That has been happening to me a lot over the last few months. Tending to be all or nothing with reviews these days to the point where I have pretty much stopped uploading anything.

Same here. Sit in low earners with 5.2 and being picky lol.

What I am absolutely sure is that Depositphotos is not suitable for commercial use��

So true, you made me smile with this.

(btw, under "rejected" you have the possibility to resubmit� try�� sometimes it works, and sometimes not� But really have you so much time to lose with these people?)

Usually I don't resubmit, sure not to this agency. When I upload a batch, I do it for all agencies. The folder with each batch is on my PC but it would be very time consuming to go back and mark what was rejected and where, for a later resubmit.

There's definitely been a DP shift. It was an agency that once accepted 90-95% of my submissions and sales many times were close with the SS....but the last 2 or 3 months rejections have outweighed acceptance and sales have plummeted. I had always valued DP's success in selling my less mainstream images but times have changed. I'll keep my portfolio intact but I won't be uploading anymore.

@Just the Facts
A rookie with a 4,729 port, congratulation, I envy you.

I am not a seasoned pro either and my acceptance ratio is only 98,..%. Everyone there has a high acceptance ratio but that is not the point; I was complaining about the rejection reason. It is for the first time I get this kind of rejection.
We all know that an image that sells well at one agency, not necessarily will sell well at another, still that doesn't mean that the image has no commercial value. Especially not when some of the images were sold on the very day they were approved on other agencies.

Just the facts!

Are you sure that all 10 were accepted on SS?
 

10 of 10 rejected for rejection reason "Not suitable for commercial use". All 10 were accepted on SS, FT, DT.... and already sold some of them.
Not just they don't sell but they became very picky lately.

What I am absolutely sure is that Depositphotos is not suitable for commercial use��

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Quote from: Just the Facts on January 17, 2016, 15:30

why not show us a few of the rejected images?

If you are asking for a link to one of my ports, that's a no.  I was not asking neither for critique/advice, nor am I in the mood of engaging in a controversial debate about this now, at midnight (my time).
Just stated a fact that some fellow photographers seam to agree with here.

Personally, I am not interested in seeing anyone's portfolio just a sample pic.  I find critiques and advice very helpful myself. Some of the folks here really raised my level and helped me to get into iStock many years ago.

I had a series rejected with the "Not suitable for commercial use" reason there a few months ago. Same series is now my third best selling series on SS with almost daily sales.

I wish they had a reply button to send back a message like "How would you know what is suitable for commercial use?"

Two of my photos DepositPhotos rejected because they have no commercial value

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=357544553

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=352015511

It is possible that they don't have commercial value. Time will tell.

I want to be honest: the first of the two images are not suitable ecc... because a lack of clear subject. Is quite confused for the microstock language, where a tree is a tree and a forest is something more than two trees. Deep or complicated concept, or pictures that require more than five words to be explicated are not suitable for the market that need simple concept.

After that, I'm strongly convinced that behind the screen, to evaluate our pictures there are a majority without competence, or so lazy to take decision, using instead, a coin. Doesn't matter. 75% of my rejection are accepted one or two months later.

They're trying to go for a different slice of the market.

If they don't want them, they don't want them.  No point in whining about it.

Quote from: Hannafate on February 04, 2016, 22:50

They're trying to go for a different slice of the market.
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They have a very old conception of what the market is�

Or they have no conception of what the market is. Why would DP reject anything? The're lucky to have some uploading anything to them. Site in death spiral is rejecting images for not commercial? Good joke.

Being rejected by DP means a compliment. You don't have your pictures being stolen and sold to a sister site as a sub.