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Messages - Striker77s
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« on: March 16, 2006, 13:37 »
I decided to try a few European stock sites. I've been with both StockPhotoMedia and ScanStockPhoto for about a month. I finally got a single sale from StockPhotoMedia. A picture of some strawberries. I was surprised how much I got, a 1.80 in Euros. With the exchange rate that isn't bad at all for a single image. Of course that is only one sale and it will take 3 years at the current rate before I get a pay out.  Mark
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« on: March 16, 2006, 13:32 »
Same issue here. I checked the views and they are very very few. I generate a lot more views from even small sites like Featurepics. I guess their push to increase their number of images also spread out the sales significantly. I'm sure they will slowly increase their sales level too, but we probably won't see much action from them for quite some time.
Mark
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« on: March 16, 2006, 12:35 »
How have Fotolia sales been for anyone? I've been submitting there for about a month and have over a 100 images. Still not a single sale. I've noticed that different sites cater to different buyers. What kind of stock does well at Fotolia? They also promised $0.20 for every accepted image in Feburary. I have several images that were accepted and my balance still shows $0.00. Has anyone received the promised reward?
Mark
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« on: March 16, 2006, 11:46 »
I'm not overly bitter about it by any means. I just felt a little frustrated and wanted to point out that sometimes their approval process is silly. But the important thing is they are making me money and selling my images. I am still going to use them. Just a little random ranting.  Mark
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« on: March 16, 2006, 00:59 »
On the example given here they stated there was a copyright issue. And they attached a small thumbnail of a small section of the original image to show where the problem is. They have done this for several rejected images. They will crop a small section of the original image to show the problem. So here is the thumbnail I got back. If you want to see the original images here it is at featurepics. http://www.featurepics.com/Image/img.aspx?fid=8967&show=imageDo you see any copyright issues. The other 6 microsites I submitted it to didn't find any copyright issues either. Mark
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« on: March 15, 2006, 11:53 »
OK, I've been submitting to IStockPhoto for about 6 weeks along with many other sites. I can definetely tell they are getting extremely picky and don't take much time on approving images from non-exclusive photags. I keep getting images rejected because of noise. I shot the images with a Canon 10D at ISO 100. They are as clean as can be. Then I get images rejected for being overprocessed and I only adjusted the levels and contast; I hardly touched them. It goes on and on. Is it their nice way of saying we didn't like the subject matter? I have no problem with comments like this image isn't suitable for stock photography or we already have enough similar images. Another issue is copyright issues. I've gotten a few back claiming copyright issues and there isn't a logo or anything of the sort anywhere?? Here is an example from today claiming copyright issues. They sent back a thumbnail with the rejection.  Do you see any copyright issues. Maybe I'm blind?? OK, I'm finished ranting, sorry. Mark
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« on: March 14, 2006, 11:21 »
My sales are starting to pick up again.
Mark
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« on: March 10, 2006, 09:28 »
Sounds good to me.
Mark
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« on: March 10, 2006, 09:28 »
I just started and I been getting a few sales everyday except for the last few days. I figured it was me. I wonder what is going on?
Mark
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« on: March 08, 2006, 23:36 »
I have over 50 images waiting for approval on Istockphoto. Is isn't unusual to take a couple of weeks to get them approved. Which is slow for microstocks. But they don't have to worry about it because they are the most popular site. Of course they probably give preference to those who are exclusive, which I am not.
Mark
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« on: March 06, 2006, 11:34 »
Congrats on being the featured artist. Not to be the bearer of bad news but are you sure. I almost posted the same thing the other day. They changed their website and instead of going to the site home page it would go to my page. At first I thought I was the featured artist and then I realized I wasn't. I had to delete the cookie they set and then it reverted back to the site home page. Hopefully you are Anne and it is for real. I got an email the other day from Featurepics about the category changes and they said they are going to start rotating the featured artist everyday.
Mark
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« on: March 03, 2006, 20:04 »
After how long and how many images?
Mark
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« on: March 01, 2006, 12:28 »
I sell my images for $2-$3. I figured if they are willing to pay $1, $3 isn't that much more. Especially since many other pictures are set above $50. So for each download I get $2.10 which the equivilent of 10 downloads at iStockPhoto.
Mark
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« on: March 01, 2006, 00:42 »
Well I sent off an e-mail to featurepics. I never did get a reply but the next day the keywords and descriptions were all there and ready to go. I've only been with Featurepics for a few weeks and have gotten 2 downloads from about 20 pics. The one thing nice about them is you get 70% and you can set the price of your own images. There website is still a little hokey but I think that will improve with a little bit of time. I think they are off to a great start.
Mark
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« on: February 27, 2006, 20:43 »
Yes I get the same errors and problems. It says I don't have any published images when I do. I recently uploaded a batch of about 30 images and despite their promise on their homepage about being able to use IPTC metadata none of the keywords transferred with the pictures. That feature makes all the difference in the world so I've been slow to re-enter it online. Especially since their website is flaky, slow and stops repsonding many times.
I sent an e-mail to customer service and I'll post it if I get a response.
Mark
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« on: February 21, 2006, 23:47 »
I've been on Alamy and I'm switching over to the microsites. The return seems to be higher. What I'm wondering is how many microsites do you use. Right now I'm attempting to upload them to Istockphoto, Shutterstock, Fotolia, Feature Pics, Dreamstime and BigStockPhoto. Is it worth my time to upload it to that many or should I spend the extra time shooting more pictures. Simply from a business point of view what is the best use of my time. I'm only getting my initial images approved so I haven't had time to evaluate which site will bring me the largest return. But my guess is Shutterstock and Istockphoto and then the rest. What are your thoughts? Mark www.scophoto.com
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