Eh, they are too busy over there 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0rOJFr6PH/?hl=en&taken-by=allisongf12

As I said before this is lunacy, they should be culling old crap accepted during the "anything goes" years before rejecting new decent 4K material...

I think all agencies should stay . out of our portfolios instead of trying to micromanage what we do.

They can always hire editors that go through the collection to showcase to the customers.

Inspections should be for technical quality, logos and legal stuff, checking releases etc...

Or they add an additional "superstock" collection with extra high prices or special license that they heavily promote.

But micromanaging portfolios means destroying the marketplace.

It is a shame, I really loved pond5, I was hoping they would use their skills to increase sales of photos, not ruin their video sales

After 10 years of existence P5 still does NOT have Sales Department.
Who is doing sales there? N O B O D Y
Video sales that was generated trough SEO got ruined by competition, because buyers go elsewhere for better deals and experience.

 

Quote from: KnowYourOnions on March 12, 2016, 11:48

Quote from: cobalt on March 12, 2016, 11:23

I think all agencies should stay . out of our portfolios instead of trying to micromanage what we do.

They can always hire editors that go through the collection to showcase to the customers.

Inspections should be for technical quality, logos and legal stuff, checking releases etc...

Or they add an additional "superstock" collection with extra high prices or special license that they heavily promote.

But micromanaging portfolios means destroying the marketplace.

It is a shame, I really loved pond5, I was hoping they would use their skills to increase sales of photos, not ruin their video sales

After 10 years of existence P5 still does NOT have Sales Department.
Who is doing sales there? N O B O D Y
Video sales that was generated trough SEO got ruined by competition, because buyers go elsewhere for better deals and experience.

Obviously not true because up until recently, they have been selling lots.  Most people here seem to say they are either the best selling video site or they are in their top 3.  I think there is enough real things to concern us in the past few months without having to make things up.

ha ha...

Who is making things up? What is not true?
P5 does not have sales department. Check their LinkedIn page, if you don't believe me.
 
After solid 10 years, only recently (January 2016) they have got VP of Sales who is from February 2016  looking for first ever Sales Executive. 

You said "Who is doing sales there? N O B O D Y".  If that was true, they wouldn't be selling anything.  So yes, you are making things up and there's really no need when there are real problems at the moment, like the long review times, mass rejections and the subscription program.

When buyer calls there is no sales department to talk to, like in other agencies!
There is no sales agent to discuss and make deals, like in other agencies! To me, this is a huge problem.
I said "nobody" as no live person to talk to. 

Company is in re-construction phase to corporate business, but their 10 years long
legacy of laid back attitude towards everything is still present all over.

Ok? Now back to the real problems .... the long review times, mass rejections and the subscription program.
We pointed out to these long ago and NOBODY from P5 came forward to explain them.
What else we can do here? 

Same here 100 images uploaded only 19 accepted and 81 rejection (on shutterstock no rejections) what happ?
 

To P5 Director of Artist Development & Experience, Robert Pascale keywords are more important than reviews!     

https://www.facebook.com/pond5/posts/10154023617589777

Quote from: KnowYourOnions on March 15, 2016, 16:26

To P5 Director of Artist Development & Experience, Robert Pascale keywords are more important than reviews!     

https://www.facebook.com/pond5/posts/10154023617589777

I'm thinking someone who is introducing an article about keywording ought to know the difference between complimentary and complementary and use the correct one. Or is this just me being old-fashioned and pedantic?

Ha...spot on!

Curious to see how long is going to take them to correct that!?!
(40 hours later, 22 likes & nobody noticed!) 

I can agree with 10% of those rejections. The ones that are editorial (Fotolia doesn't accept editorial either...)

Has P5 stopped accepting editorials? They certainly used to. In fact, I'm pretty sure I had one accepted in my last batch, but that was last month (before the reports of so many rejections gathered steam).

What's happening with P5 is quite sad; it had always been one of my favorite sites.

Has anyone send them an email asking for any explication for this mass rejections? Din you get any response?

No reply.
They do read this forum, I ve got confirmation from an insider.
Why they don't engage at MSG, nobody knows.

Fancy more insanity?
At P5, Dev team helps buyers ...     
No offense to IT guys, but this kind of reply will not persuade anyone to join that gig. 

http://www.pond5.com/community?forum=715&thread=52887369
A QUESTION BEFORE GETTING A MEMBERSHIP

swoo007 17 Mar 2016 08:45
I'm planning to get a monthly membership. It says 10 clips per month and 10%off on all clips. Is it any 10 clips in pond5 or is there a limited selection? If so, how do I know which are free when you get a membership and which aren't?

jonasdev 17 Mar 2016 09:02
Hi swoo007!

Thanks for looking into the Membership Program. There is a limited selection of clips that are available within the Membership program. You can search for membership content only by clicking the "Membership Content" checkbox in the search filter. Like this: http://www.pond5.com/stock-video-footage/1/new-york.html#1/2063/membership:1,new,york.

Additionally, as you say, you get 10% off on all clips in the entire library with the Membership.

You can read more about our Membership program here: www.pond5.com/membership

Boy... wow, Never a rejection since day One. Was a big supporter. Now rejections today and some of my newist and best sellers. I was a fanBoy also. Oh well.

Quote from: Mantis on March 23, 2016, 19:34

120 videos submitted 120 videos rejected. Pond 5 is done for me I guess.

Unbelievable...you'll have to email them about that. That's ridiculous.

Honestly, I think they are looking for a different kind of contributor now.  They are executing on some new model and the consequence is no more regular contributor types. And I would make a guess that the 50% will go away soon. I did email them but I expect that canned answer they are giving everyone.  I will not upload there any longer. Waste of my time. The sad thing is that I am up to about $400 this month and have no more opportunity to grow with them.

 I wont bother uploading until this policy is changed.