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Agency Based Discussion => Crestock.com => Topic started by: cybernesco on October 22, 2008, 16:05
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Hi guys
Crestock just rejected 32 photos out of 34. Most of them rejected for bad isolation, a few for missing model releases, two for sensor dust and two for over filtered. I know that I did not miss any model releases.
I invite you to judge for yourself and comment. I created a gallery called “Crestock Rejects” where you can evaluate all the 32 photos at up to 80% its original size by clicking on “X3Large” on the right side. A pop-up submenu will appear by dragging your mouse cursor on the right. On most of them I indicated the reason for rejection in the bottom.
(The gallery is no longer accessible. The link has been edited out as this thread has reached its conclusion. See my last comment in the bottom)
Thank you for your time. Denis
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Those images are fantastic. Crazy rejections. I wonder what's up with Crestock? Irrational rejections, very long review times (some of my images pending review for 2 weeks now), reports of delayed payments, forum still not functional (according to the notice it should have been up by August). All bad signs. ???
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Today Crestock reject 27/28 of my photos...
I am frustrated...
Also lots of "bad isolation"....
But my intention isn't always cutting subjects from background with clipping path or anything else.
Sometimes I want objects on a CLEAR background with shadows and something like that...
I didn't put category that is isolation with or without path.
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Those images are fantastic. Crazy rejections. I wonder what's up with Crestock? Irrational rejections, very long review times (some of my images pending review for 2 weeks now), reports of delayed payments, forum still not functional (according to the notice it should have been up by August). All bad signs. ???
Thank you for your positive comment. Wow, your wildlife photos are totally awesome!!! Denis
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Today Crestock reject 27/28 of my photos...
I am frustrated...
Also lots of "bad isolation"....
But my intention isn't always cutting subjects from background with clipping path or anything else.
Sometimes I want objects on a CLEAR background with shadows and something like that...
I didn't put category that is isolation with or without path.
Yes I understand what you are saying. I find it better to have a very pale, hardly noticitable, small and very smooth shadow under the subject to give that 3d effect. Else the subject look like floating in space.
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I've had images pending since late August! >:(
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I've had images pending since late August! >:(
Same for me. They were pending for two months and all of a sudden 32 rejected out of 34. I don't produce in volume as I take pride, time and a lot of effort in every single photo. It does pay as I average 1.50 - 2.00 per photo per month while averaging all sites. I guess Crestock is just not part of that average for me. Especially when they missed out on those photos. I am certainly not gonna change my way of doing things if this has worked well for me so far. Crestock act like if they were on top of the tree, but they really are at the bottom of it. Denis
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At Crestock we do not require a clipping path to accompany isolated images. Your images should not be rejected if they are not on a 100% white background. Customer feedback suggests that a off-white background is often more useful, anyway. Although what images will be rejected for is poor isolation work, with uneven backgrounds, sharp edges or images that look too much as though they have just been cutout of anywhere.
@cybernesco, I have briefly had a look at your images, we will take another look here. I'm not sure exactly what the issue has been without looking closer at it. I will contact you when I know more.
@karimala. Seriously?! We're dealing with a large backlog of work, but like mentioned before, want to still give dedicated attention to every individual image. Sorry for delays, we will have this sorted out in the near future.
@Eco, the forum is a project that keeps getting deprioritized. This is coming very shortly, although most development at crestock recently has been behind the scenes, making life easier for buyers and drumming up some sales. The signs aren't maybe so bad, and the visible signs, we are aware of and will straighten things out as soon as possible.
Josh - The Crestock Team
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Similar situation for me… files sitting in the pending folder for weeks and then today a blanket rejection. Many of the pictures submitted had already been accepted into Fotolia who are not exactly known for their ease of acceptance, but at least they can back up their policy with sales.
I think enough is enough…it’s all just words Josh.
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Good pictures Cybernesco,
But you will not earn 0.25$ with them on Crestock, the most generous microstock site of all!!!
Don't worry anyway, you can submit them at Shutterstock, one year at Crestock = one day at Shutterstock.
Don't waste your time with Crestock.
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I don't mind that crestock rejects more images than some sites but I can't justify my time when they pay $0.25 for subs downloads. Most of the other sites have raised their commissions this year and crestock is now too far behind. Raise the commission over $0.30 and I will start uploading again.
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@cybernesco, I have briefly had a look at your images, we will take another look here. I'm not sure exactly what the issue has been without looking closer at it. I will contact you when I know more.
Josh - The Crestock Team
Thank you Josh, Denis
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I don't mind that crestock rejects more images than some sites but I can't justify my time when they pay $0.25 for subs downloads. Most of the other sites have raised their commissions this year and crestock is now too far behind. Raise the commission over $0.30 and I will start uploading again.
I am starting to wonder as well about not spending any more time with them. However, while I am still with them, I do mind about unjustified rejections. Especially when they simply unjustifiably "blanket" reject almost everything. Then it amount to a alot of wasted time!!!! The outcome of Josh effort will be the deciding factor for me to stay or pull out. I am not about to change my way of doing things for $20.00 a month when I get $1500.00 a month from other combined sites. Denis
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That is it?? I am done with Crestock. The 32 photos did get inspected again. And this time around more reasons were given such as burnt edges, visible photoshop editing ect... I'll see now how to get my portfolio deleted. Denis
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I did request to get my portfolio deleted ASAP and respectfully wish them the best in the future and thank them for their business in the past.
I did get a last peek at the rejected page. Unbeleivable, there were still adding reasons for rejections, such as "out of focus", "image contain a border" ect... WHY??? Are they mad at me for some reason??? There are no such things???
Mind you I did see one photo which at 100% you could easily see a small piece of hair out of place due to photoshop editing. Denis
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I just got a message from Josh, basically I can summarize it with the following paragraph:
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Overall I would suggest using more natural lighting, sun with
reflectors in a natural environment is more in demand than images
isolated on a white background.
All the best,
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Josh Hodge
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Denis
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I did request to get my portfolio deleted ASAP and respectfully wish them the best in the future and thank them for their business in the past.
Good decision. No reason to support bad sites.
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I just got a message from Josh, basically I can summarize it with the following paragraph:
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Overall I would suggest using more natural lighting, sun with
reflectors in a natural environment is more in demand than images
isolated on a white background.
All the best,
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Josh Hodge
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Denis
I just looked at your portfolio on istock and it seems that the isolated over white photos sell very well. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be in demand with crestock.
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I just looked at your portfolio on istock and it seems that the isolated over white photos sell very well. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be in demand with crestock.
I am not a big fan of natural light. I guess one more reason for me to say bye to Crestock. Denis
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Crestock was very prompt to delete and disable my portfolio. In addition my last $50.00 was promply sent to paypal. Thank you Crestock for this last request. Denis
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At the risk of sounding like a fool to everybody, I realize now that I may have overreacted regarding the above mention rejections. I did look at the photos on the technical side of it and I did find technical flaws to many of them. Many of the isolation problems could not be easily seen unless applying contrast at 100%. Thereafter, once you know the problematic area, the problem seems to be more visible. As well, when you look at 100% some photos have some visible edited area. I think that although Crestock does not pay well for now that I did learn a hell of a lot today. The reason why I was shocked, is because in the last few months I have been getting 100% acceptance rate in all other sites except IS at 85%. To me getting almost 0% from a site that hardly pay was a big slap in the face. BUT I think I was getting a little lazy with the good acceptance rate from the other sites. I think Crestock serve as a site to push you to be better and is worth to be part of. I thank you Josh for your email as this was a learning experience. I am sending an email for my account to be re-activated, if it cannot be done, well...I understand. My apologies to Josh and Crestock. Denis
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Thanks Denis,
Really appreciate this bit of feedback and in this thankless job its nice to hear something nice for once. I respect your humble attitude and really feel your images, with very little technical adjustment, will continue to do very well for you.
Josh - The Crestock Team
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Similar situation for me… files sitting in the pending folder for weeks and then today a blanket rejection. Many of the pictures submitted had already been accepted into Fotolia who are not exactly known for their ease of acceptance, but at least they can back up their policy with sales.
I think enough is enough…it’s all just words Josh.
agree. i had ul s several times, and even after DT had approved them (or reveiwed and rejected some)
my images were still pending at Crestock. so much so that i have deleted them because i just get the impression they don't want our images anymore.
bad ! 8)
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I don't mind that crestock rejects more images than some sites but I can't justify my time when they pay $0.25 for subs downloads. Most of the other sites have raised their commissions this year and crestock is now too far behind. Raise the commission over $0.30 and I will start uploading again.
sharpshot, another reason that prompted me to delete my pending images.
thx sharpshot. with some sites , at least they allow to opt out. i learned that you cannot do this with crestock.
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You are very kind Josh, but something is wrong with Crestock! They do not pay and do not answer!
Please tell me Crestock is not going down!
vanias.
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You are very kind Josh, but something is wrong with Crestock! They do not pay and do not answer!
Please tell me Crestock is not going down!
vanias.
Vanias,
Please send me details. I take this very seriously. Tho, I assume this is regarding a moneybookers payout which I've addressed concerns about previously. I hope to have better news on the Moneybookers situation after a staff meeting today.
Josh - Crestock.com
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Josh, what about raising the 25 cent subs commission? Are there any plans to do this soon? I am sure people are more likely to put up with your higher quality control if they were being paid similar amounts to the other subs sites. 25 cents is just far too low. I know you said the extra money was being spent on advertising but all the other big sites spend on advertising and still pay us 32-38 cents. That is a huge difference and all those sites have higher earnings than crestock. Until you raise the 25 cent commission, I wont waste my time uploading more of my portfolio. I really like crestock and appreciate you replying to posts here and I hope I will soon be uploading again.
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25 cents is just far too low. I know you said the extra money was being spent on advertising but all the other big sites spend on advertising and still pay us 32-38 cents. That is a huge difference and all those sites have higher earnings than crestock.
I agree 100% with sharpshot. In my opinion Crestock has become a subscription site only. The few pay per download sales are negligible. The subscription royalty of 25c is now unchanged for MORE THAN TWO YEARS. I cannot see how photographers will continue to support Crestock who claim to have the highest quality standards in the industry, yet pays the lowest subscription commission in the industry. I think it has now reached a point where Crestock will have to increase the subscription royalty payment or face a mass exodus of photographers.
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IMO only stopping uploading to this kind of low commission sites is a mistake. With each new customer at Crestock we lose money (at least $0.07 per download). If we delete our portfolio the customers will go elsewhere. I don't see any reason to continue contributing here.
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IMO only stopping uploading to this kind of low commission sites is a mistake. With each new customer at Crestock we lose money (at least $0.07 per download). If we delete our portfolio the customers will go elsewhere. I don't see any reason to continue contributing here.
I agree. 25 cents is just ridiculous. It's close to an insult considering their though guidelines for rejections as well.
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I'll edit since my comment might have seemed rude and possibly I seemed snarkier than I meant to, but generally the gist was that I've experienced rejections that make no sense, Custom rejects with no explanation etc.
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hi : Einochi
sujest you read forum posts before upload (i didn't - but wasn't nessesary) bad attitude any way....
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Vanias,
Please send me details. I take this very seriously. Tho, I assume this is regarding a moneybookers payout which I've addressed concerns about previously. I hope to have better news on the Moneybookers situation after a staff meeting today.
Josh - Crestock.com
I've sent you details - what happens!
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With low commissions on slow sales and a month to get images reviewed, this site
has become a is a waste of time.
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well considering i've been doing this fulltime for almost 3 years, getting 5 images accepted out of around 150 is definately not worth my time for a quarter.... i look at my images at 100% and i really don't understand what the rejections are about... oh well... more time for me to upload where my images are actually wanted. Thanks
I also think that i'll be pulling my 400 or so images from there, when i reach payout and let my other 3600 pay the bills from elsewhere!
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I suspect there is one bloody idiot who refuses almost everything. I have now 5/25 accepted only. And I usually do much better than that even there. But I have noticed that one i a while I got almost everything rejected - and usually there is another mail about how great my pictures are. So I really think it is always the same "reviewer". I am almost tempted to send it to the JoshCrestock guy to compare this batch to - say - three last. And to tell me why so many images got accepted in one batch and so many got rejected in the other. Is the quality of my work changing so often? I would not say so...
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Hey peep,
I can easily compare your last 3 batches to your latest one and give you feedback. Most inspections are checked, inspectors are human though.
Josh - Crestock.com
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Please PM me your Crestock user. Thanks!
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I just looked at my wife's rejects at Crestock and I'm thrilled. I'm wondering what this this agency want in fact.
Crestock sales are very slow. Payouts are very slow and low. Contributors receive very low percent of sales almost only subs, the lowest income per sub in the industry. Review time is very long. At the end of the day an idiot reviewer rejects a lot with stupid reasons.
I have one single question:
WHAT IS THE REASON?
Stupid rejections save the agency and the photographer from a lot of money. Is Crestock target to earn less?
Just a note on earnings: she earned $24 at Crestock while $677 at IS and $837 at SS in the same period of time.
Me and my wife we stopped uploading to Crestock, but finally we decided to continue uploading. Now I see, isn't worth. Not the time, not the low amount of income (which finally is greater than 0) but I don't tolerate meaningless rejections especially when considering the actual income.
Now I moved back my pending images to "review/submit" area and I will decide later if I delete or I keep them. Maybe it's a temporary problem at Crestock. I saw this at the other agencies, from one day to another they rejected everything at random with all kind of stupid reasons.
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i have also recently had a batch of 54 photos submitted where 53 of them were rejected to various reason. most of them were accepted on other agency. i can seem to understand why this is so. some of them I did not do any post editing on it all shot were done at iso100 and all exposure were checked. it seem just odd that crestock has such a track record. and the remuneration is really low. i do hope that sounding off here. would make crestock reinspect these issue.
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Josh, could you check my last batvches as well? Really, right now I fill myself as a piece of crap: today 50 of 60 files of mine were rejected because of totally idiotic rejections! Every other agency, including iStock and Shutterstock, has accepted those files and sells them. I just don't accept such a disrespectful attitude! It's absurd!
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Same here I tried to contact support twice already for this issue but still no respons.Mean while those silly rejections still keep comming
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just went and had a look at my last couple of batches, rough guess about 40% rejected. Not sure if it is the new norm but the descriptions for rejection are along the lines of found the red pepper distracting, not sure of the concept here etc. "nice" to see real reasons that I can learn from, rather than the normal meaningless response.
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With low commissions on slow sales and a month to get images reviewed, this site has become a is a waste of time.
Agreed, total waste of time.
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at this rate, if the review situation doesn't change, a name change may be in order - from Crestock to Yuristock.
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... or Out of stock!
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Josh, i received a mail from Lars a week ago.
So i am just waiting of results, but nothing?
Could you inform me please what is going on?
vanias
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... or Out of stock!
I think it really depends....In my case, I get 1 pay-out per month since the first quarter of 2008.
Growth in revenues is slow but consistent year after year, so it's fine to me.
diego
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Thank you Josh,
I received my $ from Crestock on PayPal.
To all who is requesting payout - Josh is the man to help you!!!
vanias. ;D
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8 is approved from my last batch of 66 images... Not bad, ha!? :P
I finished with upload of all non-exclusive photos from other agencies...
These are results of same portfolio on each agency:
StockXpert-209,123RF-195,BigStock-178,SS-185,IS-130,DT-170,FT-127,CS-30
Now, let someone can say that Fotolia has high standards ... ;D ;)
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I just got a rejection that I really don't understand:
"There are obvious hairs."
Anyone know what this means?
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A loose hair on your subject or background?
Regards,
Adelaide
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Stupid rejections, rude reasons for those rejections, a long time to get your images review, extra low sales, extra extra low commisions...in my books, a waste of time now days to upload to Crestock...it's a shame, but hey, as someone mention in this thread, if they keep it up, they will have to change the name to NOSTOCK!!!
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I feel very rejected by Crestock. I was an inspector for them for a year or more and now when I post on their forums, my posts are deleted. I am quite upset about it. I was not giving away any key secrets or "disclose details of personal employment with Crestock on a public forum" as stated. All I said is I wish I was inspecting still for Crestock as it was a good job to have. They let me go and I never got a reason why. Afterward I emailed several times asking why and got no response to why. My post can not be deleted on this site by them or many of the other microstock forums. I guess I am not welcome to post on Crestock forums without good reason. Not to mention my images that I uploaded are just dissapearing during their reviewing. They are not in my rejection folder or in my portfolio. I am sure this is just a coincidence that I am uploading and they are dissapearing.
After uploading, it shows they are pending then the same day I get a email saying they have been reviewed. Then they are simply NOT there.
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I feel very rejected by Crestock. I was an inspector for them for a year or more and now when I post on their forums, my posts are deleted. I am quite upset about it. I was not giving away any key secrets or "disclose details of personal employment with Crestock on a public forum" as stated. All I said is I wish I was inspecting still for Crestock as it was a good job to have. They let me go and I never got a reason why. Afterward I emailed several times asking why and got no response to why. My post can not be deleted on this site by them or many of the other microstock forums. I guess I am not welcome to post on Crestock forums without good reason. Not to mention my images that I uploaded are just dissapearing during their reviewing. They are not in my rejection folder or in my portfolio. I am sure this is just a coincidence that I am uploading and they are dissapearing.
After uploading, it shows they are pending then the same day I get a email saying they have been reviewed. Then they are simply NOT there.
Wow... And we in the funny matter used to call some other agency 'nazi' site ROFL!
I am reading about Crestock in hope that my decision to stop any business connection with them has to be rethinked. But, after I read this what they did to their own reviewer then I am sure my decision is final - no matter if Crestock becomes the hugest and most popular agency in the world. But, that is not even science fiction - that is quite impossible.
So, BYE BYE Crestock... I hope we'll never do any 'business' again!
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You are very kind Josh, but something is wrong with Crestock! They do not pay and do not answer!
Please tell me Crestock is not going down!
vanias.
Josh is continually on the forums here answering questions, on the forum on crestock, and also answers emails at josh at crestock dot com ...
I got my money a few days after requesting it.
What is your statement based on?
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I dunno why, but a lot of people here like to dump on Crestock.
They complain about low acceptance rates when they know beforehand that Crestock can be quite particular about their imagery. They complain about 25c subscription commissions when the reality is that even if sub pricing was increased to (an industry high of) 40c, it wouldn't amount to even $100 in additional income per year for most people.
Crestock is not a high-volume agency, and your sales there are not going to significantly affect your income. Get over it already.
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I'm not someone who complains on rejections infact I'm not going to complain even after I got 208 out of 208 rejected here. I've been doing this for just 10 months, i have lots to learn, so I can't really complain if a shot taken at f/11 with focus at infinity is rejected for "out of focus". Well, not one, a hundred of them. It means to me I have to learn to focus better, at infinity.
My only suggestion to the team is to give more info on your rejections, some of them really don't make much sense, but at least I had a couple of good laughs :)
Thanks for your help and good luck.
I know, it sounds like I'm complaining... but... come on... out of focus... ah ah ah
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I dunno why, but a lot of people here like to dump on Crestock.
They complain about low acceptance rates when they know beforehand that Crestock can be quite particular about their imagery. They complain about 25c subscription commissions when the reality is that even if sub pricing was increased to (an industry high of) 40c, it wouldn't amount to even $100 in additional income per year for most people.
Crestock is not a high-volume agency, and your sales there are not going to significantly affect your income. Get over it already.
like sharply_done says, Crestock is not the easiest site to get acceptance. in fact, i think it's more picky than IStock or even SS.
I only send the best images to them. but with so little downloads, i don't even upload to them anymore. You have to ask yourself if it's Crestock you really want to work with.
If you cannot get accepted by the other Top 6 , I think Crestock is best to stay out.
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Again all rejects and I know for sure they are not bad .........
But hey they have another reject reason...... I'm not satisfy with this line.
"Due to a large amount of submissions of this nature, we can only accept those of the highest quality."
Why not say I like your pictures but if your not going exclusive with us we reject everything!!!!!!!
this is not fair...........
I think I will no longer upload here
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I'm not someone who complains on rejections infact I'm not going to complain even after I got 208 out of 208 rejected here. I've been doing this for just 10 months, i have lots to learn, so I can't really complain if a shot taken at f/11 with focus at infinity is rejected for "out of focus". Well, not one, a hundred of them. It means to me I have to learn to focus better, at infinity.
My only suggestion to the team is to give more info on your rejections, some of them really don't make much sense, but at least I had a couple of good laughs :)
Thanks for your help and good luck.
I know, it sounds like I'm complaining... but... come on... out of focus... ah ah ah
Well I have just stopped uploading to them, after having two batches almost completely rejected for "OOF" nonsense. Those photos were accepted by ALL the Big 6 and they are definitely NOT OOF! I have had enough of them. Although I had pretty frequent sales there, the sales were almost only subs and so I have decided CR are not worth my time and energy.
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Just had a test, 100 % on my last batch, 2 weeks to process
don't really see their point they should switch to macro and increase $ if they have so high standards !
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Just had a test, 100 % on my last batch, 2 weeks to process
don't really see their point they should switch to macro and increase $ if they have so high standards !
100% accepted or 100% rejected ?
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100 % rejected ;D
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At least it sounds like there actually ARE someone who's reviewing images - at least ocassionally LOL
- As for the rejection percentatges of 100%, that must be becaurse they must have all categories fully covered by now. How much is thair current stock? 5-10-20 millions of images?
I just noticed today, that todays best / worst images has not changed since I think it was last monday... So it seems that there's more or less no one to look after the store....
The more I read and the more I wait for my first batch to get reviewed, the more I get the feeling that it's not worth the effort. A pitty though, becaurse the site and the concept seems pretty nice.. It's hard to understand why they are so determined not to get it up and running...
/Flemming
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5-10-20 millions of images? are u kidding me ??
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That about 5-10-20 was sarcazm ;-)
They are handling their microscopic image base as they own the world market of stock images and that will kill their position there as well as many of us would not upload images on these standards with quarter of dollar revenue per download... As well as they sell microstock images then they should act as they are microstock... But, I think they would like to become the best agency with the best images in the world and selling them for $1... Your call, but there are agencies with much more buyers as well as with more standardized review where you are able to know which image will or will not pass that... On Crestock I got only frustration and feel of my inferiority as I am someone who is not even amateur... No matter that I am living form imagery production quite a while and I have quite nice and numerous portfolio on most agencies which is growing... Crestock gave me just full hand brake and frustration with quite a lot of lost time... I don't need that at all!
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Hi,
same here. Uploaded a batch of 77, most of them among my bestsellers at the Big 5. Result: 100 % rejected. Ridiculous.
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Hi all,
I just reciewed a nice rejection percentage of 100% ;D ;D ;D
105 images uploaded, all of them rejected. Many of them are in fact good enough for all other agencies, including Alamy. But aparently not for CRESTOCK! L O L !!
At the very least, it proves that there actually ARE some one working, even on weekends..
Must admit that I did'nt waste time on reading all of thair reasons for rejection... This I do know, I won't upload to crestock any time soon :D
/Flemming
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Just had a 100% rejection as well. ::)
If they re-reviewed all their accepted images under these standards, they would prolly have less than 1,000 files left. I know all of mine would be rejected.
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LOOOL!
Well, maybe they actually ARE trying thair best to close down the site and scare all the contributor away LOOL ;D :D ;D
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I have 96 of 96 files, 100 % rejected today. My files are not so good but they are not so bad that other sites accepted them. :'(
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Crestock the 100 % rejection microstock agency:)
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And there I was feeling defeated by my 90% Crestock rejection yesterday. I hadn't realised that a 10% acceptance rate had suddenly become something to aspire to! ;D
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Sent one batch in. All accepted except 2, sent another batch in a couple of weeks later, all were rejected. 100% rejection is absurd. Not wasting my time with such a pathetic outfit.
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I had 100% rejected on my last batch too, so 90% rejection is definitely something to aspire to :D
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Sent one batch in. All accepted except 2, sent another batch in a couple of weeks later, all were rejected. 100% rejection is absurd. Not wasting my time with such a pathetic outfit.
Well, I used to have 100% accepted batches too. That is why I got so angry at their (almost) complete rejection of my last two batches (I do not think 5-10% accepted images is something to speak about. It is a blanket-rejection for me anyway.) I know my pictures are not worse now - on the very contrary. I just lost my temper with crestock. And I will not change my mind so fast although I have just had a few credit sales there recently (real credit sales, not their stupid (almost)free-of-charge so called subs).
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Look weather before uploading... ;)
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Although I've had my share of rejections relating to focus issues I would suggest that it's possible that these rejections may be more about slight motion blur from an unsteady camera or too slow shutter speed or both. I have been amazed at how much vibration there is even on a pretty good tripod. If you have a DSLR that can do a "live view" and the view can be set to 10X (for me the DSLR is a Canon 40D) then try setting it to 10X in live view and check out how much vibration is going on even when you have it supported on a tripod. I was amazed the first time I did this and realized that I needed to let the camera "settle" for a few more seconds before all the vibrations has ceased - and then I used a cable release. In the days before digital you would have had to inspect negatives or slides very closely with a high powered loupe - or print the images at a fairly large size to see these focus errors.
I'm not someone who complains on rejections infact I'm not going to complain even after I got 208 out of 208 rejected here. I've been doing this for just 10 months, i have lots to learn, so I can't really complain if a shot taken at f/11 with focus at infinity is rejected for "out of focus". Well, not one, a hundred of them. It means to me I have to learn to focus better, at infinity.
My only suggestion to the team is to give more info on your rejections, some of them really don't make much sense, but at least I had a couple of good laughs :)
Thanks for your help and good luck.
I know, it sounds like I'm complaining... but... come on... out of focus... ah ah ah
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That blows my theory about Crestock being a one man operation, which would explain a lot of other questions. I don't know, do they say on their website how large their full-time staff is?
I feel very rejected by Crestock. I was an inspector for them for a year or more and now when I post on their forums, my posts are deleted. I am quite upset about it. I was not giving away any key secrets or "disclose details of personal employment with Crestock on a public forum" as stated. All I said is I wish I was inspecting still for Crestock as it was a good job to have. They let me go and I never got a reason why. Afterward I emailed several times asking why and got no response to why. My post can not be deleted on this site by them or many of the other microstock forums. I guess I am not welcome to post on Crestock forums without good reason. Not to mention my images that I uploaded are just dissapearing during their reviewing. They are not in my rejection folder or in my portfolio. I am sure this is just a coincidence that I am uploading and they are dissapearing.
After uploading, it shows they are pending then the same day I get a email saying they have been reviewed. Then they are simply NOT there.
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Sorry, Josh does refer to a "Crestock Team" in his signatures - my apologies.
That blows my theory about Crestock being a one man operation, which would explain a lot of other questions. I don't know, do they say on their website how large their full-time staff is?
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That blows my theory about Crestock being a one man operation, which would explain a lot of other questions. I don't know, do they say on their website how large their full-time staff is?
One person? ;D If he's busy with something else, he just rejects 100% to save time. :o
Never started at this site, so I have no account, no photos, no rejections and of course no complaints.
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Although I've had my share of rejections relating to focus issues I would suggest that it's possible that these rejections may be more about slight motion blur from an unsteady camera or too slow shutter speed or both. I have been amazed at how much vibration there is even on a pretty good tripod. If you have a DSLR that can do a "live view" and the view can be set to 10X (for me the DSLR is a Canon 40D) then try setting it to 10X in live view and check out how much vibration is going on even when you have it supported on a tripod. I was amazed the first time I did this and realized that I needed to let the camera "settle" for a few more seconds before all the vibrations has ceased - and then I used a cable release. In the days before digital you would have had to inspect negatives or slides very closely with a high powered loupe - or print the images at a fairly large size to see these focus errors.
I'm not someone who complains on rejections infact I'm not going to complain even after I got 208 out of 208 rejected here. I've been doing this for just 10 months, i have lots to learn, so I can't really complain if a shot taken at f/11 with focus at infinity is rejected for "out of focus". Well, not one, a hundred of them. It means to me I have to learn to focus better, at infinity.
My only suggestion to the team is to give more info on your rejections, some of them really don't make much sense, but at least I had a couple of good laughs :)
Thanks for your help and good luck.
I know, it sounds like I'm complaining... but... come on... out of focus... ah ah ah
I use manfrotto metal or wooden tripod with timer counting 5 seconds before shutter release. So, I don't beleive that MY images was 'out of focus'...
The point is I have got even my bestseller vector files rejected there ;-)
You guys must have Cameras with initial prices more than $8000 body to earn $.25 - $.30 on Crestock...
They are dreaming some dream - let them dream... It is all what they'll have after they wake up ;-)
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Sorry, Josh does refer to a "Crestock Team" in his signatures - my apologies.
Josh and his dog?
No, there are more people there, but I don't know how many.
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Crestock has a full-time team of 6 (not including programming, development and accounting) spread across Norway, Denmark and Scotland. On top of that we have 17 full and part time image inspectors.
And, i have 2 dogs for the record.
All the best and a happy holiday season,
Josh - The Crestock Team
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Well, since Josh is actually reading this thread, then maybe he would be kind enough to address some of the complaínts directly - and in details.....?
Maybe Josh would be kind enough to explain just WHY we should continue to upload?
It seems to me that most of the agencies - especially the ones as small as Crestock, actually does have an interest in the contributors. With Crestock, it seems to be quite the opposite? The less contributors, the better! So Josh, please expand on this... The official and the non official Crestock policy for contributors...
I for one would certainly like to know if I should consider uploading more images...
/Flemming
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Hi, Josh!
I have some pics as 'Images awaiting evaluation' for a two months already.
Please tell us truly if small contributors are not welcome to Crestock- to go somewhere else looking for
microstock companies!
My username on Crestock is 'vanias'.
Best Regards
vanias.
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Yes, the same here. Why have my images been piling up for two months now? Not ONE inspected out of ca. 200. Why?
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Thank You Josh!
Happy Holidays !
vanias
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CS rejected 50/51 of my images... Some of these are good selling images on other agencies...
My will for uploading files on CS is totally defeated ...
Maybe I will close my account after another upload batch.
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100% rejection today "We were unable to view this image at 100%. Please resubmit it to us. " ;D ;D ;D ;D
Crestock, the 100% rejection agency with blind (or alcoholic) inspectors!!!
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Please refer to the email I've sent you regarding this.
For general reference, any images left unsubmitted on the server for somewhere between 3-6 months will be moved to a secondary server where they are not easily accessible by our image reviewing interface. To avoid this occuring and to avoid the risk of having them unnecessarily rejected, I really do suggest just submitting files as soon as you can after uploading, and certainly in less time than 3 months or so.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all,
Josh - The Crestock Team
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Sorry Crestock but again 100% rejection.
Sending e-mails to Crestock it's just a fairy I send already twice an e-mail and no one responding.
Please respond to e-mails...........
Do you really want for us to Quit just say so and don't let us bodering uploading.
Real crazy stupid rejections overfiltered,noise reduction etc......... please tell me were......
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It's not without reason i asked 3 years ago to terminate my account.
Crestock is only about a few photogs.
Patrick H.
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Crestock unfortunately, at least for me, doesn't fetch many sales. Couple this with low payments and it really is not worth while submitting. The number of rejections becomes irrelevant because the money isn't there for the images that are accepted. It's too bad, they seem like a good outfit but...
Peter
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I have only been with Crestock for about 6 months, when they accepted 9 of my images. One has sold for 25c!! I have uploaded another 150 or so images a few days ago and every one of them was rejected. Almost all of these have been accepted elsewhere and many of them have sold. They have rejected one image that has sold over 50 times on another site. Has anyone made any progress with them? I have emailed them but no reply
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Crestock is by far the slowest at reviewing....its rather painful. I have had files in the queue since the 1st October. I guess by the time they review my christmas images they may appear on the site for next year! If they keep reviewing at this rate I have also already missed Valentines day!
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crestock is strange. i remember from this forum when i first joined crestock
and there were lots of experienced stock ppl here who told crestock to dump the judge. well, the judge is still there, and these experienced ppl i met here in this forum are mostly gone.
i took that as a message from crestock to take it or leave it.
so i 've more or less stop submitting to crestock.
my sale? $1 buck . lol . but then, my portfolio is so small there. i quit after i read one of the judge 's choice. it was laughable.
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happy birthday CRESTOCK
one + with no uploads
from me ;-)
:D ;) :)
Befor upload to crestock just read.....
"i will never upload to crestock again"
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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I've had a very high percentage of model shots rejected by Crestock, shots that were accepted at most of the bigger agencies. With the last batch I got an email suggesting that I do more work on the models' skin. I guess they don't like reality, which is certainly their right. On the other hand, it's not worth my time to edit further for them. Crestock represents about 1% of my monthly stock income, which hardly justifies a big effort. So I've decided to compromise: I'll stop sending them pictures they won't like.
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I am the originator of this thread. Over a couple months ago I was upset at getting rejected by Crestock and therefore vented my discontent throught this thread. Thereafter, after getting advices from Josh I figured that they were a few areas in my photographic and editing skills that needed improvement. I though that this would be beneficial not just for Crestock but for all other agencies and obviously myself. However, after over two months of following Josh's advises I am still getting 100% rejections!!!!!! Crestock, I have a question for you? As an entity, What is your ambition in life? What are you trying to accomplish? Because i don't think anyone here get it? If you were offering a premium gallery at a premium price then yes. But a premium gallery at $0.25 an image this is absurd. In the last 4 months I uploaded over 100 images and got 100% approval with SS, 100% approval with DT, 99% approval with FT, 100% approval with BS, 90% approval with IS, and 100% approval with 123rf. My last batch of more then 10 with Crestock was 100% rejected. At this point I am no longer concern about this as I do well enough with the others. However this is a forum about microstock for which Crestock is labelled as such and for which we can discuss about it. For me at this point it is purely out of curiosity. The quality of images that Crestock wants definetely requires many thousands of dollars invested in photographic equipment for which you will only get a ratio of about $0.02 per image per month. What is Crestock is trying to accomplish by doing this? Because I don't see how they can survive this? Denis
Happy new year everybody!!!!
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... And still, the contributors seems to continue uploading loads of images... :D
Perhaps it's about time to stop doing that - at least for a while.. No images, no agency.... Then perhaps they might consider a more contributor friendly model and approach?
I won't waiste anymore precious time on them, that's for sure!
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Welcome to the club ;-)
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finaly CS accepted some illustrations (only my new once got accepted my older illustrations are still in the pending area STRANGE )
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i uploaded my first 10 on crestock. all studio shots of people on white background. none of these pictures got ever rejected on the other 10 sites i upload.
result here: 2 ok / 8 rejected without any reason at all
i sent crestock an email to ask for rejection reasons. no reply (after more than one week now).
i decided to stop uploading there. it's waste of time.... >:(
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i uploaded my first 10 on crestock. all studio shots of people on white background. none of these pictures got ever rejected on the other 10 sites i upload.
result here: 2 ok / 8 rejected without any reason at all
i sent crestock an email to ask for rejection reasons. no reply (after more than one week now).
i decided to stop uploading there. it's waste of time.... >:(
One more proof about that they pick best quality images from batch and pay for sales just 25 cents... That is MICRO-MACRO phillosophy and that is what I didn't liked there... But, there are many other agencies who are glad to accept my or your images... So, pass Crestock and move to better earners!
Just adding this sentence: My people use to say for similar occasions: "fools tax"...
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CS rejected 100 % of my batch, 5 min after submitting! ::)
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One more proof about that they pick best quality images from batch and pay for sales just 25 cents... That is MICRO-MACRO phillosophy and that is what I didn't liked there... But, there are many other agencies who are glad to accept my or your images... So, pass Crestock and move to better earners!
You nail it on the head.
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One more proof about that they pick best quality images from batch and pay for sales just 25 cents... That is MICRO-MACRO phillosophy and that is what I didn't liked there... But, there are many other agencies who are glad to accept my or your images... So, pass Crestock and move to better earners!
You nail it on the head.
If only they accepted the best images. I had a few accepted recently, but compared to the ones they rejected for illogical and rather ambiguous reasons, I would not qualify the accepted images as having a better quality - far from it, some were rejected on other sites for flaws I missed in post processing.
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Crestock have reject my 3d rendered images because they are not vectors! All my illustrations have been rejected because they say :"Images of this nature are usually submitted as vectors. Vectors are of superior quality, making them more commercially valuable."
3d renders and vectors are totally different animals. I won't be submitting any more images to them.
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have experienced the same , rejection of perfectly good stock images that have passed review at all the big microstock sites. wrote an email to get my rejected images re-evaluated by a senior reviewer and suggested they check all their screens for calibration. i take rejection like the next microstock image supplier who takes pride in their uploads. sure you get a few, fair enough thats the game but whole batches that have passed scrutiny by far more successful stock libraries with tough reviewers, thats a different story and only means one thing for me, crestock has a big problem with the quality of their reviewers either not knowing what they are doing or not caring what they are doing. i have been with crestock for a long time and deserve to be treated better than this. i wont be uploading images or recommending crestock to anyone until they get there act together. out of courtesy i hope they will re-evaluate my rejected images. will keep you posted on this.
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Jippie Jahoo,
within 5 min all rejected again.
THANKS CREJECTED STOCK
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Same here. ;)
Last 3 batches of total 150 (or more images) rejected (except 2 or 3 images)
Im have a lot of patience but this is enough.
I wont upload more images and wait until I reach a payout. Then I will delete my account.
If they can live without my images, I can live without their ridiculous comission and review sistem
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They have been very efficient lately. All my images get rejected within a couple of hours :)
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LOL! ::)
How about if each of us send them 100 files of the worst garbage.... Just to give them something that really do decerve to be rejected LOL ;D ;D ;D ;D
... That should keep them busy for quite a while...
:o
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LOL! ::)
How about if each of us send them 100 files of the worst garbage.... Just to give them something that really do decerve to be rejected LOL ;D ;D ;D ;D
... That should keep them busy for quite a while...
:o
I'm in ....................LOL ...............nice thought....................got a lot of garbage................
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I send and e-mail a week ago for please reject my over two months pending illustrations while they are good in rejected everything ........And guess what a couple of days ago I received an e-mail that I have to be patient while they have/had proplems with the review area.........................my illustrations are still pending...................................funny pictures got rejected within 5 min and illustrations have to wait for more than two months.................... very funny .........................................
I have a bad feeling about Crestock.........................
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Same here. ;)
Last 3 batches of total 150 (or more images) rejected (except 2 or 3 images)
Im have a lot of patience but this is enough.
I wont upload more images and wait until I reach a payout. Then I will delete my account.
If they can live without my images, I can live without their ridiculous comission and review sistem
My last batch of 8 photos is rejected completely within 5 minutes...
I have same conclusion,game over.
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My last two batches of 10 have also been 90% and 100% rejected (respectively) within minutes of upload .. mostly for "too literal" or "demand only the best images in this area" .. and no matter how I look at which ones that have been accepted it looks very random to me .. given the speed of the process love at first sight I would guess ..
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Yabadabadoo within 5 min 4 out of 5 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr no finaly...................... approved
Anyone else also this lucky today??????
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Woot! Just had 66% accepted. 2/3 :P
It was an extremely quick review though, like less than 60 seconds. :o
They were illustrations though - not as strict as with photos I guess.
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Instant rejection 2/2 ;D I am gettin use to it lol
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I like Crestock, it always give me a laugh to see the rejection reasons. One was for "stray hairs" and the "too literal" ones just confuse the heck out of me.
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Last night I had one of my images approved in less than an hour after I submitted. :D
I was really surprised with that! However, I can see it only offered in small size, basically reduced to half of the original size. i am wondering if they decided to offer only a small one since the full size didn't' satisfy their criteria...
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Jippie great 5 out of 5 accepted within 5 min hope SS will follow...........lately got mre rejections at SS than at crestock.............
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good job.. someone was in a good mood.
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good job.. someone was in a good mood.
Yes in a very good mood until last week and they start all over again with rejections.
But they have now nicer rejections reasons..................lol
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I've had every submission lately rejected. Several hundred images all for the exact same reason. - all for 'composition of lighting' whatever . that means. These aren't new images, but images that are on and selling at other sites, including some best sellers.
I've asked them to terminate my account.
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I've had every submission lately rejected. Several hundred images all for the exact same reason. - all for 'composition of lighting' whatever . that means. These aren't new images, but images that are on and selling at other sites, including some best sellers.
I've asked them to terminate my account.
ATTA BOY!
The smart stays unbeatable!
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I've had every submission lately rejected. Several hundred images all for the exact same reason. - all for 'composition of lighting' whatever . that means. These aren't new images, but images that are on and selling at other sites, including some best sellers.
I've asked them to terminate my account.
Good luck with that one too, I requested my account to be cancelled about a month ago, then 3 weeks ago someone from Crestock wanted me to emailed them with a confirmation...guess what, my account still active. ::)
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I don't get why people continue to upload to Crestock after they repeatedly refuse 90% to 100% of uploads - for the most ridiculous of reasons. Especially if they are good images that are selling elsewhere. What a waste of time. But I like to have them around because it is entertaining to go to the forum and read the drama. Contributors not getting paid, not getting responses from helpdesk and round round it goes. They make the other sites look like they should get awards for customer service!
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Good luck with that one too, I requested my account to be cancelled about a month ago, then 3 weeks ago someone from Crestock wanted me to emailed them with a confirmation...guess what, my account still active. ::)
After asking a couple of times politely, I made a row on their forum and here, and that did the trick. Good riddance.
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Thanks FlemishDreams, I'll give that a try, even though I was not rude in my request for cancellation, maybe persistence is the key to get them out of my hair.
Best regards. ;D
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Related to this, I have one little thing that keep on getting into my inbox. I have uploaded around 140 images to crestock, keeping up a steady rejection rate of exactly 100,00 % ;D (not everyone can brag about such numbers 8) )
THis is a quote from my mailbox:
Hi,
We haven't seen you around for a while, and we've missed you, so we just wanted to say hi.
As you probably know, the Crestock collection is continuously updated with new and exciting images, so why not check out some of our most popular images and contributors at the moment here?
Alternatively, you may also be interested in some of the recent articles in our blog.
If you have any problems, questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us � we�d love to help you!
Thank you,
The Crestock Team
End quote
So even though they keep on rejecting every single image that I have uploaded, and my current portfolio contains ZERO images, they still feel the need to express how much they're missing me...
This seems a bit funny, since they're the ones being so persistant, keeping me from participating.... ;D ;D ;D Not that I loose much sleep at night, due to this, of course....
I just wonder, what exiting images are growing thair portfolio, since every body is complaining about close to 100% rejection rate ...? :o
/Flemming
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Yesterday after months without upload, i decide that i give it a with some objects isolated on white that i take days ago.
From this 6 shots all are in the big 6, evan istock accepted all 6.
Guess what...crestock rejected all!
My guess is that don´t want to make money!!!
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Yesterday after months without upload, i decide that i give it a with some objects isolated on white that i take days ago.
From this 6 shots all are in the big 6, evan istock accepted all 6.
Guess what...crestock rejected all!
My guess is that don´t want to make money!!!
Something unbelievable at me today!!!
5/5 accepted at Crestock!!!
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Borg, it was a mistake! Hahaha
Congratulations!
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We feel the overall production level of this image could have been better. This could cover styling, props or the appropriateness of your models to the content of the image. Thanks, Crestock.
Well - that is something! You may think it is nothing special - but then you must know it was a portrait of a ...
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...rat!
Next time I am going to employ a stylist - to be able to earn .25 USD.
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High Rejection Rate + Low Commission Pay = No Activity by Me (at Crestock).
Very BAD formula for success.
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Same here....a real waste of my time....images that I upload to elsewhere are doing very well but have all been reject at Crestock.(Their loss)..I've sent them an email 3 different times over the past 6 months to terminate my account and haven't got a response to any of them. I just stopped uploading to them. >:(
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Wow...just submitted my photos and had all but 8 out of 26 rejected for "not being up to their standards." They also reviewed them about ten minutes after I submitted them, if they are able to review photos that fast they must be really slow right now.
Im wondering if things are starting to slow down because so many people have stopped submitting, maybe someone over there should check out this thread.
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Im wondering if things are starting to slow down because so many people have stopped submitting, maybe someone over there should check out this thread.
rest asured that JOSH is checking this thread!
- He does that on a regular basis, but he almost NEVER ever engage in any dialogue being remotely critical to CRESTOCK. Nor does he almost NEVER comment on any direct questions.
But then again, this is very much in line with the uncountable complaints of not recieving any ansvers when emailing crestock.... (strange business attitude though! ) ;D
/Flemming
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Borg, it was a mistake! Hahaha
Congratulations!
I think so!
I have to contact support, this is unusual bug!! ;D ;)
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I am no longer under the employ of Crestock. Contact their support staff at evaluations [at] crestock.com
All the best,
Josh
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Good luck!
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I wonder how many photo's they accept a day and what the rejection rate is for the whole site. I think out of my 300 images they rejected all but 2
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It´s weird. For me it´s exactly the same, but the other way around. They have accepted almost everything. Even my earliest regrets...
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It´s weird. For me it´s exactly the same, but the other way around. They have accepted almost everything. Even my earliest regrets...
I went to go check out your work, and your button does not work...its comes up with no images. You might want to double check that you typed in your user name right.
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Josh gone from Crestock?
SHIP IS SINKING! I hope it will sink so deep that no one finds it ever...
LOL!
Josh was the greatest asset Crestock had in their human resources... Now... They will just sink as ship blown by torpedo.
Amen to that!
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Josh was the greatest asset Crestock had in their human resources... Now... They will just sink as ship blown by torpedo.
Correct. Great guy. I managed to escape the Titanic after many ignored attempts so I won't comment on CS any more. I left LuckyOliver too 5 months before it went down. When the band starts playing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXiKClqEJgU), it's time to go.
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Josh gone from Crestock?
SHIP IS SINKING! I hope it will sink so deep that no one finds it ever...
LOL!
Josh was the greatest asset Crestock had in their human resources... Now... They will just sink as ship blown by torpedo.
Amen to that!
Second that.
RIP Crestock.
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Nevertheless... They have great idea... To earn 50 cents per dollar... They are giving away 50% of earnings just to get some new buyers... What a bunch of crap and pricebreakers... They can do it due to their 'slave contributors'...
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Josh gone from Crestock?
SHIP IS SINKING! I hope it will sink so deep that no one finds it ever...
LOL!
Josh was the greatest asset Crestock had in their human resources... Now... They will just sink as ship blown by torpedo.
Amen to that!
if crestock is sinking , i don't want to keep my images there for ransom. ;D
does anyone know how to delete your images and close your account for Crestock? 8)
Second that.
RIP Crestock.
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I am no longer under the employ of Crestock. Contact their support staff at evaluations [at] crestock.com
All the best,
Josh
Is this you Josh?
And you are no longer with Crestock?
Pity. you were the one that kept us with Crestock...
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batman wrote:
if crestock is sinking , i don't want to keep my images there for ransom.
does anyone know how to delete your images and close your account for Crestock?
Second that.
RIP Crestock.
Please, if you find out how to delete an account from Crestock, let me know, I've being trying to close mine for almost 2 months now!!! but the living dead from that past away site wont let me, its like a friggin nightmare that wont end.
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Please, if you find out how to delete an account from Crestock, let me know, I've being trying to close mine for almost 2 months now!!!
I sent them several emails, no reply. Then I tried it the tough way. Start posting insulting stuff at their forum and make a big row. My account got suspended and my shots are not online any more, as far as I can see. No email at all to confirm it. The money in the account, well, they can stuff it where the sun doesn't shine. It's a bunch of morons. Period.
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Flemish, I've try all of that and the zombies still wont quit, I feel like you, they can take the money and shove it, I just want that account closed and the few pictures left with them deleted...Maybe some voodoo will make those dead beats listen...I'll buy a chicken tomorrow!...lol
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It´s weird. For me it´s exactly the same, but the other way around. They have accepted almost everything. Even my earliest regrets...
I went to go check out your work, and your button does not work...its comes up with no images. You might want to double check that you typed in your user name right.
Thanks for noticing, It´s fixed now:)
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Flemish, I've try all of that and the zombies still wont quit, I fell like you, they can take the money and shove it, I just want that account closed and the few pictures left with them deleted...Maybe some voodoo will make those dead beats listen...I'll buy a chicken tomorrow!...lol
if we're talking about Crookstock... voodoo and chicken will not work 8)
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Crookstock...LOL...I love it, thats the perfect name for those clowns batman...hey if voodoo and the chicken don't work, maybe a big stick and a very quick trip to Norway would... ;)
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Crookstock...LOL...I love it, thats the perfect name for those clowns batman...hey if voodoo and the chicken don't work, maybe a big stick and a very quick trip to Norway would... ;)
LOL!
Hit them at least once in my name ;-)
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You got it bud!...you're sure only once!!! ;D
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You got it bud!...you're sure only once!!! ;D
Make it once - but REALLY HARD IN THE FACE ;)
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Make it once - but REALLY HARD IN THE FACE ;)
Yeah, and make them swallow cevapcici ! ;)
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All my images are by natural light, but they reject all images in a batch except for one. ::) Of the 90% rejected most were rejected for "Artifacts" or "Overfiltered". Today I submitted 11 images and had 10 rejected. The reasons - same as usual! >:( I think it must be my equipment and softwhere - I'm using a Nikon D-300 with 2.8 glass (Nikor VR 80-200mm) then process using Photoshop CS. I might add all the images were previously accepted on Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Bigstock and some were accepted by iStock.
I think it is time to give up the ghost on this one.
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There is nothing wrong with your equipment or software Roadrunner, but there is allot wrong with the morons that are running Crestock... ;)
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Make it once - but REALLY HARD IN THE FACE ;)
Yeah, and make them swallow cevapcici ! ;)
Cevapcici? NO WAY - they need just a a hand holding some metal.
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12 of 12 rejected. 11 of them with reason "composition" and one with reason "does not meet Crestock creative....." :D
My God... :D
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They are butt's over there...excuse my French...I was only with them about a month and got fed up so took the high road. I think alot of others have done the same thing. :-X
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12 of 12 rejected. 11 of them with reason "composition" and one with reason "does not meet Crestock creative....." :D
Are you still there?? :'(
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12 of 12 rejected. 11 of them with reason "composition" and one with reason "does not meet Crestock creative....." :D
Are you still there?? :'(
Well...yeah....don't know why tho
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I closed my account with them a while ago. I had to send multiple emails to support. It helps to use strong multi-word profanity when describing to them that you want your account closed. :)
Snaprender
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They don't deserve contributors support at all!
Just drop them and let them die!
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WOW, what a great suprise this morning, finally got the morons at Crestock to close my account...this is for sure a day to celebrate!!! ::)
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Make it once - but REALLY HARD IN THE FACE ;)
Yeah, and make them swallow cevapcici ! ;)
Cevapcici? NO WAY - they need just a a hand holding some metal.
dolma
White Truffles
Malfouf
cevapcici
Send it to them, they all look like poo food! ;D
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Send it to them, they all look like poo food! ;D
What is Crestock? Did they change their name shamelessly to cevapcicistock? ;D
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today i get two emails ... sold an image... i look... wooha... does crestock ever sold for more than 0,25 dollar ? i have not much pics there .. upload one day... and forget them.. but with 8 sales 2 dollars.. thats not good i think...
i dont really understand english and have not read anythink on this side.... perhaps you could tell me.. is crestock good or not...
thanks yvonne
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Josh, I am sorry to hear that. :(
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A few days ago I submitted 3 images to Crestock and they all got accepted. Last night, I submit 7 and today ALL of them were accepted! :D What is going on there :) I don't think my images improved that much. :)
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I also just submitted a bunch of images today after a span of rejections.
I'm waiting to see what the outcome of the batch is...
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I am no longer under the employ of Crestock. Contact their support staff at evaluations [at] crestock.com
All the best,
Josh
Is this you Josh?
And you are no longer with Crestock?
Pity. you were the one that kept us with Crestock...
Yes it seems official that Josh is no long with Crestock. A shame, Josh did a great job of PR. Hopefully the one taking his spot will be able to fill his shoes.
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today i get two emails ... sold an image... i look... wooha... does crestock ever sold for more than 0,25 dollar ? i have not much pics there .. upload one day... and forget them.. but with 8 sales 2 dollars.. thats not good i think...
i dont really understand english and have not read anythink on this side.... perhaps you could tell me.. is crestock good or not...
thanks yvonne
Dear Yvonne,
With 8 $1 sales on for example Featurepics you would earn at least $5 !!!
So, go there and upload your images - You'll even have more traffic than Crestock has!
And... Forget Crestock - they are sinking deep!
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Yes everyone please leave Crestock. ;)
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Yes everyone please leave Crestock. ;)
Just got another whole batch of photos rejected by Crestock.
They are certainly the Strictest :'(
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Yes everyone please leave Crestock. ;)
Just got another whole batch of photos rejected by Crestock.
They are certainly the Strictest :'(
No... They are the most Random ;-)
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Just got reject by "Corner darkness" reason, WOW, what a reason!??
Have you guys experienced with that reason? Is it possible to rectify for resubmit? Thanks in advance.
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Well... I am not with them anymore because of their so excellent knowledge in photography and vector illustration...
I advise you to drop them and go on other places which will give you more money per sale as well less frustration in rejection reasons.
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Well... I am not with them anymore because of their so excellent knowledge in photography and vector illustration...
I advise you to drop them and go on other places which will give you more money per sale as well less frustration in rejection reasons.
Thanks for advice, but I have 33$ on balance, I would like just reach my first payout..
I know it's a long way, but i can't drop it. This stock is so easy-to-use, we must recognize that this is their goal;)
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Maybe you can over process and over saturate and resubmit everything looking like this ? Check out link to see what Crestock wants http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/vibrant-chinese-propaganda-art--part-3-the-middle-kingdom-returns-to-center-stage-175.aspx (http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/vibrant-chinese-propaganda-art--part-3-the-middle-kingdom-returns-to-center-stage-175.aspx)
;D