Not too bad for me.  I've made just under $200 in week one of July.  That's not too bad for a .38 cent subscription site.  Yea, I got some EL's too....that always helps

This is a tough business. It's almost a situation where contributors need an avenue to quantify for reviewers how well images do elsewhere or the research one conducts to validate image usefulness.  I have had arm wrestling matches with Shutterstock over image usefulness and usually they don't care what you think.  It's go with the flow and shut up or keep complaining but we're not listening.  Like Alex said, the different reviewers with varying experience yield varying results.  That's an opportunity for improvement.  I do like IS acceptance criteria which for the most part is accept anything that meets technical quality standards.  Then leave it up to the buyers to decide.  I've seen lagereek's port and it is fantastic.  I see his frustration because it's probably 10 times more than mine.

Quote from: Mantis on July 04, 2011, 18:19

Not all are photographers.  The last two flags I got (which are totally dumb ass flags) the flagger had no port.  I wonder of they get paid if no change is relevant.  As for being polite when you respond to unfounded flags, fk em.  They weren't polite when they intentionally flagged my images.  I mean, "pen" for a pen?  I say to this person (http://www.dreamstime.com/bobby0315_info) and this loser (http://www.dreamstime.com/bobby0315_info).  Give me a  break.

But why are you so threatened by it? Is it that someone dares to question you? If the flagger is abusing the system then Dreamstime revokes their ability to flag images - if they are right in their flags - which are reviewed by editors - then they are providing a service that makes D-time a better place for buyers. So why are you so hostile when there is no impact on you unless you are spamming? Honestly I do not understand why people take this so personally and why it creates such hostility.  

You don't see to get it.  I am not threatened by it at all.  When they flag relevant keywords as irrelevant it wastes my time and theirs.  The flagger is factually abusing the DT system in most cases, and I am asked to respond to that person politely when they are blatantly flagging good keywords.  The tone of your response is that I am the one who should be grateful.  Wrong.

I still remember fotolia V2.0 it was a disaster, hope they will do a bit better this time...

My sales tanked berry bad bak den.  Pleze make it work unlike my spel cheker.

Canada has their national day on July 1, so that is another country not at the computers for a long weekend.

Canada? Where's that?

Quote from: jsnover on July 04, 2011, 17:55

I think you need to provide a little more information, not only about the site and the types of images you're hoping to acquire (i.e. if you're selling to the Japanese market, are are images of - for example - a typical US or European Christmas of any interest to you), but any other requirements. Almost all of us already have our images keyworded, but a huge majority will be in English only. Beyond uploading, what will you be asking of beta testers? Is there someone people can read about the upload process? Do you accept illustrations (and if so, in JPEG only or EPS as well)? Do you have information about price, license terms, etc. somewhere for us to read?

There are probably many more questions, but if we don't know much about whether your site might be a useful way to sell our portfolios, I don't know how we could judge whether uploading as a beta tester makes any sense.

What she said. I'm always willing to take a look at something, but I like to read all the details and fine print first.

Yes and 75% of nothing equals, wello.....no need to push that button.

Quote from: cuppacoffee on July 02, 2011, 18:42

Are you sure it is a fellow photographer? Could it be a buyer hitting the "report this image" button? Anyone can flag, not only contributors. Do you really think someone would do that for .02 cents? Hitting that button is fast and easy and doesn't require sending a message, which takes time. If the reporter is registered they are automatically awarded the .02 cents, they have no say in if they want it or not and probably don't even know that they are getting a monetary amount as it is not common knowledge unless you read the forums on a regular basis. If the report is bogus, just leave a message, it is reviewed before any changes are made. Not a big deal.

Yea they are Dreamstime photographers.   I looked at each of their portfolios.  I know keywords abuse is a little rampant and must be a pain for customers.  I use Acur's keyword page using the top selling shutterstock images.  For similar images I always have to remove 10-20 keywords that have very little to with the image.   But it just rubs me the wrong way for a fellow microstocker to force me to go back to the image to pull a keyword or two so that I can keep my image on Dreamstime.  It makes me want to inspect all of their images to see if I can find some bad keywords....maybe start a keyword war!!!!

Not all are photographers.  The last two flags I got (which are totally dumb ass flags) the flagger had no port.  I wonder of they get paid if no change is relevant.  As for being polite when you respond to unfounded flags, fk em.  They weren't polite when they intentionally flagged my images.  I mean, "pen" for a pen?  I say to this person (http://www.dreamstime.com/bobby0315_info) and this loser (http://www.dreamstime.com/bobby0315_info).  Give me a * break.

I've recently put about 100 photos there and so far it's deader than an old John Edwards campaign office.

Got a good chuckle from this. Thanks.

How can I upload other works if I'm not sure if my images are only waiting the review or have been forgotten  
I think that is better delete everything and put all my work on Canstock where the reviewers are very fast (I'm angry , 13 days are a too long time!)

p.s. My nick there is Shamain, I prefer that my works are refused but don't wait 13 days.

Be careful what you wish for. It's not that uncommon and you can't compare agencies review times as apples to apples.  Just send in a request on the site and they will get back to you.  Be patient.

While I don't have any kids....that I know of anyway, I agree with Sean and Lisa. Using your kids to help pad the monthly budget isn't exploitation..  Do you have your kids pull weeds, wash cars, trim your shrubs, do housework? Technically speaking you could hire a maid, a Gardner or take your car to the car wash but many don't.  They save a few bucks by having their kids do it instead....in addition to learning that there are no free rides in life.

Quote from: VB inc on July 01, 2011, 12:20

i just feel bad for them working over there because they really have no say in the decision process. I wouldnt be proud to be a part of that company if i worked there and knowing how crappy this economy is, i wouldn't walk out of the job unless i had a solid backup plan. Im sure some people will leave and have left which is great for them but they sure as hell didnt leave without finding something better.

There's always been that speculation that Rob Sylvan might have left his post at istock under similar conditions. The timing of his departure and the things going on at istock seemed more than coincidental.

Pure speculation of course, but not an uncommon theory.

But I happen to agree....he left because he was aware of the times to come...just my opinion of course.

I was made the "offer" Then I read about them and totally agree with Helix.  Not worth the future hassle and the 30 cent norm.

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Quote from: lagereek on July 01, 2011, 04:56

What does say a lot, it that my earnings from say SS, is going into a 5-figured amount, thanks to the IS mess around with independants.

Do you mean you did nearly 5 figures at SS in June, or is that YTD?

$100.00


YTD ?  whats that, computer language?  I dont want to give away too much but lets put it this way. In my six years in Micro, I have never seen such a skyrocketting of sales at SS and DT, since almost the very date of IS, throwing independant files right at the back.
Its just too much of coincidence.
Yet! as an independant, Im doing pretty well at IS, might be down about 30% from earlier but still good.

As someone else pointed out, YTD is Year To Date.

I still don't understand what you're saying, aside from SS being up for you.  Still wondering what you meant by "my earnings from say SS, is going into a 5-figured amount."  It sounds like either your year-to-date earnings at SS are approaching $10,000 or that your monthly earnings at SS are approaching $10,000.  Is this what you meant?