If, as they have said, they move non-selling images down into main, and at the same time move better selling images up from main, then they will still be able to say that half their images are at 1/2 price.

They haven't said it will be the same half

Well that's the beauty of Sym - we don't have to all do the same thing.

However, thinking about it, I'm still keen on the hub idea. I can see a group of hubs - lifestyle, food, travel, where those interested can put their relevant files. We'd all have the same EULA and a centralised shopping cart, possibly same prices? I don't know about prices, I've got files I'm happy to sell for a dollar or two, others, not. Whether the cart would be individual to the hub, or sit above all the hubs, I don't know.

Hopefully, more people will be interested and join in with ideas.

Ok, found the setting, I'd updated the sandbox but not the live account. I've put the URL in so it doesn't fault on non-Symbio payments, such as agency payouts. It doesn't seem to like going through the redirect.

Thanks, Leo!

It's Paypal, Jens, not credit card, not Western Union.

Keep the objections coming though, I'm definitely interested in what you're saying.

As an aside, we had a Photoshelter site from June 2012, we have had more sales on Sym than on Photoshelter in the first 3 months, when Sym is completely unknown. Numbers are small, for sure, but I'm optimistic.

I'm seeing this as a long term project. I don't expect it to compare with the big agencies in the first years.

I do think it's a good place to put those niche photos that sell only once a year on the likes of SS and IS, and I'm putting them exclusively on Sym.

I agree with a lot of what Cathy says, but I also think JPSDK has some good points. I said right at the start that everyone should use the same licence, and I hadn't realised that some were not doing this.

As JPSDK says, think about it from the customer's point of view, and ask yourself why you would want to make things more difficult for customers? If you were a customer, would you really want to read all those different licences? I think a licence should be imposed on Sym, and it could even exclude those explicit photos which Leo and some others want to keep out.

If we are ever going to progress beyond the occasional sale to individuals, we do need a centralised shopping cart. This could actually work out cheaper than individual sales, certainly for us, as Paypal charge us 50 cents for every transaction.

It would be really great of some of the members of MSG who are also customers of the agencies, would look at Symbiostock and give some honest feedback from the buyers point of view.

We've seen what CogentMarketing thinks - not impressed! But that is what we really need to hear, so we can make things better for customers.

Just a few thoughts off the top of my head, please can others join in and point out what's wrong with these ideas, and suggest alternatives.

Excellent! Tidier than the method we've been using, so that's a couple of hundred images to edit... 

Is anyone planning to delete their portfolio or deactivate files because of this? I'm considering deactivating some of my best sellers in response to this, but I'm wondering what others doing, if anything.

I've deleted about another 150.  Not big sellers, but ones I've noticed people are prepared to pay a few dollars for.

Well done Ron! We have had a couple of small sales this month, very happy with the way things are going!

I caught a bit of this programme and this 3 minute clip is worth watching.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00z0yb2

I couldn't get this to play, but I like this sentence from the front page:

The crisis comes when the workers don�t have enough money to buy what the bosses are trying to sell them.

What puzzles me is why the bosses don't see that, and the inevitable consequences.

Agreeing with others, the site looks excellent! Very nice design.

While we're discussing these matters, it seems to me that it would be good to be able to add a custom header block as well as the current bottom-of-body text to the 'Thank You' email, sufficient to make it a tax invoice. The New Zealand IRD have this to say:

 For supplies worth between $50 and $1,000 (including GST), a simplified tax invoice is acceptable. It must clearly show:

• the words "tax invoice" in a prominent place
• the name and GST number of the supplier
• the date the tax invoice was issued
• a description of the goods and/or services supplied
• the total amount payable for the supply, and
• a statement that GST is included.

This could be met by adding a text block at the top of the body and the date of the sale. Sales under $50 need no special documentation but the above would be welcome there as well. Anything over $1000, we'll be happy to raise a manual invoice!

No doubt these additions would be useful for some other countries as well, so if anyone wants to come up with a paid 'customisable email' plugin...

Just did a sandbox purchase, worked OK with instant emails and successful download..

Done with changing the logo. EULA copied. But I am unable to create menu where if I bring my mouse a drop down should popup and I should be able to select the category.
Need further help on
1) I need to create page where all the pictures are listed. basically my portfolio.
2) create a page where all the categories are listed in the form of folders/sets similar to what we see in Flickr etc. I saw few Symbio sites have done that.
3) in the setup, Tinny has mentioned that we need to select "Post" in the settings but I don't see just "Post"
I see post page. I have selected that.

I really like the websites that everyone has created.  Looks so professional. Mine looks like done by 10yr kid. Maybe they can also do a better Job that I

1) is easy, you don't need to create it, it's automatically generated at www.yoursite.com/image/ so you just need a link to that. For an edited portfolio, create a category, say 'portfolio' and assign a bunch of your best to that, then call it from the menu.

2) If you mean something like the front page at http://www.picturemojo.co.nz then that's a set of individually prepared index pics arranged using the Visual Composer plugin with links to categories.

3) Not sure what you're after here.

Keep going, you'll get it sorted in the end!