Ok, maybe "Attila" is a bit of an exaggeration.

But certainly things aren't the way they used to be at SV. Maybe they are moving into Veer mode?

Used to be, you'd upload a bunch to SV, wait 2-3 weeks, and then get all of them approved (unless you included a part of a building, in which case you'd get a rejection for lack of PR).

So I wanted to improve my chances of getting moved to Veer Marketplace by uploading some of my latest & greatest images. I uploaded 10 images, and in less than 2 hours, they were all reviewed. 

But to my dismay and disbelief, 6 of the 10 were rejected! Yikes! Like I said, not the good, old "we take it all" SnapVillage anymore.

So what's the story? Of the 6 rejection reasons, 1 was for "multiple technical problems".  I guess the reviewers at SV are better at discovering technical problems than the iStock inspectors, as this one was just accepted yesterday at iStock. You'd think that with multiple problems, though, iStock should've been able to find at least one of them (they seem pretty good at it, IMO). 

All the other 5 rejections were for "lack of commercial appeal" or something like that. One of those 5 has been on iStock for just under a month, and has sold 5 times. Not bad to me. Another has sold only once, but apparently it has at least a little appeal.  Two of the others are too new to judge (a week or less), but the last is over a month old without a sale. So I suppose that one doesn't have much appeal.

But to me this is as bad as DT's "too well-covered or too specific" rejection. C'mon, guys: If it's technically ok why not give it a chance? Delete it after a year if it hasn't sold once. You'll end up with a more diverse collection of images, and you won't piss off contributors by arbitrarily (and in some cases, incorrectly) rejecting images that may sell better than you think.

It's just that every site in the Big 6 is clamping down on being too lenient. The reason is obvious. Competition is now getting stiff, and if you take everything you risk losing buyers.
I also had 100% approvals with SV for many months, but now it's almost about 80%. It's a reality. They are moving to Veer and the culture is different. Then again, ask anyone who is submitting to the Big 6, and they will tell you rejections are higher there too.

If you ask me, Atilla is just a guy who rejects tons of images not even looking at them as he should look, and he is doing it just for one reason: To earn faster those few cents from reviewing. It's sad that we have to deal with people who reject our images with such miserable reasons. We even all him "Atilla". He must be proud.
Don't ask me why I told what I told now, but trust me, I never say something without good reason.

 I think we all should write to some important people at certain agencies. Maybe it could help stopping this insanity. Try to resubmit your images and you will see they will be accepted (mostly) and they will sell good. My last batch was rejected completilly. I resubmitted it and I am selling it like crazy.... "Atilla" rejected whole batch because of limited commercial value.

"jack the ripper"
it's more appropriate, no?  maybe he/she considers us all prostitutes as we give our souls to earn 10 cents, 25 cents , an image, 
so "jack the ripper" enjoys slicing our throat 

what dya think? we give atilla new name?

Quote from: batman on April 24, 2009, 18:22

what dya think? we give atilla new name?

No way, my right honorable gentlemen. As the inventor of Atilla da rEvIeWeR 2,5 years ago (see this message), I have a secret RF agreement with Leaf that entitles me to 0.05 cents every time His name is mentioned. Did you write a book about Ego-rhytm too?    No pasaran!

i say this because it is unusual to see a specific rejection reason all coming in at the same time from different sites. i can only guess that it's a coincidence, or maybe lightning does strike at the same place twice, or even 4 times.
you know what i mean?  like it's normal if you get rejected with different reason with 4 sites at different spaces in time. but if you get rejections from the same batch all done in the same space and all with the same explanation, maybe there is one person moonlighting with all the different sites enjoying blood of the contributors.




Ummm, sorry to sound like a jerk here but maybe your photos just weren't very good?
Obviously I haven't seen them but if the same batch was rejected at 4 different sites then maybe should tell you something about the quality of your work.

again, sorry to be a jerk
they have been rejecting more of mine as well

again, sorry to be a jerk

Tis very difficult to take your word unless you post some of your rejections here as proof.