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Agency Based Discussion => Dreamstime.com => Topic started by: leaf on February 12, 2007, 13:21

Title: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 12, 2007, 13:21: as i figure it (despite the skeptics on this site :) ) there is about 1 week before we should be submitting our images to win the prize in the 1,000,000 image on dreamstime. So stock pile your images and get ready. I will start a new thread when it is THE best time to submit (according to my calculations anyhow)
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: rossco on February 12, 2007, 17:01: Maybe it will conveniently coincide with the new pricing increase, but they will have to do some serious reviewing. oohh we reached a Million now our prices change. ;D

-Rossco
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 13, 2007, 02:56: don't the price increases happen in 2 days, on the 15th.

I think it will be around 12 days before they reach 1,000,000 images.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: phildate on February 13, 2007, 03:51: Thanks for the heads-up. I will just keep uploading as normal I guess and keep my fingers crossed that one of mine gets to be the millionth. To be honest, I am more excited about the price increases. Bored of seeing $0.50 or $1 for images!!
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: GeoPappas on February 13, 2007, 06:33: Quote from: leaf on February 13, 2007, 02:56
don't the price increases happen in 2 days, on the 15th.

I think it will be around 12 days before they reach 1,000,000 images.

According to DT, it seems that the new prices won't take affect until next week. They didn't give a date, but I would guess on Monday, 02/19/07.

http://www.dreamstime.com/forumm_6421_pg11
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: red_moon_rise on February 13, 2007, 09:42: Does a picture at DT enter the review process (time stamp) only after submitted or already after upload? In other words: Do we have to time the ftp upload or the submission for review?
Since I just figured out that FTP upload was prevented by my Windows firewall I have a huge backlog of pictures to submit to DT.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 13, 2007, 11:23: i think the time stamp starts when you first upload your images, be it ftp or website.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: red_moon_rise on February 18, 2007, 16:01: I can not find the stat page that shows how many pictures are waiting for review. The last number was 17000 with 15000 to go to the millionth. But now I can not find that page NO MO.

Good luck to everybody to get that bounty.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 18, 2007, 16:04: The page is here

LINK (http://www.dreamstime.com/community.php?page=statistics)

Looks like people are starting to submit a little faster now... we need to watch this closely :) The optimum time to submit is going to be early tomorrow or tonight sometime.

Currently
Pending files: 22153
Online files: 985701

That means the uploaders now will get possition about
22153 / 2 (approx 50% accepted) = 11076
11076 + 985701 = 996 777

So about 7 500 more photos to be submitted then the time will be ripe :)
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: red_moon_rise on February 18, 2007, 16:46: 2 day ago it was still at 985K nothing much has happened since.
Thanks
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 19, 2007, 02:51: Well it is the weekend, so reviewers probably aren't reviewing too much. People are still uploading though.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 19, 2007, 05:16: 5000 more photos before we should be submitting.

I hope I am not the only one who is going to submit some photos to try win the prize. :)
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: Opla on February 19, 2007, 10:08: No, you're not :)
Will they hit the 1m on the 22nd or so?
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 19, 2007, 11:53: yep,on the 22nd or so. But submitting is going to happen today. 2500 files left to go.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: Kngkyle on February 19, 2007, 12:01: Quote from: leaf on February 19, 2007, 11:53
yep,on the 22nd or so. But submitting is going to happen today. 2500 files left to go.

2,500???? You been saving up for some time now huh.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 19, 2007, 12:05: no no, 2500 images have to be submitted to dreamstime before the time is 'ripe' to win the prize. :)

I only have 100 images saved up. That is the max i can submit in a day so there is no point in having more.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: Kngkyle on February 19, 2007, 12:09: Quote from: leaf on February 19, 2007, 12:05
no no, 2500 images have to be submitted to dreamstime before the time is 'ripe' to win the prize. :)

I only have 100 images saved up. That is the max i can submit in a day so there is no point in having more.

Ah right. I have like 16 pending now, I'm not really doing anything special to try and win. Submitting 1-4 a day per usual.
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 19, 2007, 14:12: 2000 images and counting
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: leaf on February 19, 2007, 14:32: 900 images... and counting

probably in about half an hour we should start uploading.

ok, i think i may be the only one who cares about this, but in case we have some 'passive' viewers here, I will keep my blabbering.

I wonder if dreamstime is starting to not update their stats so often now. it is taking a while for them to change. Perhaps they don't want people to be able to calculate when they should upload :) ...

edit: allright, I think they are still updating things. I am just getting impatient. ;)
Title: Re: one week til you should submit for a prize
Post by: Kngkyle on February 19, 2007, 17:37: Hmm well I have a chance of hitting the 990,000 milestone.