123RF.com Launches Portfolio Retrieval Services For Contributors

May 8, 2007

123RF.com Launches Portfolio Retrieval Services for Contributors

posted by alex@123rf

May 8, 2007 - 123RF.com Contributors will now have a peace of mind with the newly implemented Portfolio Recovery Download.

With this service, Contributors can now download their own portfolio without being charged for the download. In the past there have been Contributors who experienced personal dilemmas such as house break-ins, crashed hard disks and corrupted backup drives which resulted in loss of precious works.

After facing such unfortunate circumstances, 123RF.com believes that it's only right that we help Contributors to recover their work.

P.S: This service applies to images that have been accepted by our team of reviewers only.

The Mechanism
When you're logged in and viewing your OWN portfolio, you'll see that all of the resolutions are available for you to download for FREE.

Don't worry, the rest of the community will be able to buy and download your image for credits or under the subscription mode.

What You See

What you see

What Others See

What others see

Backup Strategy
Just in case you're wondering how serious we are... We have 3 backup copies. Now, how's that for seriousness?

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Comments

Comments (141)

VERY WELL DONE - YOU'RE GREAT 123RF.
THANK YOU

Says citylights on May 9, 2007, 02:59 AM

this is really a great feature!!! this truly stands out of the competition, great work!!

Says Canakris on May 9, 2007, 03:13 AM

Hi,

This is great. But how can we download the images?

Regards,
José Elias

Says joseelias on May 9, 2007, 03:26 AM

Hi José,

All you need to do is view your own portfolio/images and the download options are enabled for your own images.

Says sam@123rf on May 9, 2007, 06:49 AM

Ok, thanks!

:-)

José Elias

Says joseelias on May 9, 2007, 07:07 AM

Nice touch

Says njnightsky on May 9, 2007, 12:19 PM

Mmmmm! Bet the competition is looking at this and saying DAMN!

Says Tonygers on May 9, 2007, 02:06 PM

GREAT!!! Thanks :D very very useful***

Says claranatoli on May 9, 2007, 04:25 PM

This is a great idea! Thanks a lot!

Says complexdesignpl on May 10, 2007, 03:51 AM

Wow!! Thank you. Great insurance and greatly appreciated. Elena

Says elenaray on May 10, 2007, 08:40 AM

Thank you very very much!!!!!

Says gautier on May 10, 2007, 01:00 PM

YES 123, this is a wonderful feature I saw, and this make more confident to save my works here :) I hope you have backup servers too.

Says emovio on May 11, 2007, 01:20 AM

WOW, now this caught my attention great job I was wondering who would do this first :-)

Says jjneff on May 11, 2007, 06:36 AM

AWESOME!!!!!

Says kirubesh on May 15, 2007, 02:37 AM

thank you! It's a very needful feature.

Says FourSeasons on May 15, 2007, 08:24 AM

Very thoughtful, thanks!!!

Says beka on May 16, 2007, 08:46 AM

Excellent! Great idea!

Says svaba on May 17, 2007, 09:57 AM

Magnificent tool! Just goes to show that you care about your contributors. Thank you! :-)

Says karimala on May 19, 2007, 12:16 PM

This is a great feature! I had wondered if something like this was possible in the event of a disaster - you're already a step ahead! Thanks!

Says kenhurst on May 19, 2007, 12:28 PM

super duper

Says kirubesh on May 20, 2007, 02:29 AM

yes - this is really good feature. - i personally had hard-drive crash last month :( . i - have backups of my images, but if i did not have these images... i would..... i would... well ... i would be a 123rf contributor :) :) :)

Says dr123bouz on May 20, 2007, 03:35 PM

wouaou, I've been a ... scared or ...
well everything is ok
cool, even surely
:)

Says caramel on May 25, 2007, 07:47 PM

Great thinking 123RF

Says mnoor on May 28, 2007, 06:40 AM

This is really usefull feature.
Thanks!

Says alri on May 31, 2007, 07:56 AM

Great! Tks!

Says forest on June 6, 2007, 01:17 AM

Proactive thinking, bravo

Says gorgev on June 7, 2007, 05:15 PM

Ah, muchas gracias amigos, pense que algo estava mal configurado, saludos a todos los de habla hispana e inglesa tambien.

Says daviddomi on June 9, 2007, 09:45 PM

Thank you very much!!!

Says britvich on June 10, 2007, 05:47 AM

I'm new, and just discovered this as I was browsing, and I want to say, this is AWESOME! I keep backups of everything, but this feature brings me such peace of mind.

THANK YOU!

Says stitcherladyxx on June 11, 2007, 10:43 PM

Thanks, I think that you're the only microstock agency that does this.

Says desertdiverp on June 12, 2007, 05:09 AM

thank you !!

Says silviav on June 12, 2007, 02:20 PM

This feature kicks ASS!!!
THANK YOU

Says kickassphotoman on June 20, 2007, 01:00 PM

This is really impressive.
Much appreciated

Says go2graphics on June 21, 2007, 10:28 PM

it sounds good but i had downloaded a few of my pics and resolution and size has scaled down.
Original size about 4MB downloaded size 727KB!!!
Useless :(((((

Says evan66 on June 26, 2007, 04:12 PM

Cool :) Thanks!

Says relplus on July 5, 2007, 04:26 PM

Very useful! Thanks! :)

Says galskygge on July 25, 2007, 03:53 PM

Wonderful!! freaked me out at first! but great feature!!

Says jonbass85 on August 1, 2007, 07:19 AM

Great, this is a top class service!

Says Wrennie on August 31, 2007, 07:34 PM

thank you for your prompt reply.

Says jcabrinichan on September 12, 2007, 02:28 AM

I want to thank you for this, I lost all my 2007 images this week to two hard drive crashes, originals and backups gone. This is a life saver.

Marianne

Says photoeyes on September 17, 2007, 12:38 AM

Execellent service from 123rf. really impressed

Says smukherjee on September 25, 2007, 02:23 PM

i like this service it is best for designer

Says kailashsoni on September 29, 2007, 11:17 PM

Congrats on differentiating yourself from the competition. A very nice feature.

Says destinyvispro on October 5, 2007, 12:01 PM

Hi,
I like 123RF and, service is great. I' am new on this site and I hope that first good inpression will continue (forever) :)

Says berekin on October 6, 2007, 06:07 AM

You've done a beautiful job re-designing this site.

Says elenaray on October 7, 2007, 08:57 AM

We Love you 123RF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Says psudochromis on October 8, 2007, 08:47 PM

This is really fantastic! At least if my external hard drives fail, I have some sort of back up, many thanks:o)

Says AWphotoart on October 9, 2007, 08:59 AM

A very nice feature.Very useful! Thanks!

Says stelian on October 29, 2007, 07:39 PM

super

Says milanzeremski on November 9, 2007, 02:16 AM

Says KOVALEV on November 15, 2007, 07:36 PM

Phew nearly had heart attack! lol

Says adeptris on November 16, 2007, 01:05 PM

Thanks guys... all of you :D

Says oguzaral on November 27, 2007, 02:26 AM

I feel much better now

Says radivoje on December 4, 2007, 02:37 PM

very nice feature, thanks in advance

Says dacoperia on December 6, 2007, 05:00 AM

No one else offers this feature...love your work...pretty to watch

Says mollypix on December 10, 2007, 01:08 PM

thank a lot, very thoughtful indeed... for a moment I thought it's free for all..

Says nahrulk on December 13, 2007, 09:52 AM

Well done! Thanks for your excellent service.

Says marcdarkin on December 16, 2007, 06:39 PM

Thanks for explaining how things work, I am new to this so thanks alot, please view my accepted prints it would be nice to have some feed back, and nice to meet you all

Says ste1 on January 23, 2008, 11:42 AM

Nice idea, its good to see a company like 123RF supporting the stock community.

Says Nicemonkey on January 24, 2008, 02:59 AM

Спасибо. Хорошо придумано.
С уважением Павел

Thank you. Good thought.
Sincerely Pavel

Says ppl58 on February 1, 2008, 12:59 AM

Спасибо. Хорошо придумано.
С уважением Павел

Thank you. Good thought.
Sincerely Pavel

Says ppl58 on February 1, 2008, 01:00 AM

Whew, now that IS peace-of-mind :-) thanks guys!!Anton

Says antonkossmann on February 18, 2008, 04:17 PM

Thank you!

Says CrazyD on February 24, 2008, 09:32 AM

Great idea & excellent support. Keep up the awesome work :)

Says williv on March 7, 2008, 12:17 AM

Whew... I was really freaked out for a minute there. You guys should put this somewhere in the new user information -- if it's there, I didn't see it.Now that I'm over the shock -- Great, thanks!! :)

Says unseenthings on March 7, 2008, 07:10 AM

What a wonderful comforting feature. Thanks.

Says cringuette on March 8, 2008, 01:24 PM

Om Shanti Shanti OM!

Says 123roli on March 14, 2008, 06:52 AM

Wow! this is a cool tool. Thanks 123rf!

Says ayfoto on March 18, 2008, 02:24 AM

Great feature. Thank you for the great idea!

Says svaba on March 26, 2008, 03:55 PM

Whee! Thanks.

Says espion on April 8, 2008, 06:40 AM

Why won't this window close so I can download my image?

Says marieappert on April 8, 2008, 11:13 AM

Seriously, how do I close this window so I can download one of my images.

Says marieappert on April 8, 2008, 11:19 AM

Okay, I hope this page isn't going to be a permanent thing.

Says marieappert on April 8, 2008, 11:27 AM

Ok! I was quiet shocked!!!LOL

Says kfotos on April 25, 2008, 03:11 AM

At first I was a bit shocked to see that my images were offered for "free". But then I clicked on the link and read that you were offering this service to contributors. That's very good service. Thank you! (Although I hope I will never need it. :) )

Says ingesche on April 30, 2008, 08:20 AM

You scared me, I though everything was free!! I didn't realize the benefits at first. Thanks.

Says zanyzeus on May 1, 2008, 05:39 PM

Wow! That unbelivable convinient! Thank you!

Says isame on May 11, 2008, 03:20 PM

tq.

Says annielim on May 12, 2008, 12:20 AM

tq.

Says annielim on May 12, 2008, 12:20 AM

Thank you.Peace of mind.Also handy if you're away from your hard drives and want to print or change things on the images... cool.CS

Says carlosseller on May 21, 2008, 04:05 AM

thank you for such opportunity!:-)

Says aniad on May 24, 2008, 02:42 PM

thank you for such opportunity!:-)

Says aniad on May 24, 2008, 02:43 PM

This is very nice tool. In the first moment I saw "FREE" and I have wanted to get a heart attack :-)

Says gerryanimations on May 27, 2008, 09:28 AM

sweet

Says studio1one on May 28, 2008, 08:22 PM

thanks, great feat. - but please find another word instead of "FREE" because the first time one sees his/her own pictures apparently offered for free it's a bit frightening

Says claudiodivizia on June 6, 2008, 05:42 AM

phew, thank goodness, I read the explanation.i was checking one of my images in my portfolio last night and got a SHOCK to see my image was being given away FREE. LOLimagine i was sweating bullets, until i hit the link FREE to read this explanation.how i can relax.good job, alex123.cheers!

Says tan510jomast on June 29, 2008, 01:38 PM

This is great!!!!

Says lwzfoto on July 10, 2008, 09:20 PM

Very useful feature, but you have to write "Free for the owner only". What is so hard?

Says bofy on July 20, 2008, 06:23 AM

great feature 123RF...thanks a lot!!!!

Says shyamgarg on August 17, 2008, 02:05 AM

good feature thx

Says vargaesz on September 30, 2008, 07:51 AM

great and useful... thanx 123rf

Says apizblue on October 11, 2008, 02:24 PM

Great!!!

Says tchigareev on October 22, 2008, 10:37 AM

When I try to download ultra high resolution, I get file of only 400-500kb. So, it's not an original version. Why can't I get my original version for free? This is not useful at all.

Says whitechild on November 4, 2008, 07:47 AM

lost some of my pictures coz of a hdd crash. so, tried to get them back with this feature. but the jpgs i get are compressed to the max. so, what initially looked like a great idea is absolutely useless :-(( i'd suggest to make this option work properly or take it off this site. it only makes photographers feel safe but finally it can't help them at all...

Says swissmacky on December 1, 2008, 10:43 PM

This is a great service!

Says gualberto107 on December 20, 2008, 06:51 PM

Great service... Shows how supportive 123RF is to their contributors!

Says boylet on January 4, 2009, 08:02 AM

you are viewing through our eyes... great!!!

Says ramamoorthi21 on February 2, 2009, 12:23 AM

Great job guys very wel done 123rf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the best

Says cubano83 on February 17, 2009, 03:09 AM

oh ok

Says gabivali on February 17, 2009, 06:53 PM

phew, thanks ;)

Says gabord13 on February 19, 2009, 10:51 AM

That\s good to know. thanks...Roli

Says 123roli on March 6, 2009, 03:24 AM

Phew,thanks2

Says 123roli on March 6, 2009, 03:25 AM

very appreciable and you are truly contributor friendly. a lot of thanks.

Says jayant0v on April 3, 2009, 02:00 AM

Amazing idea!! Thanks

Says cecs on April 12, 2009, 06:07 AM

saved me.

Says conceptualcreations on April 30, 2009, 01:26 PM

wow, great idea! thanks :)

Says zsooofija on May 12, 2009, 01:39 PM

thanks for the back up, I do really appreciate

Says toneteam on May 13, 2009, 04:50 AM

Great, Thanks.

Says markus_g on May 22, 2009, 07:22 AM

Super idea. Thank you

Says schristina on May 27, 2009, 06:11 AM

Thankyou very much!

Says crisferra on May 29, 2009, 02:30 AM

Great effort more like disaster recovery mechanism................bravo

Says lopeza02 on June 3, 2009, 08:52 PM

you the superstock

Says hrom on June 9, 2009, 02:17 PM

Exceeding my expectation. Thank you!

Says cslanecphoto on June 10, 2009, 12:25 AM

Thank you for your this great service!

Says solena432 on June 17, 2009, 01:40 AM

Thank you for your help, now everything is clear

Says dompr on August 14, 2009, 06:18 AM

I appreciate that you allow this - you have saved me several times with this availabilty

Says heidehibbard on September 7, 2009, 09:20 AM

Thanks 123rf, lifesaver

Says gmashonga on September 20, 2009, 03:07 AM

Thank you guy

Says bluesunshine on September 24, 2009, 07:58 AM

Thanks :)

Says BengLim67 on October 14, 2009, 01:33 AM

This is a great feature! Thanks 123rf!

Says gualberto107 on October 14, 2009, 07:43 AM

Thank's for these.It's great to know that you have a portfolio saved online.I use an sternal disc and cd's to save my pictures,so,i have two copies,but,tree are much better!Thanks

Says vladyc on November 14, 2009, 03:51 AM

Superb

Says attikatona on December 4, 2009, 12:38 AM

Last year, just as I was completing a major project, my hard drive crashed, and they wanted me to pay an arm and a leg to retrieve my files. If I had the kind of money they wanted, I'd have had an external drive for backup. As it was, I did a lot of re-shooting, and naturally some of the shots were impossible to recreate. The project slumped from top-notch to barely acceptable. Sure wish I'd had a safety net back then. Thanks. You'll never understand until it happens to you.

Says mab0440 on December 31, 2009, 07:52 PM

Bravo!

Says wilsilver77 on January 12, 2010, 09:23 AM

AWESOME!!!!!

Says wampirek on January 13, 2010, 10:33 AM

Tnx! Пасиб!

Says dvarg on January 20, 2010, 10:07 AM

Cool

Says ja_rek on January 25, 2010, 11:44 AM

It`s very useful, wish other stock agencies do the same, specially for video. Very Thenks 123RF you care about my time, I appreciate it.

Says yurchak on April 2, 2010, 06:30 AM

well, if I need to download whole my portfolio (1500 images), should I repeat these steps for EACH image or maybe there is another more easy way?

Says starush on May 24, 2010, 03:07 AM

in any case, many thanks for 123rf for care!

Says starush on May 24, 2010, 03:10 AM

Oh, thats a great idea. Thank You

Says FrankU on May 31, 2010, 10:44 AM

i just figured out this and it's a great feature!thank you

Says woah_elfart on July 1, 2010, 11:29 PM

what a great facility... nice one!

Says jorgenmac on August 19, 2010, 02:56 PM

thank u """"

Says sirichai_123rf on September 18, 2010, 03:05 AM

Love it ^@^

Says crystaltmc on September 30, 2010, 08:33 PM

Thank you for this Feature. I have actually had my external hard drive crash therefore i have lost over 2000 photos. I appreciate the ability to retrieve them from here.Thank you once again Dkleing

Says deekleing on October 6, 2010, 04:36 PM

Did somebody ever get an answer why files are compressed? Can't understand wy are you so excited about this feature?

Says Cebas on October 7, 2010, 06:08 AM

nice option indeed. thanks a lot.

Says allex on October 8, 2010, 08:45 AM

I love it.Thanks a lot!

Says yelo34 on January 6, 2011, 08:41 AM

WOW! First time I see something like this on a stock site! Great initiative! You rock!!!

Says dianepix on January 22, 2011, 03:28 AM

nice

Says dumitrudoru on January 29, 2011, 07:10 AM