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Author Topic: StockFresh - from Peter Hamza and Andras Pfaff  (Read 275774 times)

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« Reply #600 on: October 06, 2010, 02:00 »
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My port is online since 1 week and yesterday I got my first XL sale  ;)
Not bad


« Reply #601 on: October 06, 2010, 12:10 »
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For me Stockfresh approach makes sense, it is just a shame the queue order was not respected :(

queue order.. exactly :)

« Reply #602 on: October 06, 2010, 12:19 »
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For me Stockfresh approach makes sense, it is just a shame the queue order was not respected :(
Queues are too British! We continentals wiggle ourself in front using dirty tricks like claiming we are just going to ask a quick question ;-)

« Reply #603 on: October 06, 2010, 12:25 »
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ah ah * it I am less French than I thought:)

rubyroo

« Reply #604 on: October 06, 2010, 12:34 »
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]Queues are too British! We continentals wiggle ourself in front using dirty tricks like claiming we are just going to ask a quick question ;-)

 :D

You just reminded me of an elderly great-aunt in London who used to bash people with her umbrella if they jumped the queue

« Reply #605 on: October 06, 2010, 12:35 »
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Warning to all continentals: never try to wiggle yourselves to the front of a queue with a British person in it. You'll hurt yourself!  ;)

rubyroo

« Reply #606 on: October 06, 2010, 12:41 »
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Warning to all continentals: never try to wiggle yourselves to the front of a queue with a British person in it. You'll hurt yourself!  ;)

 :D :D :D

She'd be so proud...  :D

« Reply #607 on: October 06, 2010, 14:14 »
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Warning to all continentals: never try to wiggle yourselves to the front of a queue with a British person in it. You'll hurt yourself!  ;)
1) My umbrella is much stronger.
2) In most un-british places in the world, the Britt will be alone standing in the queue wondering what all those uneducated savages are fighting for in front of him.  :P

rubyroo

« Reply #608 on: October 06, 2010, 14:16 »
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 :D

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« Reply #609 on: October 06, 2010, 14:27 »
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2) In most un-british places in the world

Oh my dear! Are there still un-British places in the world? Which un-civilised world are we living in?

« Reply #610 on: October 06, 2010, 14:39 »
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To my dear Mr. F.D Regular

1) Yes, but my umbrella is longer and thicker than yours.
2) Could you enlighten me as to how one manages to stand in a queue and be alone at the same time?

Thank you in anticipation.

Mr. FGD  :-*

rubyroo

« Reply #611 on: October 06, 2010, 14:44 »
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Excellent question, old bean  ;D

lisafx

« Reply #612 on: October 06, 2010, 14:51 »
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To my dear Mr. F.D Regular

1) Yes, but my umbrella is longer and thicker than yours.

Yikes!  Are we still talking about umbrellas here??  ;)

« Reply #613 on: October 06, 2010, 15:05 »
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1) Yes, but my umbrella is longer and thicker than yours.
Alas, size doesn't matter. It's how you use it. Don't brag too much mate. Only your parliament is hung.  ;)
2) Could you enlighten me as to how one manages to stand in a queue and be alone at the same time?
Well, jolly good Sir. The Britt will stand alone in what he thinks is the queue, while everybody else (unBritts obviously) bunches up in front of the desk, scorning and yelling at each other I was first. The strongest umbrella of course wins.

@Microstockphoto.co.uk : "Are there still un-British places in the world? Which un-civilised world are we living in?"
Take London for instance. All you can get there for a bite is chicken tandoori, Peking Duck, Dner Kebap and that insult to global cuisinerie, the horrible Big Mac. Where's the fish & chips gone and the lukewarm ale served in bars that are only open 30 seconds per day? Even the Hastings pier burned down, the centre of Brittish amusement.

PS - we are getting grossly off topic.  :P
« Last Edit: October 06, 2010, 15:11 by FD-regular »

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« Reply #614 on: October 06, 2010, 16:35 »
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1) Yes, but my umbrella is longer and thicker than yours.
Alas, size doesn't matter. It's how you use it. Don't brag too much mate. Only your parliament is hung.  ;)
2) Could you enlighten me as to how one manages to stand in a queue and be alone at the same time?
Well, jolly good Sir. The Britt will stand alone in what he thinks is the queue, while everybody else (unBritts obviously) bunches up in front of the desk, scorning and yelling at each other I was first. The strongest umbrella of course wins.

@Microstockphoto.co.uk : "Are there still un-British places in the world? Which un-civilised world are we living in?"
Take London for instance. All you can get there for a bite is chicken tandoori, Peking Duck, Dner Kebap and that insult to global cuisinerie, the horrible Big Mac. Where's the fish & chips gone and the lukewarm ale served in bars that are only open 30 seconds per day? Even the Hastings pier burned down, the centre of Brittish amusement.

PS - we are getting grossly off topic.  :P


I'm vegetarian so neither big mac nor fish and chips, just jacket potatoes with cheddar cheese while in London. And the all-too-frequent (extra)-cold beer is regrettable indeed.

Well, in this case going off topic is somehow our right since we're stuck in here waiting for approval with nothing new to say about the original topic. I understand their reasons but it's almost 20 weeks now and...
« Last Edit: October 06, 2010, 16:45 by microstockphoto.co.uk »

« Reply #615 on: October 06, 2010, 19:10 »
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Hate to change the subject from long and thick umbrellas  :o , but back on topic...

Luis, it looks like the strategy is to take the high rollers first. I've totally forgotten about SF and have other lucrative irons in the fire. 30 days for an approval is understandable, 3 or 4 months is not. Good luck to you.

I don't think that is the strategy...I'm in and I am FAR from being a high roller.

« Reply #616 on: October 06, 2010, 19:28 »
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Hate to change the subject from long and thick umbrellas  :o , but back on topic...

Luis, it looks like the strategy is to take the high rollers first. I've totally forgotten about SF and have other lucrative irons in the fire. 30 days for an approval is understandable, 3 or 4 months is not. Good luck to you.

I don't think that is the strategy...I'm in and I am FAR from being a high roller.

come on, are you a regular??? :P

« Reply #617 on: October 06, 2010, 19:49 »
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come on, are you a regular??? :P

Depends on what you mean by a regular!   :)

« Reply #618 on: October 06, 2010, 20:18 »
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come on, are you a regular??? :P

Depends on what you mean by a regular!   :)

Regular - not in stockfresh!

what do you think about the queue and all this time to get in?

« Reply #619 on: October 06, 2010, 21:06 »
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Not to rub salt in anyone's wounds, but I had my first sale at SF today. Two weeks online and one sale doesn't seem too bad for a new agency. How are others doing there?

« Reply #620 on: October 06, 2010, 21:23 »
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If I can take this thread off topic again for a millisecond to congratulate FD-regular on his excellent reply "... Only your parliament is hung". I'm not going to try to top that.

And to get this thread back on track:

Yes, four months is a long time to wait in a queue but what's more important to remember is you've got a new library where the owners have a credible history in this business, are willing to talk to you on this forum and, best of all, offer you 50% of the takings. Come January, it's one I'll definitely be recommending to colleagues in the design industry.

« Reply #621 on: October 06, 2010, 22:48 »
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Yes, four months is a long time to wait in a queue but what's more important to remember is you've got a new library where the owners have a credible history in this business, are willing to talk to you on this forum and, best of all, offer you 50% of the takings. Come January, it's one I'll definitely be recommending to colleagues in the design industry.

Yeah all well and good but for those of us who have applied way back in June like myself who are still waiting, and I can only speak for myself, is that it makes me feel like I'm not good enough or I don't have a strong enough portfolio.  Yeah they let in the "higher ranks" first but I also agree that the review queue should have been done in order of completion.  As it doesn't really feel fair to the rest of us who took the time out to fill out the application and submit our best 5 and whatever else was on that application.

I'll continue to wait but I really don't like the feeling that I'm getting because of the waiting.  Definitely makes me feel like my images are not worth even a first look.

Xalanx

« Reply #622 on: October 07, 2010, 01:53 »
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Not to rub salt in anyone's wounds, but I had my first sale at SF today. Two weeks online and one sale doesn't seem too bad for a new agency. How are others doing there?

Congrats for the sale. I have 1500+ files online (since a month, I guess) and I have yet to see a sale. Among new agencies, this one seems to be the worse of all. All the other fresh starters generated almost immediately sales for me - I'm talking DepositPhotos, Zoonar, ClipDealer. I don't see Stockfresh as a success, I hope they'll prove me wrong. The market is not what it was when StockXpert was created.

« Reply #623 on: October 07, 2010, 02:16 »
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what do you think about the queue and all this time to get in?
Buy a stronger umbrella! I frankly think this is hilarious. The most recent startups like Deposit and Veer-micro paid hundred(s) to convince us to upload. While everybody is dying to get in a new site that doesn't pay a cent to upload. There are more amazing things going on on the micro scene. DT lowers its commissions from 50 to 30%, and well, that's life. Istock lowers its rates from 20 to 15% and the roof falls down.

Chicken run  :P
« Last Edit: October 07, 2010, 03:04 by FD-regular »

rubyroo

« Reply #624 on: October 07, 2010, 02:24 »
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No sales for me yet... but I'm not really expecting any until they get their marketing underway.  I think it's great that some are getting sales in spite of that.  Congrats!

I do understand the frustrations about the queue order... that is definitely something that hasn't been explained, and I don't know the answer.    

It may be that the first phase was huge ports/big sellers/high acceptance rates (Yuri et al) - to get up and running with a big sales stock asap... and now that they've (possibly) processed those, it's on to greater diversity via lower volume ports, but still with high acceptance rates.   I think Peter said somewhere in this thread that speed was really important to them in these early stages... so high acceptance rates would seem a logical criteria for speedy reviewing.

Just my guess, FWIW. If those who are still waiting had high acceptance at StockXpert, and have high acceptance rates at other agencies, then I'm obviously barking up the wrong tree.
« Last Edit: October 07, 2010, 02:25 by rubyroo »


 

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