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Agency Based Discussion => DepositPhotos => Topic started by: cardmaverick on February 04, 2010, 19:04
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How is the upload system there? I'm thinking about uploading my portfolio there. Any annoying categories to click threw? Batch processing functions for release forms?
Thanks!
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You have to go through their review process first to be accepted but I don't find it to be very hard submitting there. My link is at the bottom if you want to use it. Any more questions just ask
And you are required to pick at least one catagory
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actually the submission screen is laid out a whole lot better than other sites .. less clicking and less scrolling to get the same thing done. I processed 500 photos in a single evening while kicked back in my chair in front of the TV .. it was a pretty sweet $100.
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Not the best one in industry. At least they got ftp but later it's very frustrating. One category is mandatory. Bulk editing is very primitive so you can easily overwrite meta data if you select two images with different ones.
Add to this that server seems to be overloaded and constantly logs you out :-)
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Thanks for the tips. I have thousands of shots, so I like to create some kind of a "game plan" for each site I do a big upload to.
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I got around 4000 images uploaded there but I cannot stand processing more than 200 at one session. Even Veer got better user interface.
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Personally I find it very easy to upload and process,,but I don't have 4000 images either...I'm lucky to have 300+ on there right now ;)
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Personally I find it very easy to upload and process,,but I don't have 4000 images either...I'm lucky to have 300+ on there right now ;)
I am saying it's the worst but comparing to YAY or CanStockPhoto it's just little cumbersome for me. If they fix server problems which cause logging me out on every click, I will suffer to my next 250 photos accepted and next payout ;-)
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It is a shame they have categories, that slows things down. The worst problem I find is that a lot of my titles are too long, that really does waste my time editing those. My titles are often too short for BigStock, can't win doing this sometimes :(
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It is a shame they have categories, that slows things down. The worst problem I find is that a lot of my titles are too long, that really does waste my time editing those.
Not only that. If either title or description contain quotes (like "fishermen's boat"), the title and/or description will be reported as too long.
Then, 160 characters for the description is really too short. Most of mine are truncated. I settled for the 220 limit on SS.
Finally, the title is taken from the IPTC field "object name", as most sites (except SS) do, but if there is something in the IPTC field "headline", it takes precedence. That's very annoying for me since no site uses that field, and I use it to put in the model's name. I have to replace manually the title of all images with a model. I wish they sticked at least to de facto rules of IPTC usage and size of the other sites.
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It is a shame they have categories, that slows things down. The worst problem I find is that a lot of my titles are too long, that really does waste my time editing those.
Not only that. If either title or description contain quotes (like "fishermen's boat"), the title and/or description will be reported as too long.
Then, 160 characters for the description is really too short. Most of mine are truncated. I settled for the 220 limit on SS.
Finally, the title is taken from the IPTC field "object name", as most sites (except SS) do, but if there is something in the IPTC field "headline", it takes precedence. That's very annoying for me since no site uses that field, and I use it to put in the model's name. I have to replace manually the title of all images with a model. I wish they sticked at least to de facto rules of IPTC usage and size of the other sites.
Have you tryed customer support about it? Kelly is very helpful and would proubably be open to suggestions about any problems you are having with the site.
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I find the upload and submitting process fast. Not as fast as YAY Micro but faster then SS, DT, FT and others. On top of it you get payed for the first 500 images and they have a good referral and affiliate program. Hope the start advertising soon so that there will be more sales.
http://submit.depositphotos.com?ref=1001442 (http://submit.depositphotos.com?ref=1001442)
I haven't had any problems with there server. Never got logged out. The site always responds fast. Review times is usually a couple of days and the rejection rate is low. Most rejection are because of "similar images".
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Thanks for info guys! I just sent in my application.
One thing I like about an upstart like this is they seem to understand they have to invest heavily in the startup phase before they really roll out. Paying every photographer $100 just to submit ports adds up really fast. My rough calculation of what they *may* have spent so far on content aquistion came out to about $600,000.
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i really like the uploading system. it's pretty fast and very easy to submit all the photos .... but i think the reviewing times are a little bit long ...after acception i submitted my first batch of photos nearly one week ago and they are still under review :-(
here is my referral link, would appreciate it ;)
http://submit.depositphotos.com?ref=1005435 (http://submit.depositphotos.com?)
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i really like the uploading system. it's pretty fast and very easy to submit all the photos .... but i think the reviewing times are a little bit long ...after acception i submitted my first batch of photos nearly one week ago and they are still under review :-(
That's a shame ! They were very quick to start with, and I've just uploaded another 80 !! Long wait then :)
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They were very quick with their review times at first but now I find they take 6 or 7 days. It depends rather you upload close to the weekends. They are sorta like shutterstock in that aspect because I don't believe they review on weekends.
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The pics on the homepage are the same at the weekends.
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Interesting and impressive for a new site - coming out of blue to #13 by traffic (among sites I track)
http://statsmicro.com/graphs (http://statsmicro.com/graphs)
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They are sorta like shutterstock in that aspect because I don't believe they review on weekends.
Not so. I'm getting Shutterstock reviews on the weekends. Heck, I've had two batches reviewed this weekend already.
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yeah as for this past weekend, my submission was reviewed in SS,
but nothing moved in DP.
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They are sorta like shutterstock in that aspect because I don't believe they review on weekends.
Not so. I'm getting Shutterstock reviews on the weekends. Heck, I've had two batches reviewed this weekend already.
That's strange...I never get anything reviewed over a weekend and don't usually get any sales either. maybe I just submit them at the wrong time. Oh well... ;)
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Some of my photos are approved for selling, but I didn't get my 0,20$ per upload?
When?
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Some of my photos are approved for selling, but I didn't get my 0,20$ per upload?
When?
They will get there, in their own time :) Bit slow now. Just got paid 25c ! that's down to you, your first 5 !! Thanks :)
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Some of my photos are approved for selling, but I didn't get my 0,20$ per upload?
When?
They will get there, in their own time :) Bit slow now. Just got paid 25c ! that's down to you, your first 5 !! Thanks :)
Thanks Stu!
Also!
Prepare for impact!!! ;D ;D ;)
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Some of my photos are approved for selling, but I didn't get my 0,20$ per upload?
When?
They will get there, in their own time :) Bit slow now. Just got paid 25c ! that's down to you, your first 5 !! Thanks :)
Thanks Stu!
Also!
Prepare for impact!!! ;D ;D ;)
also, make sure you have the promotion program activated
http://submit.depositphotos.com/promo.php (http://submit.depositphotos.com/promo.php)
if it is not activated you won't get paid for uploading.
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Some of my photos are approved for selling, but I didn't get my 0,20$ per upload?
When?
They will get there, in their own time :) Bit slow now. Just got paid 25c ! that's down to you, your first 5 !! Thanks :)
Thanks Stu!
Also!
Prepare for impact!!! ;D ;D ;)
also, make sure you have the promotion program activated
[url]http://submit.depositphotos.com/promo.php[/url] ([url]http://submit.depositphotos.com/promo.php[/url])
if it is not activated you won't get paid for uploading.
Words of wisdom !!! ;)
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I was just thinking about uploading all my images to DepositPhotos and then I read here that they have CATEGORIES!? Why can't all these startup sites listen to contributors? We want easy uploads like 123r of canstock...
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I was just thinking about uploading all my images to DepositPhotos and then I read here that they have CATEGORIES!? Why can't all these startup sites listen to contributors? We want easy uploads like 123r of canstock...
Never mind about the categories, is nobody troubled by this? - http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/ (http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/)
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I was just thinking about uploading all my images to DepositPhotos and then I read here that they have CATEGORIES!? Why can't all these startup sites listen to contributors? We want easy uploads like 123r of canstock...
Never mind about the categories, is nobody troubled by this? - [url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/[/url] ([url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/[/url])
Should we be !? ???
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I was just thinking about uploading all my images to DepositPhotos and then I read here that they have CATEGORIES!? Why can't all these startup sites listen to contributors? We want easy uploads like 123r of canstock...
Never mind about the categories, is nobody troubled by this? - [url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/[/url] ([url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/[/url])
Should we be !? ???
That is what I'm asking.
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I was just thinking about uploading all my images to DepositPhotos and then I read here that they have CATEGORIES!? Why can't all these startup sites listen to contributors? We want easy uploads like 123r of canstock...
Never mind about the categories, is nobody troubled by this? - [url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/[/url] ([url]http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/discussion-for-those-submitting-to-depositphotos/[/url])
Should we be !? ???
That is what I'm asking.
They have 700.000 photos at the moment meaning they payed approx. $170.000 for them (assuming they paid for all).
BTW, did anyone notice they are offering free subscription trial?
http://depositphotos.com/pages/buyer-price (http://depositphotos.com/pages/buyer-price)
Free Trial
In order for you to appreciate simplicity of our services we offer you Free trial is based on a Subscription Plan.
It lasts for 14 days and allows to download up to 10 images of L+ size (2600 x 1800 pixels) per day.
You will get up to 140 images absolutely Free of charge! It is as good as a Free subscription for 14 days!
I just hope they are paying us for these free downloads. I would assume they are (I guess it would be illegal otherwise).
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I have had 2 subs sales so far, making $0.30 each, so I hope the buyers get a free trial and they pay us. I am not going to upload too much of my portfolio yet, if they are still around in a year, I can upload more later. If they are another albumo, we will find out in the next few months. Pixmac paid me to upload but then they started selling images for a few cents. They have gone back to more sensible prices but their reputation was damaged and there are hardly any sales there. I want to make sure this site doesn't try something like that before uploading all my portfolio.