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Author Topic: StockFresh - from Peter Hamza and Andras Pfaff  (Read 275791 times)

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helix7

« Reply #525 on: September 14, 2010, 11:19 »
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Didn't stockfresh only become known to the microstock community 3 or 4 months ago? It's a brand new site, not even really fully launched to the public yet. I think the delay in approving applications is just part of the challenge of launching a new company. I highly doubt that it will become the normal expected wait time.

Give the guys a chance. They're working on it.


« Reply #526 on: September 14, 2010, 11:42 »
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very nice to read all this bla bla about StockFresh but it is more than a month that I applied and didn't receive any answer yet.   I used to be Sxpert before and they seem to be faster at this time to get new contributors.
Should I say "contributor" ? This appellation reminds me IS  :-\

Sorry for my English. Hope you understand me.  ::)

3 months and half waiting! :P

« Reply #527 on: September 14, 2010, 12:24 »
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The irony is, if they had accepted everyone on day 1 and there weren't enough sales for all of us, people would be deleting their portfolios by now :)


« Reply #529 on: September 14, 2010, 13:18 »
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They are taking a big gamble starting a new site when so many have failed in the past few years.  Keeping costs to a minimum is sensible, they could hire a lot of reviewers and IT people to get the site going more quickly but that is going to cost a lot of money.  It might be more sensible to build slowly and hope their loyal StockXpert contributors and buyers will have a bit of patience.

I am pleased with them so far, the site looks great, is easy to use, reminds me of StockXpert and they already have some buyers.  Much better than most new sites that either have badly designed sites or very few buyers.


I have to agree with sharpshot. I'm really pleased with SF, easy uploads and love the look of the site!
I'm getting good downloads regularly. They need to be given a chance and I think so far, Great Work SF!! :)

« Reply #530 on: September 14, 2010, 14:48 »
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Still no sales there :(

« Reply #531 on: September 14, 2010, 15:22 »
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I am happy for the big contributors, you rock guys! :)

« Reply #532 on: September 14, 2010, 15:50 »
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very nice to read all this bla bla about StockFresh but it is more than a month that I applied and didn't receive any answer yet.   I used to be Sxpert before and they seem to be faster at this time to get new contributors.
Should I say "contributor" ? This appellation reminds me IS  :-\

Sorry for my English. Hope you understand me.  ::)

3 months and half waiting! :P

Thanks a lot. I didn't know that it took so long. Also hope that they will stick around and not selling like SXpert done. I liked SXpert very much. I maybee will only keep IS, SS, maybee Weer,  and StockFresh if I am accepted for the  next year. I am tired to upload my pics on many stocksites.

« Reply #533 on: September 14, 2010, 15:59 »
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never mind
« Last Edit: September 14, 2010, 16:00 by Freezingpictures »

« Reply #534 on: September 14, 2010, 19:16 »
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I'm finally IN!

rubyroo

« Reply #535 on: September 14, 2010, 19:18 »
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Congrats Nilly Milliny!   ;D

« Reply #536 on: September 15, 2010, 06:46 »
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I just noticed that I have had my first sale at SF (<- Stockfresh?). At $1.50 it isn't much, but it's definitely a sign of life!

helix7

« Reply #537 on: September 16, 2010, 09:16 »
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I just noticed that I have had my first sale at SF (<- Stockfresh?). At $1.50 it isn't much, but it's definitely a sign of life!

And it's more than you would have gotten selling the same image at iStock. :)

« Reply #538 on: September 16, 2010, 21:03 »
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They are taking a big gamble starting a new site when so many have failed in the past few years.  Keeping costs to a minimum is sensible, they could hire a lot of reviewers and IT people to get the site going more quickly but that is going to cost a lot of money.  It might be more sensible to build slowly and hope their loyal StockXpert contributors and buyers will have a bit of patience.

I am pleased with them so far, the site looks great, is easy to use, reminds me of StockXpert and they already have some buyers.  Much better than most new sites that either have badly designed sites or very few buyers.


I have to agree with sharpshot. I'm really pleased with SF, easy uploads and love the look of the site!
I'm getting good downloads regularly. They need to be given a chance and I think so far, Great Work SF!! :)

Thanks for the news Sandra. Look like a place to get my feet wet.

larsfrisk

« Reply #539 on: September 21, 2010, 08:17 »
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My application was approved in a few hours. No sales yet, though.

So, how's it going for Stockfresh? Have you started advertising? Are you making any money yet? Are you doing better or worse than you expected?

To moderator:
Why aren't you adding Stockfresh under "New sites"?

Xalanx

« Reply #540 on: September 21, 2010, 08:50 »
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I stopped uploading until I'll see these "regular sales". I believe the site still has a very long way until it really takes off. Far far behind DepositPhotos (which indeed gets me regular sales).

« Reply #541 on: September 21, 2010, 09:01 »
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Just had my first sale on SF.
Does anybody know what the second  Earnings  number (greyed out) in the dashboard is for ?

« Reply #542 on: September 21, 2010, 09:17 »
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I am still waiting for the application, and for what i read i wil have to wait long.
I understant being a new site cost must be minimum, but on the other hand this should be done without giving up a good performance of the site, they are making a name and a reputation and having contributors wait for a month just to get a few images reviewed is starting with the wrong foot as i see it.
I dont know what the solution would be besides geting more reviewers (at least temporary), maybe give preference to application process than regular reviews, Maybe let the allready established profesionals that have a massive port in all other sites get pass their images without having to review them. Maybe let pass all images from people with a high aproval percentage and only review them once in the air with the consecuence of lowering that Aproval percentage if some x n of images dont pass that post review... i dont know.

Microbius

« Reply #543 on: September 21, 2010, 09:51 »
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Look they haven't even really had a drive to recruit photographers from the wider community yet. They have been selectively contacting those with something to add.
Let's not forget it's the people who are complaining that descended on the agency, you can't expect them to start out with an infinite number of reviewers to cover every independent microstock contributor on earth in case they all decide to join on start up (which is pretty much what has happened!).

rubyroo

« Reply #544 on: September 21, 2010, 09:59 »
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Just a bit of encouragement (hopefully) for those who are waiting a long time to get in.  Once accepted, review times are very good.  So far I haven't waited longer than 24 hours for a review.  Hang in there...

« Reply #545 on: September 21, 2010, 10:20 »
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Just had my first sale on SF.
Does anybody know what the second  Earnings  number (greyed out) in the dashboard is for ?

That's for affiliates. If it's grey you're not an affiliate yet.

« Reply #546 on: September 21, 2010, 10:24 »
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Just had my first sale on SF.
Does anybody know what the second  Earnings  number (greyed out) in the dashboard is for ?

That's for affiliates. If it's grey you're not an affiliate yet.

Oh, I see.
Thanks Peter !

anc

« Reply #547 on: September 21, 2010, 10:32 »
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i have 10 dollars of sales at stock fresh - its going good for me.
will promote it to friends, associates and do what i can to help it get started

SF over IS any day in terms of customer service and fairness in royalties

« Reply #548 on: September 21, 2010, 10:50 »
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I am still waiting for the application, and for what i read i wil have to wait long.
I understant being a new site cost must be minimum, but on the other hand this should be done without giving up a good performance of the site, they are making a name and a reputation and having contributors wait for a month just to get a few images reviewed is starting with the wrong foot as i see it.
I dont know what the solution would be besides geting more reviewers (at least temporary), maybe give preference to application process than regular reviews, Maybe let the allready established profesionals that have a massive port in all other sites get pass their images without having to review them. Maybe let pass all images from people with a high aproval percentage and only review them once in the air with the consecuence of lowering that Aproval percentage if some x n of images dont pass that post review... i dont know.

We are doing most of what you have described but guess what? It's still not enough... :) There's just an insane amount of images coming in. We are now at 300,000! Had to order a ton of hard disks the other day. We obviously don't want to disappoint anyone, but it's not realistic to expect us to have the capacity of the biggest agencies so soon after the launch.

donding

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« Reply #549 on: September 21, 2010, 10:56 »
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We are doing most of what you have described but guess what? It's still not enough... :) There's just an insane amount of images coming in. We are now at 300,000! Had to order a ton of hard disks the other day. We obviously don't want to disappoint anyone, but it's not realistic to expect us to have the capacity of the biggest agencies so soon after the launch.

Sounds like you got a lot of contributors coming your way. I think I'll do you a favor and wait til you catch up to submit my application. ;D


 

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