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Is There a Society6 Upload Limit?

3/6/2015

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In short, yes - yes there is. Though, please note that this article doesn't discuss the regular 75Mb upload limit per file that Society6 clearly states in their file prep instructions, rather this is about their limitation that prohibits uploading too many images within a certain timeline.

I originally noted this in my "Society6 Set Up and Promotion Strategy" - article, but I thought to write a small one just on this. I'm sure that I haven't been the first wondering this. In February 2014 when I discovered this, the limit was approximately 20 images within 2 hours. If you would try to post more in one session Society6 would just give you an error "This page is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

I'm not sure why they haven't described this in their pages, I can only guess. Maybe because they want to keep modifying this and having it written somewhere would just be too much maintenance. Anyhow, artists uploading more than 20 images at one go should be rare, because not too many artist have that daily output in their production. Exceptions are like me, who wanted to upload the whole inventory at once there.

Alright so just be aware of this. If you hit message take a break and continue some 2 hours later. It should reset after a while. If the upload limits has changed, please comment this blog so we'll get the latest news on this! =)

Thanks for reading, I hope this has been a help to you.
10 Comments
Arletta link
4/2/2015 09:14:35 am

Hi, I just tried to upload more files and got the same problem "This page is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.". It's not nice that S6 doesn't tell a word about it in FAQ or anywhere... For me this limit has not much sense, zero in a fact. Maybe they care about photographers health to not spend to much time with computer? ;)

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Elesbed link
8/13/2015 11:38:32 am

Thank you for this article, I have been wondering what was going on ! I'll wait then !

Nice day to you !

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NervousRex link
9/20/2015 10:06:52 am

I just got a bright red error message "Upload limit has been reached". I think I may have uploaded about 25 files totalling 15-25 Mb in about an hour or so. So, yes, there is most definitely an upload limit.
I agree that S6 should mention this in their FAQ. Going to complain to them right now :)

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Christine link
1/3/2016 03:30:49 am

I am simply trying to replace an image because the orientation is wrong and get the upload limit error :/

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Matt link
1/17/2016 06:38:30 am

Trying to upload new images (yesterday and today). Society 6 initially seems to accept my uploads. HOWEVER, they don't show up in my portfolio under NEW, even a day later.

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Sari Eliott link
1/18/2016 03:26:07 pm

I have the same problem as you Matt , since yesterday ... :/

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Peterfy link
1/20/2016 11:50:49 pm

Same problem for me..

Matt Mawson
1/21/2016 12:49:01 am

The images are now showing. I got this reply from Brittany at Society6:

"I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. I have refreshed your account which will assist in fixing this issue.
I will let you know we have been experiencing a delay between when artists are uploading their work and when they are becoming available. Our dev team is working to get the issue resolved as soon as possible. As of right now, it can take between 12 and 24 hours for the art to show up.
Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to solve the issue."


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wetdryvac link
2/12/2016 02:34:27 am

Finally got concrete information from Society6 themselves when I was asking about a large production upload run: "Society6's website is not designed to accommodate that many files uploaded within a short amount of time. The most that can be done is 200mb per hour."

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Paulette Holley
9/27/2019 07:35:16 pm

I have been all over this website to find out if there's a limit to how many images I can upload. I can't find the answer.

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