Crated

[stephen_s_crated]

Without rejection notification, you should at least notify if our photos are approved. We can at least assume that no news means our photos don't make the cut. You can't leave contributors in the dark guessing.

All artists are immediately notified by email when they are approved/promoted.

Approved/promoted to what? Just asking, but if I upload, say, 500 images, will I CLEARLY know that only 250 made it into the "main sellable collection" and the rest that reside in my own personal, non public gallery I can delete?

The images I uploaded are listed in the internal Crated search results, but I have not received a Curated / approved email.  What does that mean?

You may want to check your spam filter for the message, it's sent automatically but if you can see your images in search you are promoted.

Cheers,
Steve

[canned_heat]

Note to Stephen_S_Crated

Just a helpful suggestion worth considering:

In this forum thread is a minute fraction of the amount of people who will be signing onto Crated when the floodgates are opened.

Yet, in this thread note the large amount of confusion, complaint, and rejection about the curating policy.

Now multiply that by a hundred- or even a thousand-fold when the gates are opened.

You either need to change your curation policy or go to great strides to make it perfectly clear and understandable by all.

Just a thought...

[DF_Studios]

Happily I am witnessing some amazing work on Crated.  True fine art photography.  Very inspiring.

[luissantos84]

Note to Stephen_S_Crated

Just a helpful suggestion worth considering:

In this forum thread is a minute fraction of the amount of people who will be signing onto Crated when the floodgates are opened.

Yet, in this thread note the large amount of confusion, complaint, and rejection about the curating policy.

Now multiply that by a hundred- or even a thousand-fold when the gates are opened.

You either need to change your curation policy or go to great strides to make it perfectly clear and understandable by all.

Just a thought...

I agree! I believe the "Sell your art" section needs to be clarified

[canned_heat]

Stephen S,

I have a few questions.  Perhaps best to do them one per post.

Question:

Regarding the addition of the named gallery feature.

When available, will we be able to move images from one gallery to another?  And especially, from the one gallery images are now uploaded to.

I think this a valid question at this point because it would be frustrating to upload 500 images now only to learn they cannot be moved, and need to be uploaded again.

Thanks,
- dan

[canned_heat]

Stephen S,

Once live, how heavily do you plan on marketing / promoting Crated?  Not our art - the Crated product itself?

I can understand if you do not wish to publicly announce your plans, and if so, perhaps you can answer this: do you plan to promote casually, medium, aggressively, or ultra-aggressively?

[stephen_s_crated]

Stephen S,

I have a few questions.  Perhaps best to do them one per post.

Question:

Regarding the addition of the named gallery feature.

When available, will we be able to move images from one gallery to another?  And especially, from the one gallery images are now uploaded to.

I think this a valid question at this point because it would be frustrating to upload 500 images now only to learn they cannot be moved, and need to be uploaded again.

Thanks,
- dan

Hey Dan,

If by 'move' you mean the ability to organize your gallery into sub sets/categories, we are definitely working on that and it should be available in the coming months.

If you mean transferring uploads to an entirely new account, it's something we could maybe be manually since I don't see this coming up often.

If you mean rearranging the positioning in your galley, we have a basic tool for that now, it's cumbersome so we are improving it as we speak. If you click the 'rearrange art' tab under 'My Art' in the dashboard you can move them around. This tool will soon be drag and drop to increase usability.

Hope that helps, if I misunderstood your questions please let me know.

Cheers,
Steve

[canned_heat]

My apologies.  I should have been more clear:

All uploads are now going into a single gallery.  When the feature to create different / various galleries is added, will we be able to move images from the single gallery they are now in to the new galleries we create, or will the new galleries we create only be populated by uploads directly to the gallery?  Hope that made sense.

On the other hand, what you said below is interesting.

You are going live in a couple of weeks, but below state the ability to create galleries will be available in "coming months."

Does this mean that upon going live we will continue to upload all images into a single gallery and that categorization into different galleries will not be available for weeks / months?

Regards,
-Dan

Stephen S,

I have a few questions.  Perhaps best to do them one per post.

Question:

Regarding the addition of the named gallery feature.

When available, will we be able to move images from one gallery to another?  And especially, from the one gallery images are now uploaded to.

I think this a valid question at this point because it would be frustrating to upload 500 images now only to learn they cannot be moved, and need to be uploaded again.

Thanks,
- dan

Hey Dan,

If by 'move' you mean the ability to organize your gallery into sub sets/categories, we are definitely working on that and it should be available in the coming months.

If you mean transferring uploads to an entirely new account, it's something we could maybe be manually since I don't see this coming up often.

If you mean rearranging the positioning in your galley, we have a basic tool for that now, it's cumbersome so we are improving it as we speak. If you click the 'rearrange art' tab under 'My Art' in the dashboard you can move them around. This tool will soon be drag and drop to increase usability.

Hope that helps, if I misunderstood your questions please let me know.

Cheers,
Steve

[stephen_s_crated]

My apologies.  I should have been more clear:

All uploads are now going into a single gallery.  When the feature to create different / various galleries is added, will we be able to move images from the single gallery they are now in to the new galleries we create, or will the new galleries we create only be populated by uploads directly to the gallery?  Hope that made sense.

On the other hand, what you said below is interesting.

You are going live in a couple of weeks, but below state the ability to create galleries will be available in "coming months."

Does this mean that upon going live we will continue to upload all images into a single gallery and that categorization into different galleries will not be available for weeks / months?

Regards,
-Dan

Hey Dan,

You will be able to populate the sub set/categories with previous uploads when that feature is available.

Yes the feature for organizing images into set/categories (like Flickr has) is being worked on but is still a little ways out.

Cheers,
Steve

[canned_heat]

Thank you, Stephen.  Good to know.

One final question:

Any specific POD (competitors) you are going after?

(Hey!... It never hurts to ask!).    

- Dan

My apologies.  I should have been more clear:

All uploads are now going into a single gallery.  When the feature to create different / various galleries is added, will we be able to move images from the single gallery they are now in to the new galleries we create, or will the new galleries we create only be populated by uploads directly to the gallery?  Hope that made sense.

On the other hand, what you said below is interesting.

You are going live in a couple of weeks, but below state the ability to create galleries will be available in "coming months."

Does this mean that upon going live we will continue to upload all images into a single gallery and that categorization into different galleries will not be available for weeks / months?

Regards,
-Dan

Hey Dan,

You will be able to populate the sub set/categories with previous uploads when that feature is available.

Yes the feature for organizing images into set/categories (like Flickr has) is being worked on but is still a little ways out.

Cheers,
Steve

[stockastic]

Ok has anyone posting here actually received an "acceptance" email?  The real one, that says your images will show up in search?

[EmberMike]

The fact that uploaded work is not publicly available in searches is completely unclear. This needs to be fixed.

[luissantos84]

Ok has anyone posting here actually received an "acceptance" email?  The real one, that says your images will show up in search?

I have

[stephen_s_crated]

Thank you, Stephen.  Good to know.

One final question:

Any specific POD (competitors) you are going after?

(Hey!... It never hurts to ask!).    

- Dan

We're not focussing on 'going after' anyone, it was a natural progression from our sister companies (CanvasPop and DNA11) and we think we can offer a really great product on a beautiful and functional platform that, not only will appeal to awesome artists but attract engaged visitors and more importantly create lots of sales.
 
So far the response has been great! We're really encouraged by the feedback and all the amazing art that's already been uploaded in our beta. We're listening to every suggestion and bit of feedback and using it to rapidly improve as we move forward.

I'm really grateful that our name came up in this forum and I'm glad I had the opportunity to add to the discussion, everyone here is very savvy, respectful, and helpful!

[stockastic]

Could we perhaps just upload our best work, and request a curator to look at it and give us a thumbs up or down, so we could move on?   

I don't want to leave my best photos sitting there,  if they're never going to appear in search. 

[canned_heat]

Yes, but as Stephen replied previously, yours may have been grabbed by a spam / junk filter.

Ok has anyone posting here actually received an "acceptance" email?  The real one, that says your images will show up in search?

[Ron]

I get more confused with every comment posted and I still have no clue how the curation works. I think 4 or 5 people have asked for an explanation but it seems to be ignored.

[stephen_s_crated]

I get more confused with every comment posted and I still have no clue how the curation works. I think 4 or 5 people have asked for an explanation but it seems to be ignored.

Hey Ron,

Here is my first post that I explained the curation process:
"we will be allow anyone to create an account and gallery on Crated, and it's completely free. However all art uploaded is viewed and curated for the site's discover flow and search indexing. Artists whos work is not approved (ie curated-in) into search etc can certainly still link and share their galleries using our tools and their gallery url."

Artist are notified the moment they are curated into search/discover, all current and future uploads from that user are indexed. Artist who are not are still held for future review based on the images they upload.

If I can further explain or clarify anything at all please let me know.

Cheers,
Steve

[Ron]

So the acceptance email I got was just a carrot dangling in front of me out of reach?

[stephen_s_crated]

So the acceptance email I got was just a carrot dangling in front of me out of reach?

The beta-invite email is an invitation to join the site before it's release.

We base the curation on the content that is uploaded to Crated so once a user adds images to the site, they are reviewed and if approved, an email notification is sent.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers,
Steve

[mlwinphoto]

Artist are notified the moment they are curated into search/discover, all current and future uploads from that user are indexed. Artist who are not are still held for future review based on the images they upload.

If I can further explain or clarify anything at all please let me know.

Cheers,
Steve

Maybe I missed it but are artists notified if they don't pass the initial curation review?  If not, how would we know that the review even took place?

[stockastic]

LOL

[Mantis]

I get more confused with every comment posted and I still have no clue how the curation works. I think 4 or 5 people have asked for an explanation but it seems to be ignored.

Crated definitely did not have me at hello. I am still completely unclear on the original point of discussion on HEAVILY CURATED and what that process looks like and how it works.

[Painter]

So the acceptance email I got was just a carrot dangling in front of me out of reach?

The beta-invite email is an invitation to join the site before it's release.

We base the curation on the content that is uploaded to Crated so once a user adds images to the site, they are reviewed and if approved, an email notification is sent.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers,
Steve

Why not also send an e-mail if the images are not approved?

[canned_heat]

"Maybe I missed it but are artists notified if they don't pass the initial curation review?  If not, how would we know that the review even took place?"

LOL

LOL !  Me, too!

(Help!  This merry-go-round keeps going around and around and it won't stop and I can't get off!  Aaaarrrrggggg!)

Stephen,

Perhaps it might be helpful to create a "stickie" blog article or make a relevant FAQ addition on the crated site with similar questions and answers that repeat, then you can simply link to it from the thread.

Regards,
- Dan

P.S. I'm tellin' you my friend, you ain't seen nuthin' yet.  Wait until the gates open!  When the public site opens, I would consider explaining the curation process on the Create an Account page, in the Welcome / Verify email, and again on the site blog and FAQ to boot.