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Topics - melastmohican
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« on: April 29, 2008, 13:27 »
After 1 month of uploading I sell only on SS and other sites seems to be dead. I just wonder if I should focus more on them or drop all my stuff on SS only?
327
« on: April 29, 2008, 13:06 »
First they limited upload to 10 now to 5???
328
« on: April 25, 2008, 16:58 »
329
« on: April 25, 2008, 16:35 »
Can I set categories in IPTC/EXIF data so it would be picked automatically when I upload?
330
« on: April 21, 2008, 22:32 »
It is almost month since I started (4 more days) and I hit two records: my highest number of downloads and highest number of rejections from one site :-) After one month I can say that there is only some action on SS. I guess I should probably stop uploading and work thru queues on other site.
331
« on: April 21, 2008, 14:39 »
"Poor Lighting--Poor or uneven lighting, or shadows. White balance may be incorrect."
Is this because I am using CPL filter for my outdoor shots?
332
« on: April 21, 2008, 12:09 »
Are there any monthly limits of files you can upload? Besides IS I cannot figure out if other site impose any limits...
333
« on: April 21, 2008, 12:05 »
Recently I cannot upload anything due to timeouts. What's wrong?
334
« on: April 21, 2008, 12:04 »
FTP upload was shut down cuase they want to reduce queues but why I cannot access my photos waiting for description at this time. It does not make any sense...
335
« on: April 18, 2008, 19:44 »
I think I sow it on one website but I forgot which one.
336
« on: April 18, 2008, 19:25 »
Are there any site that support fetching pictures from Flickr?
337
« on: April 18, 2008, 13:32 »
I got 1 download after one month on FT with 80 pictures accepted and 94 on SS with 162 images and it's quite funny 2 downloads on 123RF with 400 images accepted.
338
« on: April 17, 2008, 15:56 »
Since I started last it seems like uploading my landscapes is not really working. I do want to play with model releases so I cannot photograph people. I do not know Photoshop so I cannot really do so called "concept shots". Maybe I need to invest in lighting setup and start doing macros of objects?
339
« on: April 17, 2008, 14:55 »
So far it seems like SS, FT, BS, DT are pretty consistent for me. IS and 123RF are quite liberal, I got above 50% acceptance rate. Only Crestock is way below my average.
340
« on: April 16, 2008, 16:23 »
I do not know maybe I am blind but I cannot see any statistics about how many photos are declined, pending for review or pending for describing. In addition I would like to see a link to a photo or thumbnail in emails they send to me. Photo ID does not make any sense to me if I cannot click it and see what photo is associated with it.
341
« on: April 15, 2008, 14:41 »
Right now only SS and 123RF got reasonable turn around time. User interface is good and review times short all other cannot really deal with volume of photos they receive :-)
My queue sizes:
Dreamstime - 532
BigStockPhoto - 518
Crestock - 374
Fotolia - 284
342
« on: April 15, 2008, 14:29 »
Most of the time I got Instructions page instead of My Account page. There is no error so I guess my credentials are correct. Sometimes I can login after few attempts. No error messages but I cannot see my portfolio.
343
« on: April 14, 2008, 19:20 »
So far I believed that Crestock got best user experience but I found pre-launch site called YAYMicro and their UI simply rocks.
344
« on: April 14, 2008, 16:26 »
I am adding comma separated tags in LR and IM imports them as one keyword where word are separated by space. Am I doing something wrong? I have to edit each picture after adding it to IM.
345
« on: April 10, 2008, 15:43 »
I am still infant of microstock photography :-) Most of all I cooled down, it's going to be long an painful process. My first goal to have 100+ pictures on every site will take more than I expected. I could only reach this mark on SS and 123RF. Average approval rate is around 30% so I have to upload 500 photos to each site. How long it would take with site without FTP support or with daily limits :-)
Couple lessons learned:
1. Never upload full sized images. It's just to easy to get rejections. It's kind of difficult cause probably I have to resize photos to 1,2,3 and 4 megapixels for different sites.
2. Small batches. Even if there are no limits it seems that on most sites reviewer gets whole batch from one person instead of random photos which would be more fair.
3. Different subjects. Since I do not know what sells on particular website I put same batch on every one. My first was just a bunch of landscapes from my trip. Sometimes they are rejected for similarity.
102 pictures sold (101 on SS and 1 on 123RF). Some site got quite high acceptance rates but completely no sales. My best sellers is so far shot of lighthhouse, christmas ornaments, street shot from Manhattan, Crater Lake view and Machu Picchu shot. Landscapes are what I mostly do so it was probably majority of uploaded photos.
Rejected from SX, still waiting for approval at LO and SV.
346
« on: April 09, 2008, 19:21 »
I do not think so cause many of them has been accepted on other sites. Should not I upload in large batches? It seems that some site gives whole batch to one reviewer.
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