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09/11/2005 11:27:12 AM · #1 |
Well, I finally got around to joining Shutterstock and uploaded my 10 images for review. About 10 days ago. I'm not sure how long it takes, but this seems like quite a while. Did anyone else wait this long for their review to finish?
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09/11/2005 11:30:58 AM · #2 |
wow... forgot all about shutterstock, my one lone image has made me 2 whole dollars! woohoo!
..it always varied for me...always at least 48 hours, and remember there was labor day weekend not too long ago
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09/11/2005 11:31:19 AM · #3 |
i know that the que for new submitters is a different one than the regular ones ... good luck - and yes - lately it's been taking a little longer .. from what i understand ... hang in there ... i've been there since May and i feel i'm doing pretty well .. i get a download or so each day - more than i can say for my prints here .. so seeing something come from my images is a good feeling ... good luck!
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09/11/2005 11:37:13 AM · #4 |
| i would say cancel your account there now before you put a 10 cent price tag on any of your images when theyre approved. but that's just me. |
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09/11/2005 11:40:14 AM · #5 |
| Are they that bad? I was looking into them the other day. Any suggestions for better places if they are not too good? |
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09/11/2005 11:55:42 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by troberge:
Are they that bad? I was looking into them the other day. Any suggestions for better places if they are not too good? |
They are "better" than most of the other sites.
They have a new review process for first-time submitters, and it does take a bit longer. Once you have been approved, the turnaround time for review is usually more like 2-3 days.
They now have 3 full-time reviewers, and 3-4 part-timers; that have to review over 5000 submissions/week, and all photos have to be checked at full-size/100% magnification, since they have to be checked for noise and quality, not just composition and contrast.
Your basic decision in stock photography right now is whether to go with a "mico-stock" site (like Shutterstock) where you can get tiny payments but submit a lot of photos, or a rights-managed site where you will get more/photo, but each one has to be bigger and better.
For example, with my 2 and 3MP cameras, none of my photos are large enough to qualify for most of the rights-managed sites, so I have no choice unless I want to invest in new (expensive) equipment. |
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09/11/2005 06:38:43 PM · #7 |
I started on microstock late last year. Have about 200 images at shutterstock, 120 at Istock and 100 at dreamstime. I should hit the $1,000 earned next week! Shutterstock used to be my best income, but over the last couple of months istock has taken over. Not because shutterstock has less sales, but they seem to be increasing at istock. Dreamstime is very picky on its images, and has very few sales.
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09/11/2005 07:41:52 PM · #8 |
I have a similar story as aKiwi...
I started contributing in december to both istock and shutterstock. Shutterstock was new then and not quite as selective and I had really good results with them in the beginning and they also used to take less than 3 days to review stuff. Not so anymore, usually takes pretty close to a week now.
As far as sales go I have made $489 on istock with about 170 shots and $492 on shutterstock with about 300 images. Shutterstock used to be ahead by at least $100 but sales at istock have gone way up for me recently. I am actually considering going exclusive with istock in the near future. I went down to Istockalypse Boston last week and got to meet and shoot with a lot of istockers. They are a pretty nice bunch, I learnt a lot, and got some good shots.
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