I accidentally found it right after posting!

Btw. wasn't that you who had the free pic of the week at iStock recently? Congrats! Did you get a lot of downloads as a result?

Is this still on?
Where do I apply?

No such tendency here:

Jan: 0,48
Feb: 0,54
Mar: 0,50
Apr: 0,52
May: 0,48
Jun: 0,56
Jul: 0,56
Aug: 0,50
Sep: 0,50

Overall average: 0,52

I think maybe the type of pictures you sell will have something to say. For instance, while textures aren't the hottest subject around, I believe they're fairly more used by print designers rather than web site owners, so they'll want them in larger sizes. Other shots on the other hand, will be more used on web sites.

So, maybe the pics you have uploaded in the beginning of the year were more used in print.

At IS, there's a lot of categories, and I've found that when browsing and selecting categories, it helps me think of more keywords.
(Btw. IS is waiting for photographers to actively use the categories, before making them public.)

There used to be a limit of 8MB, but they finally raised it to 16MB now with the new servers. 

At Shutterstock I have two referred photographers, but one of them never seemed to upload anything. The other one, has uploaded a few pics, and I keep getting some money from her, although it's not much.

I just signed up at Dreamstime and they at least have a nice referral programme in the respect that you get 5USD just for posting a badge on your site, but you only get percents for half a year(and the first half year is not when the big money comes).

F*** them.
I just told them to close my account there.
I've had it with their F***ing high brow rejection notices. They live in the North of Norway(= mega rural), but take special care to sound like some posh Cambridge twats. Any money from them is purely hypothetical and long in the future, and so I'm not going to waste my time uploading and get slapped in the face with their stupid little notes afterwards.

Hey, have a sense of humour, guys. It's a joke.
EDIT: I hope

Quote from: Professorgb on August 18, 2006, 21:21
Well, it seems they've found a way to reduce their queue.  They're rejecting everything.  I expected some rejections, but they're rejecting photos that have been accepted, and sold, on other sites.

Puhlease.

They've been kind to me. I had expected massive rejections to shorten the queue, but I've had just a few.

Well, there's new limits in town. Just as the exclusives got a raise, everyone else had to do with lower uploads.

QuoteUpload LimitLimit: 25 files per 168 hour period
File(s) Uploaded: 38
File(s) Remaining: -13

Btw. when it comes to paper, just use a scanner if you've got one.

Thanks!
I'll skip the last one at least.
Any views about the other options? Anyone here that don't check them off?

Could you perhaps upload a 100% crop?

One thing:
I'm submitting photos, and there's no good explanation to be found regarding these things that I may check off or not.

QuoteIncrease Max. Copies (I-EL) 
Web Usage (W-EL) 
  Print Usage (P-EL) 
  Sell the rights (SR-EL)

I especially wonder what the deal is with   "Sell the rights (SR-EL)"

I'm always saying this but:
Alexa is not a reliable source of stats. Alexa only counts visitors with the Alexa toolbar installed. I don't have it. Do you?

They finally reviewed some of my pics, and I have to say that their rejection messages piss me off

Quote* Your choice of composition did not accord with our standards.

We invite you to address these concerns.
Thank you for your interest in Crestock and in participating in our
collection.

Anyway, I only upload the casual picture that I'm satisfied with there, and won't spend a lot of time trying to please them.

For me, it's starting to pick up, so I'll definitely continue, especially as it's so easy to upload.

Quote from: leaf on August 13, 2006, 19:36
What is lisa G going to do with a Canon 30D?

I think it will be a 'newish' person with a nice portfolio. I think it will be the 'best' portfolio from the 1000 people that submit around the time that the 1,000,000 image is reviewed.

Surely, it has to be the 1 000 000th image accepted?

Quote from: kacper on August 10, 2006, 19:21

Quote from: CJPhoto on July 31, 2006, 15:04
They are artwork, so even though illegal, you still need a model release.

It's a strange world we live in when the rights of criminals are above the rights of the rest of the folk.

Fotolia takes grafitti, iStock doesn't (stupid Canadian Walmart of microstocks), Dreamstime and Shutterstock sometimes.

I agree about the stuff with criminals, but I also think that the bigger you are, the bigger the chance of getting sued. Neither sxc.hu takes graffiti btw. In my opinion, they should have different attitude to clearly illegal graffiti and legal pieces.

I haven't taken photos of planes, but I've seen many poor shots, so I know what you're thinking about.

However, the best shots will probably be the ones where you have the sun in your back that lits up the planes too.
That's what's been going on here:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/when/daytime/1979870_aerial_team_in_formation.php?id=1979870


Oh and I just saw this picture, which was pretty * cool:
http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=251006


This guy got inside the planes...
http://www.richard-cooke.com/aircraft-libary.htm

I'm registered, and have a few uploads, but no sales. They pride themselevs on being strict, so I have been strict with myself. (Besides, I haven't bothered much either.)

Currently, the reviews take extremely long time. Longer than iStock...

Hmm, maybe I'll have a go. I could easily get a lot accepted there, seing as my combined IS/SS/StockXpert pics totals around 1100.
Personally, I'm quite happy with iStock, and less happy with SS. But if Dreamstime is in the neighbourhood of SS, then that will still mean the occasional paycheck.

Oh, Leaf, I signed up through your account, so that means $$$s for you.

Yeah, the lack of FTP is annoying. There was a survey a few weeks ago, and I said it was a problem and that their upload manager is pretty useless. (I really don't get how to use the * thing.)
I think there are some security issues related to FTP, so maybe that's why.

As for the categories, I'm much more positive. They were a pain in the beginning, and I posted a stern message in the forums, but I think they're OK now.

I have The Gallery of Weird Textures, and it's got 784 views. I've received some positive feedback about it when posting in the forums, and since I deal mainly in textures, I think that the lightbox draws attention of texture users. Not many of the pictures in it are my own though, but there's a few.
When I add pictures, I'm quite picky, so I'm actually very satisfied with the contents.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=51027

Quote from: phildate on August 12, 2006, 15:27
I don't think so my bet is on a scandinavian photographer with small portfolio but all very stylised portraits on location.

Thanks!
(Oh wait, I don't have portraits.)