Hello, i have started uploading to Istock i have few questions since i found this forum so active and helpful !
1. Where can i see which images have been downloaded so far i could only find monthly downloads at the end of the next month, but i couldn't see which photos sold
2. what video format istock accepts?
3. Can only exclusive users get their photos accepted to Getty images?

Thanks !!

Thanks for fast reply ! I am also uploading to 500px, do i have to nominate pictures which i want for getty or do they decide from all uploaded ones?

Ah okay i get it ! So under my profile i have 267 photos but under licensing i have 43, does that mean 43 were accepted to Getty?

Hello, i have started uploading to Istock i have few questions since i found this forum so active and helpful !
1. Where can i see which images have been downloaded so far i could only find monthly downloads at the end of the next month, but i couldn't see which photos sold
2. what video format istock accepts?
3. Can only exclusive users get their photos accepted to Getty images?

Thanks !!

1. After the downloads report, you can see what pictures sold by exporting the report, however via iS that only shows you the image numbers, from that you'd need to manually look up each file.

However, there are thums of the sold images via both DeepMeta when you synchronise your latest report, or TodayIs20, when you upload the csv text report. Both of these are extremely useful. I use both but personally prefer TodayIs20, but YYMV.

2. Is the info you need not covered in Submission Requirements: Video?

3. Only certain exclusive files go onto Getty to sell there directly: in theory all editorial files, which are however called 'unreleased creative', which sounds dodgy IMO, and any files which are deemed of a high enough commercial standard. The criteria don't seem to be clear and people report mixed acceptances/rejections from series, or even horizontal / vertical versions of an image.
However, all iStock images are available to a selection of Getty clients via their Premium Access scheme, the details of which are sketchy at best. These images if found, e.g. via Google, have the erroneous and also dodgy-looking message: "Sorry, we are not able to license media #XXXXXXXXX due to country, company and/or publication restrictions.", which is completely untrue. The message should read, "We are choosing not to sell this image via Getty except to our Premium Access customers". However, there is no link to iStock to where it can be bought.  Insanity: but that's Getty.