Hello Stephen,

I was ready to join and sell my work with Crated but have my daubts after reading this thread 
(Please, forgive my poor english).

I already sell my images successfully and I have few private and public sites/galleries so I'm definitely interested in selling work with your site, not interested in publicating for fun and friends... (I rather like taking photos than sitting in front of my screen clicking for "fun"). So, for the moment let's just forget about the gallery only. Lets focus on selling work.

You say:
"Artists whos work is not approved (ie curated-in) into search etc can certainly still link and share their galleries using our tools and their gallery url."

I wouldn't like to spend my (working) time on looking for friends and sharing work just to show them the same what they can see on my other few sites I'm looking for (pro) seller of my work rather than only sharing place. From reading in articles I understood you are the one (pro)

... and we think we can offer a really great product on a beautiful and functional platform that, not only will appeal to awesome artists but attract engaged visitors and more importantly create lots of sales.
 
So far the response has been great! We're really encouraged by the feedback and all the amazing art that's already been uploaded in our beta. We're listening to every suggestion and bit of feedback and using it to rapidly improve as we move forward.

Please, let me know if watermark is ready already   For example FAA has great option where I can choose if I want to put watermark or not. It's small but it is there. It's needed, it's wanted, it's expected...



I still don't get the curation idea. It just doesn't make big sense to me. I mean, at the beginning of reading about Crated it was great to read about curation - we need that, we need quality control surely! Wow, at least some quality level...
But then I read about no email when rejected ( ). All this curations is some dark magic for me to be honest. Maybe I'm missing something. In a part way it seams like Alamy curation, where you pass batch if one or two images are ok in pending batch. However, we always get email with info yes or no (and it should be obvious).


Above are two most important questions before I (we?) start investigating the time:
1. when will I have option to set my watermark (that's determinating my joining) and
2. I need to get confirmation if images passed or rejected (and all this magic idea explained better).

Do you consider above and when can I expect results so I could join and start selling my work with you?

Thanks and good luck!

Email from 123RF:

"Kindly note that when viewing your images when logged in to your account, you are able to download your own images for free(credits will be shown as "included"). Just in case you have lost your original file, you can find it on our site

To view the credit price for images, please refer to this link : http://www.123rf.com/guidebook/c02s06.htm#2.2

We hope this clarifies. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further assistance."

Should I be logged in to see your work there?

Must be new. The option was not there, when we started the thread. I see this as a small success! But you can't  say precisely, this switch is an eyecatcher 

Success?!  Lol, somehow this word doesn't fit in here for me, don't know why...   
Sorry, couldn't help myself...

http://www.canstockphoto.com/payout_schedule.php

Scroll down to see: Distribution / Fotosearch

This $0,30 is some joke... anywhere...

Seems like DP is a scammer!

But they pay for uploaded images?  People say: "money is money"...

Irony mode off.

... I can imagine the "incorrect white balance" rejections at Shutterstock!

Yep! That's the first thing I got thinking

BaldricksTrousers must be right, is there any sense to pay big money for colour only? Isn't it better to use regular polarizer and add colours in post processing with (sometimes) better results?

It is getting harder and harder to make money with mircostock these days. How did we as photographers let all these cuts make it acceptable to take our art work for granted?

Let me see... Did "YOU" accept less than 50% for you? Yes?
Did you accept selling your image for 1$? (even less) Yes?
...
Are you surprised that you have to work for free today? Yes?

No more questions from me. Good luck in your success...

... you must be new here?...
 

Few times I've found posts on other forums where microstock clients say:

- should I buy EL to print my .....?
- yes, but who will find, just buy it for $1 and cross your fingers so nobody find it...

Many like that...

That's normal with them, I'm affraid   
We have to control where and how our images are used. No other way.

Me: "where can I opt out of this FB sales?"
SS: "Unfortunately you can not opt out from this option."

Lovely... 

I've just noticed I had 54 sales there last week which netted me more than $150!  I don't know what's happened but they must be doing something right.

01 IV  internet should be closed! :p