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Title: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: nicemonkey on September 01, 2010, 07:03
Just wondering if the owners/employees/reviewers from one site submit their images to other site? or is this a big no no?
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: FD on September 01, 2010, 07:34
Just wondering if the owners/employees/reviewers from one site submit their images to other site? or is this a big no no?
Maybe.  ;D
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: Blufish on September 01, 2010, 07:36
I just read this somewhere.... Blonde moment.... I think the person said some houses require exclusivity but the one they are at now doesn't so yes, they submit to other sites.
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: Dreamframer on September 01, 2010, 07:54
Reviewers submit wherever they want if they are not exclusive.
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: Stu99 on September 01, 2010, 08:15
I believe that reviewers need to be exclusive at Dreamstime and iSock. The rest of the main sites allow submitting elsewhere.
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: Microstock Posts on September 01, 2010, 11:45
Just wondering if the owners/employees/reviewers from one site submit their images to other site? or is this a big no no?

Maybe they submit thousands of crapstockphotos in order to waste their competitors time and resources  ;)
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: Lee Torrens on September 01, 2010, 14:47
Many agencies, probably most of them, submit to all other agencies to stay familiar with their competitors' websites and compare the sales performance. It's not above board, but it's widely practiced.  Some agencies even have staff who are inspectors at other agencies.
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on September 01, 2010, 15:34
only in the ITIN department, they're not familiar at all with their competitors - every time it's all over again
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: RacePhoto on September 01, 2010, 23:37
Just wondering if the owners/employees/reviewers from one site submit their images to other site? or is this a big no no?

Maybe they submit thousands of crapstockphotos in order to waste their competitors time and resources  ;)

Crapstock ™ is mine!  ;D

I'm positive that some people who contribute to multiple micro sites have also been reviewers for a site. If you remember Lucky Oliver there were a few and they were also very helpful to new people, giving more than rejections, they would also give reviews and advise! Sad that LO didn't make it.
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: FD on September 02, 2010, 16:41
Crapstock ™ is mine!  ;D
No it's not:  "crapstock.com AVAILABLE".  :P
racephoto.com is taken, itsmoving.com is taken, motormania.com is taken, but motormaniastock.com is... AVAILABLE
(hinthint)
refusedstock.com is free too by the way  ;)
Title: Re: Do owners or reviewers submit to other sites?
Post by: RacePhoto on September 04, 2010, 22:04
Crapstock ™ is mine!  ;D
No it's not:  "crapstock.com AVAILABLE".  :P
racephoto.com is taken, itsmoving.com is taken, motormania.com is taken, but motormaniastock.com is... AVAILABLE
(hinthint)
refusedstock.com is free too by the way  ;)

I'm not going to waste the money to take the name "crapstock" and I have a few others already. The one I want for racing stock, isn't taken, and I'm not going to post anything about it, because people seem to grab names when they think it's a good idea, even if they have no use for them except parking in hopes of selling them. Someone suggest I take my business name, but it's already gone and was over 11 years ago. Someone took one of my joke names, then someone else bought it and it's nothing but a forwarding address to another site. I have no clue why, because the name has nothing to do with the ultimate destination.

Watch someone take Crapstock now!  ;D