MicrostockGroup

I think so. It is more than a month. And they review about two pictures a week from the batch of about seventy I uploaded a month ago. And in addition I have just found out they use a very strange price system - some of my images have 49 USD for RF!!! I had to change it all. I wondered why nothing had been sold so far, checked my portfolio - and this was the reason! Why should anybody bother to buy for 49 USD when the same picture is possible to buy at SS or IS or anywhere else for a fragment of this price.

But they would have to first buy the subscription at SS, which costs more than 49.00 am I right?

Peep and al,

We have many examples of similar images selling at higher prices. $50 for an image that will be used for commercial usage is nothing compare to traditional RF that goes for $300.00 and more. We are still offering a good bargain. You will soon see that the microstock companies will soon follow our pricing.  Fotolia is already pricing some images much higher than $1. For some reason, you have to be an agency to profit from this. Not on our site.

The approval speed, as we have already explained, is due to many factors. First and foremost is the lack of keywords. That will guarantee your images will take more time to get reviewed. We also review based on value and not order of entry. The reason is to not penalize anyone who uploads 3 images after someone who just uploaded 10,000. In a normal situation they would have to wait a very long time.

We also use a group of editors that work at different speed and different times. Some members will seem to have faster approval times than others. But it is only an impression.

don't forget we also review graphics, fonts and video. No, it is not too much and buyers like that they can shop for everything in one place. They really, really appreciate that, unlike other sites, we rely on pro editors and not the wisdom of the crowd.

Finally, we are not machines and we take pride in our full scale review process. We annotate rejections as well as approved images. we are working to help anyone who contributes to become even better photographers.

With this said, if you feel you have waited too much, send us a pm and we will try to accommodate your request as well as we can. Again, we appreciate your submissions ( that is why we offer a 70% commission!!!) and we will do whatever we can to make as easy and painless as possible for you.

Paul M

Well, I sold an image there this week with Zymm's original price (not US$49), so although I use a lower price range, it seems there is a market for higher prices.  Or putting in another way, if someone finds the image he wants, it doesn't matter much (if he is a business) if he pays US$10 or US$20 for it.

Regards,
Adelaide

I set my prices between US$6 and 10, depending on size, subject and quality.

I'm starting to worry however about a future need of raising prices.  Having to edit each image is not a happy perspective...  I hope they add a tool to raise all prices at once, like FP does.

Regards,
Adelaide

UncleGene,

Thank you for the comment. We are extremely busy catching up on editing. As we previously posted, if you want your images to be considered on top of the queue, please use the submission tool that allows you to pick a price, spell check your keywords and select a catogory. This allows the editors to process your files faster.
We take great pride in our editing team who works around the clock on images to make sure they meet a certain quality requirement as well as legal concerns. You would be surprised on how many images we receive with a logo in the background, for example. If we let one skip, we might get our clients very angry if not, in big trouble.
We also do not set limits on numbers of uploads. We tend to believe your images are better off waiting in our Q than on your desktop. Maybe it is a mistake ?
Finally, we caught the hamster and we will soon set him free for someone else to chase.
Looking forward to making great sales with your work.

Best

Paul M

Hello Keith,

I just logged on Zym and was not able to change prices on my pictures .I had the following message: "Page cannot be accessed this way"
Just wanted to let u the bug
Thanks
I found out as well that I got my second sale

L

There are around 200 file in FTP folder. The oldest ones are from February. Is anybody working on Zymmetrical?

Nata, got your support ticket on our site, thanks for making it easier for us!        Again, this FTP problem is not typical and normally files are moved daily.

I will review the FTP folders and get all backlogged submissions rolling, clearly some of our notifications didn't arrive. Thanks.

My user name at Zymmetrical is hlehnerer. I have some images that I uploaded 3/20/08 and they are still not evaluated. I opened a ticket 5/19/08 with the reply that this is too long and someone will look in to it. Well, there are still 8 images that are old and waiting to get accepted or rejected.

Thank you!