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Messages - Noedelhap
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1951
« on: March 29, 2013, 18:47 »
Great, looking forward to it.
Some of the planned search updates are live now. The maximum search results have been bumped up to 960 with a small plus indicator when there are more results available - ex. "Showing 1 - 48 of 960+". I'm keeping an eye on the resource usage of this, but hopefully I can increase it again.
Different sorting options beyond the default relevance for search results have been added: Newest, Most Popular and Random Selection. These can work a little oddly with a multi-term search, since the terms are OR-ed together by default so the search relevance is essentially discarded - probably why I left the sorting out in the first place. Still, the new sort options can be useful for single-term searches and with search modifiers such as pluses and quotes - ex. "Santa hat" or +Christmas +hat.
Image "popularity" is still used for search relevance tie-breakers, but the popularity algorithm has been tweaked a bit to help stop new images from being buried so much. I have some ideas for further improving this which I've begun to experiment with. There is also a deep hierarchical CV/category system under-construction that should help people get finer-grained results once that is integrated into the image similarity, browsing and searching results.
Great, thanks!
1952
« on: March 29, 2013, 15:24 »
Okay, thanks.
Which one is easier/more customizable? Ktools or CMSaccount?
1953
« on: March 29, 2013, 15:14 »
I don't think there is a set amount. Obviously, more is better because each image or keyword rich title is another chance to be found in a search, but there is no written rule that you can't make money with just a handful of files. Plus, the costs of running a site aren't that great. Like stock art, your time may be the biggest expense.
Okay. I'm thinking of using either Ktools or CMSaccount's Photo Video Store Script.
1954
« on: March 29, 2013, 14:10 »
What would you say is the minimum amount of images one should have to make the investment (of your own stocksite) worth it?
500? 1000? Even more?
I think on one hand, you'll want to give your customers some choice, but on the other hand, who cares, as long as they find your image on Google and want to buy it. What's your opinion?
1955
« on: March 29, 2013, 12:08 »
Now on to the next one... A food truck in Memphis is using my work as their logo, but even more irritating is the graphic designer that features that work on their portfolio. 
That's just sick.
1956
« on: March 28, 2013, 11:48 »
-Up-
So, iClipart, does it have good sales or not, despite the 20% commission?
I'm aware of them not giving credit to the artist, which is questionable to say the least, but not necessarily a dealbreaker.
1957
« on: March 26, 2013, 18:30 »
Reviews are indeed ridiculously slow lately, on vectors.
1958
« on: March 26, 2013, 17:34 »
Quick question: I noticed that the search returns only 500 hits. Since there are many similar looking files (black and white versions and color variations for instance), most files hardly get seen. Isn't there a way to show more results, or to sort the search on File Age, Number of Downloads, etc?
The current overly simplistic search interface is definitely starting to show strain with the growth of the catalog over the last year. There are quite a few changes in progress for search that I hope to finish soon. This includes more total results, additional sorting/filtering options and changes to the way relevance tie-breakers are calculated to provide a better balance between newer and older images.
Great, looking forward to it.
1959
« on: March 26, 2013, 17:27 »
And they answered my query with:
''Many thanks for your email.
We do not deduct anything from your payment. It costs us money to send you the payment and it costs you money to receive it - that is the way Paypal works unfortunately; they charge a percentage of the money involved in the transaction. It's the same with bank transfers. Moneybookers/Skrill may offer a slightly better deal and you are welcome to change your preferred payment method to Moneybookers.''
Bunch of lies, all agencies cover the Paypal fees for us. I listed them all agencies (From Shutterstock to Deposit, Canstock, Istock, Alamy etc.) stating that no one steals 30 downloads from us to make us cover the fees. Surprising what they want to make us believe!
What a big lies indeed.
1960
« on: March 25, 2013, 11:36 »
I'm uploading to DepositPhotos, but the files don't appear in the Unfinished section. Therefore I'm unable to submit them. Even after 9+ hours there's no trace of the uploaded files. Not sure if it's a site problem.
1961
« on: March 25, 2013, 09:33 »
Some filenames are not being accepted by stock FTPs (for example, cyrillic ones or containing special symbols). Exact list of the characters not accepted by each stock's FTP is not that quick and easy to determine so the program just renames all the files to the safe filenames.
Okay, I understand, but I assume lowercase letters and numbers are widely accepted for filenames, so why not check for 'bad' filenames prior to uploading without destroying the original filename? For instance, the program could give an error message if the file contains anything other than letters, numbers and underscores.
1962
« on: March 24, 2013, 23:24 »
Not sure if I ever asked this question, but whenever I upload a file, say "vector.eps", it changes the filename into something like: "429_cGVhcl9hbmdyeS5qcGc.eps"
Is it possible to keep the actual filename intact?
1963
« on: March 22, 2013, 11:26 »
Each file bought from, or uploaded to, IS is a vote that their prices, commissions, terms... are acceptable. Period.
Yes, I wish I could afford to ditch them, but the income is still decent compared to most other stock sites. Shutterstock, however strong, won't make up for the loss of income.
1964
« on: March 21, 2013, 21:36 »
Yeah, the image previews are ridiculously big.
1965
« on: March 21, 2013, 17:48 »
One of our highest priorities for 2013 is making improvements for iStock Exclusives.
Funny how they openly admit to focus on Exclusives only, and then screw non-exclusives even more. They really want to get rid of us.
1966
« on: March 21, 2013, 17:39 »
Screw these greedy creeps.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, there's another paycut around the corner.
1967
« on: March 20, 2013, 10:32 »
That sucks, having to give away 30% of your income to the US. I have the luck that I live in a country that has a 0% tax treaty with the US, but it's ridiculous either way.
1968
« on: March 19, 2013, 20:01 »
Well, at least you have your name going for you: Yure.
(FYI, one of the top-selling microstock artists of all time is called Yuri)
1969
« on: March 19, 2013, 19:59 »
I had a great December (well, $11, so it's all relative), but Jan-Feb-Mar together was less than $3.
I wonder why these decent-paying sites can't gain some market share. Do they never advertise? Are they all asleep?
1970
« on: March 19, 2013, 11:14 »
I loathe Istock for what they did with the site (bugs) and the Google Deal (even if I wasn't affected...yet), but I must admit that Istock still brings in a "decent" sum every few weeks. It's a tie with SS at the moment, they're fighting for the #1 spot. It's still heck of a lot better than DT, 123RF and Fotolia, to name but a few.
But if you're a newcomer, you'll experience less regular sales. Still, it's worth it, providing you use DeepMeta or StockSubmitter to upload. And if you're willing to run the risk of them giving your images away with lousy deals.
1971
« on: March 19, 2013, 09:33 »
Hello, My stocksubmitter is still not working with I stock and Graphicriver.
It's just me?
Istock is working for me. I don't upload to GraphicRiver so I wouldn't know about that. I have my Istock nickname as login, with the password I use for the browser login as well.
1972
« on: March 18, 2013, 14:55 »
I think one problem with having a central system or person sending an official take down notices is that they have to be sent by the copyright owner themselves. I once notified fotolia of an infringing account and they told me to notify the original artist so that he could send the copyright infringement himself. It didn't help that I pointed out the problem to them.
Perhaps a reasonable alternative would be to simply have a page with appropriate links to contact the various agencies (where to send the takedown notice) and other usefull links so that if someone found their images stolen they could take the necessary steps to get the images taken down without doing a full days research of what they need to do.
Yes, perhaps it can be done as a sticky topic? An informative post about each agency and what to do, or who to contact if you find one or more of your images being stolen?
1973
« on: March 17, 2013, 17:40 »
I was wondering, what are the lower and upper limits of the gauges? How is it divided?
1974
« on: March 17, 2013, 17:16 »
I'm contributor at DepositPhotos, but I have (only) 4 images at Pixmac via DP. Should I upload my images to Pixmac directly?
1975
« on: March 17, 2013, 11:14 »
Bigstock's submitting process seems screwed. It uploads the file, but without the data, and submitting doesn't work. Edit: never mind, HTTP works fine 
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