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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: Microstockphoto on October 16, 2016, 11:43

Title: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Microstockphoto on October 16, 2016, 11:43
not sure what is happening, submitted some images yesterday, but instead of the 30 second review, it took about 6 hours. thats unacceptable !
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Nica on October 16, 2016, 13:19
well bot has its day off  ::)
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: skysense on October 16, 2016, 13:34
well bot has its day off  ::)

6hrs...

 Try uploading video.

At one point Pond5 took 2+ months for review... Tell me about unacceptable  8)
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Microstockphoto on October 16, 2016, 13:46
i should have added a winky face
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Nica on October 16, 2016, 13:46
well bot has its day off  ::)

6hrs...



bot specific standard time  8)

Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: alno on October 16, 2016, 15:03
well bot has its day off  ::)

6hrs...

 Try uploading video.

At one point Pond5 took 2+ months for review... Tell me about unacceptable  8)

Pond5 had 4 months review time... :)
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: candidcruiser on October 16, 2016, 16:14
I've only been doing this a couple of years but I've never had a 30 second review.  That would be nice.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Lana on October 16, 2016, 16:56
I submitted my batch about 15 minutes ago and it hasn't been reviewed yet, why is it taking so long?  ;)
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Artist on October 17, 2016, 00:58
lol,
people have problems when it is super fast reviews and they still have problem when its 20 min delay or 6 hr delay.. lol :D
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Pauws99 on October 17, 2016, 01:27
My problem is if they don't get reviewed in a day or two they just sit there stuck and when I told support they told me to delete and resubmit.....is it just me?
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Dumc on October 17, 2016, 09:41
lol,
people have problems when it is super fast reviews and they still have problem when its 20 min delay or 6 hr delay.. lol :D

You need to get yourself sarcasm detector....
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Dumc on October 17, 2016, 09:42
My problem is if they don't get reviewed in a day or two they just sit there stuck and when I told support they told me to delete and resubmit.....is it just me?

I uploaded a batch of photos and all were reviewed except one. I deleted that one photo and resubmited it, and it still sits there for about 2 weeks now. I guess I'll just have to resubmit it again.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: candidcruiser on October 17, 2016, 17:15
I had that happen once where one photo was left behind.  I contacted support and told them one photo was stuck in limbo and it was approved fairly quickly after that.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Minsc on October 17, 2016, 19:03
My problem is if they don't get reviewed in a day or two they just sit there stuck and when I told support they told me to delete and resubmit.....is it just me?

I uploaded a batch of photos and all were reviewed except one. I deleted that one photo and resubmited it, and it still sits there for about 2 weeks now. I guess I'll just have to resubmit it again.

Same thing happening to 3 of my images. Looks like I have to contact support.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: etudiante_rapide on October 17, 2016, 21:19
I submitted my batch about 15 minutes ago and it hasn't been reviewed yet, why is it taking so long?  ;)
lol,
people have problems when it is super fast reviews and they still have problem when its 20 min delay or 6 hr delay.. lol :D

LMAO lana, artist..

other...(i got my stuff uploads and reviewed even before i finished editing..wow!!!)  ;)
other2..(i didn't even submit anything but they still got approved ...wowweee zowee!!!)

lana/artist/other/other2  (...buf,how come none of my new work are not even on pg 100 of the new images update???)

moral of the day...  it doesn't matter whichever way  8)
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: YadaYadaYada on October 20, 2016, 10:13
I've only been doing this a couple of years but I've never had a 30 second review.  That would be nice.

Last week, I had half submitted, had to change words and when I sent those, the first were already accepted. One rejected, I edited, uploaded new, all the rest accepted. Then under 2 minute, the last one accepted.

IS 10/6 upload still pending

Microstockphoto you need to add  ;) or something to sarcastic posts so people know you are not serious. Some people will complain about enything and some more will jump on everything negative here without getting the joke. I hear the bots were at a pizza party.

Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: etudiante_rapide on October 20, 2016, 10:50
I've only been doing this a couple of years but I've never had a 30 second review.  That would be nice.

Last week, I had half submitted, had to change words and when I sent those, the first were already accepted. One rejected, I edited, uploaded new, all the rest accepted. Then under 2 minute, the last one accepted.

IS 10/6 upload still pending

Microstockphoto you need to add  ;) or something to sarcastic posts so people know you are not serious. Some people will complain about enything and some more will jump on everything negative here without getting the joke. I hear the bots were at a pizza party.

actually had a first hand experience this morning. amazing, but cannot believe it myself.
uploaded 30 images i had sitting in my laptop , and was bored so i decided to give this a go.
they were approved and rejected as soon as i submitted them.

honest !!!
20 approved. 10 out of focus.  OOF??? i had to look at it 200% to see it was OOF, LOL..
so i re-submitted with sharpen edge, and guess what??? instant approval.

i don't know how ss do it. i think our images are robot-reviewed as we upload it.
which could explain why they no longer sit in pending review stage.
it 's ridiculous, really. the images were not OOF. but if that's all there is...
approved or rejected OOF, at least it's predictable as opposed to having atilla f*ck your brains
to figure out why it was rejected.

now i have a set of images that are over-sharpened... according to my workflow..
but hey, ss wants it that way... *, why should i worry???

Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: YadaYadaYada on October 20, 2016, 11:16
Not a bot but fast doesn't mean the reviews are any better then waiting days for stupid wrong rejections. SS says if you disagree, send in again. Don't argue, complain or write, just upload again.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: dinostock on October 20, 2016, 12:22
I had 8.000 images in my portfolio. I had 2-3 sales per day. Few days ago I uploaded 2.500 new images, got aproved arrount 2.200 images on the same day! But I did not notice any change in  my salees whatsoever! I still god 1-2 sale per day, LOL. I think it is time to say godbye to SS.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Dumc on October 20, 2016, 13:25
I had 8.000 images in my portfolio. I had 2-3 sales per day. Few days ago I uploaded 2.500 new images, got aproved arrount 2.200 images on the same day! But I did not notice any change in  my salees whatsoever! I still god 1-2 sale per day, LOL. I think it is time to say godbye to SS.

With 8000 images having 2-3 sales per day, I would say that your images sucks.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: cascoly on October 20, 2016, 16:12
I've had same problem last few weeks with a few images not getting reviewed with their batch-mates, and then just sitting there;  for just a few it's not a big deal to delete & re-sub, but with 15+ it's a pain

what's a bit odd is some of the same images, when ftp'd with others, still get stuck
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: etudiante_rapide on October 20, 2016, 16:19
I had 8.000 images in my portfolio. I had 2-3 sales per day. Few days ago I uploaded 2.500 new images, got aproved arrount 2.200 images on the same day! But I did not notice any change in  my salees whatsoever! I still god 1-2 sale per day, LOL. I think it is time to say godbye to SS.

wow 2k a day!!! i haven't uploaded that many in the past 3 years , never mind a day.
the problem may be the kind of images you're making that are not selling, as dumc implies...
but it can also mean the risk of not being seen.

i say, not to upload too many at one time. if you don't get dls in the week your work is online after approval, it is sure to die stillborn.
that is why it's best to stagger upload time.

now with 8k images, i say, delete them and re-submit ;)
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Dumc on October 20, 2016, 16:22
I found his port on Fotolia, thera are tons of similars....if you remove that, his port would probably shrink to 500....


It amazaes me, how people upload tons of almost identical photos and then come here and say I have 5000 files and almost no sales"....stupid..
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Pauws99 on October 20, 2016, 16:53
I've had same problem last few weeks with a few images not getting reviewed with their batch-mates, and then just sitting there;  for just a few it's not a big deal to delete & re-sub, but with 15+ it's a pain

what's a bit odd is some of the same images, when ftp'd with others, still get stuck
Ive got loads I'm just leaving them in the Q and resubmitting Ive got a whole batch been sitting there a day with things as they are not sure if its in the queue or time to resubmit...what a mess!
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Stockmaan on November 07, 2016, 04:12
My images waiting for review more than 12h. Very unusual.

others?
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Luka on November 07, 2016, 04:44
Mine also.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: lemonyellow on November 07, 2016, 05:43
My images waiting for review more than 12h. Very unusual.

others?

Nice! At least this gives a - once in a while - few hours' window of opportunity to newly accepted images before being buried by newer uploads.
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Pauws99 on November 07, 2016, 07:50
Mine have slowed a bit too...its darned quick though!
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: angelawaye on November 07, 2016, 09:26
I'm not even uploading anymore because new images don't see the light of day...
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Dumc on November 07, 2016, 10:44
I'm not even uploading anymore because new images don't see the light of day...

I like Fotolia's feature, if you go to "Dashboard" and then there's a "Newest files", if any of your files are featured there, you have a better chance for customers to see your port....
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: Giveme5 on November 07, 2016, 10:47
too bad faster reviews doesn't mean faster sales  :)

Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on November 07, 2016, 21:33
Look on the bright side though... with 10,000 images and 1 to 2 sales a day, on average you'll have sold each of your images once... in just 18 years. Something to look forward to!
Title: Re: Review times longer than normal
Post by: panicAttack on November 08, 2016, 04:16
on brighter side, even when your images get accepted, they would go missing from searches and portfolio so chances it will sell are minimum and you are not loosing much