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leaf
« on: January 24, 2008, 16:56 »

I have started to upload my portfolio to mostphotos (i have 450 there so far).  Today I got my first sale Smiley  i received 12.5 euro which is $18. ... perhaps there is potential here.  Depends on if it was a fluke or not.

I do really like uploading there though, it is as easy as lucky oliver or crestock.


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madelaide
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2008, 16:59 »

Congrats, Leaf!  What is the lucky image?

US$18 is almost what I made in CS in over a year.  Cheesy

Regards,
Adelaide


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leaf
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2008, 17:02 »

Congrats, Leaf!  What is the lucky image?

US$18 is almost what I made in CS in over a year.  Cheesy

Regards,
Adelaide


yeah, i know.  crazy.  with one sale it is not too far behind crestock or 123rf for this month.  there is going to be a battle for 7th place for me this month i think Smiley

this was the image

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2008, 18:58 »

I've had two there. Quirky site, but as said, easy to upload to. Only time I like the devalued dollar LOL. They have most of my port.


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sharpshot


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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2008, 19:21 »

I have had 1 sale so far and another good point is that I was able to withdraw the money straight away.  Some sites need at least 50 downloads before you get paid.


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jorgeinthewater


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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2008, 20:40 »

Hey Leaf,
I just signed up and used you as referral. Thanks for the tip.
Just a question I'm in the US what is 50 Euro in that site is that like .50cents or 50.00 dollars?
« Last Edit: January 24, 2008, 20:45 by jorgeinthewater »

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dbvirago



« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2008, 21:06 »

jorge, you get 12.5 euros. As someone said, my first sale that was about $18. The last one is wa a little less than that. Google a currency converter, it will go with whatever the current conversation rate is.


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leaf
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2008, 03:09 »

like www.xe.com

1.00 EUR = 1.47629 USD



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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2008, 11:09 »

...
1.00 EUR = 1.47629 USD
Ouch ... Europeople must cringe at payment time - 30% of your earnings vanish!


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leaf
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2008, 12:06 »

yep.

last year against the norwegian kroner the $$ was 6:1, now it is 5:1 so I am making 18% less just due to the crummy exchange rate.

but on the other hand - camera gear is getter cheaper and cheaper.  Now if only BH accepted paypal from Norway - perhaps it is coming though since they now accept paypal from US, Canada, and UK


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Elenathewise



« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2008, 15:44 »

I had a few sales there. Getting 12.50 Euros per sale is nice, but they don't come often.
The non-review policy lets in sometimes some god awful stuff, but then it's my personal opinion, maybe someone is looking exactly for that:) I am definitely happy to have all of my work up there.  Also, with their ranking index - people do unsightly things, like original swedish photogs ranking down everything that is not swedish, or another example  - I had a few pics with dogs and they got ranked down severely by a person whos tiny portfolio is only dogs ... annoying really. I know you can block users if you thing they just want to get rid of competition, but hey I got other things to do than to track down these people.
I mean, if statistically there are more decent people out there than not, that kind of indexing would work... hard to tell:) I have tried ranking images there myself but then stopped because I realized that my criteria is too high. It's very subjective. So, maybe a better way to go would be to do something like Alamy, based on views/downloads, not on the fears of a person that worries that their dog pics won't sell...;-)


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tsmarkley


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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2008, 17:13 »

I really like this site and hope that it will bring in Eurp buyers. The return for photographers is great and I hope to see a sales there soon.


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leaf
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2008, 18:38 »

assumingly everyone would get an equal amount of trolls - so the ranking should work out in the end, but whose to say... it will be interesting to see how it plays out.


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jorgeinthewater


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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2008, 23:05 »

I just got one image there and it got ranked -5.4 I don't understand that
system, and from what I just read it might be an unfair system. I guess
we should see what happens when I upload more images.

  had a few sales there. Getting 12.50 Euros per sale is nice, but they don't come often.
The non-review policy lets in sometimes some god awful stuff, but then it's my personal opinion, maybe someone is looking exactly for that:) I am definitely happy to have all of my work up there.  Also, with their ranking index - people do unsightly things, like original swedish photogs ranking down everything that is not swedish, or another example  - I had a few pics with dogs and they got ranked down severely by a person whos tiny portfolio is only dogs ... annoying really. I know you can block users if you thing they just want to get rid of competition, but hey I got other things to do than to track down these people.
I mean, if statistically there are more decent people out there than not, that kind of indexing would work... hard to tell:) I have tried ranking images there myself but then stopped because I realized that my criteria is too high. It's very subjective. So, maybe a better way to go would be to do something like Alamy, based on views/downloads, not on the fears of a person that worries that their dog pics won't sell...;-)


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sharpshot


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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2008, 12:43 »

logged in and found this one has sold.  The stock market fall might of made me some money Smiley

http://mostphotos.com/view.php?imgid=82282&offset=0&thumbnailsize=large&displayinformation=less&reflections=on&imagetype=all&orderby=idx&periodlimit=-1&querytype=search&imagesearchedit=chalk+chart&search=1


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« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2008, 21:12 »

Leaf,

I'm going to register and check-out mostphotos. I put you down as a referral if it takes in their system as I had already typed in "mostphotos.com" without a referral link from you.

It did have a field on their registration form where I could put in your id so I hope you get the credit ..


Mark


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mwp1969


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« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2008, 17:08 »

FYI:
I've had my first sale there in my first month there ... 12.5 Euros with immediate payout possible as I requested it through PayPal and received it the same day just to see how quick they were Smiley

Mark



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