Author Topic: New contributor section live on SS (Read 16891 times)

click_click · « **on:** November 11, 2010, 14:33 »

Check your contributor section. I hope it's live for everyone!

click_click · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2010, 14:35 »

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helix7 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2010, 14:39 »

It's live for me. Pretty snazzy looking. Need to take it all in and explore before I share an opinion.

packerguy · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2010, 14:43 »

It just went live for me less than a half hour ago.

click_click · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2010, 14:46 »

They must have rolled this beta round out just within the last hour. Quite nifty.

dnavarrojr · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2010, 14:56 »

Interesting... Not sure if I like it or not yet.

helix7 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2010, 14:58 »

Not sure how useful the map is. I think the novelty of seeing where the last few downloads came from will wear out.

I do like the Overall Earnings and Earnings from New Content features. Although it's sort of depressing how little income comes from my latest stuff.

click_click · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:01 »

Quote from: helix7 on November 11, 2010, 14:58

...Although it's sort of depressing how little income comes from my latest stuff.

On the contrary for me. I'm surprised to see how often my recent stuff actually sells. I guess it's a two way street here.
It's probably impossible to create a stats page with information good enough for everyone.
I like what I see now, but of course it would be nice to see more...

borg · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:04 »

I like it!!!

Statistic is awesome!!!

Pixart · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:04 »

Well, I didn't have to log in again on the new page, so that's something....

lisafx · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:09 »

Thanks for the headsup, Click! Not sure how I feel about the page. It seems pretty busy to me, but I can probably get used to it. As long as the submissions page and the daily download pages don't change (drastically) I will probably be okay with it.

I agree with Mike about the last few downloads feature. It seems pretty memory intensive and not particularly useful.

Eireann · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:10 »

Oh my God, it's soooo beautiful

I have no idea what it does, only seen it for a second.
Let me go back and browse around, exciting

cathyslife · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:12 »

I was just there 5 minutes ago and it was the same-old, same-old. After seeing this thread, went back and there it was! Very cool that they are asking for contributor feedback. The map is too funny...it is novel, and the old page did have something similar but I can't help thinking if there isn't something more important I would like to see taking up that real estate. I will have to live with it for a couple of days in order to form a final opinion.

borg · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:13 »

Does a world map showing where the image is sold? It might be useful ...

Hahaha!

Several my "air-condition" photos were sold in Brasil and Mexico, summer is coming there... My "green wheat" photo was sold in Russia, they had a lot of problems with the crops this summer because of fire ...

Eireann · « **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:13 »

Oh my God, I'm so impressed!

I've sold The 3 Wise Men in Mexico!
Hahaha, love it, let's play around

rubyroo · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:16 »

I like the map, but I thought I might get more precise info if I hovered over the image or the little circle in it's corner.

I like the graphs too.

cathyslife · « **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:17 »

Quote from: borg on November 11, 2010, 15:13

Does a world map showing where the image is sold? It might be useful ...

Yes.

melastmohican · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:18 »

Interesting, only 30% of earnings from new content. It used to be close to 50% two years ago.

borg · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:24 »

Quote from: melastmohican on November 11, 2010, 15:18

Interesting, only 30% of earnings from new content. It used to be close to 50% two years ago.

How they calculate new content earnings?

cathyslife · « **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:29 »

I added some feedback and one question asked about the Acceptance Rate section, but I didn't even see that. Can someone point the way?

gaja · « **Reply #20 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:33 »

I absolutely LOVE the map!

Newsfocus1 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:41 »

Quote from: rubyroo on November 11, 2010, 15:16

I like the map, but I thought I might get more precise info if I hovered over the image or the little circle in it'

Yes, I tried that as well! How are you all knowing you "sold a picture in Russia" etc? My map doesn't have any country names or borders showing. Maybe you all have a much more precise knowledge of geography than me (not hard, I admit). My latest was a UK sale (I knew that one) but the previous ones were hidden underneath (somewhere in Europe I guess). Anyway of seeing them do you think? Still, great fun but like Rubyroo I was hoping for more precise info. Also, could only access that "home" page from the forum -couldn't find a link anywhere else. It is still beta, to be fair and overall I like it. Regards, David.

stockastic · « **Reply #22 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:42 »

It's fun. It shows me exactly where in the world I'm currently getting ripped off by 25 cent sales of my images.

molka · « **Reply #23 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:52 »

Quote from: stockastic on November 11, 2010, 15:42

It's fun. It shows me exactly where in the world I'm currently getting ripped off by 25 cent sales of my images.

especially nice to see that it's not exactly the poorer part of the world either... *insult removed* : )

melastmohican · « **Reply #24 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:55 »

How can I put my feedback there, I do not see it.

cathyslife · « **Reply #25 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:56 »

Quote from: melastmohican on November 11, 2010, 15:55

How can I put my feedback there, I do not see it.

floating green tab on the left

Eireann · « **Reply #26 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:56 »

Hahaha, Newsfocus, we don't really know the exact location either

We're just guessing

And you're right.
On second look, maybe The 3 Wise Men weren't sold in Mexico after all. Possibly Florida

Stats for the last hour :
Bulk comes from Europe and the USA.
Nothing in Russia, China, India, Japan, or Australia.
But interestingly enough - quite a few (4 or so) from Africa! It looks like South Africa (the country).

It's a new toy and I'm still excited

Memory wise - yes, true, seems a bit intensive.
Cathy, where is that Acceptance Rate section? Was it there before? Where is it?
Back to playing

cathyslife · « **Reply #27 on:** November 11, 2010, 15:58 »

Quote from: Eireann on November 11, 2010, 15:56

Hahaha, Newsfocus, we don't really know the exact location either
We're just guessing
And you're right.
On second look, maybe The 3 Wise Men weren't sold in Mexico after all. Possibly Florida
Stats for the last hour :
Bulk comes from Europe and the USA.
Nothing in Russia, China, India, Japan, or Australia.
But interestingly enough - quite a few (4 or so) from Africa! It looks like South Africa (the country).

It's a new toy and I'm still excited
Memory wise - yes, true, seems a bit intensive.
Cathy, where is that Acceptance Rate section? Was it there before? Where is it?
Back to playing

I don't know where it is. I clicked the feedback tab and left some feedback and one of the questions they ask is about how you rate the Acceptance Rate section. I could not find it.

Eireann · « **Reply #28 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:00 »

Aha Cathy, OK. I'll add this to question to my feedback as well.

Darn!
Nothing from Ireland!
Go the Irish

Hahaha, back to playing

melastmohican · « **Reply #29 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:08 »

Asked for RPD, I do not see acceptance, wished to fit one 1600x1200 screen but maybe I need bigger monitor :-)

LSD72 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:10 »

I dont know if I like it or not. Its just different. Now the Map I like.. just wish it gave a little more info.

borg · « **Reply #31 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:15 »

Quote from: Eireann on November 11, 2010, 15:56

On second look, maybe The 3 Wise Men weren't sold in Mexico after all. Possibly Florida

You have little circle on the corner of photo to show you where it was sold...

molka · « **Reply #32 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:16 »

Quote from: helix7 on November 11, 2010, 14:58

Not sure how useful the map is. I think the novelty of seeing where the last few downloads came from will wear out.

If someone, unlike me, is a heavy duty stocker who likes to follow trends, it might just be more usefull than you first think.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:25 »

Quote from: cclapper on November 11, 2010, 15:29

I added some feedback and one question asked about the Acceptance Rate section, but I didn't even see that. Can someone point the way?

I was wondering the same, cannot find it..

curious the totals are with taxes but on stats total is without them..

Eireann · « **Reply #34 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:25 »

Wow, have you seen this?
Place your mouse over the top of the graph bars.
Look what you get!

And it works on both graphs.
Nice

cathyslife · « **Reply #35 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:31 »

Quote from: Eireann on November 11, 2010, 16:25

Wow, have you seen this?
Place your mouse over the top of the graph bars.
Look what you get!
And it works on both graphs.
Nice

Thanks for pointing that out...I did not play enough I guess. One of my comments was I wish I could see the missing months so I would know where the peaks and valleys fell, but that is even better!

Perry · « **Reply #36 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:39 »

I still wish they had the following features (or maybe I just can't find them?):

There is no easy way of searching for a particular image and see how much income that image has generated.
I'd also like to find out my top earners on the site without having to add up sales from different pages (25-a-day + On demand + EL)

Instead of "downloads this month" I'd rather see "Account balance" (Yes, I know where to find my "account balance", but I find it much more interesting than "downloads this month", the amount of dowloads just reminds me how little money we get for a download

)

Newsfocus1 · « **Reply #37 on:** November 11, 2010, 16:48 »

Quote from: Eireann on November 11, 2010, 15:56

Hahaha, Newsfocus, we don't really know the exact location either
We're just guessing

lol, thanks for that. Guess I'm not as stupid as I thought I was (or then again....) Regards, David.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #38 on:** November 11, 2010, 17:47 »

I just saw it today. Looks nice...

click_click · « **Reply #39 on:** November 11, 2010, 18:36 »

Quote from: Perry on November 11, 2010, 16:39

I still wish they had the following features (or maybe I just can't find them?):

There is no easy way of searching for a particular image and see how much income that image has generated.
I'd also like to find out my top earners on the site without having to add up sales from different pages (25-a-day + On demand + EL)

I think this is not available as of now. Should be added in my opinion.

Quote

Instead of "downloads this month" I'd rather see "Account balance" (Yes, I know where to find my "account balance", but I find it much more interesting than "downloads this month", the amount of dowloads just reminds me how little money we get for a download )

The month's balance is in the upper right hand corner next to the amount of this month's downloads.

What exactly do you want to see when you say "account balance"? Your all time total?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #40 on:** November 11, 2010, 18:49 »

I really think that SS can take a step forward and do something BIG.. what is it?

I would say pick everything from contributors and make them.. then we would have a DESIGN settings (whatever) where we would pick the stuff that we really want to see on the home submitter page.. we could also place this "selected options" where we like most, doing our own design..

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #41 on:** November 11, 2010, 19:56 »

I like it. Fun new toy and had a good laugh. My breakfast burrito sold in Mexico. LOL

DrC · « **Reply #42 on:** November 11, 2010, 20:05 »

Quote from: click_click on November 11, 2010, 18:36

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Instead of "downloads this month" I'd rather see "Account balance" (Yes, I know where to find my "account balance", but I find it much more interesting than "downloads this month", the amount of dowloads just reminds me how little money we get for a download )

The month's balance is in the upper right hand corner next to the amount of this month's downloads.

What exactly do you want to see when you say "account balance"? Your all time total?

I guess it's useful for everyone that doesn't get to a payout monthly, and the account balance helps to see how much is still left to payout

I like it the new page but I would like to have back the thumbs for latest approved and links to the newest forum topics...

Tim Markley · « **Reply #43 on:** November 11, 2010, 20:49 »

Looks good! Need to use it more to decide if I like it.

lagereek · « **Reply #44 on:** November 12, 2010, 02:32 »

Its live here! and I think its BRILLANT!! its really international, shows the world, etc, theyve done a great job on this one! credit where credit is due.

Other agencies should take a long good look and LEARN.

Perry · « **Reply #45 on:** November 12, 2010, 02:40 »

Quote from: click_click on November 11, 2010, 18:36

Quote from: Perry on November 11, 2010, 16:39
Instead of "downloads this month" I'd rather see "Account balance" (Yes, I know where to find my "account balance", but I find it much more interesting than "downloads this month", the amount of dowloads just reminds me how little money we get for a download )

The month's balance is in the upper right hand corner next to the amount of this month's downloads.

What exactly do you want to see when you say "account balance"? Your all time total?

No, I would like to see how much money is on my account currently, I think the corrext SS term is "Gross Earnings" on the Dowload Stats page. I have set a high payout limit to get a payment once every three months, so I would like to see how much my next payment will be. I don't say it's important, just more important than the "Downloads this month".

click_click · « **Reply #46 on:** November 12, 2010, 09:07 »

Quote from: Perry on November 12, 2010, 02:40

Quote from: click_click on November 11, 2010, 18:36
Quote from: Perry on November 11, 2010, 16:39
Instead of "downloads this month" I'd rather see "Account balance" (Yes, I know where to find my "account balance", but I find it much more interesting than "downloads this month", the amount of dowloads just reminds me how little money we get for a download )

The month's balance is in the upper right hand corner next to the amount of this month's downloads.

What exactly do you want to see when you say "account balance"? Your all time total?

No, I would like to see how much money is on my account currently, I think the corrext SS term is "Gross Earnings" on the Dowload Stats page. I have set a high payout limit to get a payment once every three months, so I would like to see how much my next payment will be. I don't say it's important, just more important than the "Downloads this month".

Oh I see, yeah that shouldn't be a problem to be implemented. Don't know though if the majority will be asking for it.

RT · « **Reply #47 on:** November 12, 2010, 09:43 »

Quote from: lagereek on November 12, 2010, 02:32

Its live here! and I think its BRILLANT!! its really international, shows the world, etc, theyve done a great job on this one! credit where credit is due.

Other agencies should take a long good look and LEARN.

I agree it's all very nice but call me sceptical I'd rather they spent the time, money and effort into increasing sales rather than dibble around with the contributor back end, personally it did everything I needed to know before - i.e. what's sold and for how much.

Colette · « **Reply #48 on:** November 12, 2010, 09:47 »

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There is no easy way of searching for a particular image and see how much income that image has generated.
I'd also like to find out my top earners on the site without having to add up sales from different pages (25-a-day + On demand + EL)

The old info is still available when you click Download stats (under Stats, at the left site down under)

I like it too, but using a pop-up thumbnail of the download when hoovering over the map should be more handy. When having a lot of downloads in a relative small area of the world makes that all thumbnails lay over each other.

Xalanx · « **Reply #49 on:** November 12, 2010, 10:17 »

The best part of this is the one with "Earnings from new content". Also the approval rate would be good if they'll include it (as they ask about it in that feedback page). The map is useless, in my opinion. But one of the best things is that the latest forum headlines are gone, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to be glad about this.

Giuseppe Parisi · « **Reply #50 on:** November 12, 2010, 10:28 »

yes the new page is real nice but... I would have preferred a raise on my earnings instead.

click_click · « **Reply #51 on:** November 12, 2010, 20:17 »

Even the latest video sales show on the map. That's great!

sharpshot · « **Reply #52 on:** November 13, 2010, 03:46 »

I don't like the map. It takes up a lot of space and doesn't really help me much. It's a nice thing to have, perhaps on a separate page but I would prefer more useful stats, like some of the other sites give us.

shiyali · « **Reply #53 on:** November 13, 2010, 06:38 »

Quote from: sharpshot on November 13, 2010, 03:46

I don't like the map. It takes up a lot of space and doesn't really help me much. It's a nice thing to have, perhaps on a separate page but I would prefer more useful stats, like some of the other sites give us.

I agree, the map takes up too much prime real estate. It would be nice to be able to turn it off, or have a modular design on the contributor page, where you decide which elements you want and where.

RT · « **Reply #54 on:** November 13, 2010, 06:49 »

Plus the map is useless, unless of course I'm mistaken and:

One of the biggest design companies in the world is based in the Ascension Islands
Or some of the largest internet providers are based there.

Because I get a hell of a lot of sales from the middle of the South Atlantic ocean

luissantos84 · « **Reply #55 on:** November 13, 2010, 09:12 »

Quote from: RT on November 13, 2010, 06:49

Plus the map is useless, unless of course I'm mistaken and:

One of the biggest design companies in the world is based in the Ascension Islands
Or some of the largest internet providers are based there.

Because I get a hell of a lot of sales from the middle of the South Atlantic ocean

LOL pretty cool, I want one badly there

NancyCWalker · « **Reply #56 on:** November 13, 2010, 10:10 »

Overall I like the page. I would find it helpful if we could zoom in the map or be able to click on the images and get a listing with image stats like number of times sold and countries/states that it was licensed in.

NitorPhoto · « **Reply #57 on:** November 13, 2010, 15:16 »

I find it very cool, especially the map. No, it's not really usefull but definitely interesting, it's a nice toy. I respect that SS still can be innovative. And there is one thing I respect even more: they are an agency who is still trying to satisfy their contributors. Other agencies do not care how unfriendly, buggy and difficult is their upload page and their contributor site. Other agencies are making your/our life more and more difficult every year. But look at SS they are trying to give something to us, to contributors not to the buyers!

RacePhoto · « **Reply #58 on:** November 14, 2010, 03:17 »

Quote from: RT on November 13, 2010, 06:49

Plus the map is useless, unless of course I'm mistaken and:

One of the biggest design companies in the world is based in the Ascension Islands
Or some of the largest internet providers are based there.

Because I get a hell of a lot of sales from the middle of the South Atlantic ocean

Nice toy, I'm amused. I'd love to have individual stats for images, nothing fancy, just times downloaded and total earnings? Downloading the excel and digging through it, can be tedious.

Thanks for explaining why I had those sales in Africa, I was wondering about that?

lisafx · « **Reply #59 on:** November 15, 2010, 09:01 »

Quote from: lisafx on November 11, 2010, 15:09

I agree with Mike about the last few downloads feature. It seems pretty memory intensive and not particularly useful.

Well, I have to take back the above^^. I'm actually having a great time with this feature! It's a lot of fun to see where in the world the images are sold. Can't seem to tear my eyes away until it's done it's thing...

Red Dove · « **Reply #60 on:** November 15, 2010, 10:25 »

No sales in Greenland yet.

Slow and not much practical use - but still fun to see your stuff pop up...I wonder who bought one of my xmas shots in Saudi Arabia?

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #61 on:** November 15, 2010, 10:47 »

I like it too. Much praise to SS. Wonder can I exchange mine for a raise?

louoates · « **Reply #62 on:** November 17, 2010, 15:39 »

Map is novel and interesting but I don't see much real use except for bragging about that sale in Vladivostok. I do confess to feeling rather godlike in seeing my work zipping around the world.

I don't get any more info by mousing over the small circle on the image. Better idea for the space: 1. A running total of sales of those new downloads along with their number of sales per month.

The overall earnings is helpful, showing my sales performance over time.

The earnings from New Content: Nice useful idea showing productivity of my latest work. I'd add pictures of, say, 5 of my hottest selling images from that graph.

And please, SS, make it easy to find out how much each of my images are selling. I want to sort my images quickly by date, total sales, and downloads per month. The current method is too time to be of value.

Did I mention that the most useful single tool in microstock is IS's Downloads per Month calculation.

mtkang · « **Reply #63 on:** November 18, 2010, 06:32 »

hi do a search thread here, there is a script written by a user 'plrang' here, i am using google chrome, and when i moved the cursor over the images i can see how many sales that images had sold and how many on-demands, what is the RPD..how many days it had online.

Quote from: louoates on November 17, 2010, 15:39

Map is novel and interesting but I don't see much real use except for bragging about that sale in Vladivostok. I do confess to feeling rather godlike in seeing my work zipping around the world.

I don't get any more info by mousing over the small circle on the image. Better idea for the space: 1. A running total of sales of those new downloads along with their number of sales per month.

The overall earnings is helpful, showing my sales performance over time.

The earnings from New Content: Nice useful idea showing productivity of my latest work. I'd add pictures of, say, 5 of my hottest selling images from that graph.

And please, SS, make it easy to find out how much each of my images are selling. I want to sort my images quickly by date, total sales, and downloads per month. The current method is too time to be of value.

Did I mention that the most useful single tool in microstock is IS's Downloads per Month calculation.

danhowl · « **Reply #64 on:** November 25, 2010, 11:40 »

Within the U.S., does the map actually point to individual states/cities where images were downloaded?

It's interesting to see where the images are going. Not sure it will effect my shooting/uploading though.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #65 on:** November 30, 2010, 02:16 »

I have chrome and maybe I'll install the plugin again for that. It's a nice piece of work.

Hey, look, one of my photos "sold" in Australia!

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