Thanks folks, I contacted them and will see what happens.

Once an image is uploaded you need to place it in the review queue. Many images can be uploaded but depending on your rejection rating, as few as 20 can be in the review queue at any one time. If, for some reason you decide to delete an uploaded image before placing it in the review queue, BigStock counts this deletion as a "rejection", thereby working against your rejection ration, which limits the number of images you can place in the review queue; which needless to say, limits severely your future sales ops. I mistakingly deleted a bunch of images, thinking I was doing them a favour, only to get whacked with a less than 50% rejection rate. This of course not being my real rejection rate.

I made a the mistake of not reading the upload guidelines for BigStock and find myself with a poor rating with little hope of recovery. I uploaded 300+ shots thinking I would place them in the queue only to find out you can't place more than 20. So I figure I'll get rid of a bunch of the similars and speed things along a bit; to help with their obvious overload. * if you don't get penalized as a rejection for every image you delete.

Why are you being rejected? If it's technical, then picking images from another gallery won't help.

Hello all,

Is it easy or even possible to delete single images from your portfolio?

I personally like the look of the Crestock site. It has a nice design. The search engine has a lot of horespower. The collection is heavily edited; a good thing to make you stand out from the competition. So, why such few sales? I am new there but I am new everywhere on micro sites and they are the only ones running a perfect zilch for me on the sales front.

Phil,

Certainly your comments regarding "not being stock' are indicative of inspectors , who I believe, are nothing but poorly trained pixel peepers. However good images transcend sales model boundaries. Then the question becomes -- assuming you have the choice -- where to place the best images for maximum profits.

I just had iStock reject five of mine because of "An Overabundant", makes we think of staying away for awhile and concentrate more on the up-and-coming sites.

Personally, I have always found this type of rejection maddening. However I doubt moving over to up-and-comings is the way to go. All that you are doing is placing material that is available in excess onto a site that few visit. Hate to say it, but, you have to move on. Learn what there is too much of and shoot differently. I'm going through this learning curve myself.

I too am trying these startups but I must say that mathematically not-very-much times not-very-much equals even-less.

Yes, I can certainly see that the editing  is different. Although I'm not yet convinced that it is better. One thing is for sure. Given the images that come their way everyday, they certainly can reject on the slightest irregularity.

Quote from: trucic on May 16, 2008, 02:10

...same here! Maybe I`m to fresh with 5 days on SS, but there are some variations every day..My best day was with 25 sales, but 10 is my average..Is that normal or I have to work harder, `cause just have ~30 photos in my gallery?! Thanks

I suspect that if you don't add to your portfolio, that 10 DLs/day average will start dropping. This is most contributor's experience on SS. I had nearly 300 DLs on my first full month on SS (last July). I haven't bettered that yet, even though I've added many more images.

You've got some good stock-worthy shots on there though.

I suspect most people understand the importance of coming in with a solid collection of images to achieve acceptance, thereby giving them a good starting portfolio. This gives an initial rush of sales.

C'mon, people, stop complaining so much. It's embarrassing. As elnur said in related thread, if you've been seriously working at this for any time longer than one year you really have no excuse for not getting a 27% boost in SS income.

As far as the casual people are concerned, this isn't a free ride; like anything else, what you'll get out of it is proportional the effort you put into it. If I was a part-timer/amateur/hobbiest it would be a no-brainer to go exclusive with IS - if you're that upset with SS, and stock money is used to supplement income from your day job, you should very seriously consider this route.

I don't think that just because someone is starting to contribute to SS that they are necessarily beginners or casual. It has little to do with a free ride. It has to do with being adequately compensated for their efforts. SS has chosen to increase prices without sharing these increases with individuals in the first tier. You can say that that is part of their long term strategy and that is fine. However I get the feeling that there are several people not all that happy with that strategy, and regardless of whether you like the increase or not this strategy hurts everyone. I'm sure there are many people leaping over to exclusive at IS. This gives the edge to IS; they will gather material that the other Micors will not. This will influence where buyers go and that will likely decrease the overall earnings for everyone else at SS et al. regardless of what percentage increase you received. It's my feeling that this decision is very short sighted. Gathering the best images is what matters. 

Has BigStock had decent review times in the past? As many know it is very slow plus as a new contributer I can only have 20 images in the queue at one time. Much too slow to make any kind of a commitment at this time. Is there a chance this will improve or is this the status quo?