Just returned from Amsterdam from shooting stock images using my Canon 5dII,  I submitted 40 plus great images and only (2) were accepted while the others were rejected with the reason "the quality of the images is not what we desire".  I'm getting real frustrated now with the changing price structure and all the tons of rejections at fotolia. Why even bother to upload and waste your time when you know what the outcome will be?

Do anyone else have this experience?---and please give feedback.

If they are landscapes...just about all the agencies are getting to where they don't accept them any more unless the are a real "eye catching image". They are all flooded with landscape images and they really don't sell on tradition micro stock agencies. My personal experience with Fotolia is alot of rejections. It is my lowest earner. I have never been able to figure out what their style is, but I just upload the same pics I do on all the other sites and enjoy the shock when they do accept the majority

Quote from: donding on January 21, 2010, 10:33

You'd think flickr would be more strict about this, but I guess they have no control over who places what on there if the person says they are the copyright holder. It seems to be happening more and more.

You know better than me that patroling over a community so vast like Flickr's is nearly impossible.
But I can tell you that they are strict when it comes to CR issues.
If you want to really report something, it's useless to write to the owner or to the staff, the only way to get it right is writing to the Yahoo staff via the link at the bottom of the page "Copyright/IP Policy". Anyway you can always report the problem to the staff just to make sure you have tried all the possible ways.

I will try to remember that in case I need to use it in the future. Hopefully I won't.

ajalbert....I got the same answer...we'll see if they go through with it....I think they will. Here's the e-mail from them.
"Kelly,

Yes I agree to that. Since I thought I was signing up under your promotional I thought I was agreeing to that to begin with. I'm not exclusive with any other agency so it would not be a problem with the six month term. I have photos on several of the Big 6 sites so your conditions would be no problem with me. I can't thank you enough for your understanding in this manner. Next time I will be more careful.
Thank you again for your help. I have many more uploads to finish so I can get them on the site.
Donna Beeler


-------------- Original message from Depositphotos Support Service <[email protected]>: --------------


> Hello, Donna!
>
>
> Yes, we surely can do so. If you agree to put your accepted images under
> the rules of Promo Program we'll pay you for them. We are really trying to
> find the situation solution to satisfy everyone.
>
> I just wanted to explain you we can't do it automatically, 'cause some of
> our photographers are thinking of exclusive status on other stock sites and
> don't want to loose a possibility of deleting their images if they need it.
> And besides our programmers are a little bit nervous when they are to pay
> for already accepted images - the procedure is not very easy. So please be
> more careful with our future actions.
>
> If we receive your agreement today money will be added to your account
> till the end of the day or tomorrow morning.
>
> Have a good day!
>
> Kelly
"

here's the reponse to the first e-mail I sent them
"Hello!

You activated Promo Program 19-01-2010 12:28:10 , and we automatically pay
for the images accepted AFTER it is activated.

Have a good day!

Kelly


On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:47:23 -0500, DepositPhotos
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Title:promotional program
>
> Email:[email protected]
>
> I am resubmiting this question. Earlier when I sent it, it automatically
> log me out of my account so I'm not sure you got it. My question is
this. I
> signed up under your promotional program. I had 90+ photos put online so
> far, but there is no money showing on my balance. Why is that? My
> understanding was I would get .20 cents for every accepted image. When
is
> this posted to our account? I've talked to other photographers and they
> said theirs was posted as soon as they were accepted."

Here's the answer to the second e-mail I sent and their response
"Hello!

Program can't be activated automatically because it puts some restrictions
- you can't delete images approved under the action during 6 months, not
all of our authors accept this rules. So action can be activated only by
you after passing the exam. At the Promo page accessible even for
non-logined users all this rules are indicated
(http://depositphotos.com/pages/promo).

From the time it's activated you'll have $0.2 for every accepted image (up
to 500 ones).

Have a good day!"
I

Kelly



On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:42:16 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> I thought it was activited befoe I started uploading. I went through the
> premotional part of the original registration. After I went through that
> was I suppose to activate again? Why wouldn't it have been activated
when I
> signed up since I went through the premotional part? I noticed the
> activation button after I had intially e-mailed you and when I cl,icked
on
> it, it said I was already activated. Why would it do that if I wasn't
> already activated? This was the reason I signed up and hope this can be
> resolved.
> Donna Beeler


I've sent them another e-mail saying this
"Kelly,
Sorry to keep bugging you but is there anyway these can be credited under the promotion since that was what I thought I was doing? Everyone keeps telling me I need to explain the situation and you'd proubably understand. I also have pending files and unfinished files that were all uploaded before the 19th. Do I need to delete and resubmit these since these weren't uploaded under the promotion?
Sure would appreciate it if you could help me out here.
Thanks
Donna Beeler"

For those of you who have done this, did you show a balance immediately after the images' acceptance? I uploaded my first 90 a couple of days back- they were all approved but I'm showing no balance. I sent them a message to ask about this  but I thought I'd ask you all first before I get to uploading more. When I go to the PPP section, the promo window reads "already activated".

Thanks!

Yup...thats the catch 22. You can't activate the promo untill after your initial images are approved...BEFORE you upload any more. I did the same thing and am currently trying to get it resolved. I already had more thatn 90 approved which I won't get money for. I've got 30+ sitting in the pending bin and over 250 in the uploaded unfinished bin. This were uploaded before the activation and even thought they are not finished yet, I'm going to wait till I see what they say. Hopefully they will coroporate.

Just don't be stupid like me and register through the promo link on the main page then upload your 5 photos then after they are approved upload 90 more  and get them approved before you realize you have to click on that promo tag on the photographers main page to activate it. I thought since I registered through the promo link on the main page that when I got throught the initial test upload it would already be on the promo, but I was wrong. Just want to make sure no one else gets caught by this.  I'm trying to get them to understand what happened. I still got over 200 waiting to be finished and another 30+ in pending. Hopefully they will understand what happened. Well see.

I'm going to post a comment on one of his other photos praising him about being this great photographer and see if he bites. I'm going to try to find out how he got these images. Johathan the one with the dogs is in no doubt your's. Man these people are getting balls...no pun intended

You should contact Flikr. As cclapper just had this problem. It seems to be a recurring problem now.

I have a full time teaching job, kids who are 2 and 3 y.o., and a run-down house and garden that needs tending. One of the kids was born with a paralyzed arm, tests have just shown that the other one is almost deaf. So the next years will be spent running between work, physiotheraphy, sign language classes etc. Microstock photography is my escape.

gaja....sounds like you have your hands full. Thanks for sharing that. It can see why photography is your escape

Cathy have you checked the other free sites?

Wow that a alot of storage. Have any idea what the cost is going to be?

Thanks for the post Donding,

Best,
Jonathan

Thank you Jonathan....My hope is some of the newbies can use this information for their own good