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Messages - Rahul Pathak
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« on: March 20, 2009, 12:00 »
Thank you sir!
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« on: March 07, 2009, 11:16 »
I am currently planning my next big shoot. I am finding the Lookstat earnings section very helpful in targeting the type of images we should be concentrating on. Especially useful is the ability to see the best sellers from the last 30 days or what every timescale you set.
An invaluable tool for me personally. Well done Rahul & your team!
NS
This is fantastic to hear - thanks for sharing and I'm delighted that LookStat is working for you in the way we intended!
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« on: March 07, 2009, 03:45 »
Rahul, no need to apologize. The site is free and it's beta, right? And other features are working great. I am sure you will fix it. If you are interested I send you a list of the minor bugs I experience.
You're too kind. It's important to us to do a great job so it does bother me. Still, you're right, we'll get there. I'd appreciate hearing about any bugs you encounter. My email is rahul at lookstat. Thanks!
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« on: March 06, 2009, 19:34 »
It must be great. But this feature is not working for me at all. For the all time question I am getting a 504 Gateway Time-out error every single time since I registered at Lookstat a months ago.  But otherwise I love the site.
I'm really sorry about this problem. It occurs when the all time view has too much data for the system to handle at this moment in time. If you were less successful we would be fine  All joking aside, I hope you'll accept my personal apology and know that we will get this fixed in the not too distant future.
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« on: March 06, 2009, 16:56 »
When you include more sites I can use as my start page in browser :-)
That is an awesome incentive! Coming soon, I promise...
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« on: March 06, 2009, 16:52 »
Finally I noticed that I can get this info from Lookstat :-)
We need to do a better job highlighting that! Thanks for being a LookStat user!
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« on: March 05, 2009, 19:16 »
Bit quiet on this thread, how are the new sites coming along Rahul ? I'm looking forward to not having to log into each my agency every day to check my stats 
They are coming We've been making some back end improvements to handle scale and to make sure we can quickly solve data issues. All this should let us add new sites faster. I too am anxious to get more released. I'm hoping days not weeks.
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« on: February 17, 2009, 12:17 »
Only to make sure your to do list doesn't get too short  :
How about giving users the ability to enter more sites manually?
I assume you will never be able to add all existing stock photo venues in an automated way. I for example have some (german) midstock sites that you probably never heard of (pitopia.de, digitalstock.de, shotshop.com, panthermedia.de, zoonar.de - at least the last two are mentioned here on MSG). And they do produce some sales, and although by far not as frequent as the big microsites, the amounts can add up since the prices are higher.
So a feature to add sites, add photos (if they are not already on the existing sites) and add sales manually might make sense - in the long run, definitely adding FT and StockXpert and sorting out the image matching are more important.
"The list is long and distinguished..." (please excuse the Top Gun reference) I think your assessment is correct - we're not going to be able to add every single site for every single user. To be honest, I don't think we had ever discussed a manual entry model but it's not a bad idea. In the near to mid-term, we're going to be adding the main sites as you mentioned. Beyond that, we'll see. I love having a long list of things to do. At least we'll never be sitting around wondering what to work on next Thanks for the input. Please keep it coming. Rahul
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« on: February 17, 2009, 10:13 »
Is there a way to combine two images that are actually the same one, but that lookstat didn't manage to recognize as the same one? If that made sense...
Absolutely makes sense. As soon as we release Fotolia, we're going to be working on matching. We want to improve the automated system but also give you the ability to manually override any decision the system makes about grouping images. Sorry, I know this doesn't work as well as it should right now.
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« on: February 17, 2009, 10:01 »
Excuse me if this was discussed before but how about a "set" feature that would allow us to group our images by sets (selectable via lookstat and sets also to be named by users) that would also give a total income per set, per site. Something like that would then give photographers a better idea which of their shoots were the most worthwhile....
After more sites, this is perhaps the most often requested feature and has been in our minds from the beginning. Being able to place images in multiple sets - e.g. by shoot, by keyword, by model - is a feature makes a ton of sense and we will definitely implement it. Also, I just wanted to say thank you for your thoughtful comments. It's clear to me that you're using the product and thinking (and sharing) about how it could be more useful to you and others and I really appreciate it. Cheers, Rahul PS: I should probably add a 'things we intend to do' page to our blog
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« on: February 16, 2009, 11:00 »
Once Fotolia is added which site is next in line to be added ? Just curious, personally I would like to see 123RF added next I'm actually finding your stats quite useful now that you've pointed me to the earnings page with all images laid out... great work, keep it up Rahul!
Glad you're liking the feature! In terms of what's after Fotolia, it's most likely StockXpert based on feedback we've gotten so far. Having said that, we will be adding more sites at a faster rate (we're getting better as we go ) so hopefully you won't have to wait too long. Thanks for using the service and the words of encouragement! Rahul
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« on: February 15, 2009, 12:51 »
This is a great tool. Can't wait for the other sites, will save a lot of time getting stats. I do seem to have a problem though. I find that the images are not accurate across all sites. I think I have caused it for myself. If a post a pic of a whitetail deer buck I use "Whitetail Deer Buck" in the description for all files of whitetail deer buck. Same goes for Wild Turkey. I think I will have to come up with a different description field for each file. Unless Lookstat has a way around it. Even though I have this issue, I still like Lookstat very much.
Hi there, Thanks for signing up! We are definitely working on ways to address this and we'll be making improvements in the weeks to come. In the meantime, thanks for your patience and support! Glad you're enjoying LookStat. Rahul
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« on: February 12, 2009, 19:18 »
Great stuff. What is a roadmap for adding rest of top 5 agencies?
Thank you! Fotolia is very close to ready and the others (StockXpert, BS, 123) will be coming soon after. I don't have concrete dates yet but broadening our coverage is an area of focus at the moment.
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« on: February 12, 2009, 18:12 »
Rahul you might wanna check the monthly stats. IS shows 10$ more than I've really earned (when I select "This month"). Also previous month's stats are incorrect for all the sites. Maybe it is because of the time you do updates.
Hi CofkoCof, Thanks again for your note. As I mentioned in my email, we don't currently track referral earnings. I expect that we will in the future but it will be after we add direct earnings from more sites. I am fully aware that Matt will give me grief until we do so we are highly motivated to get there The IS issue for Feb is an issue on our end and we will fix that shortly. The issue occurred in connection with a release a week ago. It has since been fixed but there is some data in the system that needs to be cleaned up. Sorry for the annoyance and thanks for being a LookStat user! Rahul
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« on: February 12, 2009, 14:49 »
Rahul you might wanna check the monthly stats. IS shows 10$ more than I've really earned (when I select "This month"). Also previous month's stats are incorrect for all the sites. Maybe it is because of the time you do updates.
We'll get right on it. I'll email you directly so we can troubleshoot. Also, you know you can always write me directly about issues. It's generally faster. Thanks for the heads up.
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« on: February 12, 2009, 10:07 »
Rahul, basic economic technical analysis is the best solution for projection stats...
Everything is in the future forecasts, and economic indicators will give your stats excellent new dimension...
Also very useful for all of us...
Statistic for stock exchange market is very similar to microstock...
You have many of programs for economic technical analysis to include similar calculations in this site...
Maybe you heard for some, "Metastock" is on the top...
Also, all formulas for EMA,SMA,Bollinger Bands,RSI etc. you can find on internet...
I know its will be hard project, but it will be top statistic site for microstock....
Regards
Thanks for this great input. We're definitely thinking along these lines. A great deal of effort has been put into statistical thinking on economic and stock market data and a lot of that could be applied here. Thanks for all the specifics, I will definitely follow up.
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« on: February 12, 2009, 03:16 »
ahhh great work serves me right for not reading your blogs ;P
Actually, I think this means we need to do a better job of highlighting new features on the site.
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« on: February 12, 2009, 00:28 »
How about a page displaying top personal earners across all sites with no graph, just images with say 25/50 and 100 view option, sorted either by income or downloads.
Also the information that I'm finding quite relevant is when looking at my top earners and realizing I don't have a given image on the other sites, would it be possible for that information to be displayed as a java rollover on the main graph page ? ie just which sites the image is on...
You mean this feature? http://blog.lookstat.com/2009/02/05/new-lookstat-feature-view-all-images-that-sold-at-all-microstock-sites-in-one-place/You can't sort yet, but that will come. As for your other suggestions, those make sense and we'll definitely look into them. We're very focused at the moment on adding more sites but presenting information without requiring a click is a good idea. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. Rahul
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« on: February 12, 2009, 00:23 »
Sorry to be too outspoken sometimes, but I'm used to deal on Asian markets and they always tell me "very affordable sir, only for you sir, special price sir". Then my shields go up as usual and I tend to ask in the local lingo "pila na??" or in Tagalog "magkano po?". 
Hi there, First, I'm sorry to have triggered a rant. I grew up in India and Africa so I know all about the special price for you and I should perhaps have expressed myself more carefully. Having said that, I was being sincere. Unless we can deliver value at a price the market will bear, we're not going to be around in the future. Pricing a service is always a tricky thing and we will make mistakes but we'll try and correct them quickly. Rahul PS: I like outspoken and direct so no worries there
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« on: February 11, 2009, 18:49 »
I did get to meet our fearless leader and he is awesome. Nice work on both your presentations, Tyler.
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« on: February 11, 2009, 13:08 »
I signed up about a week ago. Great service! I just emailed some feedback to your support.
Thanks for signing up and glad you like the service! I'll make sure we act quickly on your email. Rahul
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« on: February 11, 2009, 12:34 »
I am also in... Looks very good!!
Also stats need some kind of technical analysis (SMA,EMA,various trendlines,averages,projections etc.)...
Thanks!
Thanks for signing up - we're excited to have you as a user! Hear you loud and clear re: more analytics. Cheers, Rahul
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