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tab62

« on: May 09, 2012, 08:24 »
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Hi MSG Folks,

My DT Sales have really tanked as of the last few months- I hoping May to be a turn but so far no luck- here is my past year results to show my sales headed south- so for just 2 sales. Now I don't have a large portfolio (only 573 photos) but it clearly shows a major decrease for at least myself.  What about others?  Thanks T

     Online:    Refused:    Acceptance ratio:    Downloads:    Earnings:    Referral Earnings:    Database Exposure:    Messages:
Sales    Revenue    RPD
May 11    24    23    51.10%    0    4    $1.84    $0.46    $0.00    0.00%    0
Jun 11    38    18    67.90%    0    16    $10.86    $0.68    $0.00    0.00%    0
Jul 11    31    22    58.50%    0    9    $7.67    $0.85    $0.00    0.00%    0
Aug 11    35    25    58.30%    0    15    $15.79    $1.05    $0.00    0.00%    0
Sep 11    29    10    74.40%    0    12    $18.59    $1.55    $0.00    0.00%    0
Oct 11    36    11    76.60%    0    12    $17.70    $1.48    $0.00    0.00%    0
Nov 11    29    27    51.80%    0    16    $13.52    $0.85    $0.00    0.00%    0
Dec 11    22    15    59.50%    0    16    $11.20    $0.70    $0.00    0.00%    0
Jan 12    17    9    65.40%    0    15    $18.56    $1.24    $0.00    0.00%    0
Feb 12    41    29    58.60%    0    18    $17.98    $1.00    $0.00    0.00%    0
Mar 12    52    28    65.00%    0    20    $20.91    $1.05    $0.00    0.00%    0
Apr 12    66    23    74.20%    0    4    $1.75    $0.44    $0.00    0.00%    0
May 12    31    21    59.60%    0    2    $2.80    $1.40    $0.00    0.00%    0


« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 08:49 »
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Mine doesn't look all that great, either.


tab62

« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 08:57 »
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Yet, when I talked to DT they told me everything is back on track. No way. Yes, I know some folks are making a killing while others are doing poorly. Any theories on what is happening? Once again I have a below average portfolio in size and quality compared to 99% of the MSG population thus I would like to hear more...

Thanks T

« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 09:24 »
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April was OK, May is off to a very slow start.  Need to see how the price rise and commission cut works out over a few months but I would guess that it wont make me any more money.  Buyers buy less when prices go up, I lose incentive to upload when commissions are cut.  It's the same policy that's hit my earnings with istock and FT.  Every time a microstock site cuts commissions, I spend more time taking photos just for alamy.

lisafx

« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 09:29 »
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Every time a microstock site cuts commissions, I spend more time taking photos just for alamy.

Is this a cost effective solution?  Do you find that increasing your Alamy portfolio is helping make up the financial losses in micro? Or is it just more satisfying but less lucrative? 

Microbius

« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 09:50 »
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Looks like I may get an upswing in DT income as a result of the recent changes, when you take into account seasonal variation.
RPD is up so far this month, and it could be my second BME with the site (according to Yuri's income calculator), good considering it is May.

« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 09:52 »
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Every time a microstock site cuts commissions, I spend more time taking photos just for alamy.

Is this a cost effective solution?  Do you find that increasing your Alamy portfolio is helping make up the financial losses in micro? Or is it just more satisfying but less lucrative? 
Sales aren't great with alamy and I think it's a lot less lucrative than micro but I hope that in a few years time, I will be much less reliant on my micro income.  There's nothing certain about the future with alamy but I feel more confident that there's a long term with them.  I struggle to produce good microstock images now, I used to do a lot of isolated on white and conceptual photos but that was only for the money.  I had no enthusiasm to carry on doing that when it became apparent that sites were going to cut commissions over and over.  Until there's an end to commission cuts, I have no idea if microstock is sustainable.  How low will they be in 5 years time?  Working on other ways to make money seems like the best option for me.

tab62

« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 10:01 »
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I wonder if FT will raise their commissions in the near future due to revenue loss by contributors dropping out?

lisafx

« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 10:05 »
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Is this a cost effective solution?  Do you find that increasing your Alamy portfolio is helping make up the financial losses in micro? Or is it just more satisfying but less lucrative? 
Sales aren't great with alamy and I think it's a lot less lucrative than micro but I hope that in a few years time, I will be much less reliant on my micro income.  There's nothing certain about the future with alamy but I feel more confident that there's a long term with them.  I struggle to produce good microstock images now, I used to do a lot of isolated on white and conceptual photos but that was only for the money.  I had no enthusiasm to carry on doing that when it became apparent that sites were going to cut commissions over and over.  Until there's an end to commission cuts, I have no idea if microstock is sustainable.  How low will they be in 5 years time?  Working on other ways to make money seems like the best option for me.

Thanks for the info.  :)

I haven't produced anything solely for Alamy.  I just have my RF port there.  But I may spend some time coming up with an RM portfolio for them.  If anything, it would be worthwhile just to have the experience of changing up what I am doing creatively.  I agree with your conclusions that micro is not sustainable. 

WarrenPrice

« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 11:09 »
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Maybe it's just me -- this is obviously a panned image.  It is editorial but was rejected for:

 Image is out of focus or too much of the subject is out of focus (DOF too shallow or DOF not justified) / Image is shaken. Use a faster speed or a tripod. Please check the files at 100% zoom before submitting them.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

PS:  the image above is on Shutterstock ... where it is already getting sales.

&^%^&$%^

PPS:  After BME last month just 3 sales (subscription) so far this month.  What the eff is going on there.  Is this the periodical shift in search engine priorities?

And ... for Dt ... if it ain't online -- you cain't sell it. 

--more cuss words --
« Last Edit: May 09, 2012, 11:36 by WarrenPrice »

« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 11:41 »
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DT had been between 12% and 14% of my monthly total income. Last month, and so far this month, it's at 7%.

That's not because all the other sites are having some great bonanza but because DT sales have dropped off - and a few sales at higher prices don't make up for the (a) lower volume or (b) 25 to 35 cent subs (the lower amounts are when they take away for referral bonuses). I don't care about a higher RPD if the monthly totals are lower, and jury's still out, but I think DT hasn't helped things with this massively complex level system masking a price hike.

wut

« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 11:55 »
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Maybe it's just me -- this is obviously a panned image.  It is editorial but was rejected for:

 Image is out of focus or too much of the subject is out of focus (DOF too shallow or DOF not justified) / Image is shaken. Use a faster speed or a tripod. Please check the files at 100% zoom before submitting them.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

PS:  the image above is on Shutterstock ... where it is already getting sales.

&^%^&$%^

PPS:  After BME last month just 3 sales (subscription) so far this month.  What the eff is going on there.  Is this the periodical shift in search engine priorities?

And ... for Dt ... if it ain't online -- you cain't sell it. 

--more cuss words --


Sorry, but this image shouldn't be accepted anywhere. The main subject should be sharp, the bg is of course good and gives you sense of speed. Looking at it like a madman, the number could be sharp at 100%, but it's the motorcrossist and (most) of the bike that should be sharp

wut

« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 11:59 »
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DT had been between 12% and 14% of my monthly total income. Last month, and so far this month, it's at 7%.

That's not because all the other sites are having some great bonanza but because DT sales have dropped off - and a few sales at higher prices don't make up for the (a) lower volume or (b) 25 to 35 cent subs (the lower amounts are when they take away for referral bonuses). I don't care about a higher RPD if the monthly totals are lower, and jury's still out, but I think DT hasn't helped things with this massively complex level system masking a price hike.

I had a BME there last month and DT's share is just over 4%. Absolutely pathetic!

« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 12:16 »
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Maybe it's just me -- this is obviously a panned image.  It is editorial but was rejected for:

 Image is out of focus or too much of the subject is out of focus (DOF too shallow or DOF not justified) / Image is shaken. Use a faster speed or a tripod. Please check the files at 100% zoom before submitting them.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

PS:  the image above is on Shutterstock ... where it is already getting sales.

&^%^&$%^

PPS:  After BME last month just 3 sales (subscription) so far this month.  What the eff is going on there.  Is this the periodical shift in search engine priorities?

And ... for Dt ... if it ain't online -- you cain't sell it. 

--more cuss words --


Sorry, but this image shouldn't be accepted anywhere. The main subject should be sharp, the bg is of course good and gives you sense of speed. Looking at it like a madman, the number could be sharp at 100%, but it's the motorcrossist and (most) of the bike that should be sharp

I like it and I'm sure some buyers would.  We aren't doing photos for a camera club contest.  That's where I think the microstock rules go wrong.  It shouldn't just be about the technical quality of a photo, as buyers often look for something else.  The blur here gives more of an impression of speed.  It's possible to get a blurred background and a sharp bike with panning but that's a boring photo.  Breaking the basic rules can make a more interesting photo.  I see photos that would be rejected by microstock sites being used all the time.

wut

« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 12:22 »
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Maybe it's just me -- this is obviously a panned image.  It is editorial but was rejected for:

 Image is out of focus or too much of the subject is out of focus (DOF too shallow or DOF not justified) / Image is shaken. Use a faster speed or a tripod. Please check the files at 100% zoom before submitting them.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

PS:  the image above is on Shutterstock ... where it is already getting sales.

&^%^&$%^

PPS:  After BME last month just 3 sales (subscription) so far this month.  What the eff is going on there.  Is this the periodical shift in search engine priorities?

And ... for Dt ... if it ain't online -- you cain't sell it. 

--more cuss words --


Sorry, but this image shouldn't be accepted anywhere. The main subject should be sharp, the bg is of course good and gives you sense of speed. Looking at it like a madman, the number could be sharp at 100%, but it's the motorcrossist and (most) of the bike that should be sharp

I like it and I'm sure some buyers would.  We aren't doing photos for a camera club contest.  That's where I think the microstock rules go wrong.  It shouldn't just be about the technical quality of a photo, as buyers often look for something else.  The blur here gives more of an impression of speed.  It's possible to get a blurred background and a sharp bike with panning but that's a boring photo.  Breaking the basic rules can make a more interesting photo.  I see photos that would be rejected by microstock sites being used all the time.


Same could be said for shaken and/or OOF lifestyle or any kind of photos...But if we look at the current standards, it should be rejected. But I do agree, that reviews should be based on things beside IQ. But most would disagree, just as they disagree with LCV rejections. But that's the reason we see so much crap in the libraries. But then again, it's the micros we're talking about, but micros are only micros wehn it comes to prices, because there sure are togs among all of us (me excluded just so someone won't misunderstand) that really upload stunning material, way out of the micro league. And then there are higher priced collections etc

Wim

« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2012, 12:45 »
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Yup, all true, MS is too restricted where quality is concerned, on the other hand, I've seen images from big players where I could not even find the focus point, so there you go, it also depends who you are, something I've noticed a lot during my time in stock.

Warren, about your image, Wut is right though, the way you normally deliver these kind of images is with the subject in focus and the background panned/blurred, I'm sure you already know this and have plenty of those in your port, this one seems rushed mate.

About DT, besides this image, too many rejections for unvalid reasons, not good, need improvement, same with  SS, still not happy with both agencies where reviewing is concerned.

WarrenPrice

« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2012, 12:55 »
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Maybe it's just me -- this is obviously a panned image.  It is editorial but was rejected for:

 Image is out of focus or too much of the subject is out of focus (DOF too shallow or DOF not justified) / Image is shaken. Use a faster speed or a tripod. Please check the files at 100% zoom before submitting them.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

PS:  the image above is on Shutterstock ... where it is already getting sales.

&^%^&$%^

PPS:  After BME last month just 3 sales (subscription) so far this month.  What the eff is going on there.  Is this the periodical shift in search engine priorities?

And ... for Dt ... if it ain't online -- you cain't sell it.  

--more cuss words --


Sorry, but this image shouldn't be accepted anywhere. The main subject should be sharp, the bg is of course good and gives you sense of speed. Looking at it like a madman, the number could be sharp at 100%, but it's the motorcrossist and (most) of the bike that should be sharp


I'm sure you're right.  The image sucks.  BUT ... it's selling.  Isn't that the idea?   ???

What's a "motorcrossist?"   :)
« Last Edit: May 09, 2012, 12:57 by WarrenPrice »


« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2012, 13:14 »
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DT has this habit of standing still for a week or 2.
Then you begin to think about ignoring them, not upload to them or even actively forget them.
Then suddently pop, pop, pop, you get a bunch of good sales, and you decide to remember them again.
So you upload a bunch.
and since you have desided to remember, you check, and find out that you have to do extra things to the pending files to get them sneaked in.
And you do it, you do the work.
And then no sales for several days, and you begin to consider to remember to forget them.
Then they do the sales trick again.

Wim

« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2012, 13:38 »
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Warren, don't be offended mate, the image doesn't suck.

See the difference though:

In focus with panning


Out of focus with panning


It's your old eyes playing tricks on you ;)

« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2012, 14:01 »
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Mine doesn't look all that great, either.




The sales line in your chart looks like mine, but my earnings line has been somewhat flat above it until the last month or so.

For me, DT is now getting trounced EVERY DAY by 123RF, BigStock and CanStockPhoto.

As far as I'm concerned, DT is now Middle Tier, and bottom of the Middle Tier at that.

DT's changes have resulted in a SIGNIFICANT drop in my income, and I'm very unhappy about this.
« Last Edit: May 09, 2012, 14:03 by stockmarketer »

« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2012, 14:05 »
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ja, my chart is the same, i have just checked.

So DT is going down. Thats a shame, they were nice to begin with.

tab62

« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2012, 14:08 »
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wow! The last graph really shows what I feared - a drop like falling off a cliff!

tab62

« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2012, 14:09 »
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Yet, DT told me their revenue stream is just fine.  :'(

WarrenPrice

« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2012, 14:30 »
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Warren, don't be offended mate, the image doesn't suck.

See the difference though:

In focus with panning


Out of focus with panning


It's your old eyes playing tricks on you ;)


LOL... they are getting older, WIM -- The image you referenced is one I took 4 years ago.  LOL

Wim

« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2012, 15:02 »
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Well you're supposed to get better at it old man haha!

Let's get back on topic shall we, the downfall of DT ;)

WarrenPrice

« Reply #25 on: May 10, 2012, 15:13 »
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There is a thread about search engine/best match changes being tested.
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_31330

Doesn't seem to favor my team.   :-\

WarrenPrice

« Reply #26 on: May 11, 2012, 10:02 »
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There is a thread about search engine/best match changes being tested.
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_31330

Doesn't seem to favor my team.   :-\


Bump...
this is getting more and more interesting.  If you upload to DT ... you are affected.   8)


« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2012, 07:08 »
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I do have small portfolio but increasing it every month by 15-30%

sales on SS follows my portfolio increase, even 123rf is getting better every month.

but on dreamstime it's completely opposite.. 1 sub sale this month is unbelievable... even with almost half of my current portfolio size, in March, a sold 10 times more in first half of the month.

WarrenPrice

« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2012, 11:02 »
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http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_25396

It's an epidemic.  SS earlier in the week, DT today and iS ... who knows?

What the heck is going on with all the sites? 

« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2012, 11:04 »
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What the heck is going on with all the sites? 

Greediness.

wut

« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2012, 15:31 »
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The latest steal price raises/commission cuts are proving yet again that it affects their business in a catastrophic way (my sales are at 20% of Apr sales, instead of being at 40%). Now I'm really starting to wonder if agency owners indeed are naive. They're seeing IS, FT and 123RF going down from month to month, yet they decide to copy their obviously flawed way of doing business

« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2012, 18:20 »
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The new 'Best Selling' search engine changes at DT are pretty massive. Images with 20 dls can now be 'selling better' than images with 120 dls. The whole output of search is dramatically different. The new search seems to almost ignore illustrations entirely. If you search 'Best Selling for "business" in the first 80 images returned there is only one illustration. This is going to kill me at DT, where my sales have already been going down, like those of many who have posted in this thread.

SS is also twiddling its search engine, ostensibly to fix the long-time bugs which lose images. And IS's search engine has long produced so many crazy swings that it's hard to tell if they have completely changed it or not.

I think that the microstock companies tend to try big changes in the early Summer, the slower sales months, to lessen the damage if the 'improvements' hurt. We contributors may be in for a long, hot (or cold) crazy-days Summer.

« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2012, 19:41 »
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...  Images with 20 dls can now be 'selling better' than images with 120 dls. ....

I suspect that "best selling" might be a bit like SS "popular" and the age of the file factored in??

« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2012, 23:42 »
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...  Images with 20 dls can now be 'selling better' than images with 120 dls. ....

I suspect that "best selling" might be a bit like SS "popular" and the age of the file factored in??

There is something else also because old images with relatively few downloads can appear before newer images with more downloads - and this is just sorting in my own port - so no relevancy for keywords or other secret sauce should be effecting the order.

« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2012, 00:26 »
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...  Images with 20 dls can now be 'selling better' than images with 120 dls. ....

I suspect that "best selling" might be a bit like SS "popular" and the age of the file factored in??

There is something else also because old images with relatively few downloads can appear before newer images with more downloads - and this is just sorting in my own port - so no relevancy for keywords or other secret sauce should be effecting the order.

Sales/views, perhaps, whch would help rescue images that got buried by a bug and were never looked at.

« Reply #35 on: May 14, 2012, 12:24 »
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...  Images with 20 dls can now be 'selling better' than images with 120 dls. ....

I suspect that "best selling" might be a bit like SS "popular" and the age of the file factored in??
You're right, I'm sure. So DT calling it 'Best Selling' instead of 'Most Popular' (especially if, as Baldrickstrousers suspects, views may be figured in too) seems to be misleading. But maybe DT doesn't want to be seen as copying SS's name for the search.

Wim

« Reply #36 on: May 14, 2012, 14:15 »
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DT is picking up again, regular TIFF sales.


tab62

« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2012, 14:51 »
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Still down for me- oh, well be to the drawing board :'(

wut

« Reply #38 on: May 14, 2012, 15:35 »
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To put it into perspective: DT is currently at 5% of SS and not even at 25% of FT which I usually compare it to.

« Reply #39 on: May 14, 2012, 15:55 »
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whatever they are doing I am having a lot more Credit sales so I am heading for a BME, that said doesnt mean much..

« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2012, 12:59 »
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Unbelievably, behind IS last month and so far this month with almost 20 times the number of inages  ???  It also seems lately that acceptance or rejection is pretty much a lottery and depends on which reviewer you get.  Nothing wrong with high standards, even ridiculously high standards but the standard should be pretty much consistent or it looks like the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing.

Wim

« Reply #41 on: May 16, 2012, 04:41 »
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Indeed Mike, I've said it before, DT (and SS in my case) need to work on their reviewing, hire more qualified people, not some spoiled brats who like to abuse their power of being the middleman.
The other day DT rejected a mother's day greeting card for too many on site, the card has sold multiple times before, on the actual holiday and afterwards on other agencies, it's even one of my personal favorites (I've used it myself)

Some reviewers rob us and the agency from our income, if the agencies are happy with that then do continue to sell less, good for business right!

« Reply #42 on: May 16, 2012, 06:59 »
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Once again, images accepted at all sites but not at DT.
One DT reject from 6 months ago has been downloaded over 100 times at SS including OD's and an EL.

« Reply #43 on: May 16, 2012, 07:27 »
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Thats why you always recieve a rejection with : "Their loss"

« Reply #44 on: May 16, 2012, 08:48 »
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Maybe it's just me -- this is obviously a panned image.  It is editorial but was rejected for:

 Image is out of focus or too much of the subject is out of focus (DOF too shallow or DOF not justified) / Image is shaken. Use a faster speed or a tripod. Please check the files at 100% zoom before submitting them.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

PS:  the image above is on Shutterstock ... where it is already getting sales.

&^%^&$%^

PPS:  After BME last month just 3 sales (subscription) so far this month.  What the eff is going on there.  Is this the periodical shift in search engine priorities?

And ... for Dt ... if it ain't online -- you cain't sell it. 

--more cuss words --

Sorry, but this image shouldn't be accepted anywhere. The main subject should be sharp, the bg is of course good and gives you sense of speed. Looking at it like a madman, the number could be sharp at 100%, but it's the motorcrossist and (most) of the bike that should be sharp

Agree with Wut. The main subject should be sharp, or at least reasonably so. It's a tough shot to pull off correctly. I can't blame the reviewer in this case.

« Reply #45 on: May 16, 2012, 08:56 »
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May 2012 is on pace to be the 3rd or 4th bme for me at DT, which I find impressive since May is always one of my weakest months. Downloads are down, but RPD is way, way up.

« Reply #46 on: May 16, 2012, 12:48 »
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Indeed Mike, I've said it before, DT (and SS in my case) need to work on their reviewing, hire more qualified people, not some spoiled brats who like to abuse their power of being the middleman.
The other day DT rejected a mother's day greeting card for too many on site, the card has sold multiple times before, on the actual holiday and afterwards on other agencies, it's even one of my personal favorites (I've used it myself)

Some reviewers rob us and the agency from our income, if the agencies are happy with that then do continue to sell less, good for business right!

To be honest, neither DT nor I will lose a fortune based on these rejections.  The real problem is that if you have widely different standards then you really have no standards.  IS are ridiculously picky but at least they are consistent.   The odd reject from SS generally has some basis in my case and if they say theres a technical or lighting issue it is usually with a weaker image.  Up to recently I would have said the same about DT but, lately, it seems to have nothing to do with the technical quality of the image.  Over the weekend I had 4 accepted that included one weakfish image and one rejected.  The images (apart from one of those accepted) would be virtually identical in terms of quality @ 100%.  I know this was a different reviewer based on it going under review much earlier and coming out later.  If they have decided to raise the bar thats fair enough but if its heads you win and tails you lose, thats just unprofessional.


« Reply #47 on: May 16, 2012, 12:56 »
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Reviewing at ALL sites is somewhat arbitrary, especially for images on the margins.

To give DT their due, so far this month is going quite well for me.

To also complain about what I don't like. I had one sale where I got 13.7 cents per credit. That is just WAY too low (level 0 TIFF sale). There was no reason why they had to drop the level 0 and level 5 percentages (or they could have put in a level 6 with 50%)

« Reply #48 on: May 17, 2012, 11:49 »
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I have only recently joined shutterstock as I had to get my i.d. sorted, so only been with them about 3 weeks. I had my application approved with all ten illustrations accepted, which I didn't expect at all and since then practically all illustrations I have submitted have been accepted, apart from, maybe, one or two. Ive also had 2 sales so far, and yet dreamstime have rejected many of these images that have been accepted by shutterstock, and all the other agencies I'm with, fotolia etc. Ive also had no sales on there for several weeks!

« Reply #49 on: May 17, 2012, 18:33 »
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Ive also had 2 sales so far, and yet dreamstime have rejected many of these images that have been accepted by shutterstock .....
Yes, same here. Just started with Shutterstock a month ago and it has 6 times more sales than Dreamstime with a fraction of the number of approved images. And like you....Dreamstime is rejecting almost everything lately, many that have been accepted by Shutterstock.... :-\

« Reply #50 on: May 17, 2012, 19:56 »
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Did other contributors to DT get (e-mail) a May newsletter today?

It's May 17th and the most recent item in the "News" section is May 12th - the other two items are from April.

The picture is of a family in wooly hats blowing snow.

The only other items are listing the current "On Assignment" and featured contributor - some stats are at the bottom. One interesting thing is that DT lists 47,558 images are pending while iStock lists only 35,459 (although that's up from about 20K a couple of weeks back).

What's the point of a newsletter with no current news? wouldn't something about the price and royalty changes have been a good idea?

« Reply #51 on: May 21, 2012, 11:40 »
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My port is so small I usually don't worry too much about fluctuations.  But 29 DL's in April and in May only 2 so far?  That is hitting a stone wall no matter how you calculate the statistics.  Other sites are about on par for me, SS is even up a bit over last month.

Does this mean DT has the same sales but it went to other portfolios or is DT down across the board?

WarrenPrice

« Reply #52 on: May 21, 2012, 11:54 »
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My port is so small I usually don't worry too much about fluctuations.  But 29 DL's in April and in May only 2 so far?  That is hitting a stone wall no matter how you calculate the statistics.  Other sites are about on par for me, SS is even up a bit over last month.

Does this mean DT has the same sales but it went to other portfolios or is DT down across the board?

Me too.  Sales for May a WAY down.  But, I've noticed in the past that there seems to be a cyclic pattern ... Search engine change, perhaps?

PS:  never noticed such drastic changes in the pattern.  Wondering what part all the "testing" plays in the Ups and Downs?

Carl

  • Carl Stewart, CS Productions
« Reply #53 on: May 22, 2012, 05:31 »
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This year, I had 8 DLs in January, 13 in February, 18 in March, then the upward trend came to a grinding halt with 4 DLs in April and 5 so far this month.  I'm $3.55 away from payout, and my last sale was on the 15th.  Grrrrrr.

« Reply #54 on: May 22, 2012, 07:55 »
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Sales at DT seem to pick up in the last couple days of the month.
It's only the 22nd - anything could still happen.

WarrenPrice

« Reply #55 on: May 22, 2012, 11:58 »
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Interesting thread:
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_31459

Fine example of how the forum works ... shut up or get out.  If you can't beat 'em; ban 'em.   ::)

« Reply #56 on: May 22, 2012, 12:22 »
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I have constant mixed feelings about DT, it doesnt look bad lately but still quite low/stagnated, will see next months..



« Reply #57 on: May 22, 2012, 12:26 »
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Interesting thread:
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_31459

Fine example of how the forum works ... shut up or get out.  If you can't beat 'em; ban 'em.   ::)


Yep. And I don't think I was being rude or discourteous.

digitalexpressionimages

« Reply #58 on: May 22, 2012, 13:35 »
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I have a Romanian friend who recently told me, regarding her struggles with sharing her feelings, that the "F*@#ing communists trained them to be strong."

I think that, and growing up under Ceausescu makes the concept of freedom of expression, a difficult one for some Romanians.


 

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