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PicWorkFlow charges $0.01 per file and upload site. At roughly 100 image files per month distributed to a dozen sites their bill would add up to a more reasonable $12.00 per month. And this is no subscription, meaning you only pay for what you are actually using. However, last time I tried (about 6 months ago) PicWorkFlow had still issues with loosing metadata in the upload process.... - Well, I guess I'll try again soon!
exactly as i predicted long time ago.it was impossible to stay afloat with free accounts.let's see if they stay in business with a bunch of paying users.
Quote from: Xanox on June 02, 2013, 23:50exactly as i predicted long time ago.it was impossible to stay afloat with free accounts.let's see if they stay in business with a bunch of paying users.In a lighter sense, I must say you've made an awful lot of predictions -- that came true. Reminds me of my wife's predictions -- 40 years ago she told me that if I didn't slow down I would get a speeding ticket.When I got one ... 30 years later ... she said, "Told you so." :-)
I predict Xanox won't leave this site, no matter you say.
Does anyone know if (and how) it is possible to set up ftp from a hosting service such as blue host? It would be an elegant solution if could just upload my images to my Symbiostock site once and distribute to the micro sites from there...
Quote from: Pilens on June 03, 2013, 16:57Does anyone know if (and how) it is possible to set up ftp from a hosting service such as blue host? It would be an elegant solution if could just upload my images to my Symbiostock site once and distribute to the micro sites from there...@Pilens: I published a tutorial in my blog on how to set up a webserver that distributes your images via FTP. It is in German though, maybe you need to (auto-)translate it:http://www.alltageinesfotoproduzenten.de/2010/02/25/bildverteilung-an-agenturen-mittels-ftp-und-webserver/It was a guest article for my blog, so I cannot give you much technical assistance.Best regards,Robert
Im quite new to all of this Microstock business, but I quickly realised I needed an easy and efficient method to upload to multiple agencies. I tried most of the products around and they all seemed to have problems. I was then invited to help the developer of StockUploader with some Beta testing.I use the Mac version on my Snow Leopard system and I am now very pleased with the reliability and performance happy to recommend it .http://www.stockuploader.com
^^ Not for me. I am living in the boondocks of the Yukon Territory just east of Alaska. I pay close to $100 per month for my internet connection and still get just 0.5 Mbs of upload speed. On top of that my monthly bandwidth is capped as well (at a more generous 60GB, thought). If I upload via ftp to all micro site from my computer uploading takes forever (and blocks my computer virtually for other internet uses as it slows everthing else down to snail speed).Does anyone know if (and how) it is possible to set up ftp from a hosting service such as blue host? It would be an elegant solution if could just upload my images to my Symbiostock site once and distribute to the micro sites from there...
Quote from: Pilens on June 03, 2013, 16:57^^ Not for me. I am living in the boondocks of the Yukon Territory just east of Alaska. I pay close to $100 per month for my internet connection and still get just 0.5 Mbs of upload speed. On top of that my monthly bandwidth is capped as well (at a more generous 60GB, thought). If I upload via ftp to all micro site from my computer uploading takes forever (and blocks my computer virtually for other internet uses as it slows everthing else down to snail speed).Does anyone know if (and how) it is possible to set up ftp from a hosting service such as blue host? It would be an elegant solution if could just upload my images to my Symbiostock site once and distribute to the micro sites from there...there is a solution but its not the cheapest one.. you could get a dedicated server (the cheapest you find.. usually they come around 200$/year if they are really cheap)then you upload via ftp your images to that server...then via remote desktop you use a ftp program like stockuploader or go-stock to upload to all the agencies. a dedicated server has an incredible speed. so you could upload all images only once and then it would work on its own and upload all the images to all the sites in a matter of seconds.. but you'd have to pay for a yearly dedicated server.. i think it depends a lot on how many pictures you upload. if its 20 every day then it might be worth.. if it is 1 a day then probably not..
Quote from: sharkyenergy on June 06, 2013, 02:06Quote from: Pilens on June 03, 2013, 16:57^^ Not for me. I am living in the boondocks of the Yukon Territory just east of Alaska. I pay close to $100 per month for my internet connection and still get just 0.5 Mbs of upload speed. On top of that my monthly bandwidth is capped as well (at a more generous 60GB, thought). If I upload via ftp to all micro site from my computer uploading takes forever (and blocks my computer virtually for other internet uses as it slows everthing else down to snail speed).Does anyone know if (and how) it is possible to set up ftp from a hosting service such as blue host? It would be an elegant solution if could just upload my images to my Symbiostock site once and distribute to the micro sites from there...there is a solution but its not the cheapest one.. you could get a dedicated server (the cheapest you find.. usually they come around 200$/year if they are really cheap)then you upload via ftp your images to that server...then via remote desktop you use a ftp program like stockuploader or go-stock to upload to all the agencies. a dedicated server has an incredible speed. so you could upload all images only once and then it would work on its own and upload all the images to all the sites in a matter of seconds.. but you'd have to pay for a yearly dedicated server.. i think it depends a lot on how many pictures you upload. if its 20 every day then it might be worth.. if it is 1 a day then probably not..I have a shared hosting account with Blue Host, which cost me around $5 per month, for my Symbiostock site. My next batch of images will be ready to submit in a couple days. I'll try the script solution fotorob suggested. I'll report back here how it went.