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Agency Based Discussion => CanStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Nemo1024 on September 02, 2008, 09:07
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I am about to give up on CanStock. Only 12 sales over the last year and a half, and now the proportion of rejection, which try to rival Fotolia's. Almost all my files (28) from the last shoot were accepted by IS, SS, ST and 123RF; Fotolia accepted 11, which is a record. Now, CS have not finished reviewing all the files, but I have got now a string of rejections of "Out of focus" or "Not unique enough" for files which were gladly approved by the others...
Rejections, combined with non-existent sales are about to make me pull the plug and delete my portfolio from CS (even loosing $7.25). Would anyone want to dissuade me?
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No :)
I left CanStock early this year after being with them since October 2004. I had my portfolio on other sites where it was earning nicely and there I could barely make a payout every 6 months. I wanted to believe Duncan was going to turn things around (and there were several efforts at that during the time I was there) but it didn't happen.
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Reach first payout,and then delete them ;D
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Got comfused in first post so i deleted...
I'm looking forward for first payout to delete my images too
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you are right, there are no earnings at Canstock, but its easy to upload to CS. So I continue to upload... I see it as a kind of investment... may be CS will grow in the future.
hm, by the way... do you think earnings at CS will rise or fall duringe the nex 12 months?
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According to my estimations, I will reach payout in 2017.... :)
gunnar3000, if the sales at CS drop any further during the next 12 months, they will become negative...
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Canstock is consistently 0-1% of my income from stock. I have threatened to quit uploading there a bunch of times and every time my sales spike for a bit and I hang in there.
At this point, with the upload process as easy as it is, I keep uploading when I have free time and the sales keep trickling in. I get a few payouts a year there so not a complete waste of time in my case.
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I'm still there, though haven't uploaded in months. It's a pity, the site had a friendly atmosphere, but it seems to be run very amateurishly and I believe there is little space for this now. Ok, they are a small business, not K-mart, but still, something's wrong. BigStock and FP are also small businesses yet they perform much better, at least for me.
Regards,
Adelaide
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I pulled out of there quite awhile ago. Even with easy uploading, it wasn't worth the time due to the extremely low volume of sales.
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easy uploading??? have things changed in the last few months.
Last time i tried, you had to select catagories for the images. They had an automatic catagory thing but you still had to go through the images one at a time reloading the page for every image!!..
Sites like crestock, stockxpert, 123RF etc where you have one big page with all your images and click the mouse ONCE is what i call a fast upload.
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Pulled out just recently - not the place for my images.
Sales so very low!
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I had 1 single sale in 2008... I didn't upload anything for several months, and finally decided to delete my account too.
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Dumped 2 years ago after I found out about some crap being done.Don't ask.
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Dumped 2 years ago after I found out about some crap being done.Don't ask.
This is so unfair to leave us with the question at the tip of our tongues, so I beg you to tell us more!
Regards,
Adelaide
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I am still at $7.25 there and a complete portfolio - too lazy to delete :) With the Fotosearch news I am willing to give CanStockPhoto another chance. Say 1/2 a year more....
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Ive canned canstock.
have closed my account here tonight, reviewers suck, i can take rejection as good as the next microstocker, but when they rejected every photo i submitted and these are images that have been
through the review process at is, ss, ft, dt, StockXpert, 123, cs, fp, StockXpert and cc, then i know the problem is not with my photos, its with a reviewer that does not no his job. good riddance scamstock, they are not worth the time and effort.
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I thought they were sold. I still get a sale about once every millenium. I was hoping the new buyers might have plans.
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I thought they were sold. I still get a sale about once every millenium. I was hoping the new buyers might have plans.
I am hoping for more sales from this buyout too. Maybe it's too soon to see results.
I think Nemo is right that by 6 months or so we should know if there is improvement. Hopefully sooner of course :)
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They were sold?
I pulled out earlier this year after reaching my second payout in three years. Too many subscription sales and no increase in commissions during that time convinced me.
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I just seems logical to give them some time and see how the new owners do. I have over 600 pics there so few more months will not kill me.