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« Reply #75 on: April 12, 2009, 16:27 »
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you shouldn't be so picky for a new agency,that's not going to help you at all.

I think I disagree.  A new agency has to offer the highest possible quality to get buyer's attention ... and respect, even if it means slow growth.



thank you Warrenprice at least one agree with me .. ;D

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those same images that I uploaded are selling at other agencies.
Are they selling in Fotolia, dreamstime or istock ?


« Reply #76 on: April 12, 2009, 16:33 »
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some artits already uploaded more than 300 images now  ;D

Amazing...

By the way don't spend too much time now on marketing and SEO. It might backfire when customers see a site with little images. I believe you that you will do the marketing and SEO very well later.

- I logged in again and I went to "My Upload" by another link - it worked now.
- No FTP, so I went to "upload a file".
- The first disappointment: there are categories, so I filled in people.
- The second disappointment: I have to click on a checkbox that I agree with the condtions on every image. Can't that just be done in the begin of a batch, like with most sites?
- There are the fields for title, description, keywords... cool. But mine are in the IPTC. So I checked "use IPTC info".
- Doesn't work - the script needs a "title" anyways. OK, I copypaste the title in and there the script goes silent... (watching my upload gauge, I can see something is uploading so I wait)
- After a while... the screen pops up with "starting upload" (when it's already finished), followed by the edit screen. Sure, the keywords and description are imported from the IPTC, but not the title.
- The largest (10MP) size is priced at 5$, the smallest one at 1$.
Compared to Zymmetrical and Cutcaster, that's still peanuts.

Bottomline: no clue how to attach a Model Release, no Model Release library, the script is still very buggy, and there are 3 unnecessary steps with each image: click on accept conditions, click on read IPTC, and copypaste the title. This is not working for uploading 1000 images....

Conclusion: I'll wait till the upload works well and till there is multifile upload or FTP. There is no FTP now...

gbcimages

« Reply #77 on: April 12, 2009, 16:33 »
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yes!

« Reply #78 on: April 12, 2009, 16:39 »
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2.8 is correct.    ;)    This shows you were able to follow Flemish link...

You are as cruel as me!  :P

« Reply #79 on: April 12, 2009, 16:40 »
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The big 5 registred on Fotomina is a mission accomplished  ;D When I visited South Africa they call the Lion Big5 ... Anway, I am very happy to here your comments about the website, as I told you the final version of the website need a lot of money and sometimes... So what we can do, just send me your username by email: [email protected] and I will setup an FTP account, you only need to upload files With IPTC included and I will do the rest, you can also upload the model release on FTP...

Are you happy now !??  ;D

« Reply #80 on: April 12, 2009, 16:45 »
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Are they selling in Fotolia, dreamstime or istock ?

Check people's portfolio links on the bottom and verify whether they sell where and what.

« Reply #81 on: April 12, 2009, 16:59 »
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South Africa they call the Lion Big5
FlemishDreams are you big5 ;) ? don't miss it with Mr. Google

« Reply #82 on: April 12, 2009, 17:07 »
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thats not right i have uploaded more than 1000 pics today... but than the system say: uploadlimit reached *g

so i send a email and they give me more space.... great support *g

lg yvonne

« Reply #83 on: April 12, 2009, 17:11 »
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FlemishDreams are you big5 ;) ?

Of course not. I just make the most noise  ;D
Amongst the top here are many but not me. Sjlocke is, RT, Lisafx, Karimala, PatrickH, and many more I just forget now...

I won't post comment on bugs any more in public. That's not fair towards you. It gets picked up by Google. I will send that kind of info in private and I already did to your Satellite Force  ;)

« Reply #84 on: April 12, 2009, 17:14 »
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thats not right i have uploaded more than 1000 pics today.

Ha, to all those that want a microstock union, see this! That's why it is doomed to fail  ;D

« Reply #85 on: April 12, 2009, 17:19 »
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flemish i dont understand your comment... is it good or bad for you to upload to new sites...

i really like it.. because i dont like the big 5 or 6 or whatever....

but a new agency for me is good... i planing i food-agency in the moment in germany... so i know the work....

i really will never understand why new must be bat... i work with fotomina since 2 days and they answer to my mails within minutes... thats great...

regards yvonne

« Reply #86 on: April 12, 2009, 17:27 »
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Hallo Yvonne danke schn ..

FlemishDreams check you PM...  ;)

« Reply #87 on: April 12, 2009, 17:31 »
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2.8 is correct.    ;)    This shows you were able to follow Flemish link...

I did not follow any link.. >:( Let me ask you a question: What we call "nice shot" in photographer language? Who we call nice lenses?

"Nice shot" is what you need badly
"Nice lenses"  The ones that are heavy and expensive. Or do you have a Finnish person called "Nice lenses" since you wrote "who"? :D

No you have 1031 pic, congrats:)

« Reply #88 on: April 12, 2009, 17:34 »
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2.8 is correct.    ;)    This shows you were able to follow Flemish link...

I did not follow any link.. >:( Let me ask you a question: What we call "nice shot" in photographer language? Who we call nice lenses?

"Nice shot" is what you need badly
"Nice lenses"  The ones that are heavy and expensive. Or do you have a Finnish person called "Nice lenses" since you wrote "who"? :D

No you have 1031 pic, congrats:)

We do not call them "nice lenses" in terms of "pro photographer"' we just call them nice Glaces  ;D We call Nice shot = Sharp Shot  ;D

vonkara

« Reply #89 on: April 12, 2009, 17:54 »
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Where's the FTP upload information exactly. I won't upload one by one that's sure

« Reply #90 on: April 12, 2009, 17:57 »
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Where's the FTP upload information exactly. I won't upload one by one that's sure

Vonkara just send me you username on [email protected] and I will setup an FTP access for you ..

Regards

« Reply #91 on: April 12, 2009, 18:19 »
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and it works he make it for me....

wish you good luke

regards yvonne

« Reply #92 on: April 13, 2009, 06:23 »
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I like to share this:

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Hi Fotomina.com,

I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released seventh edition of our Schmap Paris Guide:

Eiffel Tower
www.schmap.com/paris/tours_tour1/p=2685/i=2685_56.jpg

If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at:

Eiffel Tower
www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=paris&sid=tours_tour1&p=2685&i=2685_56

It's very nice to see Fotomina.com appearing in such website ...  ;D

WarrenPrice

« Reply #93 on: April 13, 2009, 09:46 »
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Did they pay you?

I was contacted at Flickr for one of my NewOrleans photos.  They offered me a FREE credit line.   >:(

« Reply #94 on: April 13, 2009, 10:46 »
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Did they pay you?

I was contacted at Flickr for one of my NewOrleans photos.  They offered me a FREE credit line.   >:(

No it was free, but at least the name of our website will appear for 1 month  ;D

« Reply #95 on: April 13, 2009, 14:05 »
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Are you in it for the money only or do you have a genuine interest for photography?

No they got funding from a Finnish near-government agency for innovative startups.  :P

Test:  wich aperture gives shortest dof.   2.8 or 8  ?   :D

What's DOF? Oh righty, Department Of Funding.  ;D

Actual Tekes is not a "Seed/startup" funder (e.g. they fund Nokia research programs with several million euros per year). They fund innovations and technology development and research projects, not marketing, not investments  (o.k. they can fund your development servers but not the production ones).

They can give you 25 or 50% of project budgets (maybe more if you are in focusing on some of their major funding programs, not sure this years situation). They can give your low rate development loan or direct support (which the company not pays back) or combination of both. Company needs to find other side of funding for project to get these money. No money paid in advance (they are paid after 6 months, 1 year or so (company must paid all salaries, taxes etc during that time)). What I know about the process it involes lot of paper work and funding is very hard to get because demand is high. There is no limit on project size (so you can get e.g. 2 million euros, but usually supported amounts are somewhat 50k-200k / year (you can download the list of suppreted companies per year from Tekes page)).  Tekes funding is very good tool when you are building up new products since it lower the costs but you get all the money beforehands so real funding is needed to make the project in first place.

I must say that Fotomina has something good if they have got funding from Tekes (In next years list of funded companies we can check the amount they got). 

br, MjP



« Reply #96 on: April 13, 2009, 14:34 »
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I must say that Fotomina has something good if they have got funding from Tekes (In next years list of funded companies we can check the amount they got).

I guess every government has funding schemes like that. I worked on research funds before, and it was just a lot of paperwork to write the projects. Implementation and marketing were never funded. For that you needed to team up with a private partner.

In the mean time I hooked up with "Sat" in private, and I know a bit more. He's a nice chap, but he has a lot of tough work ahead. I won't comment in public any more from now on, since that would be unethical, but I'm sure they deserve a chance. Time will tell whether they can stand the hard competition and the rat race. Chances are virtually zero, but as William of Orange said: Point n'est besoin desprer pour entreprendre ni de russir pour persvrer (no need for any hope to start, no need for success to go on).

« Reply #97 on: April 13, 2009, 14:44 »
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Merci beaucoup mon ami  :) Subtitle for english people: Thank you very much my freind ...

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I won't comment in public any more from now on
The Good News...  ;D

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but I'm sure they deserve a chance
Yes we do ;)

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Chances are virtually zero
At least give us 1 while it's Virtual  :'(

Finallement merci pour le proverbe ..

En faite je parle 5 langues  ;D




« Reply #98 on: April 14, 2009, 17:34 »
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satforce your my friend too... my pics are online *g ok i think 750 still waiting but your working thats great

lg yvonne

JerryL5

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« Reply #99 on: April 14, 2009, 17:40 »
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I'm in with a few pics, won't hurt to give it a try.
Sat, is there any chance of a forum on Fotomina?



 

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