Three Weeks to reject all of my clips ....

An average stock video clip's ideal length is 10-15 seconds. There is hardly a legitimate reason to retain a clip longer than 30 seconds without chopping it up into sections, unless of course you're intending to recreate the steadicam shot from Goodfellas or something. Many companies won't accept a shot longer than 30 seconds, not sure why any would even accept a clip longer than 60 seconds.

Fade-ins and outs are pointless and useless in stock video.

5 minutes of research into stock media and reading about the subject would have yielded this information. The fact that it's taking three weeks or more to get content approved is partly because of the influx of new contributors, some of whom apparently can't be bothered to prepare their content appropriately the first time through, so they need to re-submit and take another spot in the queue.

I suggest holding off on the complaining until you realize it takes months and even years for even the best clips to sell, if ever. That's always a harsh realization.

"5 minutes of research into stock media and reading about the subject would have yielded this information. The fact that it's taking three weeks or more to get content approved is partly because of the influx of new contributors, some of whom apparently can't be bothered to prepare their content appropriately the first time through, so they need to re-submit and take another spot in the queue."

This says it all.

I've uploaded some new clips to Pond5 lately and I was shocked that the review process at SS and even IS is a lot quicker these days.

At the very least IS should be the fastest on the planet for reviews. Since they only give $6-$8 per HD video I'm sure a lot of people stopped uploading there. I know I did. So reviews should be fast since they have less coming in.

Just to be clear on the subject P5 excepts clips between 3 - 120 seconds and no larger than 2 GB.

Good point Jake!

Starting to sound like a "Linux" crowd .. "you SHOULD have known better" .. thanks for the introduction into the world of stock footage. If people in the video industry can't edit out a 1.5 second fade and/or can't use 30 seconds of a 3 minute clip .. then I don't know what to say. It is like we now live in a world where everything has to be done for you because who would bother actually DOING something nowadays? Well, now I know what to expect.
What I was looking for was a guide from P5, perhaps explaining or recommending that fades will get your footage rejected, etc. But I guess it goes back to my other complaint, expecting people to do things for you. Guess I had to learn the hard way.

http://help.pond5.com/hc/en-us/articles/200944183-Video-Upload-Specifications

I did ........

I dunno what to say man, you seem more upset about this than you should be.

The whole idea of stock footage is that a client is paying Pond5 to provide a ready to insert clip for whatever project they're working on. So yes... you're responsible to provide a clip in a ready to edit form.

We've all had stuff rejected in the past for one reason or another. You're not alone - but if you don't like the rejection process here at Pond5 I encourage you to go sell somewhere else... the rest of the sites will reject your footage for far less. I've had stuff rejected on Shutter Stock for reasons that don't even make sense. Just keep shooting and uploading and let the rejections roll, its a part of stock life.