Maybe for a couple of contributors there are a few sales but for the majority of us nothing. I've been with them since 06/08 and I have very little traffic. My type of images I guess isn't popular. I give each site a year to generate sales before I close my account. I've got a couple coming up.

Nothing since I have enrolled...

Quote from: WarrenPrice on February 20, 2009, 16:06

Quote from: FlemishDreams on February 20, 2009, 06:44

Quote from: WarrenPrice on February 20, 2009, 05:56Business is booming.

I hope it won't be like Mostphotos, YAY and Zymmetrical. The first months those sites sell well. Then when they hurrayhs go all over the forums and the blogs, the crowd and the volume uploaders get in and the site dies for the first mice, as the number of buyers doesn't catch up at the same pace.

Thanks for the encouragement.  I too hope the site grows and drags us "mice" along with it.  I believe there are several "big cats" on board.  Isn't that how the buyers are attracted to new sites?

well, there are just as many mice who joined John at first call here in the forum, but have stopped submitting due to no sales . so for the crowd to come, this could offset the piece of the cheese that you fear would be reduced.
personally, i only had one offer of $5 but when i declined , so did my offers. should have taken it though, since 2.50 is still a lot more than 25 cents.

Just had my first sale at Cutcaster after only a few days there. I really hope this site does better for me then either bigstock or snapvillage and so far it's promising..

Because of this thread I registered at Cutcaster and uploaded two photos. Once those 2 get through, I will start uploading my entire portfolio. I have 2 questions:

1) My first two photos have been Pending for 6 days now. Are reviews that slow? If not, maybe I did something wrong.

2) How do you specify that you will accept enhanced options? This automatically comes up No for me and I see no way to change it.

Thanks

hey sbonk.  i just checked the backend and it looks like your two files were reviewed and accepted probably today.  Maybe just double check that they are in your studio but 6 days is way too slow and i am sorry if it took that long.  We are always improving and my goal is to be one of the most thorough and fastest reviewers out there.  Here is a link to the review process so we can shed some light on what takes place once you submit your files.  http://www.cutcaster.com/info/Content-submission-review

In the upload area you can click on the submit tab and that will take you to a page where you can assign the extended licensing option to any of your images.  I have it set to no just bc I want people to decide if they want in instead of just assuming they do. Let me know if you have any problems. 

On a side note, we have been working our asses off and happy to see sales coming through.  I am very happy for everyone and estactic that things feel good and moving in the right direction.  I want to say thanks for giving me a chance and i promise not to let you down without a major fight.  Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Hey John, sorry to say guy, but reviews are taking pretty long lately, I understand that you guys are doing the best that you can and probably getting a ton of photos, but please if there is anything that you can do to make the process a little faster I'm sure we will all appreciated...the posted time for reviews that you're providing on the link of 24 to 48 hours is actually very far from the actual time for reviews nowadays.

Best regards, and have a great weekend yourself.

The review times do seem a bit sporadic.  I've had some batches where one file will be approved quickly while others wait days for any action. 

yeah I am definitely working on that and coming up with better ways to set up our backend so the reviews takes less time.  I appreciate the feedback and will work on that harder.  Thanks

You are a breath of fresh air John and I'm keeping my fingers crossed you guys make it!!

Thanks John!!!

I have yet to have a sale at CC. I'm hoping we get an email or something if someone license an image. I became frustrated when my Clip folders all disappeared for no apparent reason. I'm not spending the couple of hours it took before to but that together again.

@azurelaroux  are the clipfolders still missing?  i never saw anything about in our error logs or heard anything.  do you want to let me know?

I've still got zero sales at CC. I had a lot of my illustrations as jpegs on CC but have now uploaded a lot in vector format too.
@ John, how are your vector sales going? do you get many vector buyers at the site?

Quote from: FlemishDreams on February 20, 2009, 06:44

Quote from: WarrenPrice on February 20, 2009, 05:56Business is booming.

I hope it won't be like Mostphotos, YAY and Zymmetrical. The first months those sites sell well. Then when they hurrayhs go all over the forums and the blogs, the crowd and the volume uploaders get in and the site dies for the first mice, as the number of buyers doesn't catch up at the same pace.

FlemishDream,

To compare us with Mostphotos and Yaymicro is not really fair. We did not announce, like the two others, that we had millions of dollars in funding nor that we were part of another big business. Keith and I have been very hard at work investing all our hard earn dollars and time into update, fixes and marketing. It might be a slower growth than "richer" companies, but it is still a growth. You might see bumps, hills and valleys in your sales report and its normal, at first. Remenber, unlike others, we are in for the long haul and not the fast track marketing craze. we are not a bubble. Maybe because the bulk of our recent sales  have migrate to Norther Europe and you images might be less appealing there? Difficult to know.
I hope you agree with the difference and looking forward to making you and all our members millionaires.
Best
Paul M

Thanks for Hijacking the topic!

@Krisdog  To be really honest I see a lot of traffic hitting our site from Google looking for vectors and released all your files yesterday as vectors are making a lot of sales on our site and will be a big part of our future.  I am honored to have your work and love to see the eps files come in.  

@Paul "I hope you agree with the difference and looking forward to making you and all our members millionaires."  ??

Thanks very much John, I'll keep my fingers crossed for lots of sales!

@ John, Krisdog...
Sorry guys, I was just responding to a comment Flemishdreams had made in this thread about Zymmetrical. But I do wish Cutcaster all the success it deserves.

Quote from: ZymmMan on March 03, 2009, 15:07FlemishDream,

To compare us with Mostphotos and Yaymicro is not really fair.

For the record Paul, this remark was about CutCaster, not about Zymmetrical. Some nested quotes got mixed up. But while we're at it, Cutcaster can be compared with Zymmetrical on many points, with the difference that Zymmetrical is a year ahead. Both can't be compared with YAY which has subscriptions for 0.5 euro. After the failure of FeaturePics, I hope both sites will thrive (Zym and CC).

Quote from: Krisdog on March 03, 2009, 12:39
I've still got zero sales at CC...

Same here...

Quote from: helix7 on March 04, 2009, 14:54

Quote from: Krisdog on March 03, 2009, 12:39
I've still got zero sales at CC...

Same here...

Have you had vectors on the site for long?

0 for me as well

I'm working my butt off so hopefully you will have a sale and many coming up. 

Keep an eye out over the next day or two.  We are just about to roll out a new credit system where buyers can buy credits in bulk and get a discount when they do (I am eating the discount to get them to use the site more frequently) and also the introduction of corporate accounts for very large buyers.  I have been talking to a lot of publishers and advertisers lately who say they really like both these options and they are both in beta testing now.  Things are moving along on the site as i am sure you guys see the improvements on a daily basis from your feedback and I continue to say thank you for giving me a chance to prove myself and work for you. 

Thanks John, I like that you are so open with what's going on at the site. None of the "we'll be making an announcement about a very exciting announcement at a time to be announced" rubbish that some of the other sites partake in!