Quote from: poco_bw on August 28, 2006, 00:32
I really can not get it???
Why is slower to upload with Cute FTP,Filezilla etc?
You just chunk a folder open 5-20 sessions in the same time and let them go.
Why all the trouble with telnet?
L

because the speed between datacentres will always be quicker than the speed between your home / small office and a datacentre.

upload *once* at the lower speed to the host, then run a script to transfer to 10 sites in rapid sequence (at the rate of about 1 image per second)

i'm often on a dial up so the time and cost savinges for me are consderable,


t

yeah me too! i'd like to upload more and spend in a shop. if i had my camera at the moment my d1x is getting its shutter replaced. i can almost buy a new camera for the same cost, but i'd be more motivated to get my camera out of repair so i could upload and get stuff i really need, like a better tripod, or a speedlight, or a radio shutter release. that way i can take better pictures and you can sell better pictures and things will be better then better

hi shutterlady

there are a few things that i'd comment on, but the one that seems the most important is the maximum file size of 2Mb.

i realise you're catering for a low resolution screen market but most of the photographers here will be producing larger file sizes because they are worth more money and the leading sites impose minimum size restrictions larger then 2Mb. i doubt you'll find many people wanting to go to the extra effort of resizing and maintaining two sets of images.

why not allow larger files and offer print and screen sizing? if disk space is the issue, dreamhost offers reasonably reliable hosting with load and loads of space for a low cost.

hope this helps

thad

i'm often on dial-up so i upload once via ftp to my host and send out to all the sites from there. my process is somewhat as follows:

1. add iptc info locally

2. upload to host

3. connect to host via telnet or ssh

4. run a single script file to submit to all sites that accept ftp

5. for the ftp challanged sites i use w3m, a text based browser running on the host, to submit to each

6. exit telnet

7. and finally, assign categories at each site

i do all this from a telnet session however it would be a fairly simple mattter to develop something in php that would provide a web based interface for the ftp side of the process.

hope this helps

yep, me too. about the same. 7 sales in 2 weeks with 48 images. so to me they're great because at dreamstime i've had 1 sale in 13 weeks.

upload's easy as ftp. i do mine from my hosting co. so 48 images travels in about 20 seconds. payment's 30% of $1, $5 or the $39 extended rights.

i'd be happy to spend swap my forty something credits. if only to see if they send an email when one makes a sale..