Big problems over at iStock over the new search bar; full of bugs, errors and searches don't work because it defaults to 'search within' all the time.  Lots of unhappy people over there, and there will be more when sales disappear on Monday.

I'm expecting a 50% drop in sales this week unless they fix this thing pronto.

My sales were really good for a Sunday. Can't be too bad.

It defaults to Search Within after you've already completed a search. However, it's smart enough to revert to New Search if you navagate away from your search results.

The dropdown for New Search or Search Within is large and adjacent to the search box. I can't see many people missing it.

Did you find any bugs or experience any problems.  Seems to work fine for me, and I think it's a much better spot for the search bar, though I imagine contributors who don't buy images would appreciate the option to hide it. It's a lot more obvious now, which is good if you search often.

My Friday sales were down roughly 40% and it's not looking good this morning either. A 40% drop in sales is mucho $$ for me so I hope they fix this pronto.

Sales are down everywhere during this vacation time and as many have pointed out it's a usual occurence. I would rather them make these changes now rather than during the busy season.

Are you saying that (most) graphic designers are halfwits/noobs when it comes to searching for images, and that they'll just give up and not bother looking/buying if something in the search procedure is changed?

Sales down about 40% for a Monday.  I was expecting 50%.

You can change that in advanced search and when they get it working properly you will be able to save your default so that it always shows whatever information you choose.

The good news is that my sales don't seem to have been affected by the latest change.  The bad news is they are down overall now that exclusives are once again getting preferential placement, and I had my first zero DL day in nine months on Sunday.      

Yikes, a zero DL day with a portfolio your size - not a good sign. I guess it's only a matter of time before we all begin to see those. (knock on wood)

Quote from: Karimala on June 13, 2007, 13:03

The good news is that my sales don't seem to have been affected by the latest change.  The bad news is they are down overall now that exclusives are once again getting preferential placement, and I had my first zero DL day in nine months on Sunday.      

What makes you think that exclusives are getting preferential placement?
I'm not exclusive and my placement in the searches is much better than it was before the re-shuffle and my downloads have gone right up.  I have lots of my best sellers that were lost for the last couple of months back up and selling and turning up on the first and second pages of searches.

Yes I agree with fotografer, the last two days were really good and my bestseller started again to sell after several of weeks of very slow sales. In fact, today seems to be one of my best days I had on IS without counting ELs.