Quote from: Mantis on July 06, 2011, 16:59

This is a tough business. It's almost a situation where contributors need an avenue to quantify for reviewers how well images do elsewhere or the research one conducts to validate image usefulness.  I have had arm wrestling matches with Shutterstock over image usefulness and usually they don't care what you think.  It's go with the flow and shut up or keep complaining but we're not listening.  Like Alex said, the different reviewers with varying experience yield varying results.  That's an opportunity for improvement.  I do like IS acceptance criteria which for the most part is accept anything that meets technical quality standards.  Then leave it up to the buyers to decide.  I've seen lagereek's port and it is fantastic.  I see his frustration because it's probably 10 times more than mine.

Hi!

Appreciate kind words about my port!  ofcourse Im not leaving! but yep, its frustrating alright. I like this site! but I be damned if I understand their reviewing policies. BTW. I didnt know this check-box system, did you?

Yes, but it is a bitch to use and it isn't simple.  You have to navigate to the right page and have all the right things checked upfront.  If you don't you have to navigate away to correct whatever check box you missed, then navigate away again (using a completely different URL I might ad) back to the upload page.  Very poor design, in fact the worst of any site in my opinion.

Is there a problem getting images reviewed? I uploaded images on 28th June and they are still pending is this usual??

This is a good company! I contacted them on my pending pics and they were reviewed in no time! Fast customer service!

Interesting....

Uploaded 46 images on June 27th and they got reviewed yesterday July 13.  I had 5 accepted - all but 1 were rejected for "minimal commercial value".  Some of the same images commercially available on DT, IS, SS, etc.

I guess it's one way to clear the queue 

Not sure if I should take 123RF seriously.

Their site is hard to navigate, although I appreciate Alex coming in to try to bring a solution.  However, their acceptance is usually pretty fair.  I have had images rejected for LCV and other reasons but not too many.  There have been a few times where I got a lot rejected by some reviewer with a hard on for my submissions and I resubmitted them, all got accepted.  Once got a $30 EL not too long ago.  Just goes to show you that reviewers should not be inspecting for LCV unless it's a floating turd in a toiled bowl...   But then again that one may sell for $500 on Alamy.  YOU JUST NEVER KNOW!!  I wouldn't write 123 off.  Maybe post some of your work here for us to look at.  I'll admit that my sales at 123 are nhot great, never have been, but are fairly consistent, so I can rely on them when I run my spreadsheet every month.

Have over 100 images stuck in review since July 1st. I don't remember such a long review period at 123rf

It is summer now. There is bound to be a few on leave. I think sites like ss for example, I think have a lot of temps in for the summer and lots who seem to be heavy on the rejection button. I prefer to wait longer and have the regular reviewers review our stuff.

IS has always said that it's irrelevant to them that something sells elsewhere. Not sure why that is irrelevant as these sites aren't art galleries.

very true!

More delay here ... I hope not to get the gift of photography number 10,000,000 ...

Hi ToniFlap,

Kindly email your UID to [email protected] so that we can check it for you.

Have a pleasant day!


Cheers,
Anglee

I just started uploading yesterday, and my images were reviewed really quickly - about and hour I think. I was prepared to sit back and forget about them for a while but was pleasantly surprised. How long before they actually show in my portfolio?

Thank you, Slovenian 

I uploaded 29 images on May 15 of this year.  Somehow, the model release didn't attach to the images, and they were understandably rejected for that reason.  The rejection notice says, "Once you've rectified the problem(s) above, we'll be more than happy to review your images once more."  I attached the proper release to the images and sent a message to the support staff.  To date, there has been no response, nor has there been any action on the images.  I'm thinking that perhaps I should just delete them and reupload/resubmit them.  I haven't uploaded images since that time because I'm thinking that perhaps this is how the staff generally operates, and I can't afford to spend that kind of time just to get images inspected.  So far, my impression of RF123 is not good.