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for as long, or rather, as short  as i have been inmicrostock, and microstock group forum, i have always took the stance that StockXpert is #1 with me.
i never lost that perception,even when JUI and Getty ursurped their vision on StockXpert, and when StockXpert reviewers sort of forgot about my uploads for months and left my portfolio in limbo. prior of which my images were always approved within hours rather than weeks, or even days.

much recently, StockXpert have resumed to the old ways i am accustomed to with this once great site. reviewers are now consistently approving (and rejecting at times) my new uls in a couple of hours.   and , my PM  to Support is getting answered promptly, whereas during their time of limbo, it seemed that they were replaced by ghosts.

this is certainly good news to me. i have written them to ask if i should stopped uploading to StockXpert since i am also already with IS. having given the response, not to do that, but to continue with StockXpert as well. i concur happily, because my upload approval with StockXpert far surpass that of IS, and i am not restricted to the amount i can upload to StockXpert.

i am still an StockXpert fan bigtime, and only a tiny IS follower, only because IS is related to StockXpert, not vice versa.

i like to start this thread to show StockXpert, we want a new revival StockXpert... WITH OR WITHOUT GETTY.
i am sure many or at least some of you feel the way i do with StockXpert.

maybe this is how we let them know we want them to be their own site...
and not just some lackie of IS.

What surprised me was that my direct StockXpert sales remained about the same even after that sxc advertising had been redirected to istock.
(did anyone else see the same?)

I liked StockXpert before they introduced subs.  I felt like I had to opt in to subs because the increased sales volume helped image placement in the search but I wasn't happy with 30 cents commission.  Photos .com and Jupiter gave subs a good boost but I had the feeling it was just taking away sales from shutterstock, who pay me a much better $0.38.  Then Getty came along and ruined it by taking away photos.com and reducing subs to $0.25, far too low for me.  Now I am opted out, I doubt the pay per download sales will ever be as good as they once were.  I also wonder what other nasty surprises they have for us next?

Hopefully Peter, the person who made StockXpert, will start a new site.

i remember my first exposure to microstock, and coming here to this forum, that one of the longest thread was one that had StockXpert contributors comment on each others work. it sounded a bit like self promo at first, but really, what it did more importantly was the peer support of all those who took part in it to keep the thread alive. it was the best example of a network of contributors supporting each other. did it encourage more dls? well, i actually had the best dls during those months, even as a newbie, and i must say, till this day, i have yet to see another site perform as well as StockXpert did during that period.
then, someone came and threw the spanner in the works, and ffs, you know what happened.
you know what? i hope what flemish said about something good in the air coming from the ppl of StockXpert  is true, and i hope we get the news soon because I sure would like to see my portfolio take off like it used to do. mind you, i only had a tiny portfolio in those days, and today, it's much larger than it used to.
nothing much has happened yet, but i am hoping whoever makes the decision
is not crazy enough to kill a once great site.  if they do, i like them to remind them about  bad karma ... what goes around comes around... 

well spoken ap.
the great irony is that some of the same ppl who once ranted about the disparity of subs between IS and StockXpert are now trying to bade StockXpert a quick death.   the only thing that is consistent is that some ppl change  agenda like we change our dirty drawers   

StockXpert was one of my top 3 earners back before subs. Since then it's been a downward spiral, and doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.

People really like 30 cents commission it's amazing 

Exactly what I think. I wish I was able to remember the name of that women who did a conference call with some of us contributors. She is also the "brain" behind this sub/extended licence deal. I wonder if she work for microsoft now... or Enron

Yes but what if those images will migrate there, will they go through another inspection process? That sounds insane.
Having said that I must admit that after Christmas StockXpert is literally dead for me... I have images submitted but I won't make them be reviewed until someone officially will clear the site's future out.
hmmm 

ciao Guisseppe .. , hey  sharpshot. for one thing, like Guiseppe said, it won't happen, because many of you i am sure had 100% approval for these StockXpert images that were or could have been rejected by IS.
also, it will not happen because we are not exclusive for collection.
worse ...
 it will drive  IS exclusives into a tsunami of rage war if this migration happen, you will literally see the biblical "gnashing of teeth" between the devils and demons 

Perseus it's simple!

I always upload via FTP and I just leave the images in there, waiting to be imported from the FTP folder.
They get reviewed only when you transfer them in your portfolio folder

 

Anyone else see a StockXpert revival this week?  I'm not talking about returning to pre-Christmas levels... this week I'm seeing consistently better sales at a level I haven't seen since my StockXpert numbers started to significantly fall last October.  Anyone else having an exceptionally good week at StockXpert?

i think this will prevail until the inner conflict for StockXpert is  resolved.
as a buyer, i 'd stay away from getting an annual membership to a gym if i hear that they might be going backrupt soon. or if my annual term is up, i won't run off to renew it for another year if i keep hearing from everyone that my gym might close before i use up my annual membership.
same thing for StockXpert.  i think all this inner conflict has caused StockXpert to lose business.
it might have  been some wise whippersnapper idea  who came in right after as Vonkara said StockXpert was running so well, to suggest subs, or what not.
 if it's not broken don't fix it.   but i guess StockXpert got greedy to try to get more.

i am sorry for StockXpert because they were indeed running so  well , right before this  screw  up

so let's hope they resolve this inner conflict and give it back to the ones who did all the great thing for StockXpert at the beginning. although i won't hold my breath.