Author Topic: noticing big change at Stockxpert? no sign of life ??? (Read 34303 times)

tan510jomast · « **Reply #100 on:** April 28, 2009, 19:53 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on April 28, 2009, 14:46

Quote from: tan510jomast on April 27, 2009, 19:38
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 think i am one year old this month, or maybe in a few months time. i started micro in april 2008 with BigStock. then a few months later i joined DT and then StockXpert. i never really did much uploading until last winter as i don't shoot much for micro during the warm months. so really only around november that i started to shoot , but mostly isolated stuff. the last winter was so bad, my uploads for FT shot right up as I had nothing else to shoot due to the blizzards .
now it's spring and you will see less and less uploads from me, lol...

oh, StockXpert was not selling well for me until last february , then it really got quite regular with downloads... but mostly subs. and it's been getting better with each month.

all's fine, except as i said before, they don't seem to want to review my new work. they used to review and approve them within the hour. but now it's still sitting there for weeks, ....argggghhhhh ! maybe they forgot i exist

designalldone · « **Reply #101 on:** April 29, 2009, 03:03 »

Quote from: sharpshot on April 28, 2009, 16:26

I have another BME there this month.

Same here, my sales keep getting better month on month. I can't complain at all

Xalanx · « **Reply #102 on:** April 29, 2009, 04:24 »

Quote from: patrick1958 on April 28, 2009, 10:58

Quote from: Norebbo on April 28, 2009, 09:34
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.
Idem dito.

Patrick H.

Same here. It's funny how they pretend that it's nothing wrong, i think it's the most flawed search engine of them all. What's worse is that they continue to claim all is ok. When you have lots of near 100% acceptance ratio contributors experiencing the same problems you gotta think it's something odd and try to fix it.
Just my 0.02$

tan510jomast · « **Reply #103 on:** April 29, 2009, 07:53 »

it's really sad, as StockXpert is one site that has been performing well for me consistently as a newbie. i know the money is not much, due to subs, but it still brings me downloads which is what encourages me to continue uploading to increase my small portfolio.
i am hoping it is due to being short staffed that they are falling behind on getting my new images online, and not because they are trying to discourage me from contributing new images. i would understand it if i have not been getting any downloads, but my downloads have been getting better month to month since february.

whatever the reason for this not typical behaviour of a once excellent stock site, i just hope this is not that they are putting Stockxpert on the shelf . I am only thankful that the original excellent Stockxpert did not offer exclusiveness, or else I would be chewing my hat over what has been happening

batman · « **Reply #104 on:** April 29, 2009, 07:57 »

Quote from: tan510jomast on April 29, 2009, 07:53

it's really sad, as StockXpert is one site that has been performing well for me consistently as a newbie. i know the money is not much, due to subs, but it still brings me downloads which is what encourages me to continue uploading to increase my small portfolio.
i am hoping it is due to being short staffed that they are falling behind on getting my new images online, and not because they are trying to discourage me from contributing new images. i would understand it if i have not been getting any downloads, but my downloads have been getting better month to month since february.

whatever the reason for this not typical behaviour of a once excellent stock site, i just hope this is not that they are putting Stockxpert on the shelf . I am only thankful that the original excellent Stockxpert did not offer exclusiveness, or else I would be chewing my hat over what has been happening

You mean to say you would have gone EXCLUSIVE for StockXpert if they had offered this?

Yes another reason for NOT going EXCLUSIVE.

tan510jomast · « **Reply #105 on:** April 29, 2009, 14:14 »

Quote from: batman on April 29, 2009, 07:57

You mean to say you would have gone EXCLUSIVE for StockXpert if they had offered this? Yes another reason for NOT going EXCLUSIVE.

bat, of all the sites i started with almost a year ago, StockXpert is the only one that was regularly getting sales for me, even if they were little ones like subs. before the change of ownership, the reviewers were reviewing my uploads really fast , (within the hour to one day max) .
i also like the other sites i am with at this moment, but StockXpert was easily the one working the hardest for me.
if they had continued to make money for me, i would take the exclusive. but we know they do not offer exclusive. for that matter, i would go to the first site that is making regular money for me , something i know takes time, but eventually, yes, i am looking to be exclusive with one site as it saves a lot of time . with my freelance work, i don't have much time for micro, so this is why i am looking for exclusive eventually.
i know it sounds stupid to you, but we have our own comfort levels .

melastmohican · « **Reply #106 on:** April 29, 2009, 14:20 »

They used to be my number 2 but in recent months they are losing to DT and 123RF. Something is going on there, I would bet for reorganization after acquisition.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #107 on:** April 29, 2009, 14:22 »

Sold more today than I did yesterday ... ONE. LOL

tan510jomast · « **Reply #108 on:** April 29, 2009, 14:27 »

Quote from: melastmohican on April 29, 2009, 14:20

They used to be my number 2 but in recent months they are losing to DT and 123RF. Something is going on there, I would bet for reorganization after acquisition.

yes, but usually acquisition means good news and better result, not bad news and worse.

Quote from: WarrenPrice on April 29, 2009, 14:22

Sold more today than I did yesterday ... ONE. LOL

hey that 's still one. one is still more than none.

melastmohican · « **Reply #109 on:** April 29, 2009, 14:35 »

Acquisitions take time and often bring chaos initially. People are worrying about layoffs more than about working. Hopefully final result will be good.

jcpjr · « **Reply #110 on:** April 29, 2009, 15:15 »

I've had fairly good results with StockXpert but today I'm a little confused. I had 11 waiting for review for almost 2 weeks and I just checked them and all were rejected for "...we have too many similar images". My acceptance rate has been very high there over the past year or so....what happened?...or are they just trying to clean up the pending queue?

tan510jomast · « **Reply #111 on:** April 29, 2009, 15:19 »

Quote from: jcpjr on April 29, 2009, 15:15

I've had fairly good results with StockXpert but today I'm a little confused. I had 11 waiting for review for almost 2 weeks and I just checked them and all were rejected for "...we have too many similar images". My acceptance rate has been very high there over the past year or so....what happened?...or are they just trying to clean up the pending queue?

well, at least they reviewed your images. but maybe also, they do have too many similar images.
i did get a few rejections like that even before the takeover. so chins up, i would look to trying to submit something different . at least for now. also, check your own port, if you have too many of that sort, it could be the rejection reason too.

as bad as it sounds to you, getting a review is good news to me. it tells us StockXpert is still alive.

jcpjr · « **Reply #112 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:38 »

I guess you're right....any review is a good review when things change....

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #113 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:56 »

So far number 3 this month, almost double of my BME, much more credits than sub this month

m@m · « **Reply #114 on:** April 30, 2009, 11:06 »

Congrats!...you're one of the few lucky ones

astrocady · « **Reply #115 on:** April 30, 2009, 11:15 »

StockXpert has been steadily climbing for me. They're up to #2 or 3 now. All photos.com and jupertierimages sales and 30 cents each, but increasing none the less. Surprising.

goldenangel · « **Reply #116 on:** April 30, 2009, 11:21 »

I see positive signs in the last few days, too. They are number 3 for me too.

m@m · « **Reply #117 on:** April 30, 2009, 11:45 »

Quote from: ldambies on April 30, 2009, 10:56

So far number 3 this month, almost double of my BME, much more credits than sub this month

I've also seen some improvement on StockXpert's sales (just got 3 this morning), views and review time on this past couple of days, but the sales are all SUBS $:-\$ , but hey, a sale is a sale...the only reason why I called Idambies "one of the few lucky ones" is because of the fact that he is getting more credit sales than subs.
Lets keep our fingers cross, maybe they're on the way back to normality guys...I HOPE, I HOPE!!!

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #118 on:** April 30, 2009, 11:59 »

Do subscriptions expire on the last day of the month? I'm seeing a surge in sales too ... all subscription, of course.

goldenangel · « **Reply #119 on:** April 30, 2009, 12:09 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on April 30, 2009, 11:59

I'm seeing a surge in sales too ... all subscription, of course.

Me too.

tan510jomast · « **Reply #120 on:** April 30, 2009, 12:55 »

well, i've been getting regular sales (mostly subs) right up till 26 , i think.
but here's the good news, they reviewed my work. rejected some due to inappopriate keywords; have to resubmit a better Prop Release for the shot of my apartment living room, and approved the rest. sort of 50%-50%.
i guess i'm getting horrible in my stock photography, ha!ha! (no, not really, since the keywords are not really rejects)...
but i am still glad they did not forget about me.

i will re-submit those for keywords and PM, of course. phew, i am glad StockXpert is still alive and well. here's wishing all of us good luck and more sales to come (more for me, and some for you, ha!ha!... just joking.. for everyone).
cheers

fotografer · « **Reply #121 on:** April 30, 2009, 13:08 »

They're definitely picking up for me. Today so far I have had twice as many credit sales as subs. and 3 of them were the nice XL 5$ ones.

Squat · « **Reply #122 on:** June 10, 2009, 09:38 »

UPDATE on my activity (month to month = download total):
JAN = 9
FEB = 4
MARCH = 14
APRIL = 16
MAY = 3
JUN = 0

what 's happening ? does anyone have anything that's moving over there?

I have always been a big pusher for Stockxpert, and had recommended this site well. But now I am not even sure . I think I may have to eat my hat $:-\$

As you can see march and april were so good I thought this was it, after one year this was going to work out well, then the bottom fell. Shame !

epantha · « **Reply #123 on:** June 10, 2009, 10:01 »

With 535 files online, have 28 downloads so far this month.
I'm guessing there are a couple of new good sellers that are helping my portfolio overall.

stockastic · « **Reply #124 on:** June 10, 2009, 10:17 »

Check their forum. There's an ongoing thread about new images getting no views, which has never been replied to by StockXpert.

I'm in that group. My first group of images, uploaded late Jan/early Feb, got plenty of views and made some sales. Images which I uploaded after that point got a few views, then died. I've had only a couple of sales since then and I quit uploading.

Obviously something bad happened, but they won't say what.

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Author Topic: noticing big change at Stockxpert? no sign of life ??? (Read 34303 times)

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