Author Topic: Which sites did you gave up on? (Read 25111 times)

CD123 · « **on:** August 22, 2012, 18:50 »

Which sites have you gave up on so far (stopped uploading)?

I stopped uploading to:
Crestock (2011)
Panther
Photaki
Photokore
Scanstock (2011)
Zoonar

Even the ones with a few $ return for me is so low, that it is not even worth the time uploading.

Cutcaster was on my list to can, but it is starting to trickle through. Maybe some of that promised marketing of John is starting to pay off at last?

I know, people's ports differ quite a bit, but will be interesting to compare notes.

cthoman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2012, 18:58 »

Pretty much all of them.

pancaketom · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:04 »

istock. I couldn't take their treatment anymore.

icefront · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:22 »

1. ImageVortex - very stupid acceptance rules, no sales at all - basically they wanted a good collection instead of a decent stock photo library
2. Crestock -

images uploaded after 1 year counted from uploading to regular agencies, were rejected with randomly picked (stupid) reasons. What they want to teach me? BTW no sales, this is the main reason
3. Thinkstock - sales report too symmetrical across months. I strongly had the feeling that the $5-$10 income doesn't make me rich, but something isn't in order...
4. Zoonar - overcomplicated, no sales
5. Panthermedia - overcomplicated upload process, no sales (not true, I have €38 since 2 years, this worth at least 6 beers in better places)
6. FeaturePics - if I upload the other half of my portfolio will I earn an average of $6 instead of $3 monthly?
7. StockPhotoMedia - no changes since 2006. I have a feeling that hotel Master Johan is the main business...
8. MicroStockPhoto - no comment
9. Albumo - I'm too tired to re-upload again

EmberMike · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:31 »

The only site I've completely stopped uploading to is istock.

As far as sites I have little hope for in terms of earnings going forward, it's istock, cutcaster, and crestock.

Anita Potter · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:31 »

123rf - One sale a month
Creestock - No sales period
Cutcaster - No sales

I ditched those 3 in 2010.

Vector Stock - Too many stupid rejections and took 2 years to get to payout. Ditched them this year.

Waiting in the wings or next on the chopping block:

StockFresh. Not many sales and all they're interested in is touting portfolios with tons of people shots. I'm an illustrator I don't have many people. Definitely not getting the volume I was hoping for.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:48 »

Quote from: icefront on August 22, 2012, 19:22

9. Albumo - I'm too tired to re-upload again

don´t think you need, Andres Rodriguez has 4 sales (3827 files) from 2007

markrhiggins · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:55 »

yay!

Also I do not bother to upload to IS . Maybe one image in 12 months. Still get sales with old files that have had previous downloads but unless the search is changed to give independent's new images a fair viewing it doesn't seem to make sense to waste effort. Mmm maybe it has changed? Must look.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2012, 19:59 »

Quote from: icefront on August 22, 2012, 19:22

3. Thinkstock - sales report too symmetrical across months. I strongly had the feeling that the $5-$10 income doesn't make me rich, but something isn't in order...

are you out of thinkstock? is that possible as an indie?

stockastic · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2012, 20:38 »

Quit:
FT - I actually have doubts that it's a totally honest business.
123RF - very few sales
CC - no sales. Well ok, 1 sale.
FD - prices too low, few sales

Stopped uploading:
IS - too much hassle, sinking commissions

Disclaimer - I'm a very small fish in this pond.

THP Creative · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2012, 22:00 »

Crestock - total waste of time
Superhug - cos they don't exist all of a sudden!

And a couple of others that I've totally forgot about by now.

Theres a few scheduled for the chopping block in 12 months time if they don't improve too...

velocicarpo · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2012, 22:57 »

I stopped uplaoding to:
- istock. I dont do business with liars.
- Featurepics. No sales.
- Scanstock. No sales and strange site problems.
- Bigstock. Too much work to submit for too little return. Incompetent inspectors. Waste of time.
- Luckyoliver

grp_photo · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2012, 23:18 »

Blast from the past:
Imagevortex wow I completely forgot about them are they still around...
Albumo I did never submit to them just a me-too site which only did compete on prices hope Depositphoto will follow them in the Garbage-can.

Despite the smaller ones I did stop uploading on IS long ago and pretty much on DT too.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2012, 23:39 »

Crestock - slow and inconsistent reviews, very few sales
cutcaster (2010) - no sales, ever
PM - very slow sales, complicated uploads
Veer - very slow and bad reviews, no sales for the past two months

Might start PM again - looks like they now don't require you to prioritize keywords
Would start at the others again if sales pick up
FP would be next on the list, but easy uploads, fast and easy reviews and the 50% commission keep it going even though sales are slow

Ed · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2012, 00:02 »

All of the micros including some very old ones that were "promising"

Tabimura · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2012, 00:50 »

1. Zoonar - no sales for a long time, very ugly relation with the dishonest support team (I assume that's only Michael)
2. Stockfresh - very few sales, got tired of Peter's "nothing happens overnight" line for years. Should be changed to "nothing will ever happen here".

CD123 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2012, 01:17 »

So far on the chopping block from the feedback above:

Top Tier:
iStock (mainly ethical / commission reasons)
Fotolia (ethical / dropping sales)

Rest mainly due to sales

Middle Tier:
123RF
Bigstock
Veer

Low Earners:
Albumo
Crestock
Cutcaster
FeaturePics
Image Vortex
MicroStockPhoto
ScanStock
StockFresh
StockPhotoMedia
Superhug (RIP)
ThinkStock
Panther
Photaki
Photokore
Vector Stock
Zoonar
Yay

Not all will agree, as some of these do bring in some/adequate income to some. Just interesting to see where poeple got out and where they might still be hanging in.

sharpshot · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2012, 02:03 »

FT because I'm sick of them cutting commissions and making it much harder to reach the next level. I did try uploading again recently but my earnings have crashed so much there, I'm definitely forgetting about them now. If they change the search again or by some miracle I reach the next commission level, I might start uploading again but that looks unlikely.

Imagevortex was the first on I stopped uploading to many years ago. Vivozoom because they don't seem to of found a buyer. Pixmac because of the strange things that went on with DT and because it seems that all my images end up there anyway. The3dStudio because they were the only site that couldn't work around the US tax withholding and I think that's not acceptable.

I can get occasional payments from lots of the low earners, like Yaymicro, MostPhotos, Stockfresh and Cutcaster, so I'll carry on uploading to them. I've stopped with Zoonar but might start again if they sell something or perhaps to get in to sites that I'm not using yet.

JPSDK · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2012, 03:32 »

I have given up on the following:
Stock expert
Scandinavian Stock
Bigstock
Crestock
yaymicro
zoonar
stockfresh
mostphotos
and probably others.

they could not deliver

Druid · « **Reply #19 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:10 »

I recently decided to stop uploading to Crestock, a shambles of a company. In last 6 months I have had only 15 images out of 250 accepted whereas they sell well elsewhere, no sensible reason is given for the rejection. Also I still have a few files waiting to be reviewed that I uploaded over 2 months ago. But they would probably get rejected when they finally get around to reviewing them.

Company is a complete waste of space.

Wim · « **Reply #20 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:17 »

I have quit Yay, Cutcaster and Crestock (of course)

On my list to quit before 2013 if sales do not improve: CS, BS (improving), DP & PM.
Still in: SS, IS, FT, DT(borderline), 123RF, Veer, PD, GL and maybe the new Pond5, we'll see.

gemmy12 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:29 »

stopped uploading to all micro. Withdrawing images from all. Now i see that sometimes smaller/low earner (etc) agencies are creating much problem in the process. I have mailed to photokore quite many times to different addresses given in their site to close my account but not a single response back to me.

ProImage · « **Reply #22 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:39 »

In case you looking for more reasons

Fotolia - Slow site, Strange Rejection system, Vague reasons for rejections

Dreamstime - CSV upload is extremely annoying, Cannot bulk edit

Wim · « **Reply #23 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:45 »

Quote from: gemmy12 on August 23, 2012, 04:29

stopped uploading to all micro. Withdrawing images from all. Now i see that sometimes smaller/low earner (etc) agencies are creating much problem in the process. I have mailed to photokore quite many times to different addresses given in their site to close my account but not a single response back to me.

Yeah mate, I had a few issues myself, with Yay still selling my work at their partner site, after 6 months. Was very close to hiring a lawyer to straighten it out but in the end their partner site, which I contacted personally and was a lot more helpful, resolved it. Did I receive any money for sales that had been made within all these months? nope.
So keep that in mind guys.

gemmy12 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 23, 2012, 08:22 »

Quote from: Wim on August 23, 2012, 04:45

Quote from: gemmy12 on August 23, 2012, 04:29
stopped uploading to all micro. Withdrawing images from all. Now i see that sometimes smaller/low earner (etc) agencies are creating much problem in the process. I have mailed to photokore quite many times to different addresses given in their site to close my account but not a single response back to me.

Yeah mate, I had a few issues myself, with Yay still selling my work at their partner site, after 6 months. Was very close to hiring a lawyer to straighten it out but in the end their partner site, which I contacted personally and was a lot more helpful, resolved it. Did I receive any money for sales that had been made within all these months? nope.
So keep that in mind guys.

Thats not good. I personally dont like the sites/agency that dont give me a delete button for control over my own port. Though i am not with CS but i do appreciate their approach and helps. I had no problem at all to withdraw my port from CS

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Author Topic: Which sites did you gave up on? (Read 25111 times)

CD123

cthoman

pancaketom

icefront

EmberMike

Anita Potter

luissantos84

markrhiggins

luissantos84

stockastic

THP Creative

velocicarpo

grp_photo

sgoodwin4813

Ed

Tabimura

CD123

sharpshot

JPSDK

Druid

Wim

gemmy12

ProImage

Wim

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