Author Topic: Istock raises upload limits (Read 20359 times)

lisafx · « **on:** July 30, 2010, 16:20 »

Just read in istock's forums that they have raised upload limits, including for non-exclusives.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=238102

Although it is not a huge raise it might help some folks that have not been able to build their istock portfolios as fast as on other sites.

Wonder why the raise? Inspections have been fast lately. More inspectors or fewer folks uploading? And if so, why? Are a lot of contributors taking the summer off of uploading?

cthoman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2010, 16:23 »

Sweet! I just hit gold, so this is like a double raise.

lisafx · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2010, 16:26 »

Quote from: cthoman on July 30, 2010, 16:23

Sweet! I just hit gold, so this is like a double raise.

Congrats on gold Cory! I love your illustration style

Dreamframer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2010, 16:42 »

Good news Lisa! Thanks for sharing.

Pheby · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2010, 16:43 »

I'm really happy about this! After having neglected istock for a long time in favor of FT as my best site, I'm having a hard time getting on my feet there. My approval rate is high, but 15 images a week as a non-exclusive bronze was just sad. I'm sure this raise will help. BTW: A few hours ago, I uploaded 3, and it said 12 left, now it says 0 uploaded, 20 left, so it seems we're starting at point zero.
I might even go and "wooo yay" over in the IS-thread

epantha · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:28 »

Wow! Surprising.
I recently went Silver so a double raise for me too

Eireann · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:33 »

Wow!
I swear to God I knew this was coming...

Does this have anything to do with Getty trying to increase ThinkStock's collection growth rate?
Those limits have been in place for years. Why raise them now?
Nothing to do with ThinkStock?

I'm not sure how to feel about all this.
But everyone else on IStock's forum seems to be happy.
I guess I should be too...

sc · « **Reply #7 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:34 »

Thanks for the heads up on that - I hadn't noticed.
And double plus I got to Gold today too.

Steve

cthoman · « **Reply #8 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:38 »

Quote from: lisafx on July 30, 2010, 16:26

Quote from: cthoman on July 30, 2010, 16:23
Sweet! I just hit gold, so this is like a double raise.

Congrats on gold Cory! I love your illustration style

Thanks. I saw your big milestone the other day and thought I'd at least pretend to keep up. Congrats to all the other newly minted canisters as well.

Hopefully, this change lasts. I remember back a few years ago the upload limits used to change weekly.

sharpshot · « **Reply #9 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:41 »

I remember istock raising the limits in the summer months a few times before. They then lower them again when uploads increase in the autumn.

Eireann · « **Reply #10 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:45 »

Sharpshot,
ah, OK then.
I'm happy!
I might even try to upload a few

Phil · « **Reply #11 on:** July 30, 2010, 17:50 »

cool, thanks for pointing it out.

they also reset the current amount uploaded, so I uploaded 25 yesterday and today I can upload another 30

lisafx · « **Reply #12 on:** July 30, 2010, 18:08 »

I just noticed the reset too. Finally my UL limits are high enough that I might not run smack into them every week like I have been doing for years

Congrats Steve and Epantha on the new canisters!

So nice to have something to celebrate in this long "dead calm" summer! For me the celebration may be short lived after I have a chance to do my end-of-month stats...

Good thing my promised no-complaints week is about up

crazychristina · « **Reply #13 on:** July 30, 2010, 18:11 »

An admin commented that they are close to resolving some long-standing technical issues that have been affecting uploads, so perhaps the new limits will stay in place.

Suljo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 30, 2010, 19:16 »

Quote from: sharpshot on July 30, 2010, 17:41

I remember istock raising the limits in the summer months a few times before. They then lower them again when uploads increase in the autumn.

+1
Just before my vacation.
Anyhow I needed bigger canister few months when I started with them. For now I cant remember when I upload more that 10 images per week.

Anyka · « **Reply #15 on:** July 31, 2010, 00:45 »

Quote from: lisafx on July 30, 2010, 18:08

So nice to have something to celebrate in this long "dead calm" summer! For me the celebration may be short lived after I have a chance to do my end-of-month stats...

Good thing my promised no-complaints week is about up

At first I also thought "wow, let's celebrate", but then I realised that Istockphoto is not selling my 2010 uploads at all ... Lisafx already pointed this out one or two months ago. Last week I calculated the percentages : my overall sales for this year have not gone down, but my 2010 uploads at Istock only represent 6% of my Istock sales!

6% ??!! I did not upload less (not in quantity, and certainly not in quality), so I can only conclude they just drowned in the masses.
Older photos are still doing well, so I'm just getting the feeling "what am I uploading for?"

lagereek · « **Reply #16 on:** July 31, 2010, 01:14 »

Dont know if its good news or what? it could mean that we will have gazillions of neewbies and "getting rich over night" applicants uploading even more irrelevant material, clogging up files even more?
I know! I sound cynical about this.

best and congrats to your new cannisters.

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #17 on:** July 31, 2010, 05:08 »

luckily, most "getting rich over night" guys don't even bother to pass the admission test - it's already too much a hassle for them

luissantos84 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 31, 2010, 08:56 »

Quote from: Pheby on July 30, 2010, 16:43

I'm really happy about this! After having neglected istock for a long time in favor of FT as my best site, I'm having a hard time getting on my feet there. My approval rate is high, but 15 images a week as a non-exclusive bronze was just sad. I'm sure this raise will help. BTW: A few hours ago, I uploaded 3, and it said 12 left, now it says 0 uploaded, 20 left, so it seems we're starting at point zero.
I might even go and "wooo yay" over in the IS-thread

same here, seems we got more 18 to upload, NICE!

Dook · « **Reply #19 on:** July 31, 2010, 11:30 »

Quote from: sc on July 30, 2010, 17:34

Thanks for the heads up on that - I hadn't noticed.
And double plus I got to Gold today too.

Steve

I'm just 100 downloads away from Silver. So, it'll be jump from 15 to 24 a week.
I think it has to do something with TS, they need a lot of pictures over there.

lisafx · « **Reply #20 on:** July 31, 2010, 11:37 »

Quote from: Dook on July 31, 2010, 11:30

I think it has to do something with TS, they need a lot of pictures over there.

^^ Makes a lot of sense.

Although with so many not participating in the PP it may not help them improve those sites offerings much. If they really need content I wonder if the 18 month prohibition on exclusive images in the PP will be the next thing to go...

Danicek · « **Reply #21 on:** July 31, 2010, 11:51 »

^^^ As far as I know, the move of new files from TS to IS is not working for several months. And people, even IS exclusives, are saying that they never really heard why and when it will be resolved. So I guess it is not their priority at all.

Dook · « **Reply #22 on:** July 31, 2010, 11:58 »

Quote from: Danicek on July 31, 2010, 11:51

^^^ As far as I know, the move of new files from TS to IS is not working for several months. And people, even IS exclusives, are saying that they never really heard why and when it will be resolved. So I guess it is not their priority at all.

Well, I thought about this before - maybe Istock doesn't want to fix that problem, trying to avoid orders from their big bosses at Getty to transfer pictures to TS.

KB · « **Reply #23 on:** July 31, 2010, 12:00 »

Quote from: Danicek on July 31, 2010, 11:51

^^^ As far as I know, the move of new files from TS to IS is not working for several months. And people, even IS exclusives, are saying that they never really heard why and when it will be resolved. So I guess it is not their priority at all.

Or maybe they've decided they don't like the images that many are sending to TS, and would prefer to populate it by other means.

The new Japan lypse that was just announced requires that all images taken there that are uploaded also be sent to TS. Getty's strong-arm tactics at work?

disorderly · « **Reply #24 on:** July 31, 2010, 12:06 »

I'd blame incompetence rather than intent for the image transfer problems to TS. After all, these are the guys who took years to get their IPTC data retrieval process working reliably. If it's reliable today; I use DeepMeta to upload, so I don't know if the web interface handles keyword retrieval any better than it did.

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