I've had several sales in the last hour or two, and one went from 49 to 50 sales and still shows Level 4 in my profile - but once you click on it you see it as level 5 with level 5 pricing.  So DT seems to be working on the things that matter   One tip is that if you use the facebook promotion tool it will allow you to see your latest 4 sales before the earning page updates.  (You don't have to actually post the link to Facebook to preview your sales...)

Hello luissantos84,

While I answered you privately, I'll also post here to provide any clarification for all the photographers reading here as well.

rubyroo is exactly right with their earlier observation in this thread.

Keywords should describe what is physically and prominently visible in the image. We discourage the use of subjective words unless they are very relevant to the image. When selecting each keyword, you should ask yourself "if a buyer searched this keyword, would they expect to find this image?" - if you answer is no, then don't include that keyword.

Someone searching "woman" will expect to find an actual woman, and not a boot. If you had "woman's" or "womans", then those would be acceptable, as there is a clear difference.

Sometimes people will list all possible names and parts visible in an image. For example, a photo of a cat may contain the keyword "claws". Well, yes, a cat has claws - but that keyword would only be relevant if claws are prominent or central to the image.

As far as subjective words, you could call almost anything a "background, gorgeous, beautiful, etc" - so such descriptive keywords are only allowed if they are closely associated.

Regards,

Duncan

50% of rejections of my files on Canstock is "Image contains invalid keywords, title, or description. Please ensure keywording is relevant and specific."
There is a possibility to change them and resend file but it's quite difficult to find what keyword they found to be invalid.

This is absolutely weird, although I'm not complaining at all.  I requested my Paypal payment from FT yesterday afternoon and received it this morning. WOW!  Probably an isolated incident, but thought I would make it known anyway. Lately I've been waiting at least two weeks. Maybe they're allowing more money in the budget since it's the first of the year.??

Quote from: luissantos84 on January 07, 2011, 21:16

exclusives losing 6 and 7k.. who will benefit?

Istockphoto obviously you idiot. What actually is the point of your incessant, meaningless drivel?

Where is my money from way back in November!?

Will we have to wait until February for our December sales or are they just going to wait so long that we forget and just skip paying us at all?

We were told that thinkstock royalties would be paid out within 10 days of the end of the month and now we are waiting two months!!  Give me my money! NOW! This is outrageous!

I'd imagine it's probably the same problem that's happening at all the other sites, too many people have read books and blogs saying how easy it is too sell their photos on microstock, now any new images you upload are just getting lost in the crowd.
I don't think there's much you can do about it other than finding one of those who encouraged all this competition by book or blog and thanking them in the way you feel is most appropriate