I had to delete my last uploaded batch, they were taking way too long to be reviewed, just got tired of looking at them weeks after weeks, and besides the only pictures being sold seems to be the old ones (subscriptions only of course), I've notice that anything uploaded after the Getty transaction or to be exact Jan 24 2009 is dead on the water, hardly any views and 0 sales, so uploading anything there at this moment is a waste of effort and time, not to mention killing your own photos...nothing has change. Personally I won't be uploading to StockXpert again until I see some real activity like it was before the Getty crap. 

This is strange.  When you talk about no sales or views, are you speaking of StockXpert PPD only or  are you including JUI and Photos.com?  I am not sure where the sales of my recent images are coming from, but checked and they appear to be getting views and some sales. 

It does appear it takes them a week or two to start generating sales, but certainly has not been dead for me on images uploaded since January.

I'm getting sales and views Lisa from StockXpert, Photo and JUI, but only photos uploaded prior to Jan 24th, anything uploaded after that seems to be dead, maybe a view or two, but thats it, it's very strange.

Agreed.  For me, it's over.   No views on new uploads, which sends them to a quick death.  

I guess when you have 5 million images you figure you can just go on selling what you already have for a long time.  

The fact that some people seem to be getting normal results is the most puzzling thing. It's like new images are being divided up and sent down 2 different paths.   Whatever the game is, I'm through trying to figure it out.

I agree 

I just checked my images on StockXpert again. Admittedly my portfolio is small.

Images uploaded before February have continued to get views.  (Hardly any sales, but that's another matter.) Images after the first week of February are stone dead.   In the StockXpert forum, 'Admin' continues to post now and then, saying that the search engine is fine, nothing is wrong, nothing has been changed.  Right.

Like I said, I've given up on StockXpert but I enjoy a mystery.  Here's my theory : Getty directed that some portion of SXPs new image uploads be sent elsewhere - to some other reviewing group, and probably another database entirely.  The new group reviews promptly and those images have a chance for views and sales.  The stuff left for the old group, which is now a skeleton crew, takes longer to get reviewed and then sinks like a stone.  The 2 databases are both searchable from the single StockXpert site but there are now actually 2 microstock operations behind that site.

Left as an exercise to the reader are the rules Getty gave for choosing which submitters get the first-class treatment and which (like me) are left behind as scrap.  Maybe it's just proven sellers, or favored subject matter...

Basically Gettty is just siphoning off what they consider the "good stuff" from new submissions, and the rest is ignored.  A crazy theory perhaps but it explains what's happening.  Go ahead, carve up my theory. But if you do, offer one of your own. It's fun.

fotografer wrote: My theory is that if you have a good acceptance rate there, mine is close on 100%, then your images get to the front of the queue.

My acceptance rate is also close to 100%...so I don't think rating scores are the problem. 

My theory is that if you have a good acceptance rate there, mine is close on 100%, then your images get to the front of the queue.

My acceptance rate is also close to 100%...so I don't think rating scores are the problem. 

same here. ans the last two tiems i had to wait for more than a week to get my images reviewed. All of them still have 0 views, and the ones that were approved in the last batch have only 3-4 views each, much less than before. I am only selling older images lately.

If you've followed my opinions on StockXpert in this forum in past threads, you will have noticed that my review time was almost always within the hour to same day, and pretty much all approved .Then as soon as the change over came, it sort of died on me.
The mystery here is that even though my new submissions were being ignored for weeks without a review, which I later deleted all out of frustration , my sales have increased since february till this month where I get a download almost every single day. But yes, mostly with the older images.
I certainly am baffled none the least. And yes, whatever images I 've been able to get reviewed, not many as I deleted the rest, these new images are not being seen at all.
I will give it another couple of weeks and if still no views, I will take some of your advice here, ie. to delete them before they slipped into the phantom zone.

Why is it always the good sites that dies on you, can anyone tell me?   

Getty buys them...

It's been days without a sale, but today I had two.  It's a normal month for me, given the past months, but StockXpert used to be much much better.  I'm opted out, BTW.

Opted out?  Do you mean opted out of subs?

Hey people, I just went in to check on my views... the new ones had anything from 7 -12 views. The next more recent got as many as 80 , so I guess my problem is not the views but my quequed images not being reviewed.
As for sales, I have a total of 16 for this month so far. Is that good or bad?

How are you all doing?

This is all very interesting. It seems that some people aren't getting views on new uploads (myself included), and others are.

I have a nearly 100% acceptance rate, and my images are usually reviewed in one day or less. However, nothing I upload will get any views.  Sales of older images that were uploaded prior to February of this year are selling strong.

StockXpert continues to state that there is nothing wrong, but I beg to differ.

Hey people, I just went in to check on my views... the new ones had anything from 7 -12 views. The next more recent got as many as 80 , so I guess my problem is not the views but my quequed images not being reviewed.
As for sales, I have a total of 16 for this month so far. Is that good or bad?

How are you all doing?

You have 71 photos and 55 downloads for all time. 16 sounds like a good number. How long have you been a member there?

I have another BME there this month.

Same here, and by quite a lot.

It looks likely that it will surpass DT for me for the first time ever, and occupy the #3 spot behind IS & SS.

Just today alone I've earned about 1/3 of what I earned all last month from 123! (No EL, just a bunch of DLs.)