They do it several times a day now.
I just came on to sing their praises actually, cashed out this am, in my paypal account this pm.
God I love this site!!!

@danoph when did that upload queue link appear?  Didn't notice it until just now.  Love that.

And I just go another sale today so yay go me LOL.  Far away from payout but my port is just sitting there plugging away.  Definitely love the people and the easy upload, although upload had some issues for me today but that seems to have resolved itself

@Dirk - You can only see sellers that you referred, not buyers, so if you have referred sellers to our site they will show up in the bottom of your "My Account" page.

@jareso - We do collect both the referrer URL and the click-through count. The click-through count is shown at the top of your "My Account" page under "Total Earnings" and the line should look like this: Referrals: 10 signups / 85 clicks. I just added the referral URL next to the username for you.

On another note, people were concerned about the high views of their images compared to low sales numbers in another thread on this forum. This was caused by search engine bots crawling the site which greatly skewed the view numbers. That bug has been fixed so it only records human visits to the image from now on.

@mtkang - Microbius is correct, we import FTP several times a day. We are adding server capacity in the near future so they will be imported more frequently.

@Anita We added that a few weeks ago so that's where your uploads go now instead of straight into the Pending area.

Many people here are pleased with the site and it is great that Danoph visits our forum.
I am not a contributor (yet) but I have a question.
As far as I can tell, GL sells commercial RF licences. Yet, I found a picture of the Eiffel tower at night.
The illumination of the Eiffel tower is copyrighted, this is a very well known issue, and commercial licensing of such images is asking for trouble. Also, I found a photo of skyscrapers where logos are recognizable even in the preview image.
Was it a reviewer's mistake or something else?

This was my concern also when I took a brief look into their site. Some of the vectors seemed (in my opinion) to be traced from images found online. I would say the inspection process is very lenient compared to the bigger sites.

Quote from: Tom on November 08, 2010, 13:46

Many people here are pleased with the site and it is great that Danoph visits our forum.
I am not a contributor (yet) but I have a question.
As far as I can tell, GL sells commercial RF licences. Yet, I found a picture of the Eiffel tower at night.
The illumination of the Eiffel tower is copyrighted, this is a very well known issue, and commercial licensing of such images is asking for trouble. Also, I found a photo of skyscrapers where logos are recognizable even in the preview image.
Was it a reviewer's mistake or something else?

This was my concern also when I took a brief look into their site. Some of the vectors seemed (in my opinion) to be traced from images found online. I would say the inspection process is very lenient compared to the bigger sites.

While we try our best to be thorough in reviews, things can be missed.

If you are the owner of an image that has been infringed upon or have concerns in general, feel free to PM and we'll investigate this issue. This goes even if you're not a site member. We take copyright and intellectual property issues very seriously and appreciate the help of all who value their own work and the work of others.

A PM here works - I try to take a look at things here a few times a day. You can also contact us via the Graphic Leftovers website.

Many Thanks,

April at GL

I wanted to become a submitter and looked at the site but when I see what you can do with one photo I wondered if $5,- isn't cheap selling? This looks like an extended license elsewhere or am I wrong?

Thank you for posting here April.  I signed up today and look forward to uploading my portfolio, and seeing what works at GL.  I love the commission structure, and the site looks slick.

I signed up with them a week ago, uploaded a dozen of mix images and vectors and got approved within 48 hours. The uploading process is so easy I don't need the ftp.

Just found this thread, and after reading the whole 7 pages, I have great confidence with GL. Thanks everyone for the info. I'm looking forward for some sales. 

My referral http://graphicleftovers.com/ref=photosoup/

@ Graphicleftovers staff

How is the "Upload queue" vs the "pending approval" queue supposed to work?
I assumed that once I had set the price and clicked "submit for approval" images would move from  "Upload queue" to "pending approval" but they don't. At least not straight away.
Is this a bug or is this how it is supposed to work?

The images first go into the Queue, or what we call a Subpending Queue. It stays there until batches are manually moved by the Content Editor to Pending. This is done at least a few times a day.

While images are in the Queue, they are reviewed by the Content Editor for things such as Commercial Value, general "first look" quality, and copyright and intellectual property issues. When a batch is deemed viable on all counts, they are moved to Pending for the reviewers.

You can upload as many images as you want in any one session. We try and move about 40 into Pending at one time. Sometimes more, sometimes less depending on the workload.

As a real world example, say you upload 20. If the overall quality looks good, the content has good commercial value, and it clears property issues, the whole batch is usually moved. If an image or two is "questionable", such as a property issue having to be researched, the image hangs around in Queue until such issues are resolved. This will explain why perhaps 18 are moved up and 2 stay behind.

Everyone who submits on a given day is given a look and given a chance to get their images moved into Pending. The person who submits 20 on a day is given the same weight as a person who submits 1000. The person who submits 20 will not have to wait until the previous submitter who jammed us with 1000 gets their batch cleared. In this way all submitters will get at least some images up for sale withing a reasonable amount of time.

Images which do not clear property or are simply bad are deleted directly out of Queue. In the same vein, sometimes things are Approved directly out of Queue. It all depends on the image.

Right now, our Subpending Queue is into the double digit thousands in case you were wondering ;-)

Hope this helps answer your questions.

April at GL

I think we have all been waiting for an agency like Graphic Leftovers to come along.

* Easiest upload process in microstock by far
* Set your own prices
* 52% Commission
* Fair but tough standards ensure a solid, clean collection for buyers
* And yeah, they actually make sales.  At $3.12 per sale, it adds up fast

I don't know what the other new agencies which came along and failed were missing, and really I don't care.  GL knows what it's doing and I say we as contributors need to support them 100%.

After very long time without sales, I have another sale at GL just today.

This 3d rendering of symbolic houses was sold:
3d Render Concept Houses Arrow Green V2

Sale Price of this rendering: $6.00 | Earnings for me: $3.12

All quiet on the GL front. You can almost hear crickets chirping.