Author Topic: Which sites did you gave up on? (Read 21796 times)

stockastic · « **Reply #25 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:39 »

DT worries me. If/when I decide to get out, they have my images in a 6-month lock-in.

HerMajesty · « **Reply #26 on:** August 23, 2012, 13:36 »

out of the big 4 only iStock. Non-exclusive rates are a joke and uploading is a nightmare. Silly rejections for not relevant keywords.

I don't think I'm going to continue uploading to Depositphotos, Veer and Zoonar. Bigstock is another non-seller and unless I get the bridge to big stock (or whatever it's called) you won't see my pictures there.

slapdot · « **Reply #27 on:** August 23, 2012, 14:06 »

too many too count...

luissantos84 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 23, 2012, 14:23 »

only cutcaster but because I was kicked out after saying they were dead with no sales (I am sure most of you know this but I will keep on saying it)

jm · « **Reply #29 on:** August 23, 2012, 14:33 »

Photaki. ScanStock. Photokore.

What about AllYouCanStock? I uploaded there few hundreds of images but it seems it's not worth wasting my time.

gemmy12 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 23, 2012, 23:56 »

Quote from: jm on August 23, 2012, 14:33

Photaki. ScanStock. Photokore.

What about AllYouCanStock? I uploaded there few hundreds of images but it seems it's not worth wasting my time.

AYCS guys are good in immediate response. Though you have to contact the support to delete any image or for closing account (i have already closed my AYCS acc so not sure about present condition)
Atleast they have no t & c for deleting images like others specially DT. And much better than photokore where support team helpi you when you ask them something related to contribute more images, participating in their activities but are dead silence when want to delete images or close the acc.

gemmy12 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 23, 2012, 23:58 »

Quote from: stockastic on August 23, 2012, 10:39

DT worries me. If/when I decide to get out, they have my images in a 6-month lock-in.

in fact 1 year for new images. 6 months for deletion and next 6 months they store them for their reference (as their contributor support says)

nicku · « **Reply #32 on:** August 24, 2012, 00:15 »

top earners:

SS - you can call this agency '' a really profitable business''
FT - good sales, revenue ( constantly rising)
DT - under average ( but still in one of the top earner) it was a good earner but now is slowly going down.

Middle:

123RF - constant sales ( an agency with huge potential to become a top earner )

Low:

DP - low sales
CanStockPhoto - low sales
Veer- disaster

The one i give up is IS ; for 3 reasons :

1. PARANOIC REVIEW criteria ( rejected files for idiotic reasons , and the same files are starting to sell well a few hours after uploading them on SS)
2. Commissions cuts , and the search engine who favoring only the exclusive.
3. The idiotic upload limit.

nicku · « **Reply #33 on:** August 24, 2012, 00:16 »

............

jm · « **Reply #34 on:** August 24, 2012, 00:38 »

Photokore doesn't work a few days at all. It's impossible to log in, when you click on any image it shows 404 error.
They say "Due to a sudden drastic increase of traffic, our site is not working properly. Our IT team is working urgently to get the site back up as quickly as possible." Maybe there will be drastic increase in sales... $:-\$

CD123 · « **Reply #35 on:** August 24, 2012, 00:43 »

Quote from: jm on August 24, 2012, 00:38

Photokore doesn't work a few days at all. It's impossible to log in, when you click on any image it shows 404 error.
They say "Due to a sudden drastic increase of traffic, our site is not working properly. Our IT team is working urgently to get the site back up as quickly as possible." Maybe there will be drastic increase in sales... $:-\$

Holding breath, holding breath, holding breath,.......dead!

Neo_ · « **Reply #36 on:** August 24, 2012, 02:27 »

istock, they just make you waste a whole lot of time with their stupid upload limit, disambiguation, never ending review time and stupid rejections (even for keywords).

Dantheman · « **Reply #37 on:** August 24, 2012, 03:28 »

Quote from: Neo_ on August 24, 2012, 02:27

istock, they just make you waste a whole lot of time with their stupid upload limit, disambiguation, never ending review time and stupid rejections (even for keywords).

I can't express how annoying iStock is with its upload process. Today i timed myself to see how long it would take me to upload 18 pics (the upload limit). It took me 35min!!!!!
Shutterstock takes me maybe 3min and other sites like canstock even less.

I would like to add, that i was using Deepmeta at my average(comfortable) speed. Wasn't trying set any records or anything!

StockCube · « **Reply #38 on:** August 24, 2012, 04:08 »

I gave up on iStock for ethical reasons. I haven't uploaded there since I dropped exclusivity and have been deleting some so that they don't get sent to Thinkstock against my will.

I recently closed my accounts at 123RF (again for ethical reasons - the way they handled the recent commission cut was appalling), and also Crestock, for the reasons others have said - they seemed to wish to teach me how to be a stock photographer via their inspection process, when I am doing just fine elsewhere thanks very much. And they only made me $6 in two years. Only good thing in fact was that they offered to pay me the $6 when I asked to close the a/c without me having to ask.

stan · « **Reply #39 on:** August 24, 2012, 06:44 »

Stopped ULing:
- DT (sales nosedived after search and level changes)
- 123RF (moral reasons)
- CS, DP, BS, Veer,PD (very low sales, peanuts)
- Alamy (low sales and UL process that takes way too much time, too much time spend for relatively small return)

Deleted ports:
- GL, Scanstock, warmpicture, Zoonar (1 sales max at each on average in 3-4 months)

EmberMike · « **Reply #40 on:** August 24, 2012, 07:35 »

Just to clarify, I didn't stop uploading to istock because of the low royalty rates. I can take a low rate if the sales are there. I stopped uploading because of plummeting sales, silly policies, unethical practices, and upload hassles.

I'm reconsidering this today, though, because of the change in policy regarding text in illustrations. This opens up the door for me to upload a ton of work from throughout this year that I couldn't get accepted at istock previously. I still hate the royalty rate I get, but it's not far off of what SS probably pays me. Ill probably test the waters with some text-based illustrations and see how things go. If they can get the sales volume back up, I'm fine with resuming regular uploads.

Right now it's just not worth it, though. The money isn't there.

fritz · « **Reply #41 on:** August 24, 2012, 08:28 »

I quit
Dreamstime, GLStockimages, Zoonar, PantherMedia............

gemmy12 · « **Reply #42 on:** August 24, 2012, 09:02 »

Meanwhile i must mention that 123RF is my 3rd best earning site after SS,IS so far.

stockastic · « **Reply #43 on:** August 24, 2012, 11:27 »

I think all of us small independents will have to leave IS to escape the doom of ThinkStock.

heywoody · « **Reply #44 on:** August 24, 2012, 11:34 »

I don't get the "moral reasons" - they're in it to make money for them, not us so it's just business. I also don't really get quitting IS even if they only accept 1 in 10 as the 1 will probably earn more than 10 on the low performing sites. I don't think I'd submit to anything below top 6 as it is nice to get the occasional payout.

CD123 · « **Reply #45 on:** August 24, 2012, 13:20 »

Quote from: heywoody on August 24, 2012, 11:34

I don't get the "moral reasons" - they're in it to make money for them, not us so it's just business. I also don't really get quitting IS even if they only accept 1 in 10 as the 1 will probably earn more than 10 on the low performing sites. I don't think I'd submit to anything below top 6 as it is nice to get the occasional payout.

Canstock gives me a payout nearly every month. Depend on one's port.

cthoman · « **Reply #46 on:** August 24, 2012, 13:33 »

Quote from: heywoody on August 24, 2012, 11:34

I don't get the "moral reasons" - they're in it to make money for them, not us so it's just business. I also don't really get quitting IS even if they only accept 1 in 10 as the 1 will probably earn more than 10 on the low performing sites. I don't think I'd submit to anything below top 6 as it is nice to get the occasional payout.

I can't speak for everyone, but I didn't leave IS for moral reasons. It was a business decision. I wanted to make more money and that was never going to happen by staying with IS. It also wasn't going to happen by uploading and supporting the same old sites either.

heywoody · « **Reply #47 on:** August 24, 2012, 14:43 »

I'm not saying that the low earners are pointless for everyone - perfectly viable for those with bigger more marketable ports and I'm sure also that there are likely better markets than MS for the more professional producer. However, if submitting to MS, it seems to make no sense to contribute to low volume sites and ignore the sites that produce the best returns per image.

EmberMike · « **Reply #48 on:** August 24, 2012, 21:07 »

Quote from: heywoody on August 24, 2012, 14:43

... However, if submitting to MS, it seems to make no sense to contribute to low volume sites and ignore the sites that produce the best returns per image.

For some of us, istock is one of those low volume low earner sites, and some of those previously low volume sites have become bigger earners than istock.

Oleg · « **Reply #49 on:** August 25, 2012, 04:37 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on August 23, 2012, 14:23

only cutcaster but because I was kicked out after saying they were dead with no sales (I am sure most of you know this but I will keep on saying it)

And after such cases, many photographers still licking ass agencies

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Author Topic: Which sites did you gave up on? (Read 21796 times)

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jm

CD123

Neo_

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