Author Topic: anyone using lookstat.com? (Read 10935 times)

microstockinsider · « **on:** October 29, 2008, 20:52 »

Is anyone using lookstat.com ? they offer a microstock portfolio monitoring service, but I'm not really sure I want to give them my logins just yet (!), it's similar to what prostockmaster does in aggregating and monitoring your sales (without the uploading function)

the creator, Rahul Pathak has a blog at http://www.rp0229.com/blog

i was quite happy to enter all my microstock account details into an ftp program, but i'd like to know a lot more about the company before i'd be ready to place all that info into an online platform. they have printed their address on the site, and it all looks quite legit, anyone have any other comment? at the moment i think they only support a couple of sites, but they plan to support 7

snurder · « **Reply #1 on:** October 31, 2008, 09:39 »

It looks interesting, but I am in agreement with you with regards to the password security.

Lee Torrens · « **Reply #2 on:** October 31, 2008, 10:25 »

I've met Rahul and found him to be a genuine bloke. We spoke in detail about his service and I'm excited about the developments he has planned for LookStat. I'll be using the service myself.

mantonino · « **Reply #3 on:** October 31, 2008, 10:51 »

I've also been approached about alpha testing it - but TBH haven't had time to look yet. I think I will and hopefully he's an ok dude.

No Longer Cares · « **Reply #5 on:** November 18, 2008, 20:39 »

The tool sounds great, except for one thing; it's online. Are you going to create a software package that does the same? I would love to see a nice software application that would maintain per picture sales data for all sites.

Being online means I now have to give someone my account data. Trusted or not, I do not plan on giving my username and password to any site. Just as I would not give my bank account details to other sites.

Rahul Pathak · « **Reply #6 on:** November 18, 2008, 21:33 »

Brandon,

Thanks for your note and your point is well taken. At this stage, we don't have plans for a software package. If we have to, we may well explore that option but so far, it appears that an online solution will work for enough people to make it viable.

We have spent a great deal of time and effort working on security. There are a number of sites (I actually use a couple of them) that do this sort of thing with bank and credit card data and we've adopted their best practices. Everything is stored in encrypted databases, we do not know your passwords, we do not have access to credentials, only automated systems have read access to transaction data and every single page on the site is encrypted. We know this is important and we spent a lot of time testing and refining our security.

Having said all this, I can understand your perspective and completely respect your decision. Your position is not unreasonable and I'm not trying to push you to change it.

Rahul

PS: Regardless of your decision on the service, I'd love to chat metrics sometime if you have the inclination.

UncleGene · « **Reply #7 on:** November 18, 2008, 23:41 »

Rahul, thanks for preventing me from developing this myself

What are you plans for covering more sites?

Rahul Pathak · « **Reply #8 on:** November 19, 2008, 00:48 »

My pleasure! Happy to help and hopefully we'll continue to save you time and effort as we evolve.

In terms of new sites, I'm open to feedback (and this may shift) but the current thinking is to cover the big 6 (fotolia, stockxpert, 123rf) and then see where we stand and what's happening in the market. I am curious about what Getty will do with StockXpert, so that may potentially change our plans. Some of our early users have also suggested bigstockphoto as a site we should cover.

Please feel free to comment on the above list and let me know if there are other sites we should be looking at.

andresr · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2008, 03:17 »

Rahul it was great to meet you in person in NY at photoplus expo. I have had a look at the site and opened an account and it is unbelievable. The potential you have there for development is amazing, honestly.
I can not wait until you have the full version running, any ideas on when will this happen?

Rahul Pathak · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2008, 10:59 »

Andres,

It was a pleasure to meet you as well and it's great to have you on board as an early LookStat user. It is terrific to hear your excitement about the potential of the service and I'm confident that you'll see rapid improvement over the next few weeks. Given the scope of our plans, we're going to be working on this for a while, but the beauty of a web service is that we can make it better for new and existing users virtually every day.

Thanks for taking the time to try the service and for sharing your thoughts here. I really appreciate it. Please don't hold back with your feedback, especially when it's this positive

Rahul

Kngkyle · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:06 »

I signed up with just Istock, and now that I see how it works I would like to add the others as well, but I don't see a way to do that?

Thanks

CofkoCof · « **Reply #12 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:06 »

How many users do you currently have (if it's not a secret)? I'm interested in your site, would just like to see other agencies added before I'll try it.

UncleGene · « **Reply #13 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:25 »

I agree with andresr, site has a great potential, though everything depends on how well this potential will be realized.

Rahul, perhaps it would be a good idea to discuss this in person (I believe we are nearby). Do you do some kind of stakeholder discussions?

grp_photo · « **Reply #15 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:59 »

Yes looks nice i will give it a test after christmas

Rahul Pathak · « **Reply #16 on:** November 19, 2008, 20:52 »

Thanks to all those who have signed up for accounts thus far. Initial account creation takes about 24 hours so you should be hearing from us shortly if you haven't already. As always, please let me know if you have questions.

Rahul

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