Never had any problems with them and I often see people say they are friendly and easier to deal with than the micros.  I wish they would tighten QC, they already have over 16 million images, it can't be that difficult.  Perhaps you should speak with them instead of having a go here?

Alamy isn't the site that I access daily. I upload small batches, and not very often.
Never had any problems.

If you researched this you'll probably find 99% of the contributors don't have any problem with them.

Sometimes things don't go together, maybe your photos and Alamy is an example of this.

I see all of MagtheHag's 4 posts here are ranting about alamy.  Perhaps there should be an obsessed ranting newbies section for this sort of thing?

Great Idea sharpshot...OBTW...were you the one in grade school carrying the briefcase, wearing suspenders and giving the teacher an apple everyday?

Quote from: sharpshot on June 09, 2009, 11:04

I see all of MagtheHag's 4 posts here are ranting about alamy.  Perhaps there should be an obsessed ranting newbies section for this sort of thing?

Great Idea sharpshot...OBTW...were you the one in grade school carrying the briefcase, wearing suspenders and giving the teacher an apple everyday?

To a British English speaker it looks like you're accusing him of wearing womens clothing!

Alamy QC standards have certainly changed. It's nothing wrong to be high standard but it also runs into the danger of having the "plastic" images and prevent true editorial shots from getting in. Ironically being an editorial agency, it has moved towards the direction of micro stocks, with the emphasis on RF and so on. However it is their problem.

The biggest issue I have with Alamy is unreported sales and sometimes very delayed payment system. I hope they will make the buyers pay at the time of sales, not a few months later.

Brand new there but 10 for 10 approved with QC. That's out of a D60 with Kit lenses. Honestly I think getting into IS or SS is harder but Alamy does not check for content of the pic.

As far as other problems...I can't comment on yet.

If you researched this you'll probably find 99% of the contributors don't have any problem with them.

Sometimes things don't go together, maybe your photos and Alamy is an example of this.

I see all of MagtheHag's 4 posts here are ranting about alamy.  Perhaps there should be an obsessed ranting newbies section for this sort of thing?

The only thing about Alamy is that sales are not often coming by. But being a trouble site? That's the last thing I would call Alamy. If I had a penny for every angry contributor for Alamy, I would still be very very poor indeed.

I also have no complaints about Alamy QC.  I still have images from my 7.1MPix Canon Powershot A620 approved if they are good, clear and sharp (and that even considers a mild yet present noise in sky even at ISO 50).  I had a batch of two images rejected that I had mentioned before here (elephants in mud pool) but they weren't perfect at all.

Agreed. I started with Alamy using my 7MP Olympus and had only rejections for my very first batch. Then after I knew how to upsize properly with clean sharp and noise free images, my approval has been consistent.
I even had a couple of times uploaded some unfinished images by mistake and wrote Support which corrected my errors for me.
Another time, since I was quite new to RM, I didn't know what to do. I asked Support to help, and the lady from Support did everything for me.
If that is not excellent customer service , I don't know what is.
My biggest complaint about Alamy? Hell, I can't find anything bad to say about them 

the biggest issue I have with Alamy is unreported sales and sometimes very delayed payment system. I hope they will make the buyers pay at the time of sales, not a few months later.

 Unreported sales? this is a big issue if this is with bad intention... you are very luckie to discover it... About the delayed payment, when I was working with traditional film stock agency they report the sales only when they was payed from customer and it was sometime 180 days after the publication....this is the editorial world....

Quote from: Freedom on June 09, 2009, 14:53

the biggest issue I have with Alamy is unreported sales and sometimes very delayed payment system. I hope they will make the buyers pay at the time of sales, not a few months later.

 Unreported sales? this is a big issue if this is with bad intention... you are very luckie to discover it... About the delayed payment, when I was working with traditional film stock agency they report the sales only when they was payed from customer and it was sometime 180 days after the publication....this is the editorial world....

They do a lot to track down unreported sales.  I don't see it as a big problem.  I have looked in their forums and the alamy pro forums and there aren't many complaints.

If I were running a stock web-site and had as many daily problems as Alamy does with everything from uploads, unreported sales, CTR, Zooms, QC, manage image tools, policy changes, and the list goes on and on... I wouldn't be so quick to revoke contributors upload privileges when they have a hard time dealing with the QC monster fiasco! It sends the wrong message that it's ok for Alamy to screw up big-time on a daily basis but No latitude for contributors QC errors. To me it's hostile, mean spirited, and arrogance at it's worst. They created the QC monster, now let them deal with it ALL on an equal basis.

Mag

You have to stop using your P&S camera it won't get through QC