Yes your right I will keep them online. But only as long as my subscription lasts. What I really mean then is in my situation I should probably focus on uploading to the big sites that I'm finding some success with.

I'm going for a read of your blog - are you full time now then?

I have had several editorial photos accepted, but I see that they have not gone live.   They don't show up as part of my portfolio, and they don't come up in a search.    Has anybody heard about when they are actually going to go on sale?

I've had reasonably good luck with selling editorial at Dreamstime and Bigstock, and I'm happy to give 123RF a chance as well.    I find that there is very little rhyme or reason as to which editorial submissions each site accepts.   Some of my best editorials (in my opinion) have been rejected at Dreamstime and/or Bigstock, but I'm pleased to see that they were accepted at 123RF.

I think the 12th was someone else, David.  Actually, my oldest pending is from 9 April.  I haven't submitted any editorial but understand there is a hold on adding editorial stuff to the database.  Not sure; just seem to have heard that somewhere. 

about BS upload,Uploaded a couple edited them and can't seem to find where to submit  for review.

@newsfocus1: I'm guessing that you're  a new user, and that you've only uploaded to our editorials so far? If you are, then chances are you have not been approved as a contributor yet. Our review net for passing new photographers does not take into account editorial upload amounts.  I think that's why your contributions aren't being reviewed.

Can you please provide me with your userid on 123rf? Please feel free to drop me a PM if you don't feel comfortable revealing it here. We will check for it and approve your membership right away so we can start reviewing your photos.

Hi David. I saw your referral link for them on your blog. Signed up and uploaded first five. Got all approved and email from them this morning. One thing troubles me. The emails I get from them have nothing in the "From" line. When I got the approval email, I went to the site to upgrade to PN Pro. What the heck, it's only 10. Clicked on the link in second step to verify email and nothing happened. I had already clicked on the link in the first email they send to verify email. Anyway, I couldn't go any further to upgrade. Sent a message via their Contact Us link. Got a nice reply back from the postal service that:

"This is the mail system at host www.picturenation.co.uk.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below."

Hmmmm ... so how do you contact them? David, you're having such good luck with them, wouldn't return mail like this be a little suspicious, or do you have another way of contacting them?

Don't want to put too much time into this if I'm beating a dead horse.

Thanks David, same to you. After such a long time offline I was expecting a complete overhaul of the website. At first glance it appears to be exactly the same as when it went down a few months back. Has anyone noticed any changes?

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Thanks for the reply David, editorial is not something I'd considered for micros, I don't do that sort of stuff but the small amount of editorial that I do take I put on Alamy, for someone with your background is it something you think will take off or are you testing the water.


Hi Richard, It certainly does well on SS and I recently joined DT where, so far, it is doing well. Got quite a few sales on the UK agency as well, but I've promised myself not to mention them tonight! By editorial, in my case, it's a mix of archive celeb shots Margaret Thatcher etc and everyday events like the Hastings marathon/ May Day procession (e.g. street pictures featuring loads of people). Obviously, if I ever had a hot news story I'd be contacting the national press first, not putting it on microsites, but for editorial shots sitting on file  I find it worthwhile. BTW signed up to 123RF today, so we'll see how they go when they launch the editorial side. Regards, David.

There's no error. 50 is max for best acceptance ratio(80-100). Lower than that you only get a part
Users with an approval percentage of between 50-80% can upload the fifth part of the maximum amount of images daily.
Users with an approval percentage of between 30-50% can upload the tenth part of the maximum amount of images daily.
Users with an approval percentage of between 0-30% can upload the 30th part of the maximum amount of images daily.

^^^ Nice reply! I thought you might need to pour yourself a large one after reading that but you seem to have a sense of humour.

Hi Richard, I'll second Gostwyck on that one! My apologies for suggesting you might be a Picturenation breakaway (as I said, just idle speculation -it sort of fitted in nicely). I never subscribed to the terrorist plot suggestion though! I have nothing but admiration for anyone trying to launch a new business in the current economic climate and I would love to see more successful British picture sites. So I will wish you the best of luck. However, my suggestions would be 1) engage in dialogue here frequently so that potential contributors can build up trust in your new site. 2) Rethink your pricing and commission. I am afraid that nobody (or very few) here are going to be attracted by 15pence a download (well, obviously, I cannot speak for everyone but I would be surprised). You have pitched it at about the same as Shutterstock but they get masses of sales every day. A new business will not. If you are going the Subscription route how about pitching upmarket -say �1 commission a download?. That said, it's your business, not mine!
Regards, David.