Something is strange there for me , I upload about 50 - 70 images weakly for years now. Few best ones in that weekly batch of  50 get over 20 or 30 downloads daily in few first days online ( lets say that the best one gets 30 downloads first day , 20 second day , than 10 , and than it stays at 5-6 downloads till the end of the week). Maybe 5 or so images of those 50 don't get a single download in a day in those first days.  Those numbers have been about the same level for more than 2 years.

Last week was bad , those numbers went down for good , so I thought this week will get me back but..

This week for the first time not a single image from this weeks batch went over 3 or 4 downloads in a day , most of them have not been downloaded a single time and that cannot be coincidence , matter of quality  , economical crisis... etc, cause those things don't change in a week.

Truth is that I haven't upload nothing for some time , but I did the same quite a few times till now and the first batch after some time without uploads always pushed me up to exact same numbers I wrote above, and last 2 batches didnt even come close to that.

Not to speak about the fact that new images also pull up sales of older ones. 

Well I will see what time will bring in few weeks but Im not too optimistic.       

Before I experiment , may I ask , is it about the number of images that we can process and send for review , or about number of images that we can upload by ftp ?

In other words can I upload 150 images by ftp in a single batch ,and than process 50 every day ?


Thanks

And If you don't mind me jumping in with a question , Im wondering is paypal still only paying option ?

Well , if I understood my reading , it will be large images , that are more than useful for tons of stuff , with license that is almost identical to EL in microstock , and we will get 0.30$   ?


So again , I hope that I'm wrong , but I doubt ,  large images can be printed on resale items , shirts and stuff , and we will get 0.30$ ?


So again if I'm not wrong , and lets say that an average EL on micros is somewhere around 25$ , that would be almost 90 times cheaper to buyer than purchasing that image with EL on micros ?


 

Chateauneuf du Pape!


Let me see if I got this right , so you are actually saying that if I take a photo and sand it to that site , there is a chance that I could get payed for that photo.
Can you explain  a bit more ?



An you  plonkers , why are you making fun of this nice man sharing all those informations with us ?


Im telling you , thanks to this guy , this time next year we'll be millionaires!

Lovely Jubbly





Bonjour

Both

First mentioned , may even be low quality crappy photos  , but if the object intrigues me thats enough to pull my attention , even knowing that photographer sucks in that part of his work. I saw quite a few photos of that type that stayed in my memory.

Second ones , well I will sure look them in some other way , and the composition will be much more important then the object.


Personally I find a great photo , one that has best of those 2 worlds.  Some great photographers , were lucky enough find themselves in right position at the right time.

I was just wondering if Fotolia is somehow taking the photographer's ranking into considering how many images to allow to get through (Acceptance/Rejection).  In other words - if a photog has a ranking of say 3000 or lower  ,  the photographer will get 80% or more rejected.
Someone who has a ranking of 2000 or higher will perhaps get 80% or more accepted.

Just wondering?

Nop , doesnt work that way , at least in my case , but I havent uploaded nothin for long , maybe something has changed.

Quote from: Lizard on June 27, 2008, 14:13

What really frustrates me lately , is rejections for  "We have reasons to believe the image was created with components or brushes that are not originally yours"  or something like that.

I contacted scout few times and clearly stated that I never used a single brush that was not created by me and from my photos , that I can prove them that by sending them the brushes set or photos and scans of my textures or something , and they have been approved then.  But they keep rejecting stuff for that reason , and I cant be constantly complain.

put in your description "all artwork is original" or "xxx element created from own resources" etc. (you can change the description and take this comment out if you like after it is approved) - of course Istock really, really dont like raster art anyways (pity coz their customers do)

Phil

Thanks , I think I will do that from now on.


Susan , thank you for your advice too, but I think it would be too time wasting , taking screen caps of brushes and textures etc , and uploading them as MR , cause often I don't even know all the exact brushes or textures  did I use for some backgrounds . I have 10 000+ textures in my arsenal , same goes for my brushes , and on some images I use few large textures and maybe even 50 smaller brushes , brushed textures etc , so it would be a problem to track all those every time I produce an image.   

Quote from: Lizard on June 26, 2008, 20:37

Very wrong , in the part of Croatia where I live , you can build a house outside the city with all expenses for about 200 000�  the land value for that house is about 150 000 and sell it for way over million , even before is built.
 

That's not building homes. That's speculation ...

Nop , thats a fact , you get around a bit less than 3 times more than you invested , and im talking in "around" numbers cause it depends of various factors and it varies 10% up and down , if you need real prices I can give you those too so you can calculate yourself.

My point is that 3% you mentioned , for "wherever you live" doesn't stand at all , not even close , and If you know anything you know that 3% income in that business is so risky that no one would be doing it.  There are always , but always , unplanned expenses that are  higher than 3% , so companies would be closing doors one after another.

This is word of slaves anyway. If I pick direction and decide to just walk for the rest of my life , someone would stop me in a certain moment a forbid me to make one more step. If I would refuse , they would take that freedom they claim I own. And all I wanted is to walk .

There are but only a few here that have a sense of humor. Even some of those who do...don't always recognize it when it hit's them in the face.
You are best to leave all the sarcasm, and warped humor to me. After all it's my lot in life, and why I was placed on this Earth to do.


Cranky MIZ
The voice of reason

That is a joke , isn't it ?

Im sorry but I have to say that the lucky team went trough this time , I played football for 20 years , I watched 1000s of games in my life but I never seen such luck, 3 games in a row , but hey you know what they say , you have to deserve your luck , and you play 120% all the time so I guess you deserve it.



I wish you best in this tournament , I support Turkey and Russia from now on , but I think you will have tough job considering the fact that almost all of your team is out for the next game , but with you , a man never can tell

Unforgivable game for sure

In the meantime we just keep winning . 

It will be a great game on Friday for sure.