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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: bbettina on April 13, 2007, 15:15

Title: Got accepted!
Post by: bbettina on April 13, 2007, 15:15

I had to share the news.  Just slipped by with 7 of 10 approved yesterday, but who cares, I am in  ;D

the whole process was super-quick.  I submitted yesterday in the early afternoon and got approved like 3 hours later.  Had 8 dls since then, 6 of the 7 photos have already sold.  I have to say, that's not bad at all  ;)

Thanks to everybody who gave input along the way!

Tina

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: Mellimage on April 13, 2007, 15:28

cool, congratulations.
 I consider signing up myself... .

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: bbettina on April 13, 2007, 15:35

I didn't sign up for the longest time because I thought the $0.25 per dl is, well, a little on the low side.  Then I read all those stories about the photos that get approved really selling like crazy and meanwhile some of the other microstocks I submitt to started not doing as well as they used to and so I reconsidered. 

Looks like it was a good decisions at least for now - while we were talking I had another two dls -  8)

Tina

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: Mellimage on April 13, 2007, 15:45

Amazing.
BTW - and I hope you don't mind me asking - judging by your name - are you German? Just curious... .

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: berryspun on April 13, 2007, 15:46

Great Tina!  Yes, it's nice to see the accumulation of little quarters..  :)

Mellimage, go for it !  SS was the 1st site I was on, and for other reasons, I hesitated a while before joining IS.  Both sites are my best earners, with almost equal amounts.

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: bbettina on April 13, 2007, 16:55

Yes, I am German, but I live in Sunnyvale, CA (much better weather!)
Still going back once a year, though, have my son drive the grandparents crazy and take pictures of real old stuff, like the medival houses in my home town - sort of miss that here.

Mellimage, if you do sign up and you do it through my referal link I can make $0.03 per picture you sell (you still make the $0.25).  Let me know whether you'd consider that and I'll send you my referal link (I hope it's not against the rules to ask for referals here, if so, let me know and I shall never do it again).

Happy Friday,

Tina

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: sharply_done on April 14, 2007, 01:50

Congratulations ... now get uploading!

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: Freezingpictures on April 14, 2007, 04:00

Congrats Tina, you wont regret it, I believe!

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: leaf on April 14, 2007, 06:07

congrats .!!

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: litifeta on April 14, 2007, 06:26

congrats. the returns for effort are great at SS

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: hatman12 on April 14, 2007, 13:35

Well done Tina!

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: yingyang0 on April 14, 2007, 15:33

From what I hear it is quite a feat to get into SS now-a-days, so congrats! ;D

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: ludesal on April 14, 2007, 16:06

congrats and best wishes!  :)

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: Pixart on April 14, 2007, 16:27

I have been on SS for 27 days, have I think 14 photos there, yet have 252 sales (27 days!).   I'm finishing up a real job this week so hopefully I'll be able to prepare a large number and submit them maybe 1 or 2 a day soon.

I was accepted at Istock shortly after and I sent 6 photos that had just accepted at SS...  Bet no one is surprized that 5 of 6 of those SS photos were rejected for overuse of noise reduction.    Ah, the games we must play.  My hard drive is getting confused by all the different versions.

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: Pixart on April 14, 2007, 16:28

Oh, and how rude of me.  What I was going to say is CONGRATS - it's good to be on SS.

Title: Re: Got accepted!
Post by: Mellimage on April 22, 2007, 03:09

Got accepted too - on first attempt even!  :o

Have a good weekend you all!