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StockXpert.com / Extremely angry with StockXpert

« on: October 06, 2007, 17:52 »

I'm really angry so pardon my ranting:)

I sent over starting sept 14th until sept 29th each day different batches of 50 pictures, totalling about 7-800 pictures on at least 20 different themes. Now I just came home and was already desperately checking if they had possibly reviewed my pictures and YES THEY DID, but they rejected every single file, not one of them got approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This must be warm up for april fool's, I don't see another logical explanation!

I won't spent any second more on that rediculous site!

Thanks!

edit: changed subject name.

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LuckyOliver.com / itpc data

« on: October 03, 2007, 13:24 »

Hi guys,

I recently started uploading on LO with my keywords, title & description already saved iin the iptc. The keywords and the description show up nicely, but the title remains unnamed... I never had this problem with all the other sites...

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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General Stock Discussion / Buyer referral bonus

« on: June 27, 2007, 02:28 »

Hello all,

Do you know which site gives you the highest buyer referral bonus. I have 2 companies who are willing to buy a package for 500$. Could anyone sum up what you get where, because I can't seem to find it.

muchas gracias!

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iStockPhoto.com / Buyer referral

« on: June 04, 2007, 02:50 »

Hello,

I can't seem to find it on their site but if I refer a buyer who buys a pack of credits, do I receive a certain percentage then for referring him?

Thanks!

Cheers

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Off Topic / Reviewer

« on: May 25, 2007, 08:33 »

I just have to vent/rant for a bit. On xx there is a guy who has only 300photos in his folio, sold 100, exercises photography since October 2006, shoots with a simple bridge cam, if you judge his pics you see that he has absolutely NO knowledge about whitebalance vs overexposed AND HE GETS TO REVIEW THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of our pictures.

I think this is totally unprofessional and not at all motivating for us contributors.

What do you guys think? Is my opinion too superficial or do you think that I'm right?

WHOAAAAAAAAAAA

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Adobe Stock / What's your rank?

« on: May 23, 2007, 03:22 »

Hi guys,

I'm curious at your all time ranking on Fotolia.

I'm 2091 and just passed 100$, so nothing to brag about:)

Cheers,!

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Shutterstock.com / Holy #@|@{

« on: May 11, 2007, 03:21 »

There's a mighty post of Yuri in the forum of SS saying that he has broken the 1000 dl/day barrier... This is truly mind boggling knowing that only on SS he almost earns 6-8k a month. He's probabaly on all the microstocksites so he's monthly total could easily be 15 k I guess.

Amaaaaaaaaaaaazing!

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123RF / How to Payout?

« on: May 04, 2007, 01:54 »

Hello everybody,

I can't find the 'payout' button on 123RF. Can somebody help me with this and tell me where I can find it? I only see 'convert balance into credits'.

FYI my balance is higher than the minimum payout...so it's weird.

Any help?

Thanks!

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Site Related / Looking for a picture but can't find it anymore

« on: April 28, 2007, 16:45 »

Hi Guys,

I might need your help again. I'm browsing the sites a lot (which is a huge understatement) and I don't remember where I saw this particular image that I'm looking for. You should all know it as well as it is quite famous (though I can't find it anymore)

It's a woman with a scarf (I believe it was a red one) in the middle of a yellow flower field. Can anybody link me to the picture?

Thanks so much!

Cheers,

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Off Topic / How to calculate growth?

« on: April 27, 2007, 06:41 »

Hello all,

I've been trying some things in excel to run some stats and I don't seem to understand how the growth percentage is calculated.

Say:
-january: 10$
-february: 15$
-march: 30$
-april: 20$

Now how should I calculate this monthly growth (or decrease) ? Which is the formula?

Is it for jan vs feb ((15-10)/10)*100 = 50% (+50% of 10 is indeed 15)
Is it for mar vs apr ((20-30)/30)*100= -33% (but here I don't get it...if we take +33% of 20, why come we don't get 30??)

I'm soooo confused about which is the right formula. Can somebody help me with this?

Many Thanks!

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General Stock Discussion / Extended License

« on: April 24, 2007, 09:10 »

Everywhere I read about people getting EL's. I'm around since December on 6 sites with 300-500 pictures and I haven't had any.

I'm just curious about you people, do you get often EL's, is it the same on all sites or are you also waiting for your first one?

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Shutterstock.com / New record for Iofoto?

« on: April 18, 2007, 05:00 »

I just noticed Iofoto's profile on SS and I'm wondering how many pictures he will sell in his first month. As everybody has had records sales in their first month on SS with a normal portfolio, what would it be with Iofoto's dump of all his almost 5k pics in one month. I think the number will be mindboggling.

Cheers

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StockXpert.com / Do they send rejection emails or explanation

« on: April 02, 2007, 04:26 »

Hello everybody,

I still haven't figured out yet how this StockXpert works (with the accepting before keywording etc etc. bulk editor..;briefcase...

BUT apparently I had a few rejections already, but never received an email or a sitemail with an explanation about why the photo's rejected.

Don't they do that?

Cheers,
Kris

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StockXpert.com / Weird?!

« on: March 28, 2007, 00:57 »

I got accepted from the first time apparently after a day of my initial try. But they didn't send me any note of acceptance. So yesterday I went back and saw a messgae saying that I was accepted. Good...

I started uploading, say 130 pictures. I 'picked' the first 50 from the list, since you can only do 50 a day just to see how the site works. I didn't do any keywords, description or categories and this morning when I awake I see that 44 got accepted and are in my gallery. This is so weird since the image has NO extra information.

Anyone knows if this is standard procedure or do they never check keywords, description or category and only the image?

Thanks!

Cheers,
Kris

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Adobe Stock / Credits

« on: March 20, 2007, 06:26 »

Do your stats also show credits instead of real dollars (or any other currency)

I always have to make the count (Credits x 0.57) to have my balance in pounds and then convert it to dollar or euro?

DO you guys do this also or does your stats show real money instead of credits (if so, how do i change this?)

cheers

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Shutterstock.com / Help needed

« on: March 09, 2007, 04:16 »

Hello everybody,

I've been declind the 3rd time already on Shutterstock and I'm getting desperate. All my decent selling images can't get accepted at SS. Would one, or even more, of you be so kind to have a peek at my folio at fotolia or dreamstime and tell me which pictures to submit for sure?

Thank you so much for you help already.

Cheers