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12/07/2004 11:29:08 PM · #1 |
I got a solicitation from them in my email. I could not find anything in the search. Any info or point me to a thread regarding Big Stock would be appreciated! Thanks! RoB
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12/07/2004 11:33:18 PM · #2 |
never heard of them -- even tried google'ing them -- chances are it's a hoax. Feel like posting up the email they sent you?
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12/07/2004 11:34:23 PM · #3 |
It's not a hoax - someone from istock posted that they are a competitor (aka disgruntled user) of istockphoto. Big stock is down with Canstockphoto for me in the trash. There are only two RF's I know of worth anything - istock and shutterstock.
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12/08/2004 01:08:42 AM · #4 |
Why would you want to deal with spammers anyway?
edit: that's to banmorn
Message edited by author 2004-12-08 01:09:06. |
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12/08/2004 01:26:14 AM · #5 |
| I got an email from them awhile back. I didn't really consider it spam because the email was written directly to me and specifically referenced in detail a few of my photos. The point of the email was to ask me to sign up there, though. I uploaded one photo but didn't do any more because there is no way to delete your photos yourself. I'm not sure if that ones file ever got any downloads because I never checked back. |
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12/08/2004 01:36:52 AM · #6 |
I didn't think it was spam, either. Here it the email:
Hi Robert,
Wow, your photos are beautiful! If you have any 'unused' photos sitting around on your harddrive, you can sell them and promote your photography business on our new website //www.bigstockphoto.com. We are the makers of CoolHomepages.com and have quite a following for the past 7 years (around 4.5 million page views a month). Anyway, we are solicitiing professional photographers to add to our collection of royalty-free stock photography.
We are going to do everything we can to promote our photographers and direct our users to your website/work.
Please consider uploading today, we can put your photos to use and promote your professional work.
Thank you for your time!
Best Regards,
Dawn Donahue
Dawn@bigstockphoto.com
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12/08/2004 08:37:49 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by mavrik:
It's not a hoax - someone from istock posted that they are a competitor (aka disgruntled user) of istockphoto. Big stock is down with Canstockphoto for me in the trash. There are only two RF's I know of worth anything - istock and shutterstock. |
What problems have you had with Canstock?
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12/08/2004 11:03:56 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by ahaze:
Originally posted by mavrik:
It's not a hoax - someone from istock posted that they are a competitor (aka disgruntled user) of istockphoto. Big stock is down with Canstockphoto for me in the trash. There are only two RF's I know of worth anything - istock and shutterstock. |
What problems have you had with Canstock? |
No problems - they just don't sell. I have 30 or so images there and have sold one. In 6 months. One.
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12/08/2004 11:16:28 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by mavrik:
No problems - they just don't sell. I have 30 or so images there and have sold one. In 6 months. One. |
Yep, I've had similar experiences, but on a smaller scale (I've submitted about 27 photos, they've accepted 8, I've had no downloads). Just wanted to make sure they weren't evil or anything on top of that.
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