Until recently, sales on DP were occasional at best.  A few weeks ago, it went to multiple daily sales.  Anyone else experiencing the same?

I think it will take some time for buyers to realize the presence and availability of still photos on P5.  I've only had a few sales, but I'm optimistic, and I think eventually sales will pick up.

Quote from: trek on October 21, 2012, 10:58

"Pond5 grants Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual right to use, display, modify, publish and create Works for Distribution incorporating Licensed Content in any and all media an unlimited number of times."

Very broad terms...  creates a reason to set prices on the high side.

Thanks, I was tempted to sign up, but that basically means you are giving away copyright. They can alter the image and give it away for free to 7 billion people.

If you read the license agreement restrictions, you'll see that this is not the case.

I shoot standard-definition, and most of my clips are about 15 seconds in length.  I price them at $29.  When I make the transition to high-def, I'll price them at $49.  I hope that gives you a frame of reference (bad pun intended because I'm humoursly challenged!)   

Some are working correctly; others aren't.  The ones that aren't appear to be ones that I created today, so I'm thinking that it may take a day or two to populate through the system.  Time will tell.

Not for me.  I have a thousand files there, and a grand total of three sales.  One in November of last year, one in February of this year, and one in July (this year).  "Your mileage may vary."

Until recently, they were strictly a video site, and I've been selling video there for years.  Now that they're selling photos, I'm uploading like there's no tomorrow.  When you go to your "uploads" page, there's a "type" button just below the search field.  If the type is video, that explains why you can't see your photos.  Change it to photos, and voila!

I've been using it for quite some time, and the only error message I get lately is that it won't download the update.  Maybe that's a good thing.

I concur.  If you're gonna shoot setups like this, you'll need a light tent of some sort to eliminate the shadows and get soft, even lighting.

HELP!  How does one go about attaching a MR to a photo when uploading?  I can't seem to find a way to upload a release or atach it.  Also, how do we make an image EDITORIAL?

Thanks for your help!!!

To attach a MR:
If you're looking at your uploads, click on the "releases" link located to the right of the "New Upload" button.  It will open a list of releases that you've uploaded so far, and you can click on the upload link located above and to the right of that list.

After your new release is uploaded, navigate back to the uploads page.  Click on the pull-down box below the list of your uploaded files.  (This pull-down list is labeled "actions:"

From the pull-down list, choose "Attach release," and choose your release from the pop-up list that will appear.

Choose the files to which you wish to attach the release by clicking the box beside each one.  Or if you want to attach the release to all files in your uploads list, click the box above or below the list to choose all of them.  A check mark will then appear beside all of the files in the list.

Click the "execute" button.  A pop-up window will appear indicating the progress of the operation.  After it's complete, you can close this window.

I don't know of any way to designate material as editorial.  I'm not even sure they accept it.

There is a batch delete function.  After you navigate to your uploads and you're looking at the files you want to delete:

(1) Click the square directly above or below the individual file squares in order to select all of the files on the page.

(2) If you don't wish to delete all of the files listed, click in the square beside each file that you wish to delete.

(3) Click the drop-down box at the bottom of the page below the list and choose "Delete Rejected."  Don't worry about the fact that the files haven't been rejected by an inspector.

(4) Click the "execute" button.  You'll see a pop-up window indicating that the files are being deleted.  After the operation is completed, you can close this window.

If you wish to confirm that the files have been deleted, refresh the uploads page.  I've deleted files this way successfully on several occasions.

Quote from: csproductions on September 08, 2012, 05:22

I just had my first photo sale on Pond5 (been selling video there for years), and I gotta tell ya, it felt * good to get $7.50 instead of 27 cents!   

does it mean the images was sold as $15?

Yes!

I had the same experience - erratic reviews, high rejections, long review times, etc.  And since they're a low earner, I decided that my time would be better spend elsewhere.  Your mileage may vary...