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Five sales and one referral sale in about 2 weeks.  That will probably go down now more people are uploading there but that might bring in more buyers.  I have left all mine at $5, will see how that works.
My referral http://graphicleftovers.com/ref=sharpshot/

all my images a price there for $5

I just had my first sale at Graphic Leftovers 

My prices were set at the default of $5.00 which produced a commission of $2.60. I now have over 500 images currently uploaded and approved there.

Sharpshot - I believe I am your referral for this site if you weren't aware of it ...

http://graphicleftovers.com/ref=mwp1969/

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com
 

Hey Mike,

Yes you can do that, just add on /ref=mikemcd/ to any link on the site. So you would do, http://graphicleftovers.com/graphic/graffiti-sketch/ref=mikemcd/ for example.

Yes, there are many artists who do well, and since we started with mostly vectors, they sell the best on the site.

I hope everyone that has joined recently can start seeing sales soon too!

Another update: We've had a huge surge of sellers join in the past month...We've actually approved over 24,000 images in February alone! A lot of sales come from search engines and it will take a few weeks for your images to be indexed, so in a few weeks your sales should be more consistent. Also, the more our site is linked to, the more google will send traffic our way, so if you'd like to help your sales and our website at the same time, link to your portfolio or our homepage and you can include your referral link as well. For example, http://graphicleftovers.com/designer/stu49/ref=stu49/

Thanks, Dan.

Now this looks like referral link spamming to me.

I think you described it quite clearly. The link is supposed to show a file you sold. That's what you say the link will do. That's what everyone is expecting. Not to cache you as referral.

And btw leaf started thread about referral link usage while ago. This would be nice example of what should not be allowed.

Thank you leaf for your point. I much appreciate it.

I guess it is meaningless to continue this yet just to make it clear - so are you saying that hiding a referral link under a text that does not hint at all that it includes referral link is ok? He is saying that anyone is free to click the text under which the URL with the referral is hidden or not click it. Unless one is checking the URL hidden under the text, then one is unwillingly using his referral. Many people won't notice it at all and may well sign under him without even knowing in future (in case it is cached which it probably is and unless the site displays it when signing up). I don't think I should need to scan the hidden URLs at this forum. It is not 'anywhere in the internet'. It is not a spam email saying that when I click the link it will take me someplace just to do something different.

Or are you saying this because some buyer may actually find his image through say Google and this forum? And so that he gets bonus for referring buyer (if the site supports it)?

That's my point of view... Not a big deal actually, there are simply quite a few referral threads around with all the links and wow's to make people use them. And that makes me bit allergic on them. Actually that's what this poster said as well -- look they are allowed, they are all around. Well I know they are allowed, but for me it depends on how their are used. One can use them often but transparently as mwp does and that's fine with me. This one we are discussing does not seem as honest usage to me. But who cares what's fine with me...

The guy with the hidden link is actually honestly giving an opinion and referring people to the site via the link. If you find yourself on the site through the link then surely he is responsible for referring you via his post so deserves the bonus.
I think the above is far more annoying referral spamming, taking up half of every one of the many posts you make on the thread with the same spaced out referral link. spam spam spam. I feel like I've got squatters on my screen real estate!!!