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Messages - thenatureguy
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« on: April 14, 2020, 12:36 »
Shutterstock will reject duplicates, although it is not a great plan to send them many duplicate files. Better to sort out where you are with them and then start clean with M+
Yeah, that is a good idea. I see that M+ syncs back information to SS about the stats of images. That is good. One my hugest battles is keeping track of what has been uploaded and what has not because I have such inconsistent results using SS. I think I am going to like using M+ a lot better. I have another question. If I am running SS on a desktop and a laptop (for travel) will M+ sync the stats of images with both installations if they are logged into the same account? For example. Say I am traveling and capture a bunch of images that I upload with my laptop. When I get home I always back up my images to my desktop for safekeeping and long term organization. Then say, I open this folder of images that were uploaded to M+ on my laptop in my Desktop SS app, will they show the same status as the images in M+? Is that status information (i.e. ready, uploaded, submitted) stored locally in the image metadata?
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« on: April 14, 2020, 11:06 »
Okay. I have a few questions about M+
1. When I upload to M+ via SS, the status indicator in SS is not registering the agency stats. Is this normal? If it is, how do I track what has and has not been upload to M+ via SS?
2. Since I have had so much problem with SS, I am not sure what has or has not been uploaded using SS. If I upload images to M+ and submit images to agencies, that are duplicates of images that have already been uploaded via SS, what happens?
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« on: April 14, 2020, 10:09 »
@thenatureguy
Yes, it's using exactly the same subscription model and they share the same accounts.
So you can use your SS account to log into M+.
They can also be integrated to keep using SS interface while the uploading and submission process is actually performed by M+ under the hood.
You can also sync the agencies login credentials and releases database from SS to M+.
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123rf: if the files have _ready_ status after uploading it means they were not really uploaded - there was some error that you can check using the "Errors" button.
Okay. I'll give it a try.
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« on: April 13, 2020, 18:08 »
At the moment it costs the same as Stock Submitter (and no more if you use both). It basically means that if they support the agency, then the app uploads just one copy of the file to their servers and they onward upload and submit to the agency. Maybe not a great advantage with still photos, but it makes a big difference with videos
Steve
SS is free up to 33 images per agency, which I seldom go over. So M+ would be free for me as well......?
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« on: April 13, 2020, 16:28 »
Contact them, they always pay
Maybe you dont fill the tax form, or your payment method is not properly configured.
I know that my payment settings are correct. I have contacted them, but the answers have been generic, like yours, not specific. You know, "Form Answers" that they send out to everyone. My question is, if there was a problem, should they not have sent me an email about it? I have been a contributor for over a year. The only thing I can find that might be the problem is my tax form. My name on my tax form only has my first and last name, not my full legal name. This is because when I signed up for SS, I only used my first and last name to create my SS account. SS uses the account name as the name on the TAX form and will not allow me to alter or change it in any way. I tried submitting a new tax form, but SS autofills it with the name on my SS account and will not let me add my middle name to it. So there is nothing I can do.
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« on: April 13, 2020, 14:10 »
I have been with SS a while and have earned a few hundred, but it is just accumulating in my SS account and never gets paid out to me. I have my payout settings set to pay at $50. I have everything set up correctly, but I never get a payout for SS. What is going on?
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« on: April 13, 2020, 14:07 »
I thought I would check my 123RF account when I read this. I use Stock Submitter as an App, but then upload via Microstock Plus to the supported sites (which include 123RF). All my recent uploads are showing up in my portfolio so M+ must have been submitting them.
Steve
I use the SS app. I have never tried M+. How does it work and what are the fees?
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« on: April 13, 2020, 10:57 »
StockSubmitter is uploading photos and vectors via their website by default.
You can enable the FTP mode in settings (Manage agencies -> Shutterstock)
Switching to Forced FTP did the trick and I was able to upload all my images. But now I have a new problem. For the last week, I have not been able to submit images to 123RF. The images are uploaded and the listed as READY, but when I try to submit, it goes through the whole process and ends without submitting any. I have only submitted five pictures with SS to 123RF in the last 30 days, so I have not reached the 33 limit. No error is given either.
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« on: April 11, 2020, 17:56 »
Still cannot upload to Shutterstock. The upload makes it to 25% and resets back to zero over and over again until it reaches the end of attempts and then creates and error. Have not been able to upload a single image to SS, but I have no problem uploading to any other agency.
Does it show a Timeout error afterwards in the "Errors" button?
If so, please try increasing the FTP timeout in settings.
I upped the FTP timeout to 120. No good. I also downloaded Xpiks and used it to upload to Shutterstock with no issues. So, logically, since I can upload to any other agencies with SS, the issue appears to be with the way SS talks to Shutterstock.
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« on: April 10, 2020, 02:29 »
Still cannot upload to Shutterstock. The upload makes it to 25% and resets back to zero over and over again until it reaches the end of attempts and then creates and error. Have not been able to upload a single image to SS, but I have no problem uploading to any other agency.
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« on: April 06, 2020, 15:54 »
Thank you for that detailed response. I do appreciate you taking the time to try to answer my concerns. I hear what you are saying and I agree with you on much of it. The thing that bothers me is that, I simply don't have any of these problems with any other program, just yours. But then again, yours is the only stock uploader app I have tried. So, I guess I should try some others to see if they have all these problems too, then I would know that it is an industry level problem and not a programming issue.
I do have one question though. I understand that browsers use cookies so that you do not have to log in and like a new user each time. My question is, why don't you use cookies to accomplish the same thing?
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« on: April 05, 2020, 09:57 »
This is a new problem. I have changed nothing on my system form the last time I uploaded. I never had a problem uploading to Shutterstock before, so I doubt that my antivirus is the problem here because the error does not occur while uploading to any other site.
I am going to be honest here. Please try to listen and not get offended.
It just seems from where I am setting that the Stocksubmitter program is lagging behind when it comes to internet security. When I first started using it, I never had to reenter user names and passwords each time I launched the program. Then Alamy started requiring me to re-login each time and pass a CAPTCHA images test (which is really irritating). Then Shutterstock started doing the same thing. Now Adobestock is doing it but even when properly completed, Adobestock is rejecting the authentication. It is a massive pain in the butt!
Now, I can log into all of these websites from a browser with no problem, never having to reenter my login info or pass a CAPTCHA test, because these sites TRUST the browser security and recognize me as the same user.
So, the question is, why are these sites not trusting a connect from Stocksubmitter and treating each contact as a new login, instead of recognizing that it is the same user from last time?
Now, don't get me wrong. I appreciate your program and it is extremely helpful, but I find it concerning that at every turn, you are being flagged by every security system on the internet. Your website gets flagged, and your program cannot be installed without having to bypass Windows Security. I have dealt with utterly thousands of apps and programs and yours is the ONLY one that I have ever had to do that. I would be remiss if I did not question why you are having such a hard time with the standard security protocols everyone else seems to have no issues with. And it does not seem to bother you, which bothers me and begs me to question more.
Again, I appreciate you and your program, but I would like to see you spend a little effort on compliance with security. Your site is flagged, Windows flags your program, and Stocks sites increasingly do not trust connection from your program, requiring users to go through extensive security checks every time your program tries to connect to them. It is time to start fixing these security issues, ASAP!
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« on: April 04, 2020, 16:42 »
similar problem here with 'Canstock' !! 
even completed your popud asking for a number, but still it comes back !!
also asked Canstock for an explanation, but nothing received !?
2 weeks ago it was 'Adobe', what is going wrong with SS Niakris ??
Canstock has a very short session life time now unfortunately.
Even if you log in in a normal browser it'll log you out automatically after an hour or two.
Hence the program has to ask you to pass the captcha as well.
Dude. You really need to fix your site. Your site is blacklisted at a scam site. I can't even access it.
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« on: April 04, 2020, 11:11 »
I have completed it a hundred times. I said that already. Why did you not read what I wrote?
I did. It's a common mistake to not complete the process correctly.
Before replying, I've tried to reproduce the issue but couldn't - authentication is being kept after authenticating once for me.
Could you record a video of the process and PM me?
Authentication is not beings saved for me. I have to enter my username and password each time. But, in truth, I am logged in to Adobe Stock and upload and submit even while the login screen keeps popping back up over and over again. But I just noticed another problem. I can't upload to Shutterstock. It shows to be logged in, but when I try to upload, it shows to be uploading, but when finished, the file is not registered as having been uploaded and is listed at "Ready to upload". I guess the whole program is messing up. Send me a link to the latest version and I will try reinstalling to see if this fixes the problem.
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« on: April 03, 2020, 12:16 »
I have completed it a hundred times. I said that already. Why did you not read what I wrote?
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« on: April 03, 2020, 07:01 »
I am not sure what happened, but when I launch SS now, I get unceasing login pop up windows for Adobe Stock. No matter how many times I fill in the correct user name and password, it just comes back. Please fix this.
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« on: October 16, 2019, 22:24 »
Well, it started working tonight for no reason. Guess whatever was wrong with the servers got fixed.
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« on: October 16, 2019, 09:48 »
How can I get faster help than this forum? Waiting days between responses is not working.
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« on: October 15, 2019, 16:06 »
This is what happens.
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« on: October 14, 2019, 17:10 »
It's been a couple of weeks now that I cannot even launch the program. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Nothing works. The program has become increasingly unstable of the past couple of months, with several functions stopping. Is anyone else having these problems?
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« on: October 14, 2019, 17:07 »
It's been a couple of weeks now that I cannot even launch the program. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Nothing works. The program has become increasingly unstable of the past couple of months, with several functions stopping. Is anyone else having these problems?
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« on: September 10, 2019, 13:30 »
Upload only to the top 6 or 7 sites. The rest are clearly a waste of time.
Which ones would you consider to be the Top sites. I am currently with Shutterstock, Dreamstime, 123RF, and Adobestock. If had to choose two more, which would be the ones you would recommend?
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« on: September 10, 2019, 12:25 »
So I am wondering if it is a good or bad thing to upload all the same images to several agencies?
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« on: August 27, 2019, 11:53 »
Yesterday the QuickMeta function started giving me the "ParseError" again. I have restarted the program and restarted the computer, but it is still giving me the error. I can still use it though if I uncheck IMAGE and check VIDEO. Then it works normally. It only gives the error is I try to do a search for Image keywords. 
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