Author Topic: Where is Canstock? (Read 10661 times)

PZF · « **on:** November 06, 2014, 03:46 »

Are there problems or have I really sold NOTHING for the last week?

Maximilian · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2014, 04:50 »

1 sale this week..

Lightrecorder · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2014, 05:26 »

Same here. Sales stopped 29 october.

Mantis · « **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2014, 07:59 »

You guys get sales from Canstock???

Steveball · « **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2014, 08:35 »

Lucky to get one a month here!

Sebastian Radu · « **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2014, 09:27 »

I sent to them a message and the answer was:

"Although I can confirm nothing is wrong with your portfolio - ultimately buyers pick whatever files they are interested in, so usually it's not even clear to us why some files are picked and others are not. Some portfolios do better at some times of year. Although a natural up and down is very normal in practice, especially if under a few thousand files. Please continue to submit your best work.

If you uploaded files this weekend and the images were not received, please try your upload again. We have corrected the FTP issue and apologize for any inconvenience.

Thanks,

Jim
Can Stock Photo Support"

Maximilian · « **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2014, 09:37 »

This month i earned the same as 123rf. Isn`t that bad for me.
Less sales but not a single sale under $0.50.
0.50 1.00 or up to $2.00 each single sale.
And easy upload. I like it.

Buffalo Bill · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2014, 10:44 »

eight sales so far for this month (November) which is about right since I average around 30 to 50 sales a month there.

stockmarketer · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2014, 11:17 »

I've been wondering the same thing. In mid to late October my sales at CAN started to slide. I'm seeing around half the sales I'd normally see each day. Up until then I would have called them a solid performer, neck and neck with 123, BigStock and DP. Now CAN has fallen by half, while the other three have stayed steady or increased.

PZF · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2014, 11:56 »

Quote from: Sebalos on November 06, 2014, 09:27

I sent to them a message and the answer was:

"Although I can confirm nothing is wrong with your portfolio - ultimately buyers pick whatever files they are interested in, so usually it's not even clear to us why some files are picked and others are not. Some portfolios do better at some times of year. Although a natural up and down is very normal in practice, especially if under a few thousand files. Please continue to submit your best work................"

SNAP! I got the same email....!

But it IS distinctly lower than usual - even for CS!

Pauws99 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2014, 12:02 »

I've always found them very variable with groups of sales

dpimborough · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2014, 12:23 »

Sales? Canstock? Hummm

1 sale in two months

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 06, 2014, 14:29 »

They are usually one of the most variable, but the past month or two have dropped off the edge. October was my WMY and so far this month is even worse. Numbers of sales have been OK, but now mostly 25 cent subs, which used to be rare. Of my past 20 sales, 13 were for 25 cents each - that has never happened before and is why they have dropped so far.

Buffalo Bill · « **Reply #13 on:** November 06, 2014, 14:56 »

Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on November 06, 2014, 14:29

They are usually one of the most variable, but the past month or two have dropped off the edge. October was my WMY and so far this month is even worse. Numbers of sales have been OK, but now mostly 25 cent subs, which used to be rare. Of my past 20 sales, 13 were for 25 cents each - that has never happened before and is why they have dropped so far.

Could the DPC program be the root cause?

Julied83 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2014, 20:43 »

I tried to upload vector, but they are pending and I can't even edit them to send them to approved queue !

Ides · « **Reply #15 on:** November 06, 2014, 21:01 »

This month only 1 day had no sales.

stockmarketer · « **Reply #16 on:** November 06, 2014, 21:18 »

Quote from: Buffalo Bill on November 06, 2014, 14:56

Could the DPC program be the root cause?

No, otherwise other sites would be lower. But for me, CAN is the only site that has been dropping lately, and it's a pronounced drop vs other sites experiencing pronounced rises. There's something going on at CAN (like a search change, or a cut in marketing/advertising) or to CAN (maybe Google is showing them lower in results?)

stockmarketer · « **Reply #17 on:** November 06, 2014, 21:18 »

Quote from: stockmarketer on November 06, 2014, 21:18

Quote from: Buffalo Bill on November 06, 2014, 14:56
Could the DPC program be the root cause?

No, otherwise other sites would also be lower. But for me, CAN is the only site that has been dropping lately, and it's a pronounced drop vs other sites experiencing pronounced rises. There's something going on at CAN (like a search change, or a cut in marketing/advertising) or to CAN (maybe Google is showing them lower in results?)

Yay Images Billionaire · « **Reply #18 on:** November 06, 2014, 22:28 »

I've had one sale there in two months. But to add insult to injury, they've rejected 100% of my last few batches (which got about 70% approval at the other agencies). It feels like being kicked out of the Losers Club.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 06, 2014, 22:38 »

Quote from: Buffalo Bill on November 06, 2014, 14:56

Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on November 06, 2014, 14:29
They are usually one of the most variable, but the past month or two have dropped off the edge. October was my WMY and so far this month is even worse. Numbers of sales have been OK, but now mostly 25 cent subs, which used to be rare. Of my past 20 sales, 13 were for 25 cents each - that has never happened before and is why they have dropped so far.

Who knows but I doubt it. CanStock has had 25-cent subs for years but they were always a minority of sales for me until very recently. I'm not convinced that DPC has been very successful - I almost never get $1 sales at FT. I assume something else has changed.

Could the DPC program be the root cause?

sdeva · « **Reply #20 on:** November 07, 2014, 05:33 »

As far as my experience goes, Canstock shows a downward slide both in review times (which used to be fast but now they seem to drag endlessly) and in sales as well.

Wondering where are they heading …!

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 07, 2014, 09:37 »

Reviews are still pretty fast based on my last couple of batches - within a day or two, faster than SS - so at least that part is OK.

Buffalo Bill · « **Reply #22 on:** November 07, 2014, 16:09 »

"Where is Canstock?"

In Canada

Red On · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2014, 03:53 »

my BME on canstock is october

PZF · « **Reply #24 on:** November 08, 2014, 04:37 »

Never a great seller but sometimes ok.....

Still NOTHING at all this month....not normal though Oct was also fairly grim.....

BigBubba · « **Reply #25 on:** November 08, 2014, 11:27 »

Got my 25c on Monday, another sale and it will be a BME😎

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Buffalo Bill · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2014, 12:07 »

Okay, I consider myself to be in the middle of the pack based on the MSG survey and CanStockPhoto equates to 2% of my earnings. Why would we be so concerned about a company that produces 2% of our overall income? Now if this trend happens to Shutter or iStock than we have something to talk about...

spike · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2014, 16:03 »

1% here.

Harvepino · « **Reply #28 on:** November 11, 2014, 11:17 »

2% here.

Volatile sales, easy upload though.

DallasP · « **Reply #29 on:** November 13, 2014, 17:04 »

Quote from: Harvepino on November 11, 2014, 11:17

2% here.

Volatile sales, easy upload though.

So far November has been quite a bit slower at all sites than I'd anticipated. I think the easy upload is one of the only reason contributors keep Canstock. My last sale there was October 7.

michaeldb · « **Reply #30 on:** November 14, 2014, 22:38 »

With half the month gone, my sales at CanStockPhoto are less than 20% of my sales for November, 2013.

And also troubling, I submitted some illustrations last Saturday and the number of EPS files waiting to be reviewed ahead of mine has not decreased. So no vectors reviewed in almost a week I guess.

Rinderart · « **Reply #31 on:** November 17, 2014, 17:34 »

I quit once But after next Payout if ever, Im gone for good. useless. If they closed up shop, It would probably Take me 6 months to Notice. Sad.

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