I wouldn't be surprised at all if there is a sliding "auto accept" scale that  they apply based on past history.   13 seconds?  Impossible for a human to inspect 19 images image at 100% from top to bottom in 13 seconds.

I will sometimes have moments of "Should I re-join ________ agency?"  then  threads like this come up and I have a moment of "OMG, I can't believe I considered going back to _______ agency!!!"

I don't mind the "attach" so long as it is useful - if it links to "more of this model" I think it's beneficial.  But it would also be nice to be able to link releases together through the lifespan of the model.

Nice work Chris G

I'm guessing they noticed it was mostly Asian women selling?

One size fits all?  I'm not really sold on that.  It's a nice idea and makes the selling/buying experience more straight forward. 

Hypothetical:  what if I'm a small time blogger and want to write a post to my blog from my phone, I don't want to download a 32 mp photo to my phone.  I wouldn't want to post a huge photo to my blog, and the photographer wouldn't want me to either.  I happen to have Photoshop on my desktop, but it's a PIA to download, open in PS, resize, name, save.  Now I have 2 copies on my computer - not to mention my hard drive is red because I had to download 70 photos today and they are all so huge these days.

I know, it's a case of "what type of customer do I want?".  Of course you want the big corporations with graphic design and marketing departments and not the small time bloggers.

From my own selling experience - I have hundreds of released photos of dancers - but they are just not a huge money maker so I only upload a few here and there when I'm not so busy.  So, hardly worth my time UNTIL a bump during Recital/Competition Season and Fall Registration.  Even then - not a big money maker - the only L/XXL I sell are inside cheap subs so a majority of the sales are S/M.  The thing about dance schools is - 95% are owned by a woman who is passionate about dance and children.  She is artistic director, teacher, choreographer, social worker, front desk and marketing all rolled into one.  She lives a very modest life, because there is a limit to how much you can charge, how many kids fit in a classroom, how many days in a week.  Earnings fluctuate from year to year.  Why do I describe her?  Because every town has a dance school.  Some towns you can't drive down the street and throw a rock without hitting one.  I do know of a couple local schools with 1200 kids, most have 200-300 and only operate 9/10 months of the year.  Those studio owners are not paying a marketing team, like cleaning the toilet - they do it themselves.  Think about the age of their clients, the studio owner is slowly becoming aware of the importance of social media.  They have a limited budget and can't buy anything from a $15 site when the other site charges $4 for a web-ready size and get 3 or 4 photos for the same price.   Moral of the rambling story:  they are not a big buyer, but there happens to be a LOT of them.  You are excluding an entire niche of thousands of studio owners who buy twice a year and maybe make an attempt at social media.   I mention dance because it's a genre I have small experience in.  I'm certainly not the only photographer with a few dance photos so the agency might actually do pretty well twice a year from this genre.  What else is seasonal like this:  Obviously Christmas, but back-to-school (albeit, likely bigger budgets), little league, summer camp etc.  There's a lot of little seasonal genres you may exclude with XXL pricing - how much do they add up to in the course of a year?

But - what type of buyer are you looking for?   I would love to see data on who buyers actually are these days.  What is the balance of corporation vs the rest of the buyers.

Any thoughts on rebranding?  I always felt that "leftover" lowered perceived value.

It CAN'T be titles.  I do have combinations like "dance student" and "dance class" in my keywords.

But then again (not a real titke...)...  A man and a boy in matching white shirts with the American flag  posing in front of the White House

"A" x 2 "white" x 2 "the" x 3.  Are "a's" and "the's" our big sin?

I can see this happening with a landmark - (I've seen dozens of interchangeable golden gate bridge shots from "that" spot) I was even at the bank and "my" photo of Niagara Falls was in their calendar.  Except it had someone elses name beside it - and the boats were in different spots.  That photo was so similar in colour and mood, both obviously from the same tower - it could have been taken by my camera in the same session.

But a non-generic landscape photo?   That can't even be an honest mistake.

You are being paid a royalty not selling goods or services.  Istock and Canstock do charge Canadian Buyers GST (and PST depending on which Province they are situated).  Where it gets dicey is for the small agencies that ask for an invoice - Zymmetrical comes to mind but they've been gone for years - I discussed with Keith and he didn't know the answer, but I believe I should have charged him GST when I invoiced him.

I think it is just Kim Kunkel creating the templates.  I've bought templates from her before and had a couple conversations.  She is one of the few Americans who has hockey templates.  (I seem to remember she dabbled a bit in micro a few years ago.)    (edit LEO I remember telling her about Symbiostock back in the day not sure if she tried it  )

www.myphotoborders.com is another good one to buy sports templates.

Sean DeMint runs this one:  https://photosolutionsmarket.com/  He DOES have a vendor's mall, but I haven't looked into applying or if it's just some of his buddies work for sale on his site.  He runs a facebook group I'm in and seems pretty approachable.

Sorry to get back to Trump, I'm sure you saw this yesterday, but....

"Donald Trump said Wednesday that abortions should be banned and that there "has to be some form of punishment" for women who undergo the procedure".

Public flogging perhaps?  20 lashes in Town Square?