Hi Jon,

I appreciate that you have come over to the forum to discuss things with us.  I personally do hope that you stay around and discuss more with us because those that can be civil can probably offer some information that can be helpful to you in terms of making the site better for those who use it.

I'd like to just make one reference back to the last posting where you kept referring to photographers as clients - it could definitely be just me in that I don't think the description of 'client' is a good word for the photographer - but more along the lines of supplier or something like that.  Regardless of how you look at it, you obviously realize that the relationship with us is important and I'm happy to see you reaching out.  I hope that no one blows the opportunity.

In my opinion, SS is great because it makes me money (this month not so much  ) but I think that there can be some additions that can be of use.

One that I would like would be a way to categorize my photos for personal use where the photos can be linked together by particular shoot, giving the photographer an idea of how much that particular shoot has been able to make over time instead of going through and calculating manually.  I'm not a programmer, so I dunno the logistics of it.

I can't think of anything else, but if you're still on here, I'd love to get a constructive thread going.

Looking to buy this lens, what do you all think?  Any experiences?

As well, I'm looking to buy it from BHPhotovideo.com.  Now, has anyone had any experiences with them.  Reason being this:  I'm going to have them ship my product to my grandmother's house in Florida who is coming back to Canada next month.  Two reasons for this:  I'm looking for a way to avoid shipping long distances and any surprise duties at the border (since my grandmother will have been there a long period of time, she can bring back a lot of stuff duty-free).  To the point, if I have problems with them, how good are they with customer service since I'm in Canada.  I will be purchasing the USA warranty.

Thanks again,

Joseph

The lens is the EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 USM. 

I am looking for $175 CDN for it and would like to get rid of it since I bought the 70-200 f/4L.  Is anyone interested?

Thanks,
Joseph

I was just wondering if its possible to get a cheque from them as Paypal takes too large a cut.  Anyone know?

Thanks,
Joseph

Hey everyone,

Here's the deal with this post.  You all know I'm not some sort of ad guy who comes into every forum trying to sell something.  I've been part of this forum for almost 6 months now and I've never tried to sell anything.  The reason I'm trying to sell this is because I want a few microdrives for my Digital Rebel but I need to buy 20 from a distributor here in Canada.  It will cost WAY too much to buy 20 without having them sold already, but if other people here want one or two I will be happy to give them to you for my cost + shipping fees.

I can get Hitachi 6GB Microdrives (brand new, not stolen or anything like that) from a well-known Canadian distributor ($1 billion in sales last year - Synnex Canada) for $120 CDN each (here in Canada they retail for as much as $230).  Is anyone interested?

I apologize if this post annoys anyone.  If Tyler or anyone doesn't want me to post anything like this again, I will not do it in the future.

Thanks,
Joseph

I have come across an interesting find as in that FeaturePics accepts photos that most other places don't.  I have the same photos plus those that they accept on FP as I do on SS and others (minus the rejected ones).  My only sales on FP are those pictures not found anywhere else.  I think thats pretty interesting in that uploading all my rejects there would be more time efficient 

Anyone else find that?

All that hype at the beginning about StockXpert is now gone and its settled into the lower-middle tier of micro agencies.  In my opinion anyway.  Reason being is that I have not had a sale in over a month and I have almost 150 images online.  Every other agency (including Bigstock) performs better and most with smaller portfolios and such.   Is anyone else finding this?  Is anyone else starting to believe that the major players are the 'only' serious players?

Hello everyone...

So glad to see that traffic has really picked up here and its very interactive.  I was just wondering what the uses of lightboxes are for those that create them and what happens if pictures from your lightboxes sell?  Is it beneficial for me to create lightboxes with other people's images?  How does this work?  I'm not used to iStock just yet and this would be another step in acquainting myself with their system (so complicated).  As well other people have put my images in their lightboxes...what does that mean?

Thanks again,
have a good weekend,

-gareri

YAY

Finally got into iStock.  Its about time too.  I was waiting because I feel so left out since everyone (even nubes) get in on iStock before me (being involved with this for 3 months and not being in, gets you down) but I'm finally in.  Hopefully I can be successful on it - any tips for them?

Whats with this 30 uploads per week business?  I'm not sure what thats all about...will that change for me?  I have like 300 photos that could potentially meet the iStock bill. 

How are you all doing with iStock?   What are your photo niches?

-gareri

Hi

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what the best way to print a 20 x 30 photo (its for a friend for his birthday) and I found a place in Toronto that will print it for about $35 CDN. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to print it another way?  As well, what is the best way to mount it/plaque it so that it will hang on the wall (also being a bit cost efficient - I have a maximum price of $130 CDN.

Just looking for suggestions since I've never done this before and I don't want it to turn out shotty.

Well, June is over.  It wasn't that bad for me considering its my 2nd month - I tripled my 1st month's earnings (which is nice, and I plan to try to triple June's earnings in July - who knows) and Shutterstock has emerged as the top dog.  iStock is next on my list.  Lets see what happens.

Anyhow, here's my breakdown (in brackets is the all-time breakdown)

Bigstock - 7% (8% overall)
Shutterstock - 42% (32% overall)
Dreamstime 20% (25% overall)
Fotolia - 8% (8% overall)
FeaturePics - 8% (6% overall)
123RF - 8% (17% overall)
StockXpert - 7% (5% oveall)

These % were done by Excel, so if its 1 percent off (like out of 101% or something) my apologies.

I hope everyone is doing well.  Good luck for July.

Does anyone know when the FTP/internet upload is starting on Alamy?  I'd like to get on them because my main goal is to build up cash to buy a CoolScan from Nikon, scan all my dad's 35mm and slide negatives and upload them onto there.  But I really don't want to go through the hassle of sending DVDs (and I haven't made anywhere near enough to buy that scanner). 

If anyone could give me a date of when thats starting that would be great

Thanks