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Agency Based Discussion => Sites that no longer exist => StockXpert.com => Topic started by: rosta on October 21, 2007, 19:47

Title: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 21, 2007, 19:47
Last week I took two images that had been accepted by StockXpert but needed some cleaning up in the background.  I uploaded the cleaned up images and both were rejected, neither for technical reasons.  One said "try a different angle" and the other said "we are not accepting such images right now."  I've written to support but I am really burning about this.
rosta
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on October 21, 2007, 20:04

Aggravating, isn't it?
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: hatman12 on October 21, 2007, 20:57
This is in the iStock section.  Are you talking about submission of the cleaned images to iStock or StockXpert?
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: leaf on October 22, 2007, 02:50
i'm guessing rosta meant StockXpert.. so i will move the thread
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 22, 2007, 06:15
ooosp, thank you I meant to put it in stock expert sextion
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Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: madelaide on October 22, 2007, 12:39
Rosta,

Did you receive a reply from StockXpert? 

I have a couple of images for which I think I did a small improvement (after DT rejected them) and I always thought of resubmitting, so I wonder if it's worth the trouble.

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 22, 2007, 12:49
I haven't heard back from suppost yet.  What bothers me is that they were accepted already, all I did was remove some background oddities that I had missed and they get rejected for "artistic" reasons.  I don't think I should be "punished" for uploading an updated version of the same photo just because the new reviewer has different taste than the old one.
I have done some work on images that DT reject with a "can resubmit" and had them accepted the second time.
Title: Hey Steve, can you answer this for me..was burning thread
Post by: rosta on October 22, 2007, 15:48
why do inspecters have the right to reject updated images of already accepted photos for reasons that are not technical?
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: w7lwi on October 22, 2007, 17:11
Did you delete the original images before you uploaded the improved versions?   ???
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on October 22, 2007, 17:12
Rosta,

Did you receive a reply from StockXpert? 

I have a couple of images for which I think I did a small improvement (after DT rejected them) and I always thought of resubmitting, so I wonder if it's worth the trouble.

Regards,
Adelaide

I would avoid resubmitting to StockXpert. A few days after one of my images was approved I used the "Replace File" function to upload an identical image that was just higher megapixels. They rejected it due to "keyword spamming". Funny thing is, I didn't touch the keywords. Seems like a pretty broken and inconsistent process. I emailed support and am waiting for a response.
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 22, 2007, 17:18
Rosta,

Did you receive a reply from StockXpert? 

I have a couple of images for which I think I did a small improvement (after DT rejected them) and I always thought of resubmitting, so I wonder if it's worth the trouble.

Regards,
Adelaide

I would avoid resubmitting to StockXpert. A few days after one of my images was approved I used the "Replace File" function to upload an identical image that was just higher megapixels. They rejected it due to "keyword spamming". Funny thing is, I didn't touch the keywords. Seems like a pretty broken and inconsistent process. I emailed support and am waiting for a response.

It wasn't a resubmit, it was just a replace file, I hadn't deleted the old ones, I used the replace button on the editing page.
Rosta
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on October 22, 2007, 17:44
Clarification "I would avoid using the Replace File thing at StockXpert"
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 22, 2007, 19:04
Now I know, aaarrggghh
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: PenelopeB on October 22, 2007, 19:09
I had the same thing happen too!  Did you have any sales on the image? 
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 23, 2007, 07:48
I had no sales on either, which is why when someone on another site pointed to the distracting elements on one side that I forgot to remove I thought I would upload the updated ones.  I never knew it could lead to outright rejection of them after they had been accepted.  Never again will I do that.
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: PenelopeB on October 23, 2007, 08:04
Mine had sales and they still rejected it when I did "replace"

EERRRGGG.
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on October 24, 2007, 05:50
I got a response. They re-approved the image and also approved two other images that were mistakenly rejected for Keyword Spamming. Nice to see StockXpert support is responsive and reasonable.

Rosta, any update on yours?
Title: Re: I am really burning about this one
Post by: rosta on October 24, 2007, 15:04
I git an email saying it was being looked into, so there is hope