FYI: i think it was my bookmark/fav link~went bad. Cause when i typed in the addy in google i had no problem after that.

Is anyone else having a problem getting into shutterstock.

I can acces their main page but when i hit the submmiting content link it just...well the status bar at the bottom just never filles up?

Did they anounce they are going off line, and i missed it?

Thanks,
Nick

I feel your pain.

For wat its worth u r not alone, i also have tried ...i think 5 times? & keep getting rejected.

it is my gole in life now. Istock or die.

Like you, i got to admit the pics were not the best that i sent.

But they were my best sellers at other sites!

Anyway this is my two cents:

i belive they want Advertising quality pics, or close to it.

They want tecnically perfect conceptual photos (wb,noise,atrifacts...) that would be used in various places to sell something.

FOR MICROSTOCK!!!

Im able to re-submit again, couple of weeks now but have not and wont until i belive i have met the above qualifications.

hope im right. I willlet you know if i get in, Please do the same!

Good luck to you and hope u get in soon.

Nick

Ok, so square kinda makes sense.

Worth a try.

BUT how do you do it? just crop it even, ie: 2800 x 2800 mp? or add white space, how?

The question was never answered what camera u are using to take a square image;)

I thought it was.

I looked for some of my pics but they are not up.

maybe they will in a bit?

N

hello.

i have been thinking about cutting down on the sites i contribute to.

I'm just tired of the uploading!

I submit to~SS, DT, FT, StockXpert, CanStockPhoto, 123, BigStock, SNAPVILLAGE, FP, VEER.

That's 10 freeken sites.

I just recently got accepted to ss.

IS keeps rejecting me.

anyone else been in this boat & what did you do.

I'm thinking of just keeping, SS,DT,FT,VEER,BigStock....AHHHH, i don't know.

and i still want to get into istock.

Any sugestions?

Thanks,
Nick

Hi everyone & thank you for the advice!

I went the middle route, 5 on the artsy side & 5 stockish (2 or 3 were iso on wht & accepted).

I got 8 accepted out of 10.

i should say, in case someone else is also wondering. the "artsy" pics i got accepted at veer were rejected (i think) most everwhere else.

So...if art is your thing your chances are better at veer.

Thanks,
Nick

I have another question but i will start another thread.

never mind i was able to bypass it & reg as a contributor via nother page link.
nick

Davidm,

How do i get the lastest version of psm?

Thanks tan, all suggestions appreciated.
Zin... I just screwed up an upload.  Did you use FTP?  I sent 20 files via FTP and lost all of them.  It was my fault.  Finally realized that I uploaded to the Root folder instead of the Images folder.  Duh....

I emailed support.  Maybe they can fix it.

No i did not use ftp. i wanted to keep it simple for now, so i uploaded from the site. fairly eazy &quick upload, except for the catagories, it applies the same cats for all five images uploaded & i then went in a changed them after they were there.

good luck
Nick

Im new to this game.

Is there some sites that are better for editorial pics than others, sale wise. I understand some dont even have an editorial catagory.

right now all i know is that BigStock & dt have editorial catagories.

i think i might have read that panther does also~but are they worth the time to upload to them.

And...was it alamy also good with editorial?

I had applyed to them & goofed on the resizing thing.

nick

Hello, i registered last week. or so & this is my second post. though i read (lurke) the posts here for info, often.

I was researching StockXpert here a few days ago & it sounded good.

i had already uploaded 5 to them a few months ago & they asked for five more. well i sent 5 more last night & got approved as a contributor this morning.

i uploaded today my first 15 pics ~ as soon as they hit the site they had a yellow dot. i assumed a yellow dot was pending.

i QUICKLY (under 1hr) got two green dots (approved) and one dot was kinda yellowish (pending?).

i was impressed how fast they approved the first two & i eagerly waited for them to get around to the remaining photos

i accidentally ran my curser over the yellow dots & realised they were declined!!!

is this normal?

can they be reviewed so fast that they hit the site as a yellow declined immage???

wow out of 15 pics only two accepted ~ i suck!

note: i contribute to 6 other sites also. i have bin in this game only for around a couple of months or so.

i have a picture in my mind of a reviewer sitting in front of his computer screen (finger poised & ready to hit the decline button) waiting for me to upload my pics & he quickly declines them as fast as i can upload them.