Author Topic: Pocketstock RIP? (Read 10216 times)

Microbius · « **on:** December 27, 2012, 07:07 »

I am getting nothing from their URL, I wonder if they have folded.
Can't say I'd be surprised if they went under, what with the changes in policy and what not; probably a sign of floundering due to not enough start up cash to see them through.
In any case always sad to see a business fail, if that is what has happened. RIP

Phil · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2012, 08:51 »

working for me. I can see all my info, sales stats etc

luissantos84 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2012, 08:52 »

Quote from: Phil on December 27, 2012, 08:51

working for me. I can see all my info, sales stats etc

can you see sales?

trek · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2012, 09:14 »

The site is working for me. Found my images there with my Veer only name.... Guess they have a partnership deal.

Microbius · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2012, 09:17 »

Funny, still dead for me, and downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ shows it as down too?

jm · « **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2012, 09:18 »

Not working for me. And obviously I'm not the only one:
"It's not just you! http://pocketstock.com looks down from here."

fotografer · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2012, 12:22 »

It's down for me too.

lisafx · « **Reply #7 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:08 »

Down here too. No great loss if they went under. I think I will be able to make my next mortgage payment without the $1.25 I've earned there over the last several months since my portfolio went live.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #8 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:30 »

I can't reach them - and they owe me 31 cents!!!

I keep hoping someone will become a viable challenger - nothing like a healthy competitor to knock some sense into a complacent market leader - but clearly it wasn't them

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #9 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:37 »

Quote from: jm on December 27, 2012, 09:18

Not working for me. And obviously I'm not the only one:
"It's not just you! http://pocketstock.com looks down from here."

I can't reach Pocketstock by clicking the link above, however I can reach them by typing the whole URL including the "www" part:

http://www.pocketstock.com/

While it's true that most sites work even without explicitly typing the server name, I guess they are not required to.

By the way, I uploaded about 4k images there - all accepted except five. The upload process is easy and fast but... still no sales unfortunately.

Poncke · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:41 »

It's not just you! http://www.pocketstock.com looks down from here.

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.pocketstock.com/

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:43 »

Quote from: microstockphoto.co.uk on December 27, 2012, 13:37

I can't reach Pocketstock by clicking the link above, however I can reach them by typing the whole url including the "www" part:

http://www.pocketstock.com/

Still no go from your link or typing it in with the www. Did a google search and clicked on the link in search results and that gives an "Oops" error from Chrome. I think they're at least offline if not out of business.

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:51 »

Quote from: jsnover on December 27, 2012, 13:43

Quote from: microstockphoto.co.uk on December 27, 2012, 13:37
I can't reach Pocketstock by clicking the link above, however I can reach them by typing the whole url including the "www" part:

http://www.pocketstock.com/

Still no go from your link or typing it in with the www. Did a google search and clicked on the link in search results and that gives an "Oops" error from Chrome. I think they're at least offline if not out of business.

I swear I can see their site right now (from Italy). And it's not in cached, since I can use it interactively; maybe it's accessible from some parts of the world only.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2012, 13:56 »

I can't reach them, in the UK

ShadySue · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2012, 14:07 »

"Firefox can't find the server at pocketstock.com."

Newsfocus1 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2012, 14:23 »

Working fine here in the UK (IE9) using both the links in this thread and the one under "low earners" over on the right. Until Trek mentioned it earlier I hadn't realised they were a Veer partner site -all my Veer port is there under the Compass Premium RF badge.
Might be worth mentioning that I am seeing prices in £GBP and their offices are in London. Are there perhaps regional sites for Pocketstock? The UK one working and others not? Regards, David.

ShadySue · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2012, 14:34 »

I'm in the UK. Not working via FF as mentioned above.

IE: Oops! Page Not Found
Sorry, the page you were looking for could not be found.

Sedge · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2012, 15:09 »

Not working for me either in California. Tried both FF and Safari with the same "server/page not found" error message. Joined at the end of August with no sales to date, so no sleep lost over this agency's possible demise.

Dan · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2012, 16:57 »

It comes up fine for me.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2012, 17:01 »

Quote from: Dan on December 27, 2012, 16:57

It comes up fine for me.

Mars?

Phil · « **Reply #20 on:** December 27, 2012, 22:25 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on December 27, 2012, 08:52

Quote from: Phil on December 27, 2012, 08:51
working for me. I can see all my info, sales stats etc

can you see sales?

1 x $0.30 in november

strange, its working fine for me in both chrome and IE, with and without the www, before and after clearing cache. Although the 'down for everyone' link says it is down. Currently in thailand

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #21 on:** December 27, 2012, 22:41 »

Reflecting on it, I think the least they could do if the site is going out of business is send e-mail to contributors letting them know. They never were great at communicating, but simply disappearing seems a bit lackadaisical to me.

THP Creative · « **Reply #22 on:** December 27, 2012, 23:49 »

Is this another case of Superhug Syndrome - agency closing without a word, with no mention of where our images are gone? I sincerely hope not.

But if so, I don't think any new agency will be seeing my images in the next few years. It's getting too risky. I'm starting to think a new agency must be around for 2-3 years before I consider them reliable.

It's a sad reflection on our industry.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:19 »

its working for a few hours, had a reply in FB, have spent all morning looking at my sales there

dbvirago · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:23 »

Back 'working' for me, but that's a deceptive term for this site.

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Author Topic: Pocketstock RIP? (Read 10216 times)

Microbius

Phil

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trek

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jm

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lisafx

Jo Ann Snover

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Poncke

Jo Ann Snover

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luissantos84

ShadySue

Newsfocus1

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Sedge

Dan

luissantos84

Phil

Jo Ann Snover

THP Creative

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