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There are many, many, many authors meeting $100 every month on Pond5, believe me. $5,000+ is not that uncommon. Yes, you most likely need 500+ video clips or quality music for that though.They sell footage for millions each month but of course, there are quite a few clips so if you're new with a small portfolio it's hard to be seen.Sales create more sales and new stuff isn't too visible in the search engine. But after a few years when you have high ranking stuff the sales can really roll in. It takes time.
Can you please tell me how much you got from video sales at Pond5 per month?and is it really possoble to get 5000$ per month for video sales at Pond5??Thanks
Quote from: WindyTai on October 16, 2016, 23:59Can you please tell me how much you got from video sales at Pond5 per month?and is it really possoble to get 5000$ per month for video sales at Pond5??ThanksYes, absolutely. I would say that Axiomimages, Blendimages, Hotelfoxtrot, Wavebreakmedia, Rickray, Skyworksrf etc. all make around $10,000-30,000 per month from Pond5 alone. Naturally, most authors will make much less, but there is great potential.
I can't help to notice that most of the weekly and monthly best sellers are Music files....I never imagined it
Thanks, have been playing around with images for a few years now. Video is relatively new. Will keep at it
Quote from: izzikiorage on October 11, 2016, 00:12I realize that, its just amazingly hard to edit and upload video. The workflow for images is much more sorted. Need a lightroom type deal for videoThat's why you can still charge hundreds of dollars per clip and there are still a few good years in the footage business left. It's good that it's hard.Just use After Effects or Final Cut. The workflow is not more sorted for images, it's just that video takes more time and involves more data.You can quite easily do 20 clips in two days (film, edit, upload to multiple sites). Ten days full-time work: 100 clips. It's not THAT hard...For one person getting 500 clips up in two months from scratch is not an impossible task at all. But of course, you have to treat it like any other job and spend the hours.
I realize that, its just amazingly hard to edit and upload video. The workflow for images is much more sorted. Need a lightroom type deal for video
Quote from: increasingdifficulty on October 10, 2016, 06:48There are many, many, many authors meeting $100 every month on Pond5, believe me. $5,000+ is not that uncommon. Yes, you most likely need 500+ video clips or quality music for that though.They sell footage for millions each month but of course, there are quite a few clips so if you're new with a small portfolio it's hard to be seen.Sales create more sales and new stuff isn't too visible in the search engine. But after a few years when you have high ranking stuff the sales can really roll in. It takes time.Can you please tell me how much you got from video sales at Pond5 per month?and is it really possoble to get 5000$ per month for video sales at Pond5??Thanks
I seem to be doing something fundamentally wrong on pond5. I've had some video sales but NEVER an image sale, never, not even once. My stuff sells well on SS, iStock, Fotolia and even 123rf. What am i doing wrong on Pond5? https://www.pond5.com/artist/amlanmathur
At Pond5, I've made an average of $600 per month this year. So still a long way off $10 to $30K, but it's reasonable!
In the same period (~1 year) and same videos I sold one video at Poond5, 10 at SS, and 3 at Fotolia. I have about 40 videos. So for me, pond5 isn't best for videos.