Captcha problem when working with StockSubmitter?
TheNatureGuy
17 Apr 2025 15:44
I am a new contributor. I have been a long time contributor on SS and AS and have decided to open a new account with Pond5 because I am no longer doing photos, and I am now focusing exclusively on high quality 4K video. I use Stock Submitter to upload new content to now only does it provide a more streamlined and fast way to do SEO, but also as an organizer to keep track of what I have upload where.
I setup StockSubmitter up to work with Pond5, and have successfully used it to upload 50 videos. The problem is, I cannot submit the video using StockSubmitter because, while I can upload my videos, Pond5 is requiring me to complete a Catcha before it will receive the SEO data from StockSubmitter. This makes little sense, I know, but it is what is happening. If Pond5 is accepting the upload of the video, it seems logical that it would accept the SEO, but that is not the case.
When I try to use the Submit function in StockSubmitter, I get this request message (Screenshot)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PQEBo3pcBjM7EGerTjpyksYYZ54BXCP6/view?usp=sharing
When I click OK on the message box, it takes me to a blank Chrome page with these words in red accross the top of the page.
"Please use Google Chrome browser and maximize its window (DO NOT use fullscreen mode, just maximize the window)."
Of course, I am using Google Chrome and the window is maximized, but that does not seem to matter. There is no form of captcha on the page to complete. It is just a white page with this message.
I am hoping that there are other contributors here that also use StockSubmitter and can give me some guidance. The process of doing the manual SEO on Pond5 is cumbersome and very slow and is time prohibitive. It may not be worth it to upload to Pond5 if I have to do everything manually.
I setup StockSubmitter up to work with Pond5, and have successfully used it to upload 50 videos. The problem is, I cannot submit the video using StockSubmitter because, while I can upload my videos, Pond5 is requiring me to complete a Catcha before it will receive the SEO data from StockSubmitter. This makes little sense, I know, but it is what is happening. If Pond5 is accepting the upload of the video, it seems logical that it would accept the SEO, but that is not the case.
When I try to use the Submit function in StockSubmitter, I get this request message (Screenshot)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PQEBo3pcBjM7EGerTjpyksYYZ54BXCP6/view?usp=sharing
When I click OK on the message box, it takes me to a blank Chrome page with these words in red accross the top of the page.
"Please use Google Chrome browser and maximize its window (DO NOT use fullscreen mode, just maximize the window)."
Of course, I am using Google Chrome and the window is maximized, but that does not seem to matter. There is no form of captcha on the page to complete. It is just a white page with this message.
I am hoping that there are other contributors here that also use StockSubmitter and can give me some guidance. The process of doing the manual SEO on Pond5 is cumbersome and very slow and is time prohibitive. It may not be worth it to upload to Pond5 if I have to do everything manually.
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22 Apr 2025 18:09
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RekindlePhoto
27 Apr 2025 16:22
The idea of a 2nd party submitter sounds good. There has been a dozen or more companies start, many looked well planned. All of them have failed, in the end none of them were successful. If you want a generic cookie cutter approach that is never specific then they work for a while. Part of photography is doing all yourself. Good luck.