Comments on: FeaturePics http://www.microstockdiaries.com/featurepics.html For People Selling Photos Online Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yvonne http://www.microstockdiaries.com/featurepics.html/comment-page-1#comment-160398 Yvonne Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:43:55 +0000 http://www.microstockdiaries.com/considering-new-site-featurepicscom.html#comment-160398 I've uploaded to this agency. None of my photos have even been viewed. This is odd, since on other sites like Dreamstime I can see the number of views climb daily (even if it is only a few a day). There seems to be no activity on this site at all. I will give it some time, but so far, not impressed. I’ve uploaded to this agency. None of my photos have even been viewed. This is odd, since on other sites like Dreamstime I can see the number of views climb daily (even if it is only a few a day). There seems to be no activity on this site at all. I will give it some time, but so far, not impressed.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.microstockdiaries.com/featurepics.html/comment-page-1#comment-69144 Jamie Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:41:53 +0000 http://www.microstockdiaries.com/considering-new-site-featurepicscom.html#comment-69144 I would stay as far away from FeaturePics as possible. I joined FeaturePics when they were very new, and I uploaded most of my images. Then they started being picky about the images they accepted, they weren't accepting my best images, and I had never had a sale. I requested they close my account and remove my images because I could not remove the images myself. I decided last week to give them another shot, I uploaded some images, they were approved, I uploaded some more, and they were rejected with the reason "You requested your account be closed on 2/12/09" or something similar, so I emailed them about it, and to make a long story short, she told me this: We don't reopen closed accounts. (I did not request the account be reopened, I simply created a new account.) She told me my images were approved by mistake, and my account would soon be closed. I was very confused, as she was not very clear with what she was telling me, and didn't answer every question I asked. I asked if that meant I could no longer be a contributor, and I got no response. The next day I tried to login, the account was closed. My advice: steer clear. Extremely shoddy business practices, and they are very picky about the images they accept, even though sales are extremely slow. I would stay as far away from FeaturePics as possible.
I joined FeaturePics when they were very new, and I uploaded most of my images. Then they started being picky about the images they accepted, they weren’t accepting my best images, and I had never had a sale.

I requested they close my account and remove my images because I could not remove the images myself. I decided last week to give them another shot, I uploaded some images, they were approved, I uploaded some more, and they were rejected with the reason “You requested your account be closed on 2/12/09″ or something similar, so I emailed them about it, and to make a long story short, she told me this:

We don’t reopen closed accounts. (I did not request the account be reopened, I simply created a new account.) She told me my images were approved by mistake, and my account would soon be closed. I was very confused, as she was not very clear with what she was telling me, and didn’t answer every question I asked.

I asked if that meant I could no longer be a contributor, and I got no response. The next day I tried to login, the account was closed.

My advice: steer clear. Extremely shoddy business practices, and they are very picky about the images they accept, even though sales are extremely slow.

]]> By: Martin http://www.microstockdiaries.com/featurepics.html/comment-page-1#comment-17859 Martin Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:01:50 +0000 http://www.microstockdiaries.com/considering-new-site-featurepicscom.html#comment-17859 Sure, FP is smaller and (yet) less known, but their unique license models plus the fact that you can set your own prices makes it my favourite to market my stock production. Had quite good sales figures lately overthere, too Sure, FP is smaller and (yet) less known, but their unique license models plus the fact that you can set your own prices makes it my favourite to market my stock production. Had quite good sales figures lately overthere, too

]]> By: Dan Livitia http://www.microstockdiaries.com/featurepics.html/comment-page-1#comment-34 Dan Livitia Wed, 02 May 2007 02:40:33 +0000 http://www.microstockdiaries.com/considering-new-site-featurepicscom.html#comment-34 Good review. I use the site all the time, mostly because they are local company (SF) and a promising underdog. I think that the reason for having Google ads on the site is simple as the fact that they give 70% of the sale back to photographers which is multiple of many other stock photo sites I have used. Not sure about the forum, but love the site. Dan Good review. I use the site all the time, mostly because they are local company (SF) and a promising underdog. I think that the reason for having Google ads on the site is simple as the fact that they give 70% of the sale back to photographers which is multiple of many other stock photo sites I have used. Not sure about the forum, but love the site.

Dan

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