it started to work. Since then I have almost everyday sales but stopped again...

Very strange

Thanks Astro.
I had 1 yesterday but it was an old image

I keep no track of views, but by far they are the best site this month for me.  May even be a BME there.

Regards,
Adelaide

I cant believe this.

I contacted the support and this was the answer:

> Dear Ivan,
>
> Hello and thank you for contacting stockxpert.com.
>
> I apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> At this time we are unaware of any system issues.
>
> The number of views an image attracts could be based different factors
> such as image quality or popularity.
>
> Our suggestion is to communicate with artists who receive a fair number of
> views to get ideas for your work.
>
> I hope this information helps.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ryan Thomas

Hi Ryan
Thanks for your quick answer but I have to disagree.
I used to have almost everyday sales so it is not normal at all that I dont
have any views.
If you take a look to this thread you will see with no doubt that, yes,
there is an issue.

http://www.stockxpert.com/forum.phtml?f=showtopic&n=16101

And there are other external forums threads that confirm this.

Thanks and best regards.
Ivan.

PS. Perhaps Im wrong but not sure successful artist will share their ideas
or keys...

And then... no answer.
So I contacted again to see if they were doing anything.

You cant imagine the answer...


Dear Ivan,

Hello and thank you for contacting stockxpert.com.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

At this time we are unaware of any system issues and there are no problems with your account. 

The number of views an image attracts could be based different factors such as image quality or popularity.

Our suggestion is to communicate with artists who receive a fair number of views to get ideas for your work. 

I hope this information helps.

Best regards,

Ryan Thomas


I admire the StockXpert support!!!

Yes it can be true but why one day they sell and next one dont?

Well, I've been selling a little bit here and a little bit there from my pitiful little image portfolio since Photos.com came on line.  Was up to a whopping $6 in my account yesterday.

I uploaded quite a number of videos a month ago and was about to give up on selling any video on the site when I got a couple sales today.  I like the $20 sales for video more than the 30 cent to $1.00 sales on images.

Guess I'll go ahead and upload more videos this weekend.

Its a BME already for me.

So true. I do pretty well at StockXpert, while many others don't. Yet many other people do really well at Fotolia, and I hardly sell anything there.

For me, StockXpert has been pretty average compared to recent months. Not up much, but also definitely not down. And with SS sales plumeting for me, StockXpert is closing in on my #2 spot overall.

Sales for me have been steadily growing at StockXpert.  This is my BME - not by a huge margin, but I'm still happy

StockXpert is disappearing into a deep, black hole for me. No daylight in sight, except the occasional $5 sale   

I started this month at StockXpert with illustrations, and it works.
The same earnings as DT, better than FT.

September is the first month that my subs have outstripped regular sales 3-1.  But, I must also state that my port there is small and overall number of DL's is very insignificant.  I'd be interested to see the ratio for those with a larger sample.