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Who has the most incompetent Inspectors / Inspection process?

istockphoto.com
44 (20.5%)
shutterstock.com
19 (8.8%)
dreamstime.com
68 (31.6%)
veer.com
7 (3.3%)
fotolia.com
41 (19.1%)
deposithotos.com
1 (0.5%)
canstockphoto.com
2 (0.9%)
bigstockphoto.com
2 (0.9%)
123rf.com
7 (3.3%)
panthermedia.net
8 (3.7%)
Photodune.com
16 (7.4%)

Total Members Voted: 193

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« Reply #125 on: March 06, 2013, 14:22 »
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One thing that happened recently at iStock really ticked me off. I submitted a video and waited the 3-4 weeks inspections time. They came back an said there was an extra frame in the beginning and to correct and resubmit and it will be accepted. So it turns out there was an extra frame so I removed it and resubmitted...3-4 weeks later it was rejected for market saturation or something along those lines...what a waste of time. They could of added that from the start and not offered the promise of it being accepted. It really made me mad. First they should have a shorter queue if fixing a quick error and resubmitting, and second they should have a log of the submitted clip to see they all ready stated they would accept it so the 2nd inspector could at least take that into consideration.

Who cares about IS, at all?

What's the point of that comment? You and the others in the hate club cam whine all you want. They may have poor communication,  but my earnings are still higher at iStock. A lot of the other crap going on there is trivial and a lot of speculation.


ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #126 on: March 06, 2013, 14:34 »
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Who cares about IS, at all?
You?  Why else post?
Yup, yet again:
"If Billy cracked corn, and I don't care" why did you write a song about it?

Poncke

« Reply #127 on: March 06, 2013, 15:02 »
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I cant get anything accepted on Fotolia anymore. My acceptance ratio has gone up across the board, except for fotolia where its worse then ever. Just do not get it.

Tror

« Reply #128 on: March 06, 2013, 15:37 »
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One thing that happened recently at iStock really ticked me off. I submitted a video and waited the 3-4 weeks inspections time. They came back an said there was an extra frame in the beginning and to correct and resubmit and it will be accepted. So it turns out there was an extra frame so I removed it and resubmitted...3-4 weeks later it was rejected for market saturation or something along those lines...what a waste of time. They could of added that from the start and not offered the promise of it being accepted. It really made me mad. First they should have a shorter queue if fixing a quick error and resubmitting, and second they should have a log of the submitted clip to see they all ready stated they would accept it so the 2nd inspector could at least take that into consideration.

Who cares about IS, at all?

I agree. I don`t think he wanted to offend anyone .. for me I just closed the "istock folder" and left it to RIP. It is done. Many of us have gone through more or less painful processes with this company, stopped uploading, stopped checking, deleted accounts and finally just don`t care anymore.

RacePhoto

« Reply #129 on: March 07, 2013, 01:24 »
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I believe it's Jimmy - and because the massa's gone away?  8) I won't bother with the rest of the thread. "I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my..."

Who cares about IS, at all?
You?  Why else post?
Yup, yet again:
"If Billy cracked corn, and I don't care" why did you write a song about it?

« Reply #130 on: March 07, 2013, 15:46 »
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« Last Edit: September 13, 2013, 14:04 by zagandesign »

« Reply #131 on: March 16, 2013, 10:41 »
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Istock by far. they gave me badly done isolation on photos that were not isolated. They have monkeys pushing buttons.

« Reply #132 on: March 16, 2013, 19:06 »
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I cant get anything accepted on Fotolia anymore. My acceptance ratio has gone up across the board, except for fotolia where its worse then ever. Just do not get it.
Same here, I don't have a clue why.

Beppe Grillo

« Reply #133 on: March 17, 2013, 05:51 »
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Istock by far. they gave me badly done isolation on photos that were not isolated. They have monkeys pushing buttons.

I agree with you, I had a similar problem with a photo realized on white background and no isolation at all.
And they have rejected two of my images because of noise They were not photos but 3D renders  :o

« Reply #134 on: March 17, 2013, 11:46 »
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Istock by far. they gave me badly done isolation on photos that were not isolated. They have monkeys pushing buttons.

I agree with you, I had a similar problem with a photo realized on white background and no isolation at all.
And they have rejected two of my images because of noise They were not photos but 3D renders  :o

I didn't know Beppe Grillo was a 3d artist, i thought he was only a  stupid Italian comic.

« Reply #135 on: March 22, 2013, 06:25 »
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for me shutterstock is on top 1 ranking. actually, months before i quite, regarding uploading process - shutterstock was absolute marker for me "which files will be accepted by istock". / every single one that was rejected (the best "no" from shutterstock for me is "we do not feel that focus is ..." (who the f...dk gives a dam what you feel? :) )) was accepted on istock, and until now earned me some bucks.
 *yesterday i visited one fellow here where i live, he is indie - and had acception/rejection emails from ss day before - i see they are still sticked to this. (**excellent images imho, -will earn some money to it's owner, i am sure about that).

« Reply #136 on: March 27, 2013, 19:46 »
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Cutcaster  >:(

I uploaded around 700 images all at once onto Cutcaster to test sales, and had very high acceptance (over 90%).
Over the following few months I uploaded a further around 500 and they sat stuck in review cue for over 3 months.
Yesterday I sent a polite email notifying them of this fact and today checked that all but 6 of those 500 were automatically rejected with the same reason 'we are not looking for this at the moment'!!!
The files were the same range of subject matter and same caliber or better as I upgraded my camera to a D600 and always shoot raw (I've been a professional for 20 years and currently university professor of photography).
Thank you cutcaster for wasting my time, I'm shocked by this attitude "oh we're too busy or don't care and will reject everything so we solve your queue problem"
« Last Edit: March 28, 2013, 03:41 by stressless1 »


 

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