Author Topic: Silver Exclusives invited to Getty Images (Read 19740 times)

bittersweet · « **Reply #50 on:** November 20, 2008, 16:30 »

I see plenty of negative being posted as well, and I have penned a few of my own which have never been removed, and for which I have never been "scolded". I think when someone with a persecution complex continually posts misinformation to try to be a derisive force in the community, and those posts are based on the paranoid experiences of that one person rather than in fact, they tend to get removed.

shank_ali · « **Reply #51 on:** November 21, 2008, 02:14 »

Quote from: azurelaroux on November 20, 2008, 16:01

I know it is true. They've deleted my posts, even when the post isn't controversial.

Thats nothing i have had plenty of replies removed and posts deleted.The forum admin's could not keep up most days until finally they removed the source

thesentinel · « **Reply #52 on:** November 21, 2008, 02:45 »

Quote from: shank_ali on November 21, 2008, 02:14

Quote from: azurelaroux on November 20, 2008, 16:01
I know it is true. They've deleted my posts, even when the post isn't controversial.
Thats nothing i have had plenty of replies removed and posts deleted.The forum admin's could not keep up most days until finally they removed the source

I think that was done as a public service.
I'm sure the same behaviour from yourself here would have the same outcome.

Gizeh · « **Reply #53 on:** November 21, 2008, 03:49 »

You can hear quite often that budget RF brands like Gettys Photodisc are on a decline because a lot of customers in this segment have moved to microstock and the remaining buyers have become much more price sensitive.

Just wonder whether this offer is really beneficial for contributors or regular Getty contributors are no longer interested in submitting to the Photodisc collection and Getty needs new undemanding contributors to fill the gaps?

AVAVA · « **Reply #54 on:** November 21, 2008, 09:47 »

Gizeh,

I can tell you from experience my Seattle editor at Getty will not place my work in Photodisc anymore at least not for the past 6 months. My last 600 uploads to Getty RF have gone into a lesser collection with a lower price point and far worse placement per page. called Stockbyte. I wish my work would be accepted at Photodisc but maybe they are making it an exclusive Istock collection. My Photodisc images are now buried in the search engine at Getty.

Hope this helps,
AVAVA

bittersweet · « **Reply #55 on:** November 21, 2008, 15:02 »

I got my invitation this morning and just signed the online agreement. Now I'm just waiting for the guy to arrive at my door who will be surgically attaching this crown to my head.

Phil · « **Reply #56 on:** November 21, 2008, 17:29 »

deleted, think it has already been answered

jsnover · « **Reply #57 on:** November 22, 2008, 12:03 »

Quote from: azurelaroux on November 20, 2008, 14:47

You'll only ever good things about IS in their forums. Problems are only talked about in non-public forums like Exclusive, Inspector and Getty forums. Like many of the other sites they have been known to delete or lock any threads/posts that express negativity or point out a flaw in the system.

That hasn't been my experience at all. I've posted negative things about iStock and its policies many times, in IS forums and I've never had one removed or been banned. I try to be constructive about the criticism though and stay away from flaming them or other posts. I once had a topic removed - and got a note from Rob that he'd done it - because I had mistakenly assumed Getty owned another stock site that they didn't (a guy who sold his business to Getty started another site and I got confused). I was fine with that.

I wouldn't know anything about the Inspector or Getty forums as I've never seen either of those. The exclusive forum is pretty quiet and generally follows the same patterns as the others - no ranting and raving there that I've seen (but I've only seen it since the end of August and haven't spent any time looking back at old stuff there).

AVAVA · « **Reply #58 on:** November 22, 2008, 13:16 »

Getty forums do not really exist. I belong to a Macro group but it is not part of the Getty company it is our own Listserv. The community thing is all because of you guys and Micro and you should work very hard to hold on to this effort. One of the things that attracted me to Micro was the community feel and all the support from other photographers. You won't find that in Macro.

Best,
AVAVA

lagereek · « **Reply #59 on:** November 23, 2008, 03:33 »

Quote from: AVAVA on November 22, 2008, 13:16

Getty forums do not really exist. I belong to a Macro group but it is not part of the Getty company it is our own Listserv. The community thing is all because of you guys and Micro and you should work very hard to hold on to this effort. One of the things that attracted me to Micro was the community feel and all the support from other photographers. You won't find that in Macro.

Best,
AVAVA

Amen!

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #60 on:** November 23, 2008, 06:57 »

Quote from: lagereek on November 23, 2008, 03:33

Quote from: AVAVA on November 22, 2008, 13:16
Getty forums do not really exist. I belong to a Macro group but it is not part of the Getty company it is our own Listserv. The community thing is all because of you guys and Micro and you should work very hard to hold on to this effort. One of the things that attracted me to Micro was the community feel and all the support from other photographers. You won't find that in Macro.

Best,
AVAVA

Amen!

Don't you think this is the reason your traditional profits have dropped? Communities of photographers encouraging each other to shoot and upload?

AVAVA · « **Reply #61 on:** November 23, 2008, 09:37 »

No actually I don't. It is just the progression of the industry standards and the development of new models that lowered the price point to a new low. Many people were sharing info 5 years ago in Macro on our own listserv before Micro was hardly making a stir that is where we gained the strength and knowledge to start our own agencies as a team. It just makes us better equipped to adjust for change when we know what is going on at the big agencies. If it weren't for the Micro community and it's approach you may never of become a stock photographer. Not because you are not good enough it was just a much smaller door back then. You had to already be an established professional photographer to even apply.
If you don't share data and info with each other you are at the hands of the agencies to be your only source of information. I find concern with that. It is nice to know when your sales plunge that you are not the only one or that you are the only one, the agencies won't tell you but sharing info amongst yourselves will. Strength in numbers their always has been. I'm not talking about rebellion or revolution or even a union just having some feedback about what is going on is helpful. Just my experience.

Best,
AVAVA

Read_My_Rights · « **Reply #62 on:** November 25, 2008, 17:06 »

Bummer - we are being judged by our current portfolio - duds inclusive. As you can already tell I was rejected by the Getty editor gods. And I had so many neat ideas. I guess I have to give my best to IS just to get a chance at Getty. Anybody have an opinion towards trimming the duds from the portfolio?

AVAVA · « **Reply #63 on:** November 25, 2008, 17:52 »

Read,

If you want to get into Getty or any other site for that matter. Take those great ideas turn them into 12 professional quality images and take them with you back to Getty. Keep knocking till someone answers. Quite often timing is everything.

Best of luck,
AVAVA

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #64 on:** November 25, 2008, 18:00 »

Quote from: Read_My_Rights on November 25, 2008, 17:06

Bummer - we are being judged by our current portfolio - duds inclusive. As you can already tell I was rejected by the Getty editor gods. And I had so many neat ideas. I guess I have to give my best to IS just to get a chance at Getty. Anybody have an opinion towards trimming the duds from the portfolio?

Sorry to hear that. Did they reject your application request or did you submit an application and they rejected that?

bittersweet · « **Reply #65 on:** November 25, 2008, 20:30 »

I've heard from several people today who did not get in. $:-\$ They did say you could try again in 90 days instead of waiting until you reach gold. From what I hear they don't give a lot of specific info in the "no thanks" notice either so it's hard to know what exactly to do to improve the chances next time.

When I see people whose portfolios I admire as being leagues beyond mine, I feel like my getting in was some kind of accident.

AVAVA · « **Reply #66 on:** November 25, 2008, 21:09 »

The doors at Getty are constantly revolving like some fine hotel. Timing is very important. One week they are not taking anything and then all of a sudden everything changes. Keep knocking LOUD!

Best,
AVAVA

Read_My_Rights · « **Reply #67 on:** November 25, 2008, 22:32 »

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on November 25, 2008, 18:00

Quote from: Read_My_Rights on November 25, 2008, 17:06
Bummer - we are being judged by our current portfolio - duds inclusive. As you can already tell I was rejected by the Getty editor gods. And I had so many neat ideas. I guess I have to give my best to IS just to get a chance at Getty. Anybody have an opinion towards trimming the duds from the portfolio?

Sorry to hear that. Did they reject your application request or did you submit an application and they rejected that?

I do not get the difference. I applied through the silver exclusive link and that came back negative. they give you an additional 90 days to try again.
thanks AVAVA for the encouragement.

shank_ali · « **Reply #68 on:** December 01, 2008, 03:02 »

When you reach gold as an exclusive i believe you can start uploading to getty.With silvers it slightly different and although a few might get through on first applying others will need to reach 5000 sales before automatically qualifying .
It is a good ploy by istockphoto to try and attract more exclusives.
There is some fine new contributors on istock who hit the ground running and have instant success with regards to sales but if your like me and a few others in the races for bronze and silver we just sit tight and enjoy our small steady sales.

bittersweet · « **Reply #69 on:** December 01, 2008, 08:53 »

Quote from: shank_ali on December 01, 2008, 03:02

When you reach gold as an exclusive i believe you can start uploading to getty.With silvers it slightly different and although a few might get through on first applying others will need to reach 5000 sales before automatically qualifying .

Yes, gold gets automatic approval, but from what I can tell, there is nothing automatic about the silver approval. I have friends who have over 7000 downloads and have not gotten in. It only makes sense that anyone who is reasonably expecting to reach 10,000 within 90 days should be approved (since that is the waiting period to reapply), but I don't have any data to back up that assumption.

Good luck to those still awaiting a verdict!

Read_My_Rights · « **Reply #70 on:** December 01, 2008, 09:33 »

Quote from: whatalife on December 01, 2008, 08:53

Quote from: shank_ali on December 01, 2008, 03:02
When you reach gold as an exclusive i believe you can start uploading to getty.With silvers it slightly different and although a few might get through on first applying others will need to reach 5000 sales before automatically qualifying .

Yes, gold gets automatic approval, but from what I can tell, there is nothing automatic about the silver approval. I have friends who have over 7000 downloads and have not gotten in. It only makes sense that anyone who is reasonably expecting to reach 10,000 within 90 days should be approved (since that is the waiting period to reapply), but I don't have any data to back up that assumption.

Good luck to those still awaiting a verdict!

Probably a good guess on your part. Hopefully they ease off a bit after 90 days and rejecting the majority of silver applicants.

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