Rating: 1 star
Hi!
It’s a shame to leave a plugin like that lying around (even a free one) without updating it in any way.
At least inform on your website that you are no longer maintaining your plugin.
Problems encountered: Doesn’t pass php8, the usable Woocommerce version is v4.x.x.
are you serious? if only for security reasons
Bye!
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Out of the box and using ONLY the WooCommerce version they ask you to use it works very well.
However, the WC version they use is too far out of date and poses a high-risk security issue.
The other issue is the need to run a cron to process orders on a 5-minute (or less/more) basis.
This means the buyer does not get the download immediately, they have to wait for your website to process the cron to then send the buyer an email with a download link with a random name, which is fine as I assume that is to secure the actual files you have without a direct link to them.
Ongoing development, support and forum answers appear to be slow or non-existant.
I understand Woocommerce has constant updates that can be hard to keep up with, but it would be better to have a built-in eCommerce function to remove that dependency on WooCommerce, otherwise, keep it up to date with the latest version or at least the newest version possible that is not a security issue when using WooCommerce.
The fact it uses an outdated version of WooCommerce is why I would not recommend this product for any purpose. The security risk to your buyers AND you is too high.
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Horrible plugin, a pain in the ***
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After the installation several menu items have disappeared. It is no longer possible to define delivery times or to create your own product variants.
If you want to sell not only photos but also physical products, this is now only possible in an extremely limited way.
Then the server becomes extremely slow, because a CRON job has to run constantly for the PlugIn to work.
And in Europe the plugin can not be used legally safe, because all DSGVO points are missing.
Conclusion: In Europe not applicable, and also otherwise only usable for pure photo pages.
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We are so glad we found Symbiostock since it’s a perfect fit for us in combination with WooCommerce. Also, we needed the support for one GPS issue, and they helped us very quick and pointed us to the right solution. Just can recommend it to photographers who want to sell their images online. Thanks & best regards
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As I finally set it up I give it 5 star regardless of the minor inconveniences I stumbled upon ~on my journey.
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Amazing plugin now compatible with the last version of Woocommerce (4.0.1).
Robin offers absolutely first class support.
A must have plugin for every photographers or illustrators !
Chris
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Love this plugin. Something went wrong with my initial installation (probably a User Error on my part lol) and it took a couple of weeks of back and forth with support to identify the issue and get it sorted.
Robin from Symbiostock was always happy to make a suggestion and answer my queries. Since I found the issue with Robin’s help and fixed the cause, every part of the system just works beautifully, from uploading media to customers downloading purchased products and every process in between.
Thank you to the Symbiostock Team for an awesome product and wonderful support.
Cheers, Pat ??
Rating: 1 star
Installed this pluging
Uploaded 4 photos in a row, did what ever I can to make images appear in the products, only showed me 1, resseted timer did lots of things not working. Not worth time wasting pluging. I’ve never write reviews, but this pluging deservers not to be donwloaded.
Rating: 5 stars
Im loving Symbiostock. Im no wordpress expert, so it took me some time to learn how to use it.
Once I got my head around it, and created the habit of uploading stock and keywording, my site is making sales.
When I ran into a problem I couldnt figure out, I logged a support request. After a few days, I got an email from Robin and they had solved the problem and told me how it happened. It was a simple fix, and they are happy to help.
You have to pay for the support, its totally worth it. Im happy with Symbiostock and knowing the support is there when I need it, helps me build and invest more time and energy in the plugin, site and business.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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This is easily one of the best plugins for WordPress. It does what other plugins charge $50+ for and is so simple to setup.
Robin from SymbioStock gave incredible support on an issue that in hindsight I had caused.
Can’t recommend this plugin and the team more.
Robin thank you again!
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Al contrario di tutte le altre recensioni a me non funziona correttamente in quanto mi richiede un downgrate di woocommerce per funzionare correttamente, il watermark non va e mentre provo a simulare un acquisto si attiva di continuo l’antivirus.
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After searching for all kind of stock photo solutions, Symbiostock is the best and most flexible one I found. Started to use it and discussing some customization with their support and I now have a wonderful solution, just what I was looking for!
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Works perfect!
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Dear support,
is there the possibility to create a Private gallery?
That’s because I’d just like the client who hired me to take the pictures to be able to see them and purchase them.
Thank you!
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The Symbiostock plugin is a great solution for setting up your own image online-shop.
But there are some issues if you want to sell bundles of pictures:
– Product bundle plugins (e. g. from woocommerce or YITH) are not compatible. You can create bundles, but after purchase no download-links are delivered
– The Symbiostock-addon “AnyType” promises to enable selling ZIP-files. But the handling is not really easy and a bit complicated.
If you want to sell bundle packages of images this is the best way I have figured out:
Create a Woocommerce downloadable standard product and upload your ZIP-File to the media gallery. To prevent direct downloads you can use the plugin “Prevent Direct Access”. It’s easy to use and costs just USD 29 for a lifetime gold license. This Plugin can be found here: https://srd.www.ads-software.com/plugins/prevent-direct-access/
Another issue: I have tested a purchase of more than 100 files and after payment the order has not been processed accurately by the system. No download links have been sent out after waiting several hours. I reported that to the support and we will see if there is a solution.
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The potential for this is huge. The execution is dreadfully painful. It requires a CHRON job. Both times I ran this it created over a gig of files outside of my sites home directory that basically stopped function. I had to delete the site account and start from scratch as the files were associated with a user name and the location was fairly untraceable.
If it gets updated and fixed it may be worth the time and money, but I don’t have the time. I hope it becomes worth the money.
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Not only does this plugin work amazing out of the box but the support you can get is fantastic. It’s not very often you come along a plugin that really does what it describes but the one absolutely does that.
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After few years in the stock market, I decided to open my own agency, and though I’m still developing the whole website, Symbiostock is the soluction the perfectly fit my needs. Completely customizable, I’ll save a lot of time thanks to his perfectly integrated metadata reader. Just set up the picture in adobe bridge then upload. All Done.
Thanks!!
Rating: 2 stars
I’m new to Symbiostock Express, but so far I have found it to be not intuitive at all. It’s not easy for a non-programmer to setup and the documentation leaves a lot to be desired.
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So happy I found Symbiostock.
I could not afford to purchase a paid for Photography extension that plugs into WooCommerce.
I joined Symbiostock forums after installing and have been welcomed into an amazing community with incredibly helpful community members.
Thanks for the latest 3.0 release, works brilliantly!
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Have found this easy to use and all works well.
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Over the last year I think that I have tried every script and plug in for PHP, Smarty, WordPress and Joomla promising to help you get started setting up your own Stock Media shop. Some have actually been well developed, but a little beyond my capacity for customization. I am an artist not a coder. I would rather be out shooting that tring to figure out PHP!
Other plugins that I have tried for Joomla and WP have just not been ready for market and I lost days “beta testing” peoples plugins that I paid good money for.
I have found Symbiostock to be a very mature plugin with all of the features necessary for setting up a stock shop already well developed. The plugin works well with themes that are integrated with Woo Commerce. I have found it to work well with Avada and a couple of other themes I tried. To make it even easier, Symbiostock has developed a theme specifically customized for the plugin. I have worked with it and it has everything you need to get your store up and running.
For those who are interested in adding stock video to their store, an add on plugin virtually automates the process. This has been the best part for me. Most all other programs that i have tried either do not permit video, or it has been a afterthought add on that doesn’t work and gets little attention. The Symbiostock developers are in to video themselves and are making video a strong component of their plugins.
While others have you make your own video previews and thumbs and tie it all together, the Symbiostock process does it all for you. Just upload your video and within less than a moment you have a preview and a thumb on line, with meta data! The other guys complain that it isn’t possible, or would take too much time to develop and they are “too busy answering tickets….”
As a bonus, Symbiostock is developing a community of artists and producers that will network their stores together into one storefront for media purchasers to have one stop shopping for all of the contributes. For everyone tired of “penny stocks”, it’s time to pull down your portfolios and set up your own shop!
The system continues to be actively developed and response to questions have been quick and helpful. Your going to love what this can do for you!
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With this plugin, you can have your own photo store up and running quickly – follow the instructions and you will have your online commerce site operating in 10-15 minutes.
Make sure your theme is compatible with WooCommerce. I first installed on a WooCommerce theme I had been using, and the installation was fast and easy. I was never really happy with that theme, so I switched to Symbiostock Express theme. No problems with the plugin – easy to switch around themes. I do like it even better with the Symbiostock Express theme. Easy to keep tweaking during the ongoing tweaking of my WordPress site.
It works with the WooCommerce plugin. Your shopping cart will setup quickly and easily
Great support on the forum, too. You won’t be alone with this plugin.
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Really great solution for a streamlined photography shop.
Excellent and proactive support
Thanks
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This is a great free tool for all photographers who wanna sell their photos!
Nice and fast support! I would recommended to anyone. thanks
Rating: 5 stars
I have started my journey with Symbiostock, and so far I’m very satisfied with the plugin itself, and with the support that helped me on few occasions. Big thanks to Robin. Good Job Team of Symbiostock.
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I’m a stock photographer. Recently, I began to think about make my own photo site with possibility to direct sell my images. I tryed a lot of plugins and scripts and was dissatisfied in them. Some times ago i found this plugin and try on developer server with Symbiostock Express Theme. And as a result – thats is great. This plugin was made by stock photographers whose really good understand this these and this plugin for my opinion one of the greatest solution for photographers whose want sell their photo direct and make their own photo stock selling site. Also this plugin unlike other support automatically extract keywords and auto processing from ftp bulk uploading. Highly recommend!
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Great plugin that works a treat. The description says it all and there is certainly no tomfoolery going on here. What you see is what you get unlike some other plugins I’ve tried which purport to doing the same thing, claim to do this and that yet fail to deliver! Symbiostock is simple to install and use and runs alongside the woocommerce plugin with exceedingly good results.
Coupled with the Symbiostock Express theme you have a tidy little set up and your online store up and running within no time at all. Documentation is plentiful for the theme and plugin and if that’s not enough support are always there and very quick to reply. Highly recommended.
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