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Rage:
My sales in the getty moments collection seem to now all be in the 1-3 dollar range, and because of the small exclusive portfolio it seems to be a very very low earner 10-15$ a month.

Am i doing something wrong or has getty dropped its rates (portfolio https://www.gettyimages.in/search/photographer?family=creative&photographer=amlan%20mathur#license)

What next, what other macro stock sites should i be looking at now, westend61 seems to be more of lifestyle pics for europe, I've been active on Alamy, what else.

pkphotos:

--- Quote from: izzikiorage on August 19, 2018, 00:08 ---My sales in the getty moments collection seem to now all be in the 1-3 dollar range, and because of the small exclusive portfolio it seems to be a very very low earner 10-15$ a month.

Am i doing something wrong or has getty dropped its rates (portfolio https://www.gettyimages.in/search/photographer?family=creative&photographer=amlan%20mathur#license)

What next, what other macro stock sites should i be looking at now, westend61 seems to be more of lifestyle pics for europe, I've been active on Alamy, what else.

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I quit Getty macro and it'll probably cost me money in the short and long term. I've redistributed some of the photos on micro sites and the editorial majority to Alamy. I did this because despite the odd very decent sale, Getty sales had over the last couple of years, diminished to micro sales, but they had still retained strict exclusivity. Losing total control of your photos to an exclusive contract with Getty is inhibiting and I'd rather take a financial hit to gain control back over my images. As for Istock, any employer of Getty should be ashamed of the royalty % they pay contributors. There's very little in the way of ethics there. I'll miss the big sales but not the company ethos

Rage:
That's been my biggest challenege, total exclusivity and then getting almost microstock rates for most of the sales. I've gotten one or two huge sales as well, but its like finding bigfoot

pkphotos:

--- Quote from: izzikiorage on August 19, 2018, 08:26 ---That's been my biggest challenege, total exclusivity and then getting almost microstock rates for most of the sales. I've gotten one or two huge sales as well, but its like finding bigfoot

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Yeah your portfolio is very small. I had 8000+ photos mostly RM, just a few RF. Revenue peaked around 2015 and then plummeted over the next three years. This happened to all contributors. The only safe ones either had massive portfolios of high quality imagery or very creative portfolios. Sales volume in particular, dried up and then the micro size sales became increasingly prevalent. I was waiting for a recovery or huge month but it never came.

Rage:
Aren't there any other macro stock photo sites other than getty? Does it make sense to try for offset, westend or some of the others?

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