Three or four weeks ago I submitted a series of pics to DT but for some reason forgot to supply the MR. As a consequence all the pics were rejected with a 'please supply a model release' notice. Naturally I resubmitted immediately with the MR. The batch of rejections took my acceptance ratio marginally below 75% for the first time ever.
In the following couple of weeks my sales at DT plummeted; I blamed the new search engine but it could have been anything, including Memorial Day holiday stuff etc.
Anyhow, a week ago my approval ratio got back up over the 75%. Sales took off and the last week has been my BWE at DT.
We know that approval ratio is a factor in the new search thing at DT, but they won't say to what extent. It might be sheer coincidence, but in the two weeks mine was below 75% I had virtually no sales; as soon as it got back above 75% my sales took off like a rocket.
As I say - this might just be coincidence. Or it might be important.