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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: ShadySue on November 09, 2011, 05:44

Title: Inspection times
Post by: ShadySue on November 09, 2011, 05:44
I uploaded some main collection (not editorial, not V/A candidates) on Saturday and haven't 'caught' them even locked for inspection yet. Is this the new 'normal' (exclusive), or just the backlog from the Milan'lypse?
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: wut on November 09, 2011, 05:49
I takes them 5-6 days to review non-exclusive...
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: aeonf on November 09, 2011, 05:57
I still have a few from Nov 3rd
Up to a week is still OK from my experience.
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: Difydave on November 09, 2011, 06:07
Seems to be running around 5-6 days for me recently.
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: SNP on November 09, 2011, 12:24
inspections definitely seem stretched out lately...even for exclusive
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: ProArtwork on November 09, 2011, 12:32
They are busy deactivating "Unreleased Artwork"!
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: ShadySue on November 09, 2011, 20:50
Seems that editorials are coming through faster than main collection files.
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: SNP on November 09, 2011, 22:00
^ not for me...
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: ShadySue on November 10, 2011, 05:27
Hmmm. I've got 5 editorials from the 6th accepted, and 3 mains from the 5th still not locked.
And two editorials frm the 6th rejected for date format, despite me checking with Sirimo that date-month-year is still acceptable per his sticky - it is! - and putting a NOTE to inspector in the description in all of my editorial files. (The inspectors who know what they're doing must think that's weird. But not as weird as getting a rejection which refers you to the sticky note that tells you you're doing it right.)
 >:( >:( >:(
For those late to this whine, Sirimo's sticky says, "Location data might be "City, County" or "City, State, Country" etc. Date data might be 'month date year" or "date month year" or in rare circumstances where the specific date isn't known just "month year". "

ETA: Credit where it's due: even the pics which were accepted overnight are already showing in search.  :)
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: Zerkalo on November 10, 2011, 06:10
I got images inspected from 1 week ago. It's obvious that the inspection times are long these days.
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: Cogent Marketing on November 10, 2011, 11:47
I submitted just the one editorial image in October. Here's the timeline in my example;

24 October - image created
25 October - image uploaded

7 November - image accepted
9 November - image goes live

14 Days from upload to acceptance

16 days from uploading to going live, i.e. available for sale
Title: Re: Inspection times
Post by: helix7 on November 10, 2011, 12:29
Seems to be running around 5-6 days for me recently.

5-6 days for exclusives? Nice perk, istock.