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Agency Based Discussion => Mostphotos.com => Topic started by: Dan on April 16, 2012, 13:46

Title: who would have thought?
Post by: Dan on April 16, 2012, 13:46: I just uploaded 2 of my new pics today and just now i received a like. I was wondering if this could lead to a sale? I'll have to get busy and upload more but time is a problem. Have over 70 that needs to be uploaded but like i said - short on time.
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: luissantos84 on April 16, 2012, 14:41: no.. likes don´t mean sales.. too bad :/
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: Dan on April 16, 2012, 14:56: No - i mean -- do liked pic sale better?
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: Carl on April 16, 2012, 14:57: I began uploading to the site in June of 2010, and I've had three sales. I think it's safe to say that because the site is unmoderated, buyers don't take it seriously.
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: luissantos84 on April 16, 2012, 15:04: Quote from: Dan on April 16, 2012, 14:56
No - i mean -- do liked pic sale better?

have no idea.. somehow it could make sense.. but there are many members not uploading much and liking a lot so if there isn´t any moderation they should not use into "best match"
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: luissantos84 on April 16, 2012, 15:07: Quote from: csproductions on April 16, 2012, 14:57
I began uploading to the site in June of 2010, and I've had three sales. I think it's safe to say that because the site is unmoderated, buyers don't take it seriously.

close to a full year there and I had 60 sales for 82.49EUR
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: MarcvsTvllivs on April 17, 2012, 08:51: Quote from: luissantos84 on April 16, 2012, 15:07
close to a full year there and I had 60 sales for 82.49EUR

Wow. How many pictures do you have there?
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: luissantos84 on April 17, 2012, 09:59: Quote from: MarcvsTvllivs on April 17, 2012, 08:51
Quote from: luissantos84 on April 16, 2012, 15:07
close to a full year there and I had 60 sales for 82.49EUR

Wow. How many pictures do you have there?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mostphotos+luissantos84 (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mostphotos+luissantos84)
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: tab62 on April 17, 2012, 11:14: Did you mean: mostphotos luis santos 84
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: luissantos84 on April 17, 2012, 11:58: Quote from: tab62 on April 17, 2012, 11:14
Did you mean: mostphotos luis santos 84

no but it is irrelevant.. I wonder why people are so lazy :)
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: tab62 on April 17, 2012, 12:02: I did this google thing on my boss one day- she didn't see the humor ;D
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: Dan on April 19, 2012, 08:38: i just thought if a buyer saw a pic well liked by their peers that it might make a different
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: jm on April 19, 2012, 08:45: "Likes" are reason why I can't take MostPhotos too seriously. Instead of best images you can see on homepage portraits of weirdos that have nothing better to do than pushing the like buttons. In addition to it - they have the unique ability to "like" images with "low or no commercial value".
Fortunately I have a good month on MostPhotos in April - images that nobody likes sell relatively well.
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: luissantos84 on April 19, 2012, 08:50: Quote from: Dan on April 19, 2012, 08:38
i just thought if a buyer saw a pic well liked by their peers that it might make a different

that is wayyyyy subjective, what type of buyer? blogger? honestly that is very hard to predict but yes some might get because of the likes, that said my most liked haven´t got a sale maybe a lot more artistic than stocky..

it would be interested to know better their search algorithm but on a quick look the buyer only have the chance to pick when it was uploaded from today to 1 year, I have also seen that files are showed by order of SALES, seems there isn´t anything else changing it, the most downloaded pic on my search doesn't even have a like..
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: steheap on April 19, 2012, 09:58: The only reason I bother with the site is that it gives you free online storage of your images. You can always go along and download full resolution copies if you have a disaster with your own hard drive. It is easy to upload to, the final bit of the import doesn't take much time (the bit where you say whether you have releases or not), and I got $23 in the past 12 months. Nothing great, but being paid for storing 3000 images is a good business model!

Steve
Title: Re: who would have thought?
Post by: oboy on April 19, 2012, 10:32: I believe (unless they have changed it) buyers do not see the Likes from contributor to contiributor. The site looks different for buyers vs. contributors. At least it was like this when MP change website layout (I think) 2 years ago.