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Shutterstock.com / Re: 100% rejections plus new images not selling
« on: June 08, 2013, 11:36 »
Quote from: Poncke v2 on June 03, 2013, 09:20
So my latest batch of 7 images was 100% rejected. This batch also contained a few resubmits from a previous batch of 24 images which had about 40% rejected. The images rejected for lighting (fixed it) were now rejected for composition.  One of the latest rejections was composition on an isolation of the new 5 euro note.

My approval rate on SS was 90% for a long time. So not perfect, but I knew basically what would get in and what not. At the moment I am lost as all of a sudden my acceptance rate is far below my average.

And from the latest 100 accepted images, I am not seeing any sales, well, I think I sold 2 or 3 images of which 1 is picking up sales. These 100 images were people images (seniors, kids, moms) and images of landmarks in Dublin, Ireland.

So with accepted images not selling, and my latest batch 100% rejected, whats the use?

I will post a few images later.


This is not my reality. SS as always sell and the acceptance is very fair for me. i often try things that i wouldn't on istock or fotolia and they get accepted.  Im not a big contributor yet (950 files) but SS is without a doubt the site that make me love this business.

I think it's fabulous to wake up in the morning and see that you sold 30 images while you where sleeping.

The map is awsome too. For myself SS have always sell more and more it is far away my favourite!

A.Belec

Portfolio:      http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?gallery_id=751852

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Newbie Discussion / Re: ex-Istock Exclusive discovering freedom (and the pain that goes with it)
« on: February 27, 2013, 08:36 »
Salut Ivan,

I'm an independent contributor, i travel a lot and when i'm not i do objects macro and different crazy things in my little studio.

I also buy stock sometimes for my company and when i do so i want to be able to do my own filters on the pics i buy.

I think your example pics are awesome but they would sell more and get more accepted if there were almost no photoshop on it.

The thing is that in our times a lot of buyers want to do the photoshopping themselves and the more you put photoshop filters the less someone

else could do so on your pics.

If your white balance is perfect and the focus as well, just leave it like that and you will see the difference  in your result even on istock.

good luck!

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