I don't know if it's common knowledge that admins' and inspectors' files are inspected the same day as they are uploaded. What maybe no one noticed is that the photos of one of the top seller are also approved as soon as uploaded. They always show up in the *latest uploads* page in the same bunch of the admins' & inspectors' files.

An example from today:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-14252406-christmas-presents.php

I thought that exclusives' files get inspected the same day they are uploaded too.

No, they don't.
I am an exclusive & it can take several days to get inpected.

But then again, I am not a BD exclusive.

Interesting, I thought that was one of the perks...I must be remembering wrong. I could swear one of my exclusive friends was gloating about how fast his images got reviewed when he first went exclusive.

What is a BD exclusive?

I've been observing this over the last two weeks and all the other exclusives had a delay of a few days, up to a week.

This makes you think of what other undeclared preferences, like best match, some members may have.

BD = Black Diamond

I thought it was a Big Deal when I became a BD.  Now, with my royalty rate reduction, it feels more like BFD  

Every other exclusive BD I saw had been in the Q for days.

Quote from: ShadySue on September 16, 2010, 17:10

Quote from: Saska on September 16, 2010, 17:05

I've been observing this over the last two weeks and all the other exclusives had a delay of a few days, up to a week.

This makes you think of what other undeclared preferences, like best match, some members may have.

One admin seems never to have his keywords checked. And they're really bad.

Maybe his images always appear on the first page anyway, so he doesn't really have to check keywords

Yup. That's the one.

Next you guys are going to tell me you guys didn't know that inspectors can self-inspect their images (or at least they used to be able to).

cool feature!

Here's my guess what happened, with the site re-architecture they built in the ability to target their "stars" (the exclusives they can't afford to lose), or somehow otherwise rate their exclusives.  They knew they was gong to be a big shakeup with commission structures, and they need the ability to target their "stars" for preferential treatment after Jan 1 in case their earnings go down to keep them happy. Come Jan 1, I would pay extra special attention to the best match algorithm to watch for this. This also gives them the ability to give them other perks as mentioned above (same day inspection, etc.) The site re-architecture did not just coincidentally happen before this big shake-up.

Quote from: rubyroo on September 16, 2010, 17:02

BD = Black Diamond

I thought it was a Big Deal when I became a BD.  Now, with my royalty rate reduction, it feels more like BFD  

I know, i went through every word starting with a B and D, thinking it was something like BFD. 

Quote from: dgilder on September 16, 2010, 17:35

Next you guys are going to tell me you guys didn't know that inspectors can self-inspect their images (or at least they used to be able to).

Dull colors, overexposed, omg what's with the keywords. And this guy wants to put it in Vetta.....

On second though this image looks familiar, where have I seen it before? Oh right, I just uploaded it this morning. Vetta it is!

LOL

[I thought it was a Big Deal when I became a BD.  Now, with my royalty rate reduction, it feels more like BFD  

 

you don't know what you are talking about. that contributor is not an admin/inspector. and sometimes exclusives files are approved same day. rarely, but it happens. lately it takes a long time for inspections, who knows why. probably because the agency collection garbage is getting priority. that's a more plausible conspiracy theory. inspectors are generally speaking an awesome group of people. I've never had one issue with an iStock inspector, and many have helped me above and beyond, without even being asked.