Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - Categories display totally different images.

blinkblink · Joined: 18 Jun 2010 Posts: 15

Hi,
I discovered that if you search images via categories, you will be surprised; vector, vintage, abstract... category by popular filter, show images randomly.

rixie · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3430 Location: Hampshire, UK

Yep, I noticed this too. I have been watching one of my vectors climb steadily to page 6 in the vector category. It was selling several times a day since it was uploaded a few months back and now, it has stopped selling and is nowhere to be seen. My 8th most popular vector is turning up on page 14, ahead of my 1 to 7 most popular vectors!

I was familiar with the images that were coming up and in first place was AKaiser's calligraphic design elements, closely followed by several other images from her port. Indeed, a quick look at the Most Popular Images has that same image as the best seller ever and the 2nd best selling vector this week. Now, I can't see it in the first 20 pages - Anja must be pretty pis**d!

Something really screwy is going on.........

bluerhine · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 438

Shutterstock seems to have a bug invasion. Recently they removed one of my best selling landmark image and informed me that the image was removed by error during a downloading and I should resubmit.

How could that happen during download?! I am a buyer as well, I know there is no possibility to delete an image during download.

The bigger issue is that my image was on Page 1, now it must slowly climb up to build its rank from the bottom!!!

wanara · Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 14

I also had the same problem ..., especially in the new images approved

do not know what to do :-(