Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - Submission batches processed separately or combined?

whitcomberd · Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 374 Location: Egypt

Ive got a query about submission batches i cant find an answer to anywhere.

If i submit say a batch of 10 photos on a sunday, another 2 on Tuesday, 5 more on Wednesday etc will these batches get treated and approved separately or are they all lumped together into one batch of 17 photos for one reviewer to go through?

The reason for asking is im seeing very long QC times recently. Im wondering if by adding a few every couple of days while photos are still pending im just making that batch larger which is going to further increase the time its going to take to process (ie go to the back of the queue).

Im wondering if im better submitting a batch, waiting the 5 days or so it takes to get processed and THEN submitting another batch when there are none left pending.

Also, does 1 reviewer actually review the whole batch or are individual photos split between all the reviewers and when they've all been processed the system flags it as completed?

Jelena Aloskina · Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Posts: 639

I have no much experience.
But had noticed that all consecutive batches are combined for review. I submited for 2-3 days in a row, and all were reviewed in one time.

But different types of content are reviewed by different persons, actually. Photos - one person, editorial photos - another, illustrations - third, etc.

Just my experience. May be I'm wrong.

hhltdave5 · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:44 pm

That is correct. If different batches are submitted before the review is done they usually are all reviewed at the same time.

triceratops · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 7856 Location: The other Nevada

And it does not extend the amount of time before review.