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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: donding on April 21, 2009, 08:54
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Do any of you plan your uploads for a certain time and day? I was wondering because it would be to an advantage for your approvals to be viewed during peak business hours I would think. That way they don't get buried in the pile of new photos. I usually upload late in the evening on weekends, but was just thinking rather that is the right time.
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I personally don't think it matters at all with any site but Shutterstock. I try to upload one batch a week on late thursday night or friday morning. That way they are usually approved and into the search results by monday morning when things start rolling again.
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For best time to upload is when I sleep so I fire the script and go to bed :-)
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For best time to upload is when I sleep so I fire the script and go to bed :-)
Or when I go to work :)
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I don't think it even matters anymore. Just do it whenever you can, as regularly as you can to keep up with the masses. That's all you can do.
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with approval times so varied when you upload has little relevance. i suspect most folks would like new pics to show up during the week and not the weekend that can be hard to judge.
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Thanks everbody..that's kinda what I figured. I notice some stock sites just sit idol on weekends showing no sign of life..especially Shutterstock.
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Fridays. No more than 10/20 at a time.
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For Shutterstock: friday, mixed batch of 10-15 max. Don't ever upload series of the same shoot to SS: they all get the large exposure at once and they will compete with each other. I make mixed batches of nature, concept, business and lifestyle models. That way, you'll drag a wider customer base into your existing portfolio.
For the others: time doesn't matter but keep the batches 10-15 and very mixed. If Atilla strikes, not a full shoot is lost.
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For Shutterstock: friday, mixed batch of 10-15 max. Don't ever upload series of the same shoot to SS: they all get the large exposure at once and they will compete with each other. I make mixed batches of nature, concept, business and lifestyle models. That way, you'll drag a wider customer base into your existing portfolio.
For the others: time doesn't matter but keep the batches 10-15 and very mixed. If Atilla strikes, not a full shoot is lost.
Good advice FD.
donding, I am not sure , after reading the answers here, if time and days make a big difference , as my days are the opposite of the others. I thought about this earlier last month as well, eg. am I getting more approvals by uploading at the end of the week, or the other days.
Strangely enough, there seems to be a correlation between my approvals and the time and days I upload to certain sites. But this could just be coincidental.
However, I sure wish there is a science to this, as I could use it to my advantage, to get more approvals and get my images to be reviewed by the reviewers who seem to like my images.
Then again, I think it's just that my images are so much better nowadays ;D