Author Topic: iStock review time (Read 18722 times)

Beppe Grillo · « **on:** May 19, 2013, 04:44 »

I have many photos pending for time (weeks, months) in iStock
iStock reviews just one or two photos a week (generally all are accepted)…
My limit of upload is 999/7 in DeepMeta, but I have stopped to upload till I will have pending photos.

Is it normal?
How is it possible to build a valid and working portfolio in this way?

estike · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2013, 05:13 »

I have some images hanging in review since 1st of May.

gillian vann · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2013, 05:22 »

after they increased the uploads to 999 it appears many are reporting much longer review times than normal.
So for now, up to a month can be considered "normal". I uploaded a few mother's day images 2 weeks before the date, they're still pending. ah well. sold them on SS and DT at least.

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2013, 07:07 »

Quote from: gillian on May 19, 2013, 05:22

after they increased the uploads to 999 it appears many are reporting much longer review times than normal.
So for now, up to a month can be considered "normal". I uploaded a few mother's day images 2 weeks before the date, they're still pending. ah well. sold them on SS and DT at least.

Till now I have always uploaded few images at a time, waiting that they were reviewed - to avoid too much rejections on series for example and eventually then correct the issue before to continue the upload of the whole series.

So, if now I will upload 100 images at a time, will this speed up the review time?
Or will it change NOTHING?

tickstock · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:05 »

dingles · « **Reply #5 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:23 »

I have images in the queue from the beginning of the month...not sure the wait time

luissantos84 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:27 »

tested it a few days ago (coz I don't upload to iStock) and file submitted on 28/04/2013 was approved on 16/05/2013

MisterElements · « **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:28 »

My review times on IS are about 12hr-36hrs far better then the 12-14 days I have to wait on SS.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:53 »

Slow for me too does it vary with acceptance rate?

gemmy12 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:57 »

Quote from: tickstock on May 19, 2013, 10:05

It takes about a day for me recently sometimes just a few hours.

are you exclusive in IS ? My images and footage both are also pending for last 2 weeks

tickstock · « **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:59 »

gemmy12 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2013, 11:02 »

Quote from: tickstock on May 19, 2013, 10:59

Quote from: gemmy12 on May 19, 2013, 10:57
Quote from: tickstock on May 19, 2013, 10:05
It takes about a day for me recently sometimes just a few hours.
are you exclusive in IS ? My images and footage both are also pending for last 2 weeks
Yep.

Oh ok..

oxman · « **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2013, 12:35 »

The exclusive que is pretty fast. I get images through in a few hours or day at most. i guess they are moving resources around now

mlwinphoto · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2013, 12:42 »

Quote from: MisterElements on May 19, 2013, 10:28

My review times on IS are about 12hr-36hrs far better then the 12-14 days I have to wait on SS.

12-36 hour wait time suggests you are exclusive....that's my wait time and I'm exclusive (for another week).

dingles · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2013, 13:32 »

I know on the video side they have an elevated review time for some contributors who have a proven track record of self editing and high acceptance rate...I believe I am in that department for video, but not so much for photos.

MichaelJayFoto · « **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2013, 14:31 »

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on May 19, 2013, 07:07

Quote from: gillian on May 19, 2013, 05:22
after they increased the uploads to 999 it appears many are reporting much longer review times than normal.
So for now, up to a month can be considered "normal". I uploaded a few mother's day images 2 weeks before the date, they're still pending. ah well. sold them on SS and DT at least.

Till now I have always uploaded few images at a time, waiting that they were reviewed - to avoid too much rejections on series for example and eventually then correct the issue before to continue the upload of the whole series.

So, if now I will upload 100 images at a time, will this speed up the review time?
Or will it change NOTHING?

Well, the main difference is: If you upload them NOW they will be reviewed quicker than if you upload them LATER.

Given that a few hundred thousand additional images have been added to the queue in a very short time after they raised the limit PLUS the iStockalypse having taken away some inspector capacity for the last week, long wait times for non-exclusives right now should not be a surprise.

I am quite sure that eventually times will come down again but first the inspectors have to work through the backlog images uploaded by many people right away after the change. Though I am sure if you stop uploading images, those images will be reviewed even later in the end.

Mantis · « **Reply #16 on:** May 19, 2013, 14:35 »

10 days for me and still not in the review queue.

gostwyck · « **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2013, 18:33 »

I'm not experiencing long review times at IS at all ... oh wait, maybe it has something to do with me not having uploaded to IS for several months?

dingles · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2013, 19:54 »

Quote from: gostwyck on May 19, 2013, 18:33

I'm not experiencing long review times at IS at all ... oh wait, maybe it has something to do with me not having uploaded to IS for several months?

I think we have to retire that joke...been done to death these days

MisterElements · « **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2013, 20:09 »

Quote from: mlwinphoto on May 19, 2013, 12:42

Quote from: MisterElements on May 19, 2013, 10:28
My review times on IS are about 12hr-36hrs far better then the 12-14 days I have to wait on SS.

12-36 hour wait time suggests you are exclusive....that's my wait time and I'm exclusive (for another week).

I'll never go exclusive anywhere ...ever...(unless someone pays me 7 or 8 figures

) I do vectors maybe that has something to do with it.

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #20 on:** May 20, 2013, 00:46 »

Quote from: MichaelJayFoto on May 19, 2013, 14:31

Though I am sure if you stop uploading images, those images will be reviewed even later in the end.

lol

You are right!

gillian vann · « **Reply #21 on:** May 20, 2013, 07:03 »

~~weird, I just had a file i uploaded yesterday rejected, meanwhile I've got a bunch from last month still pending. odd.~~

edit: oh wait, it was editorial.

ShadySue · « **Reply #22 on:** May 20, 2013, 07:09 »

Queue is 280475 files.

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #23 on:** May 20, 2013, 10:34 »

Quote from: ShadySue on May 20, 2013, 07:09

Queue is 280475 files.

Where do you see this number?

ShadySue · « **Reply #24 on:** May 20, 2013, 10:50 »

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on May 20, 2013, 10:34

Quote from: ShadySue on May 20, 2013, 07:09
Queue is 280475 files.

Where do you see this number?

Where it always is: www.istockphoto.com/stats. Now 281215.

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Author Topic: iStock review time (Read 18722 times)

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estike

gillian vann

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gemmy12

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oxman

mlwinphoto

dingles

MichaelJayFoto

Mantis

gostwyck

dingles

MisterElements

Beppe Grillo

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ShadySue

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