Funny, my acceptance ratio on Symbiostock is 87%

Yes, I review my own images, and I have less images on my own site then on some agencies.

Someone said that Symbiostock would suffer from lack of reviews, could have truth in it, but I think most people will be critical of their own work.

Anyone can start a Symbiostock site and fill it with crapstock, but I think the majority will keep up the quality we have established so far.

What is your acceptance ratio?

Probably about the same as yours Ron. Why bother to pay for hosting to fill it with rubbish.

Quote from: daveh900 on August 30, 2013, 12:49

112% acceptance here.

Duplicates ? 

I think the 12% is exclusive content

I don't know what my acceptance rate is but I left out a lot of craptacular images and images that I didn't think were good enough.

I already knew going into this that a lot of the stuff that I've done in the past especially when I started back in '09 wouldn't make it on my own site  even though some of them are on agencies (who knows why they accepted them as they wouldn't pass today).  I'd like to think it's around 50%-60% with what I've uploaded and I have about 400-500 left to upload and most of those are sets I have to figure out pricing for.

It's good to know we're not just throwing everything on our sites.  Buyers have enough problems weeding through less than stellar images (some of mine included) to find the perfect image for them.

We are on the front lines of our site and should know what's good and what's not.  We are our own worst critics but makes for better sites for us all.

Funny, my acceptance ratio on Symbiostock is 87%

Yes, I review my own images, and I have less images on my own site then on some agencies.

Someone said that Symbiostock would suffer from lack of reviews, could have truth in it, but I think most people will be critical of their own work.

Anyone can start a Symbiostock site and fill it with crapstock, but I think the majority will keep up the quality we have established so far.

What is your acceptance ratio?

Good question!

Funny thing, Ron. I just happened to discover two months ago that bestnaturestock.com was available, so I grabbed it. Didn't have a plan for that to begin with.

But once I gave my brand-new site the name "Martha Marks' Best Nature Stock Photography", all of a sudden I had something to live up to. And I have!

At present, my "acceptance rate" is probably about 85-90%... but that's on a portfolio that has already been through the acceptance/rejection mills at SS, IS, DT, FT, etc. Any image that was soundly rejected at some or all of those sites is long gone from my portfolio. So now I have the luxury of selecting the best of my work, as tested and proven by the big stock sites.

I like doing that and plan to continue it.