For those of you waiting weeks for a reviewer, I suspect you did not load your images correctly.

Assuming you used FTP to upload your images, there is one more step you must complete.
the images below will be of some help.


Click My Images on the front page.


Click the tab that says "StockXpert Briefcase"


Finaly transfer any images in the list to "Transfer to Gallery" Button.

Your images are NOW loaded correctly and will now be reviewed.

I hope this helps. Of and one more thought. I have currentl uploaded 281 images in total.
NOT ONE WAS REJECTED for any reason, 100% acceptance.

Best to you all,
The MIZ

Though I'm yet a beginner, I've run into Atilla from the start.  I still have a 100% acceptance rate at DT going, but only 40% at FT, incidentally every picture but 1 that contains a sky has been rejected (there is no noise however, the one that was accepted it quite unique and has decent application for travel agencies), but every picture that has no sky has been accepted, usually very rapidly (I had one accepted in 30 minutes the other day).  Until the reports of Atilla subside somewhat I'll probably hold off on uploading any shots of any type that contain a sky to FT, might as well wait until the acceptance chance goes up instead of having them be rejected right away.  All have been for the "type of photograph, does not fit customers needs" reason, though some definitely have a use.  Power plants seem to have an application (especially the clean coal power niche that is barely represented) for some customers, another was a shot of the GA state capitol that was definitely better than what they have, seems that there could be a use for that in an election year, another was a shot of an Olympic torch, which they have almost none of, and it is an Olympics year.  Hmmph, oh well, they want isolated objects, they get isolated objects.

Mark - just want to join the chorus that the money spend on a better PnS to hold you over to a DSLR is not a wise investment.  Many bring up how cheaply you can get a DSLR and nifty fifty, unlike a PnS though that isn't nearly enough for most things.  Memory, spare batteries (Canon batteries can run $50 each), filters (need UV and circular polarizers), tripods, flashes, remote shutter releases, pc or hotshoe cables (or pocket wizards  ), bags, sensor cleaning kits, add up to a lot of money, and no other decent lens comes close to a 50 in affordability, the next closest will cost more than the body.  Though a 50 can do a lot, there is a lot that it cannot do.  I'm sure that for most here, aside from the few that have 5D's and greater and small collections of everything else, for the equipment that they use regularly, their body is less than 1/5th the cost of their equipment.  It is 1/5th of mine, and I have serious gaps in my lens coverage and could use a second flash, which would probably bring it closer to 1/8th or less of the cost of my collection, and my setup is still fairly rudimentary, though still pretty capable.  A decent setup with a XT body that has all the shooting capabilities of a 10X PnS will run in the neighborhood of $2000-3000, though it will outperform it in every respect by a mile...but you'll need a flash (250+), a macro lens (300+), a WA lens (400+), a standard lens (80+), a tele lens (600+) and all the other little crap that goes with it, in addition to the body, might as well start building the collection with any money you have now, instead of getting something that pretty much will have no use once you upgrade.

Quote from: mwp1969 on February 03, 2008, 00:27

I can't believe your photo was rejected ...

I'm about ready to give up submitting to FT

I agree that it is ridiculous the apple shot was rejected.  I like it a lot, at least at the resolution we have.

However Mark, I think it is time you stop talking about who you aren't going to upload to anymore because of rejections, and up your game.  I don't mean this to sound harsh.  But a lot of us did our best to persuade you to get a DSLR now rather than later, and offered advice on how to get a cheap set up (used Rebel, plus $79 50mm 1.4 and you are nicely set up).

That you are still receiving mass rejections at Fotolia means it is time to get more serious about the quality of your images and the equipment you use to produce them.  I know you are working hard to get into Shutterstock, and I applaud it.  But leaving Fotolia because of rejections seems bizarre.  Didn't you write you are having the same problems at Dreamstime?  You can join places like MostPhotos and FeaturePics and get images accepted, but 10 of those sites will not replace the sales of 1 Fotolia, or 1 Dreamstime.

You also need to be very careful with your rejection rate at Dreamstime.  The ratio is used as part of the search algorithm, which means the more images you get rejected, the farther down you will be in search results.  It's important you either get a higher acceptance rate, or stop uploading until you have the issues ironed out.

Please use all of us for advice and critique.  My advice right now is to concentrate on your quality, and not uploading to new places.  Best of luck.

Quote from: thesentinel on February 07, 2008, 07:38

Quote from: mwp1969 on February 07, 2008, 00:59

#8 The default "Top Rated" photos window showcases the highest MP Index photos for the last 3 days. You can apply different settings for while your browsing or searching, but the settings always go back to 3 days for the first search. This allows new images to be shown to anyone that is searching for the "Top Rated" photos fairly often

#9 The Photo Community concept really works. In my first few days there I have had plenty of feedback on my images that has been entirely useful. Those Swedish photographers that have been on that site from the beginning really know their stuff ! I am starting to see some familiar names that I've seen here on MSG if that's any sign ...

#10 There is member point system that encourages the ranking of your fellow photographers. You also get points for commenting on other's photos. All in all ... the point system is geared towards making MostPhotos an interactive community that works together to QC itself. From what I can tell so far ... this seems to work

#11 "Portfolio Summary" will show you things like you point total, and the distribution that you are receiving from the voting that has been done on your images, and the votes that you have given as well.

Mark

And the result of the above is a set of images akin to those on similar pages of photo.net or photo:sig, which are often far removed from useful saleable commercial stock.

Right.  And unless all of this adds up to sales, then it just doesn't matter.  Seems everyone has to have a strange angle.  I don't need a community rating system.  If anybody should be doing the ratings, it should be the buyers and reviewers.

As far as I'm concerned, there are the Big 6, plus 2 or 3 slow but worthy players, and a few very small sites worth taking a shot at just in case they take off.  Other than that, I don't understand the constant search for new places to upload to.  If you contributed to every site listed under the "New Sites/Low Earners" section, you would be considered lucky if your combined monthly earnings for all those sites was 1/2 of a month at Dreamstime.

I like mostphotos but I am not yet convinced that midstock will take off.  The problem is most of us are uploading our microstock images to these sites.  Anyone can find most of these images selling at lower prices.  If we upload new images that aren't on the micros, midstock might have a chance but that is taking a risk, as midstock sales are tiny compared to microstock.

Then there are established sites like alamy selling at higher prices than  mostphotos.  Should I upload my non-microstock photos there?  I think that is a better option at the moment because there are good sales there.

Quote from: mwp1969 on February 04, 2008, 17:10

Quote from: ChasingMoments on February 03, 2008, 20:57

This is all extremely interesting to me! I've heard a lot of different theories about stock buyer behavior

I guess we can't assume that ALL buyers are this or that... Most likely, some buyers are purely "heavy weight" buyers that need hundreds of images at a time and use only subscription; others are "per credit" buyers that shop around for the exactly right image they are looking for; and yet others are cost-conscious buyers that have done their research (all it takes is look around all the sites once) and who KNOW which site offers best deals and go to that site, and if that site doesn't offer what they need, they move on to the next most cost-effective site. And of course there are some buyers in between. For any sort of meaningful discussion about anything, including the future of stock industry in general, we need to know which portion of all the buyers each buyer type makes up. If most buyers are "sub" buyers - huh! Then per-credit $ is least important to both buyers and sellers, unless photogs unite and boycott sub-sites. HUGE collective action problem; will never happen. If the market is split more evenly, then "each" type of buyer matters, and stock industry becomes "politics" & sites will try to innovate to draw buyers to their side. Say, canstock & 123 don't sell individual credits, they are probably trying to fill the niche bw expensive subs & per-credit sales...

...i can probably write a whole academic article on market direction & buyer behavior & get it published ) data availability might be a problem though, but if there's a stock site willing to hire me for data analysis )) i'm available...

LOL ... and I could assist as I do Market & Competitive Analysis by profession ...

LOL ! So, what do you think? Do I have a point? And being in "market and competitive analysis" - what are you doing here? Shouldn't you know all the secrets & where all the agencies are heading and so and and so forth? How'bout you give us your take on things? )