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  • This whole app is fake

    I have uploaded one of my photos made in Hungary during twilight as my first work on Shutterstock. I have waited for admins review not too long. The very next day all 13 photos were disapproved for literally the same reason - main subject is not in focus, motion blur... or technical limitation of the equipment used. Ha, very nice! Considering I am using Nikon Z6. Well, Shutterstock, take these images as a gift!
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  • Great way to showcase photos

    Very easy to use. Also useful for selecting pictures that are in focus, with the added bonus of selling them
  • Avoid!! Don’t waste your time.

    Shutterstock you must be blind? Stop encouraging people to use your app. How it got 4.5 stars I don’t know? I’m a photographer so with all due respect I know what I’m doing in regards to images and quality.
    All my images I submitted were rejected?
    There other apps out there guys that you can sell your images on. Don’t waste you’re time and effort with Shutterstock.
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  • Great Basic App

    This app has a lot of great basic features for managing your account, you can even upload photos from it.

    I do wish though that it allowed you to create and add to your published sets. Image analytics would also be an amazing feature for this app as well.

    The app would also be better if it enabled video uploads (which it currently does not).
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  • Thanks, however...

    Whatever automated review process this app uses is often off the mark. “Main image is out of focus” comes up a lot for photos that are CLEARLY in PERFECT focus. It’s is quite annoying. They say to just resubmit if you don’t agree with a rejection, but land sakes, it’s far too *tyme consuming to resubmit all the pictures they reject for highly invalid reasons!
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  • The photo stock game is a joke.

    Before the proliferation of cell phone images, the renumeration for photo images was reasonable sometimes excellent. Today it is a joke at .25 cents sometimes a little more. Don’t expect anything but pocket change even if you have 10000 images.
  • Image Guidelines

    I’m giving this three stars because some of the guidelines of a clear image are absolutely ridiculous. An image taken on a phone isn’t always going to be 100% clear. I mean, images that have literally any obstruction weather it be clouds or other things get rejected even though it’s a good picture. I apologize for not having the funds to afford a $3000 camera and $2000 worth of equipment for a “perfect” picture.
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  • Works good most of the time

    It seems that the access and features come and go, other than that I have enjoyed the ability to look at recent sales... when they are updating properly. I wish the app did more in the way of showing my portfolio activity.
  • Good challenge for photographers

    Only 25 cents per picture usually. However it’s been a great learning curve and challenge to understand what people are looking for to purchase. Usually shutterstock helped me become a better photographer.
  • Works but could be improved

    In general it is great to be able to upload, work on and submit the photos directly from the phone, especially for those contributing phone photos. However, the photos can only be uploaded one by one. It would be great if there was a possibility to submit multiple photos at the same time.

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