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« Reply #125 on: September 11, 2014, 07:29 »
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I don't think you have anything to worry about Jack. Keep up the great work. (completely understand the need for quality submissions)

I hope it works out great.


« Reply #126 on: September 11, 2014, 07:30 »
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Jack - Once images are reviewed and approved, do you allow the approved images to be deleted (physical deletion) or can they only be disabled (to prevent them from being sold going forward).
Thanks.

pixol,

you can do anything you wish, they are your works. Deleting images requires no review.
Thanks Jack for your reply.

« Reply #127 on: September 11, 2014, 07:35 »
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78% may be a good reason for me to regist a contributor account.

and i have some question here:
But why 78%? how about 80%?
 Is it requaired all files exclusive?
Can I kill my files in a easy way if I have another plan?
Must I have to pay some dollars to delete my own files?
Is it contain a Chinese user interface?


« Reply #128 on: September 11, 2014, 07:37 »
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Shadysue
Not sure what you're referring to and now reassessing your opinions regarding our TOS. Thanks for your efforts.
I'm referring to Value Added Tax, which you must know about if you are intending to sell to the EU. Seems I was right about your 'legal eagle' not being qualified in international law.
I've already provided you with two links, so you can begin to educate yourself there.
Reassess / ignore this at your peril.

Absolute nonsense. We are inventing the world. Imagine all the shackles that you desire.

I sincerely hope you are joking. At this point I am refraining from setting up an account with you folks. Far too many gaps to close. All Liz is trying to do is help you better understand EU law because your attorney hasn't been able to peel that legal onion back.

« Reply #129 on: September 11, 2014, 07:40 »
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Honestly, I'm not sure why you guys are spending so much time on this.  The site obviously has lots of issues (and the design is very 2000-ish) - I don't even know what "Stocktal is traction" is supposed to mean.  It doesn't sound at all like they have it at all together yet.



Thanks.

It was directed to the members who seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time tutoring :)

Hi Sean, such a strange approach. Stocksy is awesome and worthy of full recognition. Why you guys would come here to quibble about nothing is weirder still? Without an actual question? Whats the question?

Does there need to be a question? Aren't we allowed to state opinions, too?

Ubermansch

  • Im designed to think
« Reply #130 on: September 11, 2014, 07:54 »
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Honestly, I'm not sure why you guys are spending so much time on this.  The site obviously has lots of issues (and the design is very 2000-ish) - I don't even know what "Stocktal is traction" is supposed to mean.  It doesn't sound at all like they have it at all together yet.



Thanks.

It was directed to the members who seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time tutoring :)

Hi Sean, such a strange approach. Stocksy is awesome and worthy of full recognition. Why you guys would come here to quibble about nothing is weirder still? Without an actual question? Whats the question?

Does there need to be a question? Aren't we allowed to state opinions, too?

You're asking me what? I dont know, if you want people just saying random comments without actually engaging, it looks to me like hazing. I'm married to stocktal psychologically, I want them to succeed.

In fact I'm enthusiastic.

Flatulent opinions going nowhere certainly seem to me like waffle and not on point. Reading that type of stuff is not very helpful to anyone.

« Reply #131 on: September 11, 2014, 07:56 »
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I only speak my personal opinions, as usual.

« Reply #132 on: September 11, 2014, 07:56 »
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Honestly, I'm not sure why you guys are spending so much time on this.  The site obviously has lots of issues (and the design is very 2000-ish) - I don't even know what "Stocktal is traction" is supposed to mean.  It doesn't sound at all like they have it at all together yet.



Thanks.

It was directed to the members who seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time tutoring :)

Hi Sean, such a strange approach. Stocksy is awesome and worthy of full recognition. Why you guys would come here to quibble about nothing is weirder still? Without an actual question? Whats the question?

Does there need to be a question? Aren't we allowed to state opinions, too?

You're asking me what? I dont know, if you want people just saying random comments without actually engaging, it looks to me like hazing. I'm married to stocktal psychologically, I want them to succeed.

In fact I'm enthusiastic.

Flatulent opinions going nowhere certainly seem to me like waffle and not on point. Reading that type of stuff is not very helpful to anyone.

Then you are in the wrong forum.

Ubermansch

  • Im designed to think
« Reply #133 on: September 11, 2014, 08:00 »
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Shadysue
Not sure what you're referring to and now reassessing your opinions regarding our TOS. Thanks for your efforts.
I'm referring to Value Added Tax, which you must know about if you are intending to sell to the EU. Seems I was right about your 'legal eagle' not being qualified in international law.
I've already provided you with two links, so you can begin to educate yourself there.
Reassess / ignore this at your peril.

Absolute nonsense. We are inventing the world. Imagine all the shackles that you desire.

I sincerely hope you are joking. At this point I am refraining from setting up an account with you folks. Far too many gaps to close. All Liz is trying to do is help you better understand EU law because your attorney hasn't been able to peel that legal onion back.

I like his "kick @ss" attitude. Its all in the posts. read between the lines and stop being so gay.

« Reply #134 on: September 11, 2014, 08:01 »
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"I like his "kick @ss" attitude. Its all in the posts. read between the lines and stop being so gay."

Uh-oh.

« Reply #135 on: September 11, 2014, 08:04 »
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This is getting out of hand. Stocktal is good, lets keep the thread relevant.

Ubermansch

  • Im designed to think
« Reply #136 on: September 11, 2014, 08:07 »
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"I like his "kick @ss" attitude. Its all in the posts. read between the lines and stop being so gay."

Uh-oh.

Gay is bad now??

ahh...artists are varied. Stocksy is awesome man no doubt about it. wish they'd approve my submissions from 3 months ago. But its ok, stocktal is better...no need.

« Reply #137 on: September 11, 2014, 08:21 »
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Jack, appreciate you taking time out today. Was looking forward to some answers and you delivered.

The file size thing is a bit of a problem. 16 mb is a help but my camera is a Canon 24 mp

I have what it takes to deliver images that sell and also will make the blog entries, but resizing all my collection is not an an option. Do you have any suggestions?

Appreciate what you are trying to do. Thanks.

Ubermansch

  • Im designed to think
« Reply #138 on: September 11, 2014, 08:31 »
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Honestly, I'm not sure why you guys are spending so much time on this.  The site obviously has lots of issues (and the design is very 2000-ish) - I don't even know what "Stocktal is traction" is supposed to mean.  It doesn't sound at all like they have it at all together yet.



Thanks.

It was directed to the members who seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time tutoring :)

Hi Sean, such a strange approach. Stocksy is awesome and worthy of full recognition. Why you guys would come here to quibble about nothing is weirder still? Without an actual question? Whats the question?

Does there need to be a question? Aren't we allowed to state opinions, too?

You're asking me what? I dont know, if you want people just saying random comments without actually engaging, it looks to me like hazing. I'm married to stocktal psychologically, I want them to succeed.

In fact I'm enthusiastic.

Flatulent opinions going nowhere certainly seem to me like waffle and not on point. Reading that type of stuff is not very helpful to anyone.

Then you are in the wrong forum.

So flatulent opinions dont bother you?

This thread has an unusual spirit.

« Reply #139 on: September 11, 2014, 10:10 »
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This tangent is cause for concern. Absolutely no need to have any problems here.

Antina,

we are still working on this issue but glad you found the stocktal contributor advice helpful.

pixsol.

you're welcome and sorry for misspelling your name previously.

Mantis'

of course I am joking. Kids need fun and so do adults. I'm a kid at heart.

Sean,

your personal opinion is of course welcome.

shadysue,

I am SURE your sense of humor is as capable as your intellect. Please forgive me if you were offended.

There's nothing to fear, there's nothing to wait for. Lets make stocktal exactly what it should be...great.


« Reply #140 on: September 11, 2014, 10:19 »
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Also Ubermansch, your "go slow" is over.

Thanks.

« Reply #141 on: September 11, 2014, 10:31 »
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what is about search words only available in english?

« Reply #142 on: September 11, 2014, 10:50 »
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Please add "Isolated" to your Category list. Lots of buyers use this filter.

« Reply #143 on: September 11, 2014, 10:57 »
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That's done mate, got the email 10 minutes ago. Good call actually, need more constructive stuff like that. Also found objects is now objects as suggested. They took an hour to decide if they should send it to me...

Keep your particular suggestions coming.

« Reply #144 on: September 11, 2014, 13:03 »
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That's done mate, got the email 10 minutes ago. Good call actually, need more constructive stuff like that. Also found objects is now objects as suggested. They took an hour to decide if they should send it to me...

Keep your particular suggestions coming.

cheers Jack. i like it when a new site is open to improvement, as we all have growing pains
with our maiden voyage. as Jo Ann Snover mentioned at the on-set,
any site that is promoting more earning than pennies and subs is always welcome.

your coming in here at Tyler's site is daring, and as you see here, not everything that is said
is meant to be personal, but more so, in the interest of all contributors here.

of course there are exceptions, but really, the world is big enough for everyone
and we cannot be the flavour of the month for every cousin's cousin's cousin (to quote
another commentor here on msg).

all the best to Stocktal.

« Reply #145 on: September 11, 2014, 13:26 »
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One last comment for today before lunch.

The categories thing was mentioned several times. Somebody made the point that if we had 10 million images, who would rifle through the category to find just the right image.

I agree completely except for one thing. We need you to help us fill out the categories, just choose one category. So far most of the contributors are at least choosing one relevant category and several have already simply made a subcategory for their images. Its simple to do.

The way we are going, from 100k to a million is only a few weeks away. By filling out the category and making it accurate, you give yourself a better chance of selling, for the buyers that do actually like to browse cats. Otherwise its a lucky dip on the on site search, that depends on your titles and keywords.

....

The curators view people who refuse to do a title, keywords etc or add at least one category at this early stage as un cooperative. "They seem to just want to dump a large file on us and run"

We have already closed several accounts without further explanation and hope not to have to do too much more of this.

the curators need to be more understanding -- I have 20,000 images as possible uploads - all have iptc info, but I'm not going to assign categories individually

since you're a new site maybe you could break this whole category-centric craziness -- instead of having categories assigned to each image, just list the categories, and then when the user clicks on 'cats' or 'animals' just do a regular keyword search.  the user gets what they want and artists have one less annoying detail to worry about

« Reply #146 on: September 11, 2014, 13:57 »
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Believe it or not, we WANT all the talent in the world. We dont require exclusive images, BUT we do require your  genuine title, description and keyword input. Why? Because a search engine has no clue what your image is. They need text. If you are pasting keywords and titles/descriptions from your other submissions in other agencies to StockTal, you may as well spend that time you spent uploading, instead go fishing or shopping or go party at a bar, because that work ...if not original, the text not genuinely created? is just lost and your file on our site? a waste of bytes.

Do I understand that right? You want us to have different titles / descriptions / keywords than on other sites?


« Reply #147 on: September 11, 2014, 14:08 »
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search doesn't work intuitively -- I type 'turkey' in the keyword search box and get the expected pix.  then I type in 'map' and get nothing.  I try 'maps' and still nothing.  then I realize you're ADDING each keyword to the original search, and I figured out I had to delete keywords from the box ABOVE where I was entering my search.


-- login -- the prefill comes up but doesn't stay long enough to click, would be less of a problem if we didn't have to log in so often

--- talent page
   - is alphabetized by first names rather than last names
   -- click on '2' or 'next' and blank page appears

--- a trivial quibble:
 'archeology' is listed as a category -- turns out both spellings are correct,BUT:

"Google says that the spelling of archaeology is found on about 51,400,000 web pages, while archeology is only on 4,480,000 web pages"
http://archaeology.about.com/b/2005/11/29/archeology-v-archaeology-a-poll.htm

"U.S. National Park Service has archeology programs. But, oddly enough, one of the most important national laws protecting our archaeological heritage is indeed the Archaeological Resources Protection Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1979. Go figure. " http://www.saa.org/ForthePublic/Resources/OtherUsefulResources/Whyaretheretwodifferentspellingsarchaeology/tabid/1078/Default.aspx

Valo

« Reply #148 on: September 11, 2014, 14:16 »
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Believe it or not, we WANT all the talent in the world. We dont require exclusive images, BUT we do require your  genuine title, description and keyword input. Why? Because a search engine has no clue what your image is. They need text. If you are pasting keywords and titles/descriptions from your other submissions in other agencies to StockTal, you may as well spend that time you spent uploading, instead go fishing or shopping or go party at a bar, because that work ...if not original, the text not genuinely created? is just lost and your file on our site? a waste of bytes.


Do I understand that right? You want us to have different titles / descriptions / keywords than on other sites?
They want you to improve their SEO

« Reply #149 on: September 11, 2014, 14:16 »
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Believe it or not, we WANT all the talent in the world. We dont require exclusive images, BUT we do require your  genuine title, description and keyword input. Why? Because a search engine has no clue what your image is. They need text. If you are pasting keywords and titles/descriptions from your other submissions in other agencies to StockTal, you may as well spend that time you spent uploading, instead go fishing or shopping or go party at a bar, because that work ...if not original, the text not genuinely created? is just lost and your file on our site? a waste of bytes.

Do I understand that right? You want us to have different titles / descriptions / keywords than on other sites?


Bravo Stocktal! This is a unique selling position.

This is clearly the most important thing a contributor can do to break the dominance of the sub sites. Unless you upload to the higher paying sites (RPD) first, you need to differentiate your images from the ones previously indexed by google. The best way to accomplish this is different titles/descriptions for the newer higher commission sites. It is lots of work but without it you are just adding more of the same images for google to ignore.

Unfortunately you are going to eliminate many, many contributors who are not willing to do this. Jack, perhaps  you could automated it somehow so it was much more upload friendly.


 

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