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

You must be getting to IS and SS by using a browser. The software you use to access the internet.
IE, Safari, Firefox etc.
I know some actions on IS don't always work if you are using a specific browser, it's worth trying to do the same action but by accessing the site through a different browser. If you only have one installed on your computer, just download another one.

He's talking about Stocksubmitter, not the browser login.

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?

123RF, your watermark hardly protects our images. One small logo in the middle of the image is not enough, because in some cases, it doesn't even touch the image content.

Please consider extending you watermark to the corners of the image, or create some kind of repeating logo pattern.

Example of bad watermarking:
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/noedelhap/noedelhap1104/noedelhap110400016/9442162-person-thinking-of-something.jpg

I'm thinking of producing several abstract 3d and / or visual effects videos, but are these selling well compared to real life footage?

I'd suggest not going exclusive, but instead, upload to all top tier and mid tier sites.

VectorStock is -when uploading the normal way-, well, pure horror, but using StockSubmitter, you don't have to burden yourself with 380x400 resolution previews and stuff like that. It gets resized, zipped and submitted automatically by pressing literally one button. This goes for other sites requiring zipped files as well.

Get StockSubmitter, set it up, get familiar with it and optimize your keywording and uploading workflow. This will save you lots of time in the long run, especially for sites that have slow uploading via http.
I'm currently uploading to about 17 different sites, relatively easy.

I got a 'large' level 3 sale. Cost: 9 credits (2010), it earned me a commission of $3.15.

But the image level 3 window says:

Large size
(5MP - up to 8MP)    13 credits ~
as low as $10.01 per image

What is up with that? Is this the wrong commission or is this one of those 'we give away discounts out of the contributor's pocket'?

I've noticed that my best-sellers are the ones that have sold before. The ones with 0 downloads hardly get noticed.
Example: one of my images has sold more than 50 times, even though it's not a particularly popular image elsewhere. The second-best image in my Fotolia portfolio has sold only 20 times, while the others were downloaded less than 10 times.

How can you even tell how many downloads you get there over the past 12 months.  I'm not going to take the money and get an average.

I'll probably be on the lower tier anyway.

Image statistics, choose a custom time frame of the past 12 months using the calendar in the right top corner.

Thank you!

Quote from: Noedelhap on February 05, 2013, 19:03

Didn't we agree to a CONTRACT stating we would earn referral revenues for a lifetime?

Can they just breach the contract?

SHUTTERSTOCK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THESE TERMS AT ANY TIME AND TO NOTIFY YOU BY AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON YOUR LOGIN PAGE OF THE MODIFICATIONS. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL SUCH CHANGES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE CHANGES PLEASE REMOVE ALL OR THAT PORTION OF YOUR SUBMITTED CONTENT TO WHICH YOU DO NOT WISH THE CHANGES TO APPLY FROM THE SHUTTERSTOCK WEBSITE.

Okay. Fuck them.

Not a big deal in terms of income loss (only have one referral), but I worry about the things to come.

I'll delete 3 files.

It's not much, but at least I did something.