No activity for me but I keep optimistically adding to my small portfolio.  I'm glad to hear that someone is getting DL's - at least it means there are shoppers in the store!

I'm using a PC and I use a "right click" method to add photos to Lightroom collections.  I select the group of photos I want to put into the collections (holding shift key and select first and last photo to grab a group of side-by-side images, or holding control key I click on the random photos I want to add).  Once the photos are selected I move the curser over the collections area.  If you have an existing collection you want to add it to, hover over that collection title when you right click.  The pop-up window will give you the option to add photos to the selected collections, or to add to a new collection (or collection set)

I tend to get reviews in 10 - 14 days at the longest but I notice that when I do get reviewed my entire batch of pending files will be reviewed.  I'll process a few and upload, then continue adding to them over the next few weeks and when the first batch hits the review point they will all get through.  I'm not uploading 200 files though, usually 2 - 7 a week right now so I may have 10 - 15 or so pending at any given time.

I was just over at the forums and saw one thing that made me wonder... The forum index showed Lobo as the most recent post for the Discussion forum, but when I went to that forum he wasn't a recent poster on any of the top threads that had posts in the past hour or so (including stickies at the top).  Maybe he got his post deleted for going to far???

I don't know why they have to be so cagey and mysterious about whether or not there are going to be more deductions. Either there are, or there aren't. Though this further lack of transparency is typical of their MO these days. I can't believe contributors don't get to know anything about any of their transactions with that company. It just smacks of them trying to hide something.

And anyone that gets even remotely close to the truth gets banned.

My guess is that the allusions to possibly needed to take more deductions indicate that they expect a round of deductions for January fraud, but given the current firestorm they don't want to come right out and say so.  It would just ignite the masses again.  Instead, they've hinted at it, and will let things die down, then send out the notices in advance next time.  Given the ineptness going on over there they may still be trying to figure out January's mess still as well, so they may not yet know the extent of it.  They are not yet ready to face an influx of calls from contributors trying to confirm whether or not some of their suspicious DL's in January were legit or not.  They may also have some legal counsel that is telling them to keep their mouths shut regarding future actions, status of investigations, etc.

I uploaded some new images to DT 5 days ago.  They have been in-and-out of "Image Under Review" four times in the past 48 hours!  Down to 27 hours now - the lowest I've ever seen before review and approval.  I'm wondering what happens if they hit zero without review.      Not fair that the reviewers are being such teases this week - LOL.

Quote from: klsbear on February 01, 2011, 14:08

I've been having trouble with images using the site uploader.  Uploaded Sunday night and they never appeared.  Uploaded again last night and they showed up in the upload que.  They have all the data imbedded and usually go straight to the Pending Approval que.  I've processed them twice now selecting the Submit for Review button but they don't seem to move from over to the Pending Approval que and it's been several hours.  I was planning to give them til the end of the day then contact support if they are still stuck.  (same user name there and here - KLSbear)

I see them, and they have been there since your upload. Yes we did have a few hiccups on SUnday.

They don't go to Pending until they go through the content reviewer. Right now we have a logjam in queue but it is steadily moving. For some notes about how our system works, please see my more lengthy post from the other day above in this thread.

Thanks for the update.  I hang on until tomorrow and see what happens.  I've been used to them going right to Pending very quickly, bypassing the upload queue since they contain metadata.  I've been spoiled by the fast acceptances in the past!

Quote from: madelaide on January 31, 2011, 03:56

i use a spreadsheet, agencies in columns, filenames in rows.  At each crossing, I I paint the cell green in approved, yellow when waiting review, red when rejected, no color when not submitted. Also write number of sales,  add a comment for ELs. Columns are thin to make cells square. Different subjects go in different tabs.

This is exactly how I do it as well.

I do something similar, and also attache a small thumbnail of the image at the top, but I'm finding it tedious and having a hard time keeping it up to date.  I like that database that was posted here by Karimala and I'm tempted to try to set up something similar in MS Access since I'm more familar with that program (thanks for the inspiration!)

I tried using it last night and it wasn't returning anything for Heart.  Seems to be down right now.  I hope it's fixed, and is included in his new site he recently mentioned was in the works.  It's a helpful tool and I'll miss it if it's gone.

Marketing Manager / New Product Initiation for a commercial bread company.  Best perk is the opportunity to bring home fresh bread and rolls for dinner!

As the tiniest of fish in this pond, my opinions may not be worth much, but after doing this for a while and getting a few payouts, I'm starting to see SS as something like opium.   Yes I make steady sales there but they're virtually all 33 cents and I feel that by selling on SS we're all just creating our own dystopian future where there's nothing left but subscriptions and bottom-feeder prices.   

If you compare it to a retail/manufacturer relationship, it's like selling to Wal-Mart.  You reduce your selling price but make it up on volume and efficiencies.  We may make less per image at SS, but if the volume is high enough you have a higher contribution to cover overhead and ultimately profit.  The danger is when the sites that don't offer the same volume think they can command the same low prices.  Additionally, it can be necessary to cut "ingredients" or quality materials (ie: props, models, etc) to support the lower costs, ultimately leading to a lower cost and lower quality product. 

+1 Anyone? LOL

Isn't that "Plus One" now, or "I wholeheartedly agree" if one wants to remain in good graces?  LOL