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« on: January 30, 2008, 17:57 »
yeah, after the crazy rejection thing, they kind of lightened up and approvals / rejections seemed to go back to a normal level. However, I've now got a backlog of "pendings" from last year as well...
We'll see...
427
« on: January 30, 2008, 17:35 »
"The photographs in the Fotolia database are intended for sale as illustration of brochures, magazines, websites, and presentations. Your photographic work is excellent but does not meet the needs of the Fotolia customer base."
...well no sh*# Sherlock...I've re-dubbed the reviewer from "Atilla-the-Hun" to "Fotila-the-None"...this is really getting goofy...FOTOLIA, please make sure your reviewer is looking through the proper end of the microscope.
428
« on: January 29, 2008, 21:14 »
is there a forum or blog to support this "accusation"?
429
« on: January 29, 2008, 13:15 »
And I thought it was only me ! Nine rejected out of ten last week-end. The good part is that Attila did it only a few hours after I uploaded them. I still wonder why he kept that one... 
Attila is a very busy executioner...chop off head, kick out of way, next victim in place, repeat...
430
« on: January 29, 2008, 10:31 »
The worst part about this thread is that NOW, as a result of Rene's "well meaning" post, some very good photos (that have substantial sales) are now going to be stricken from the StockXpert database. I know that every site has the right to run its business any way it chooses but every time I upload there, I feel like every image that has a female face on it needs to be veiled.
So in summary, Rene, I REALLY wish you hadn't awakened the sleeping censor giant (once again we plunge into the dark ages). Even while my modest images depicting women wearing swimsuits, shockingly showing their tummies, are given the boot for "too sexually suggestive", Iophoto's were proving that there are buyers for ALL styles of work...now they shall be censored - AFTER they were approved.
...and in Steve-Oh's defense, you are the rare mouth of any of these companies that openly communicates with us. For that we all thank you, even if we agree to disagree.
431
« on: January 29, 2008, 08:58 »
They've always spoken from both sides of their mouths on this issue. I've had images of women (in swim suits) suntanning on the beach rejected for "sexual content". I would also advise being careful what you say about them in ANY forums...there's a reason I had to create a new account and use my "anonymous" title here in this forum.
432
« on: January 29, 2008, 08:33 »
Had a 98% acceptance until 1 month ago. They hired Attila who now seems to know "what is and is not stock". He / she has shot down about 50% of my submissions. Will likely cease uploading there until they get re-hired back at StockXpert 
433
« on: January 28, 2008, 09:07 »
I am going to start today to take pictures off that I know will not help me reach a payout.
I average 5 - 10 dl's a week there and I NEVER know what will sell. It's like a reviewer at a site rejecting an image because "it's not stock material"...they have no idea what "stock" material is and what will or will not sell (if they did, they'd be making so much money SELLING photos, they wouldn't have time to review). You've already uploaded it, let it ride.
434
« on: January 28, 2008, 08:38 »
they charge for space and charge a set up fee?
435
« on: January 23, 2008, 15:35 »
CanStockPhoto still kicks in with 5 - 7 dl's per week for me and I upload there 1st to use their keyword generator.
Crestock - quit uploading a year ago, 3 sales in the last year (all .25 - ugh). Don't see a payout until 2015.
LO - canceled my account there about 6 mos ago BUT I think they'll hang in for a few more years.
While Featurepics is a slow seller, I've uploaded everything I have there as my 1 - 2 dl's a month there equal 3 or 4 years of dl's at Crestock, AND I so love being able to set my price and receive the lion's share of it. So I'll fight for these guys.
The 2 that I HOPE will make it are MostPhotos and Zymmetrical. However, if Zymmetrical does not get out of beta soon and begin "approving" photos, they're going to simply die on the vine with no inventory. MostPhotos desperately needs to focus on marketing images instead of running a "vanity" site if they want wings in the next 2 years.
The rest of the "Low Earners" just simply have no traffic (currently) to support any revenue surge.
436
« on: January 20, 2008, 16:36 »
kind of like buying a nice car and putting shag carpet on the dash...
437
« on: January 20, 2008, 09:55 »
I have only uploaded 50-60 files to Crestock, they rejected about half of them. Only 2 credit and 4 subscription sales in 9 months !
Only 0.25 $ earnings for the site with "our standards are much higher than on others microstock sites". This is ridiculous. I don't want to upload more. If they change earning system I can accept high rejection ratio and slow downloads, but not for 25 cts.
That's why they have so much to reinvest  ..yeah, that ran me off last year. Left them and LO...just not worth the time invested. You can argue the same about Featurepics, but at least my 1 or 2 dl's a month = $6 -$10 each (as opposed to .25 each). Personally, I WILL take "low sales with a high comission" thank you very much...I'm a "Call Girl", not a wh@re.
438
« on: January 20, 2008, 09:45 »
December was not good there (but really nowhere else either). January has rebounded pretty well (2 - 3 dl's a day) with the increased commisions.
439
« on: January 19, 2008, 19:49 »
they're having to reset authitication for some reason...server side error...usually takes 2 or 3 hours to rectify...
440
« on: January 19, 2008, 14:00 »
yay!
441
« on: January 19, 2008, 10:58 »
The voting doesn't really count for much in the end either.
Then what purpose does the voting serve?
One bad vote out of ten or twenty woun't make a difference. A large majority of low votes on an image will however surely make the image end up later in searches. There is no reviews so the voting is one part of the rating.
But, I don't want my images being reviewed by other contributors, either mp has reviewers or it doesn't, don't let the opinions of the others affect my search ratings.
rosta
...and therein my friend is the conundrum. If you want to sell your images and not become politically involved with everybody, MP is likely not the site you want to work with. If you're more interested in "community" and chatting with folks about how to improve your photo skills, MP is probably a fun place to hang. That being said, I'm here to sell my photos and not have other contributors "rating" my work (they would be wiser rating their OWN) and affecting search results (I thought that was why we "keyworded" our images). I really want this site to work but it is already moving in the direction of ShutterPoint. It's already stirring "unease"...I should be prepping my next batch of photos right now instead of blabbing about this...
442
« on: January 18, 2008, 16:33 »
On the submission side, we have been hard at work keeping up with the increasing flow of submissions. Our approach is two fold :
- Images with keywords have priority.
Perhaps this is the issue. I do not know how / where to add keywords. I see a little "pencil" icon out beside each image, but when I click it, nothing happens. If this is not the place to keyword, where / how do I do it?
Thx
For an explanation of our keywording setup, please see: http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?topic=3077.msg27796#msg27796
For approved, online files, you may add up to 20 additional keywords by clicking 'Update Tags' on www.zymmetrical.com/account/artmanager/. Please note that this system is due for a major update soon, we are not really happy with the ease of use or the thesaurus function in there currently.
Thanks
So basically, if there are no tags "IN" the photo, you guys have to do them first...maybe THIS is why there is a significant backlog. Perhaps it would be more efficient to let the photographers do this. The current system requires BOTH parties to do it. If Zymmetrical is ever going to compete in the market, they're going to have to seriously streamline the upload/tag/ approval process. I like your "hands on" approach and respect most of your concepts, but at current rate of approvals, it will be 7 - 10 years before anyone could have a portfolio of 200 - 300 images...which means a painfully long time before anyone makes ANY money...which increases the liklihood of the site not succeeding.
443
« on: January 18, 2008, 14:53 »
The voting doesn't really count for much in the end either. Then what purpose does the voting serve? If it's not affecting the ratings, it DOES affect people's tempers. I personally don't vote because it's a waste of time - would rather spend it working on new photos. I'm not there to coach other photographers, I'm there to sell. But when vote-tards start blasting "1's" for no reason other than to screw with people, I promise I'll shoot back. If "The voting doesn't really count for much in the end either", then any "punishment" they (or I) receive is moot. Please just grow out of the "vanity site mentality" and run a professional micro-macro site and quit jacking with useless votes. All it does is irritate.
444
« on: January 18, 2008, 14:12 »
On the submission side, we have been hard at work keeping up with the increasing flow of submissions. Our approach is two fold :
- Images with keywords have priority.
Perhaps this is the issue. I do not know how / where to add keywords. I see a little "pencil" icon out beside each image, but when I click it, nothing happens. If this is not the place to keyword, where / how do I do it? Thx
445
« on: January 18, 2008, 12:20 »
Got tagged today by a negative vote spammer. Hit me with a "1" on an image that sells just fine. Went and looked at his portfolio, very similar stuff, so I negged him. I don't care, kick me off if you guys want, but the voting thing will wind up destroying your site. And will certainly irritate enough photogs in the process. But seriously, any voting a-holes tag me like that, I'll bang them right back...punish me as you will, but you better take care of them as well.
446
« on: January 18, 2008, 12:11 »
Is Zymmetrical still alive? 2 months and 2 days since I uploaded 10 images to give it a try. 5 were reviewed withing the first week while the other 5 have not been touched. I assume if there is no word in a couple of days, I'll just (try to) pull my images and write it off as another micro-bust.
447
« on: January 17, 2008, 18:14 »
1. keep doing what i'm doing
2. lay off the absinthe
3. try to shoot more shots that require less Photoshopping
4. lay off the smoke
5. pay more attention to backlighting (SS pi$$es me off sometimes)
6. go scuba diving this year off Belize
7. vote
8. try a jello shot out of the navel of a Swedish National
9. bike more
10. eat mor chiken
448
« on: January 15, 2008, 08:34 »
plenty
449
« on: January 15, 2008, 08:29 »
I don't know why it would. If I am a buyer looking for images, I want Search to return the best, or at least most relevant, images. If "community participation" (other than message boards and blogging, what is there?) is influencing search, then you are not exactly giving buyers what they are searching for. Why do they care if someone likes to post a lot?
ditto...it's one thing for an IS to engine tweak (even though i disagree with it) because they have the traffic and revenue stream to get away with it. LO has neither. It just winds up a mess, and as you said, may not deliver the image the client is searching for...not really the best way to "service" your customers OR your contributors.
450
« on: January 10, 2008, 08:38 »
hopefully this is addressing the content filter issue that has been dragging on for weeks now....
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