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thats my question. If you make money selling photos and videos on microstock tell us your secret, can I spend my full time to upload all my stock? worth it to leave my current job? tell your secret!
thats my question. If you make money selling photos and videos on microstock tell us your secret, can I spend my full time to upload all my stock? worth it to leave my current job? tell your secret! Enviado desde mi BND-L21 mediante Tapatalk
Quote from: Rosebud7 on September 19, 2018, 04:48thats my question. If you make money selling photos and videos on microstock tell us your secret, can I spend my full time to upload all my stock? worth it to leave my current job? tell your secret! Enviado desde mi BND-L21 mediante TapatalkThese folks will tell you the 'Secret' and what to expect in this business. https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/
I've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."
Quote from: Rosebud7 on September 19, 2018, 04:48thats my question. If you make money selling photos and videos on microstock tell us your secret, can I spend my full time to upload all my stock? worth it to leave my current job? tell your secret! Enviado desde mi BND-L21 mediante TapatalkThe secret is a four letter word.Starts with "W". Ends with "K". And in between, contains the letters "OR".
QuoteI've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."He's got a fair point, but to be honest clowns do work pretty hard, unlike many who post regularly in the doom & gloom threads.I don't see Master Steve ever whining and his results speak for themselves with hard work and dedication to his craft. (oops meant to edit the previous post not create a new one, don't even know how to delete it)
Unless you are sitting on an untapped resource of excellent images I think anyone now to go from a standing start to becoming a full time "microstocker" would take enormous talent and effort. Better to label yourself a "professional" photographer and cast the net wider I think. From what I've seen if you have the personality for it teaching people to use their cameras is a far more lucrative activity.
Quote from: Pauws99 on September 19, 2018, 09:50Unless you are sitting on an untapped resource of excellent images I think anyone now to go from a standing start to becoming a full time "microstocker" would take enormous talent and effort. Better to label yourself a "professional" photographer and cast the net wider I think. From what I've seen if you have the personality for it teaching people to use their cameras is a far more lucrative activity.Yes, I agree.While I am relatively new to microstocking (i.e., only 1-2 years) - I have had to "work" really hard to get any kind of income started from it. It at times can kind of be a bit of a grind (keywording, titling, uploading, getting over rejections, taking new pics/videos/etc) - but - I think since it is 'fun' (at least the taking photos/videos/etc part) - keeps me going. There's also the quantity, quality, uniqueness, supply/demand/etc aspects of it which factor into your sales.I think it would be fantastic to have more than a full-time income from this. But, it will take a bit of work, and I am having a bit of fun along the way.
Quote from: SuperPhoto on September 19, 2018, 09:57Quote from: Pauws99 on September 19, 2018, 09:50Unless you are sitting on an untapped resource of excellent images I think anyone now to go from a standing start to becoming a full time "microstocker" would take enormous talent and effort. Better to label yourself a "professional" photographer and cast the net wider I think. From what I've seen if you have the personality for it teaching people to use their cameras is a far more lucrative activity.Yes, I agree.While I am relatively new to microstocking (i.e., only 1-2 years) - I have had to "work" really hard to get any kind of income started from it. It at times can kind of be a bit of a grind (keywording, titling, uploading, getting over rejections, taking new pics/videos/etc) - but - I think since it is 'fun' (at least the taking photos/videos/etc part) - keeps me going. There's also the quantity, quality, uniqueness, supply/demand/etc aspects of it which factor into your sales.I think it would be fantastic to have more than a full-time income from this. But, it will take a bit of work, and I am having a bit of fun along the way. Yes if you are enjoying it then fine. That's what I can't get about some of the more negative posters on here....a lesson I learnt maybe a bit late in life is if you are doing something that doesn't make you happy stop doing it ;-).
QuoteI've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."He's got a fair point, but to be honest clowns do work pretty hard, unlike many who post regularly in the doom & gloom threads.Not easy keeping those kids happy!
Quote from: Brasilnut on September 19, 2018, 09:39QuoteI've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."He's got a fair point, but to be honest clowns do work pretty hard, unlike many who post regularly in the doom & gloom threads.Not easy keeping those kids happy!Referring to yourself in the third person is a sign of madness you know
Lol. Yeah.I think I get where they are coming from though. Probably when they started they did hustle a bit, maybe it was easier then too, and they were making say $5-$10k/month - and got 'used' to the income... Now that there is so much more competition,etc rather than update their skills/adapt (which seems to be a necessity), they are upset about 'income lost'. (I totally get it, I think I've been like that before too. Had some nice income from other stuff, and when it decreased, wasn't too happy about that). But it seems basically - while you might be able to take a bit of a break and still make income (as opposed to a job where if you stop working, you don't get paid) - you still have to keep learning/adapting/creating/etc to help nuture your future income.
Quote from: SuperPhoto on September 19, 2018, 09:24Quote from: Rosebud7 on September 19, 2018, 04:48thats my question. If you make money selling photos and videos on microstock tell us your secret, can I spend my full time to upload all my stock? worth it to leave my current job? tell your secret! Enviado desde mi BND-L21 mediante TapatalkThe secret is a four letter word.Starts with "W". Ends with "K". And in between, contains the letters "OR".Wordmark?! Ah wait... four letters, sorry.
Quote from: Brasilnut on September 19, 2018, 09:39QuoteI've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."He's got a fair point, but to be honest clowns do work pretty hard, unlike many who post regularly in the doom & gloom threads.Not easy keeping those kids happy!The doom and gloom guys just expect what they had 10 years ago and want to pay their bills. It's all just slow and hopefully steady now.
Quote from: DallasP on September 19, 2018, 14:20Quote from: Brasilnut on September 19, 2018, 09:39QuoteI've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."He's got a fair point, but to be honest clowns do work pretty hard, unlike many who post regularly in the doom & gloom threads.Not easy keeping those kids happy!The doom and gloom guys just expect what they had 10 years ago and want to pay their bills. It's all just slow and hopefully steady now.they expect to earn with mediocre content and talent....i read that thread and browse some portfolio...that marbury has one of the useless portfolio in micro stock...2000 snapshot taken when taking out the dog to make pipi...and he complaints complaints...what . he expect is out of my mind...i would be surprised if he earns more than 30 dollar nowadays....then when somebody asked him why h not do commercial he said he want do only street and editorial...those are not street or editorial those are snapshot a teen of 5 years can take. those people want free lunch but free lunch in micro is finished long time ago.
if i would have to live from photography, i would spend time in offering ps-trainings, lr-trainings and photo course trips!
Anyway who in their right frame of mind wants to survive on micro-stock alone, keep uploading junk all day long, every day like a blue arsed fly, checking sites every 5 minutes and diving on the Alka-Seltzer if the going is bad anf then finally after every schitzophrenic search-change get suicidal!
Anyway who in their right frame of mind wants to survive on micro-stock alone, keep uploading junk all day long, every day like a blue arsed fly, checking sites every 5 minutes and diving on the Alka-Seltzer if the going is bad anf then finally after every schitzophrenic search-change get suicidal!...
they expect to earn with mediocre content and talent....i read that thread and browse some portfolio...that marbury has one of the useless portfolio in micro stock...2000 snapshot taken when taking out the dog to make pipi...and he complaints complaints...what . he expect is out of my mind...i would be surprised if he earns more than 30 dollar nowadays....then when somebody asked him why h not do commercial he said he want do only street and editorial...those are not street or editorial those are snapshot a teen of 5 years can take. those people want free lunch but free lunch in micro is finished long time ago.
Quote from: jonbull on September 20, 2018, 05:11Quote from: DallasP on September 19, 2018, 14:20Quote from: Brasilnut on September 19, 2018, 09:39QuoteI've no respect for anything that guy currently hawks around seeing as he likes to call other microstockers "clowns"I quote "All these doom and gloom clowns just need to work harder."He's got a fair point, but to be honest clowns do work pretty hard, unlike many who post regularly in the doom & gloom threads.Not easy keeping those kids happy!The doom and gloom guys just expect what they had 10 years ago and want to pay their bills. It's all just slow and hopefully steady now.they expect to earn with mediocre content and talent....i read that thread and browse some portfolio...that marbury has one of the useless portfolio in micro stock...2000 snapshot taken when taking out the dog to make pipi...and he complaints complaints...what . he expect is out of my mind...i would be surprised if he earns more than 30 dollar nowadays....then when somebody asked him why h not do commercial he said he want do only street and editorial...those are not street or editorial those are snapshot a teen of 5 years can take. those people want free lunch but free lunch in micro is finished long time ago.If people would accept and respect how others think and act, we would have a better world...But these posts are all just full of envy and hate...You can't change time, just find another way for yourself!
Quotethey expect to earn with mediocre content and talent....i read that thread and browse some portfolio...that marbury has one of the useless portfolio in micro stock...2000 snapshot taken when taking out the dog to make pipi...and he complaints complaints...what . he expect is out of my mind...i would be surprised if he earns more than 30 dollar nowadays....then when somebody asked him why h not do commercial he said he want do only street and editorial...those are not street or editorial those are snapshot a teen of 5 years can take. those people want free lunch but free lunch in micro is finished long time ago.lol! that is incredibly funny! do you have a portfolio link? I'm sure probably somewhere, someone in the world would "love" that content, so his problem is finding those 1-2 people that would pay for it
So, microstock is worth to pay the beers, but not a new car....Now, im trying so hard to make the same money that my actual job: 800$. I am uploading about 200 videos/month (for the moment) to shutterstock, storyblocks, pond5, adobestock and depositphotos. No sellings for the moment in depositphotos and adobestock, keep trying. I have learn 200$ at the moment. My videos are not the best, because I dont have the best machine and I work alone, but im proud. My secret? keep uploading, keep recording and share on twitter and instagram onlyBecause I really like to live with microstockhere my portfolio on storyblocks (the most representative, dont scam me xD) https://www.videoblocks.com/portfolio/RosebudThanks guys for your time and your information, and sorry for my englishRosebud with videolove
Quote from: Rosebud7 on September 21, 2018, 04:51So, microstock is worth to pay the beers, but not a new car....Now, im trying so hard to make the same money that my actual job: 800$. I am uploading about 200 videos/month (for the moment) to shutterstock, storyblocks, pond5, adobestock and depositphotos. No sellings for the moment in depositphotos and adobestock, keep trying. I have learn 200$ at the moment. My videos are not the best, because I dont have the best machine and I work alone, but im proud. My secret? keep uploading, keep recording and share on twitter and instagram onlyBecause I really like to live with microstockhere my portfolio on storyblocks (the most representative, dont scam me xD) https://www.videoblocks.com/portfolio/RosebudThanks guys for your time and your information, and sorry for my englishRosebud with videolove WOWW I cant believe in year 2018 such a bad and poor video quality it looks from a camera of the 80sInviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk
Oh it does not come quick or easy! I would not try to do it full-time at this point in the game. I have been at this for years!
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