DP has recently become more strict than DT for similar images . Basically you can't submit more than one image per subject , you have to choose one angle and either horizontal or vertical version , you can't have both . Personally I find it ridiculous when relatively low earners are rejecting images accepted by SS , FT and DT ( and in this case all the other stocks ) .
Anyone else noticing that or people don't even bother to check the acceptance of their images on DP ?

Same here. And also a lot of "composition problem". Problems that other much important sites don't see at all.

Judging from my small stock experience , agencies are their own biggest enemies , not the competition . Market leaders are simply a product of less blatant mistakes rather than good calls . Sometimes I really get the impression of a business managed by kids

anyone got something like returned sale?

i had 2 sales and another 2 returned sales, 1 returned sale is in June and one is in Sep. I emailed then and it is said it was because of stolen credit, so the transaction is invalid.

but i am still suprised how 'lucky' i am to get 2 returned sales(subs) out of 4 download in long period. my question is the files sure had been downloaded, but the transaction just didn't push through and dp didn't get the payment.

so it seems the security and the system there is very faulty, or some thieves are active there. Anyway, returned sales had never happened to me to other websites.

anyone got something like returned sale?

i had 2 sales and another 2 returned sales, 1 returned sale is in June and one is in Sep. I emailed then and it is said it was because of stolen credit, so the transaction is invalid.

but i am still suprised how 'lucky' i am to get 2 returned sales(subs) out of 4 download in long period. my question is the files sure had been downloaded, but the transaction just didn't push through and dp didn't get the payment.

so it seems the security and the system there is very faulty, or some thieves are active there. Anyway, returned sales had never happened to me to other websites.

That's not uncommon. A lot of sites take the money back out of your account for a returned sale. Some put a hold on your funds until the transaction clears. That way they are not paying out money that they have not fully received. The only way this could be avoided would be to put a hold on the image until the transaction clears, but that would never work because a buyer needs that image now...not two weeks from now, so it's just a hazard of selling stock.

Quote from: donding on September 22, 2010, 14:50

That's not uncommon. A lot of sites take the money back out of your account for a returned sale.

Shouldn't credit cards have an insurance against unauthorised use?
I wonder if they are charging twice: once from the credit card insurance and once by not paying us.

That insurance is for the person using the card. It protects them from unauthorized charges. The stock site wouldn't get the money. Also if some one is using someone else credit's, they would have to refund those charges to the original person. Therefore it comes out of your end. Not all sites do that, but some do.

well, i know there is always invalid transaction for credit cards, what i mean is that happened to me in a low sales website, and 2 out of 4 sales in a span of few months. I am not sure anyone else encountered similar case, or i am just too 'lucky'.

Quote from: mtkang on September 22, 2010, 03:28

anyone got something like returned sale?

i had 2 sales and another 2 returned sales, 1 returned sale is in June and one is in Sep. I emailed then and it is said it was because of stolen credit, so the transaction is invalid.

but i am still suprised how 'lucky' i am to get 2 returned sales(subs) out of 4 download in long period. my question is the files sure had been downloaded, but the transaction just didn't push through and dp didn't get the payment.

so it seems the security and the system there is very faulty, or some thieves are active there. Anyway, returned sales had never happened to me to other websites.

That's not uncommon. A lot of sites take the money back out of your account for a returned sale. Some put a hold on your funds until the transaction clears. That way they are not paying out money that they have not fully received. The only way this could be avoided would be to put a hold on the image until the transaction clears, but that would never work because a buyer needs that image now...not two weeks from now, so it's just a hazard of selling stock.