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Adobe Stock / Re: Card payments being reversed at Fotolia.

« on: January 26, 2009, 09:54 »

When I had a business and my customers defaulted on payment I didn't penalise my suppliers.....anyhow they would have thought I was crackers if I had done!

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Adobe Stock / Card payments being reversed at Fotolia.

« on: January 24, 2009, 05:31 »

There appears to be a massive increase in buyers credit card reversals at Fotolia at the moment. The one I had yesterday was backdated to Feb 2008 and other people are reporting reversals of payments from 2007. Anyone else think it's unfair to penalise contributors for what looks to be a Fotolia accountacy error? Chargebacks are normally rectified in a maximum of 12 months.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia sales? how have yours been lately?

« on: December 12, 2008, 08:36 »

Sales have rocketed (mainly to Germany, as previously mentioned on here) however acceptance has plummeted.....a very frustrating situation! Me thinks me must try harder

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Adobe Stock / Re: Are my photos really so ugly??

« on: November 15, 2008, 07:13 »

At least I have you to aspire to whitechild!

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Adobe Stock / Re: Are my photos really so ugly??

« on: November 14, 2008, 07:41 »

FT is sooo frustrating. I have been trying to improve my portfolio there and have had entire batches rejected for 'technical reasons'/'type of photo' just lately. My sales are excellent and for the tiny amount I have for sale there, I think I do well to sell an average of 1 image a day. I just wish they'd accept my fresh images just like 123RF and SS do. I submitted a ghastly out-of-focus image of a hand the other week to FT and not only did it get accepted, I've sold it twice on only five viewings (even though I intended to remove it from the upload as it was only there to test the reviewing system).....OMG, I'm tearing my hair out

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Adobe Stock / Re: First Views on Fotolia

« on: October 29, 2008, 06:19 »

I've given up trying to figure out the workings of Fotolia. My views are well down but my sales have literally rocketed and this all adds to the frustration with a large percentage of my recent images being rejected (although the same images are selling well elsewhere). I just wish I could add to my portfolio there but they don't seem to want to know at the moment......weird things are happening; I just hope they're for the better.

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Adobe Stock / Re: accepted images at Fotolia

« on: October 26, 2008, 06:54 »

A prime example of 'cut & paste, one size fits all, keywording'; debatable that any buyer looking for a Buffalo image would buy that one though

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Newbie Discussion / Re: Differences between the various microstock sites

« on: October 11, 2008, 10:59 »

I've found that sites do accept landscape images providing they are of places that they have few or no images of already. I have sold several landscapes of places I thought would be too obscure. With regard to specialising in a particular area; I think as you go along you will realise what you are most comfortable with, and it can surprise you.....just keep submitting and don't get disheartened. I started about a year ago, just uploading to Fotolia and have now decided to try a few more sites now that I have a more-organised portfolio. Good luck for the future.

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Newbie Discussion / Re: Hello from a 'sort-of' newbie

« on: October 04, 2008, 07:13 »

Thank you. I've bookmarked your blog and I understand what you mean about not limiting myself to The UK. With Fotolia I have had a few UK sales and was surprised, and pleased, to see my images on the front cover of a UK gardening magazine so I suppose I am hoping for more of the same. It's just so great when you see your images in print, especially when you least expect them! Like I say, I have much to learn from the experiences of other photogs.

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Newbie Discussion / Hello from a 'sort-of' newbie

« on: October 04, 2008, 05:30 »

Just thought I'd say hello to you. I started selling microstock on the Fotolia UK site around a year ago, just for fun, and have now decided to expand my portfolio. I have found that Fotolia is providing a lot more sales but also many more rejections for me of late and so have had a read through this forum to find a few more microstock sites. I'd like to say thanks to everyone for sharing their knowledge and experiences; it has been invaluable to me as I have much to learn. Can anyone recommend a good UK-focussed ms site? Best wishes and increased sales to you all. Michelle.