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« on: June 29, 2008, 09:02 »
I decided to stop selling my images via the micro sites and am going to upload the micro images to Alamy and PhotoShelter and delete the images from micro as they hopefully get accepted. Therefore I wrote to BigStock asking them to delete my account and telling them I knew I would have to forfeit the $15 of earnings I have. Since it would presumably take only one mouse click to do so I didn't expect they would refuse.
They responded that I would have to wait 90 days but that they could delete photos that had been there for 90 days individually. This sounds like way more work than deleting the account (plus gives me the possibility of hitting the $30 payout. Frankly, I was rather surprised (and disappointed). Certainly the $15 and whatever they have earned on my downloads should more than cover the fee for reviewers having gone over my relatively meager 100 images.
I did write back to please bump the request up to a supervisor for consideration and to please delete those that were 90 days...but no response yet (though it hasn't been very long)
Any ideas as to how to get the account deleted faster?
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« on: June 22, 2008, 16:56 »
I know this is probably a simplistic question, but I don't know where else to get it answered. Can you submit RF images to Alamy as well as to microstock. They , ar, after all, royalty free in either instance. Am I right in understanding that a RF sale at Alamy nets more than on microstock?
I presume that you can't submit rights managed to Alamy and RF to micros...is that right? I guess it would make sense to have that as a no-no.
Ho often is one likely to get a sale with rights managed as opposed to RF? Do nature images sell 'better' at RM compared to RF.
Finally, if an image was listed as RF with micros and then taken off the micro sites, can they then be sold as rights managed after a certain period of time, assuming that they are no longer put back on RF micros?
Lots of questions and I am new at this and don't quite know where to get the answers!
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« on: June 06, 2008, 13:03 »
I have only been participating in microstock for a few months now, so perhaps this is a foolish question....perhaps it has been answered before, and, if so....sorry.
I understand the need for microstock and the supply of quality images to smaller (or larger) companies that may not be able to (or want to) afford macrostock prices for images. But, I presume the premise must be that people that use microstock still 'need' the image for a purpose. So....sure, they may not want to, or be able to, spend $200-$400 for a single image, but surely, since they need the image for something that is likely going to be used to generate revenue for themselves, they would be willing to pay more than $0.25-$5.00 per image.
Rather than compete to lower prices, as seems to be the case nowadays, I would have thought the microstocks would be increasing prices, giving a portion of the increase to the contributor, and keeping the rest for themselves. More for us and a lot more for them.
I find it hard to believe that someone who 'needs' an image would not be willing to pay $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 rather than the much higher macro prices. And the small percentage that would not be willing to, I would think, are probably not needing hundreds of images for clients and the loss in download volume would more than be made up for by the increased revenue per download.
Is it really true that someone who needs an image would be willing to pay $0.25 but not $5.00.
Like, I said, I am new at this and this isn't a complaint so much as a serious question....I am trying to understand how the current pricing structure came to be and just don't get it.
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« on: May 13, 2008, 20:05 »
Just had this happen at SS, but it has happened at other sites as well with different images. I submit a shot and get it rejected with the comment that " Not Approved:
Poor Lighting--Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. White balance may be incorrect.
Please increase contrast and resubmit. Thank you!" The please resubmit comment came from them, along with the nice thank you.
So I increase the contrast and resubmit, along with a nice note that I do feel the image is now improved with the increased contrast. So it gets rejected again...this time for limited commercial value!
I know that each reviewer is different, but yet they do work for the same company and so there should be some consistency and respect for the prior reviewers initial comments...it is frustrating when you go back to fix the problem and then it is rejected for something that was there the first time around.
Like one I had at IS...an unidentifiable person from the back at the edge of a waterfall. I submit it and it gets rejected, not because of the lack of a model release, but because they were concerned about a graphic on the back of the persons tee shirt that could be a copyright violation...and they invite me to resubmit if I can fix the tee shirt. I spend 20 minutes cloning it out well and resubmit. Then I get back another rejection that they thought it over and they really think it needs a model release after all. Well, you could have told me that before I spent my time cloning.
Don't get me wrong, I can respect a rejection for whatever reason but don't send me back to fix what was felt to be the problem and then reject it for something else that was there and obvious the first time round. If you are part of the same company I really think the first reviewers analysis needs to be respected. In both instances I would much prefer it if they had just rejected it out of hand and in a final manner.
There...glad I got that off my chest :>)
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« on: April 14, 2008, 09:56 »
I am relatively new at this and a little frustrated with StockXpert. I was accepted my first try at SS, IS, LO etc. I applied to StockXpert and it took them 5 weeks to get back to me.....said they needed 'more information' to reach a decision (I dunno..is that the same as not being accepted..I guess in retrospect)...they didn't ask for any specific type of submission but just said to upload 5 more (that was after I contacted them at week 4 to ask what was up as I was wondering if they somehow lost the application). So that very same day (Feb 28th) I uploaded 5 more and haven't heard back since. I have sent them 2 e-mails from their website asking if there was a problem but no response at all....
I still have not heard from them and don't even have a response within the messages they can deliver directly to your account from within the website since my Feb 28th response. However, I do notice that I can click on and access the upload page....I don't totally remember, but I seem to recall that originally I was not able to access this page...so I am wondering if they might have approved my account and not informed me.
I guess what I am asking is this:
Does anyone remember if you are able to access the upload page if you hav not been approved?
Any suggestions as to how to proceed from here if I can't get any response form them? I hesitate to just go ahead and upload as I am sure I will be the recipient of their wrath or at least get the images rejected if it turns out that I have not been officially approved?
Suggestions?
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