Author Topic: Review time? (Read 26041 times)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #50 on:** November 26, 2012, 14:25 »

reviewing these days is getting very curious and its not only CanStockPhoto but its actually happening with many agencies

SS used to be less than 24h (from a few months, maybe almost a year reviews are taking close to 1 week)
FT between 24 and 48h (are now delayed for a lot more)
IS

(don't upload there for a while but it was getting a lot quickier than in 2011/2010/2009)
DT (always a week or more for a long time, sometimes very fast reviews (rarely))
123RF (a lot faster now but there was a very long wait in the past)
CanStockPhoto went from 5 minutes to 1 week (have they got sick all together in a party somewhere and now you guys are hiring one by one?)

1 - is microstock slowing down? buyers not licensing as much as before?
2 - another great business strategy thinking of short time profit?

can anybody figure this out? I believe it is a bit of everything but I wonder why it is so weird lately

JPSDK · « **Reply #51 on:** November 26, 2012, 16:12 »

Review times are not important for the contributor, as long as they are the same for all contributors at the same agency.

However, they are important to the agency.
It does not take long before the customers find out where the fresh images are.

ruxpriencdiam · « **Reply #52 on:** November 26, 2012, 17:12 »

Hell CanStockPhoto's reviews are taking for ever and they are doing partial reviews there as well and they are taking well over a week.

SS is no better and has no consistency because some are reviewed in 36hrs or less while others wait 10 days or more?

JPSDK · « **Reply #53 on:** November 26, 2012, 17:37 »

What was it Jeff said? or was it Dave?
You cannot change rule No. one.

I would just add. Dont worry about things you cannot influence.
They can have their review strategies or they cannot.
Its not something you can do anything about, so why bother.

That said.
I have just fixed a handle on an old axe, and if a reviewer comes by while I sharpen it, I will take his skalp.
But im not annoyed, not at all.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #54 on:** November 26, 2012, 17:45 »

Quote from: JPSDK on November 26, 2012, 17:37

I would just add. Dont worry about things you cannot influence.

thats why we keep on getting screwed (not talking about that

)

Dan · « **Reply #55 on:** December 04, 2012, 09:41 »

I got one waiting for 2 weeks - longest ever. Oh well _ Rome wasn't built in a day. With new reviewers a bit of slow down was expected. but come on.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #56 on:** December 04, 2012, 10:38 »

Speaking of waiting ... I finally waited long enough to get a sale. Hey... we're off and running. I'm gonna upload another batch.

Poncke · « **Reply #57 on:** December 04, 2012, 12:31 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on December 04, 2012, 10:38

Speaking of waiting ... I finally waited long enough to get a sale. Hey... we're off and running. I'm gonna upload another batch.

One sale, you are easily pleased ;-)

Dan · « **Reply #58 on:** December 05, 2012, 18:19 »

3 plus weeks for an image to get reviewed.
Congrat Warren - glad you got your first.
After my first - i've been waiting and waiting for the 2nd.
Good luck.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #59 on:** December 05, 2012, 19:33 »

Quote from: Dan on December 05, 2012, 18:19

3 plus weeks for an image to get reviewed.
Congrat Warren - glad you got your first.
After my first - i've been waiting and waiting for the 2nd.
Good luck.

Hey, Dan. It happened. Sold the same image again. Only it sold for just 30 cents; the first sale was $1.
We're on the way to untold wealth. Good luck to us both.

Dan · « **Reply #60 on:** December 08, 2012, 16:50 »

One can only hope.

Dan · « **Reply #61 on:** December 13, 2012, 09:39 »

Waiting for review -- one month and counting.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #63 on:** December 13, 2012, 16:08 »

Quote from: Duncan_CSP on December 13, 2012, 14:24

Quote from: Dan on December 13, 2012, 09:39
Waiting for review -- one month and counting.

The current wait time is about 3 days - 1 month is way too long to be normal, and indicates there is a different problem. If there are releases attached, check your "Release Manager" section for errors. Otherwise open a support ticket with an image number so we can tell you what the issue is.

hi there, how many files on the queue Duncan?

Dan · « **Reply #64 on:** December 17, 2012, 09:37 »

After a one month wait i had a file rejeted. The last 2 (Christmas pics) went fast in 2 days and were accepted. Quite a difference.

enstoker · « **Reply #65 on:** December 17, 2012, 10:19 »

Quote from: Duncan_CSP on December 13, 2012, 14:24

Quote from: Dan on December 13, 2012, 09:39
Waiting for review -- one month and counting.

The current wait time is about 3 days - 1 month is way too long to be normal, and indicates there is a different problem. If there are releases attached, check your "Release Manager" section for errors. Otherwise open a support ticket with an image number so we can tell you what the issue is.

NO, IT IS NOT. With release or w/o release.
It is 5-10 days.

So what, more and more is also here politics: upload and forget.
But, more sad is that are over my portfolio dark, dark clouds.
I hope that only over my portfolio.
I am waiting sunny days

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #66 on:** December 17, 2012, 10:28 »

Quote from: enstoker on December 17, 2012, 10:19

Quote from: Duncan_CSP on December 13, 2012, 14:24
Quote from: Dan on December 13, 2012, 09:39
Waiting for review -- one month and counting.

The current wait time is about 3 days - 1 month is way too long to be normal, and indicates there is a different problem. If there are releases attached, check your "Release Manager" section for errors. Otherwise open a support ticket with an image number so we can tell you what the issue is.

NO, IT IS NOT. With release or w/o release.
It is 5-10 days.

So what, more and more is also here politics: upload and forget.
But, more sad is that are over my portfolio dark, dark clouds.
I hope that only over my portfolio.
I am waiting sunny days

Mine is 3 days. I had nothing with MR. Wonder why such a difference?

enstoker · « **Reply #67 on:** December 17, 2012, 17:27 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on December 17, 2012, 10:28

Quote from: enstoker on December 17, 2012, 10:19
Quote from: Duncan_CSP on December 13, 2012, 14:24
Quote from: Dan on December 13, 2012, 09:39
Waiting for review -- one month and counting.

The current wait time is about 3 days - 1 month is way too long to be normal, and indicates there is a different problem. If there are releases attached, check your "Release Manager" section for errors. Otherwise open a support ticket with an image number so we can tell you what the issue is.

NO, IT IS NOT. With release or w/o release.
It is 5-10 days.

So what, more and more is also here politics: upload and forget.
But, more sad is that are over my portfolio dark, dark clouds.
I hope that only over my portfolio.
I am waiting sunny days

Mine is 3 days. I had nothing with MR. Wonder why such a difference?

I wonder too.
Maybe is for rookies with small portfolio (1000) this normally.

08stock08 · « **Reply #68 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:02 »

Current Advert says : Current Review Time : Under 6 hours. " The same advert encourages to upload.

Actually the advert is correct. I read in this thread. It is not projection of wait time.

So what it is :

It is review time. The reviewer must pickup the image to review and after that he may take 6 hours to do his job. The catch is here : reviewer has no time limit to pickup the photo. His watch begins to tick after he accepts the image to review. Do not confuse here.

So, your wait time is longer in experience and actually. You wonder what happened to promised review times. That's an advertisement. Reality is always different.

I have submitted my application to them (CS) and I don't think it is going to be clear verdict before 10-15 days, If I believe the sentiments going here in this thread.

As I said in other threads as well, It needs to be easier for everyone.

Poncke · « **Reply #69 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:12 »

My review times are under 30 minutes at the moment. Just submitted 8 and already approved

Also there is no application at CanStockPhoto, at least not when I joined them.

08stock08 · « **Reply #70 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:15 »

This is normal for all the new photographers now. This link comes when you click on sell files on navigation bar :
https://www.canstockphoto.com/photographer_application1.php

This is what needs to be approved first. It takes few images for sample.

Poncke · « **Reply #71 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:22 »

Ok, I cant see that because I already member. But to be honest, I think its a bit rich for CanStockPhoto to have an application process as they accept almost everything. Here is hoping the quality goes up then. I had a few rejections lately that were accepted by shutterstock so it might be an indicator that they are upping their reviews. Might be a good thing in the end.

08stock08 · « **Reply #72 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:31 »

A promise is promise and of course it must not be twisted. That's not too much hoping.

I quite agree on that, the promised advertised time is not the projection of wait time. I am active on other agencies. I think during weekends, the extended times may be experienced more over. My application may be in the queue and having fewer reviewers over weekends.

Ariene · « **Reply #73 on:** September 22, 2013, 13:57 »

Is there any problem with approving photos with money object?
I have taken photos of banknotes, different shots, 2 different uploads. First batch was 2013-09-13, all accepted except banknotes photos. Next batch today, accepted without banknotes photos. These images stuck in pending section...

I hope they don't expect PR of banknotes, when every other stock sell that pictures...
Any experience?

(Sorry for my bad English)

Pauws99 · « **Reply #74 on:** September 22, 2013, 16:50 »

Yep had some UK banknotes refused seems too be another grey area. When images are stuck in canstock queue it usually means their ultra cautious legal team are reviewing them

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