Quote from: Oldhand on June 25, 2010, 12:28

Upload in bulk!

And get rejected in bulk.

I have tried once more and my last batch was almost 100% approved

ehehe

Quote from: anc on June 22, 2010, 15:51

Hi! I am new to the forum and started on Microstock 3 months ago. I am now up to a point where  with with 80 files on Shutterstock I earn 80 dollars a month, and with 30 at Istock I earn 30 dollars a month. Before taxes etc.

Well I earn 100-150$ per month on SS with 1044 images now, and 30$ on IS with 555 images. This means that your images must be the nec plus ultra, and that mine are crap. If you earn that amount with that quantity of images, you should continue by all means. If you put 800 instead of 80 images on SS, you will earn there 800$ per month, so hurry up! Why are you asking advice here, since (a) you can do the math and (b) most here are just, ahem, regulars.  

Could we perhaps have a link to your portfolio, par hasard, por favor, Bitte Sch�n, 请 ?  

I am giving all my efforts in microstock regarding my gear and expenses, and I am still far from that kind of RPI..! Like FD-amateur said why are you asking us if it is possible??.. if you are having that experience why not???.. you must have a nice portfolio

Good to see there are 2 leagues, 1 for famous contributors and 1 for the scum ��

not scum, just regular eheh ordinary!

150k sales FAST!! eheh

PORTUGALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL PORTUGALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

PS -- I'd love for it to stay at 200/week even after the dash for cash ... Now that I'm in I'd like to get my whole collection up there so I can just add Veer to my weekly routine. 

in stock we got a lot of routines.. just like other job.. but better routines

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 18, 2010, 13:58

it is INSANE

It's good to know this time you are not cheerleading a new subscription plan agency! 

This kind of new "agencies" are born because there are photographers willing to accept anything. You see.

I sometimes give more credit than the new agency deserves, it is because I am still young at microstock.. After a year I am feeling other things and these days I upload to agencies that are worth

Is it April 1st?

ehehhe

Quote from: Anglee on June 17, 2010, 20:45

Cascoly and Anonymous,

Alex advises that you do not delete rejected photos that you might want to appeal, as we maintain a history of which reviewer rejected which image. Hence, you can just tell us which filename is affected, we will do the rest.


Many thanks,
Anglee

1. who are you?  why are you speaking for Alex?  common courtesy dictates a 'new member' who WORKS for an agency should identify themselves, and not start leaving  msgs with no indication of your connections

2. why are YOU telling us this rather than Alex?  Alexeady stated he AGREES with his reviewers ridiculous mass rejections

I guess 123RF is going down and down... what is happening there??? no answer by email no nothing... oh..

the more curious is the following... I have sent an email with 4 or 5 links to photos approved in FT, and those are now approved, the other keep rejected.. I was going to place links to all of them, but I just said the following:

Hi have read your post at microstockgroup forum regarding the late rejections and I would like to send links from other agencies where the files were accepted, I will use Fotolia and Shutterstock, if you want more please tell me.

So here we go:

Filename: luissantos84100600116 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304348
Filename: luissantos84100600113 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304312
Filename: luissantos84100600111 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304295
Filename: luissantos84100600100 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304202
Filename: luissantos84100600098 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304171
Filename: luissantos84100600093 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304127
Filename: luissantos84100600091 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304099
Filename: luissantos84100600090 @ http://pt.fotolia.com/id/23304088

Quick note regarding the "stained glass window" and the interior shoots of Gloucester Cathedral were all accepted by Fotolia and Shutterstock!

I am not going to continue this email, I spend my time shooting, editing and keywording, not telling agencies what I have been accepted here or there...

So now instead of just UPLOAD.. we need to link also our portfolio accepted by other agencies from I guess reviewers.. have 123RF fire them?

Simple math, at 100$ a month from the buyers, how much do you think they will be able to pay out to the photographers? Unless there are a lot of buyers coming from somewhere (hopefully not the places that pay us more now), I don't see this working out well.

Also I don't send SS my full size images, that way they can't sell full size for the sub cost (well, they can get upsized ones, but so can anyone upsize any image they get at a small size).

Please come back when you are paying out .30 or more per download, I think you will get a lot more interest here then, unless of course everywhere else is up to .50 by then.

--=Tom

if I may ask you something.. do you downsize the pictures to agencies that have subscription plans or just SS?..

This is getting interesting. And now, even with a lousy team and a lousy coach, expectations have risen in Brazil.  Not that we may not succumb to Ivory Coast on Sunday...

Brasil and Portugal we will go together!