Quote from: fotografer on April 22, 2016, 02:29

Quote from: PixelBytes on April 21, 2016, 16:02

Congrats on the 2k sale!  Was that RM?

I only have RF on Alamy, and usually sell pretty well there this month so far zero sales.  It has never happened since I started there in more then 5 years that I had a no sale month.

If you mean Dumc it was 200$ not 20000$
Alamy is rubbish for me this month too.  5 sales but only 62$ total.

Atleast you got 5 sales.. I am not use to 0 sales a month now

I guess so but by the time they take their cut from the 62$ I won't have made much more than you.

Quote from: fotografer on April 22, 2016, 02:29

Quote from: PixelBytes on April 21, 2016, 16:02

Congrats on the 2k sale!  Was that RM?

I only have RF on Alamy, and usually sell pretty well there this month so far zero sales.  It has never happened since I started there in more then 5 years that I had a no sale month.

If you mean Dumc it was 200$ not 20000$

Oh, oops!  Thanks for clearing that up.  Still beats me.  I finally had 3 $10 sales netting me a grand total of $15 for April on Alamy.  Meh.

<Pollyanna mode>The month isn't over yet! </>
I'm on 5 sales, two distributor, netting $57.72 so far in April. Proportionate to size of port, that's actually currently beating iS credit sales for $$, which have sunk almost without trace (for me) this month. Who will crawl past the month's finishing line ahead?
Congrats to Dumc: it's a very long time since I've netted $200 on Alamy (best, $300 net, was years ago), and a pretty long time since netting >$100.

8 sales in April, so far, netting $352 (616 photos online)
Nice, but far form Alamy #2 

Oh please, that sad face is just unappropriate  your digits look beautiful   

My sales at Alamy are very poor, anyone seeing progress?

After a year plus with Alamy they started to throw rare but attractive sales at me (between 40-80$ each, gross), better than what I get at dt, 123 and BS anyway. I have about 550 files (250 are with "poor discoverability"), more zooms lately and my ctr is higher than before, although i'm not sure whether it affects anything

Does anyone know why Alamy sells some pictures more expensive?
I found that many photos on Alamy as RF the Large and XL sizes are more expensive than in my and other cases.
 http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-portrait-of-a-smiling-boy-147801897.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=42B8B314-CCF7-45EE-8FB5-CB37F268C40B&p=245468&n=113&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=12&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3Dbar%26st%3D12%26sortby%3D2%26qt%3Dautumn%2520forest%26qt_raw%3Dautumn%2520forest%26qn%3D%26lic%3D3%26mr%3D0%26pr%3D0%26aoa%3D1%26creative%3D%26videos%3D%26nu%3D%26ccc%3D%26bespoke%3D%26apalib%3D%26ag%3D0%26hc%3D0%26et%3D0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3D0%26loc%3D0%26ot%3D0%26imgt%3D0%26dtfr%3D%26dtto%3D%26size%3D0xFF%26blackwhite%3D%26cutout%3D%26archive%3D1%26name%3DRooM%2520the%2520Agency%26groupid%3D%26pseudoid%3D%7B236FF1EF-3C23-4332-9093-815B2E137364%7D%26userid%3D%26id%3D%26a%3D%26xstx%3D0%26cbstore%3D0%26resultview%3DsortbyPopular%26lightbox%3D%26gname%3D%26gtype%3D%26apalic%3D%26tbar%3D0%26pc%3D%26simid%3D%26cap%3D1%26customgeoip%3DHU%26vd%3D0%26cid%3DRTWGEB5Y79TYPFG3ERXZK7NTR75H7W6WKRTTN6E64HFXU9VXPPD5KX3JYF8EP8KE%26pe%3D%26so%3D%26lb%3D%26fi%3D0%26langcode%3Den%26saveQry%3D%26editorial%3D1%26t%3D0%26edoptin%3D [nofollow]

Get multiple sales every month and this year is better than last year

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Alamy is absolutely awfull for sales. Once in a blue moon, and those blue moons are getting fewer, with more images added and less pay for any sales I do make over time.

They're a predominately editorial agency, so the usual stock stuff on micros won't cut it on there. They also have some keywording particularities.

I have submitted a lot of what I think are good editorial images with all the relevant keywords. All to no avail.

Lukewarm, although I started to upload only this year the chunk of my portfolio. 4,000 files now. In order to achieve 'green' status for a photo requires almost 50 keywords, which in case of some photos is just about pushing it to marginal keywords.

Quote from: Quasarphoto on October 12, 2017, 15:17

Lukewarm, although I started to upload only this year the chunk of my portfolio. 4,000 files now. In order to achieve 'green' status for a photo requires almost 50 keywords, which in case of some photos is just about pushing it to marginal keywords.

There is absolutely no need to go green. If a file only needs ten keywords, that's all you should put.
It's a stupid thing they've introduced, with no evidence shown (via their forum) that there is any advantage in going green, as with quite a few of their introductions over the years.
But the so-called 'discoverability' thing is really encouraging spam, so has to count as one of their most stupid moves.

Good to know as it's quite annoying reaching the green light. I did some photos then gave up. The photos are brought up by their search engine anyways. Alamy seems to be more comprehensive and their search is way better than SS. The sales are low though, even compared to Dreamstime.

Quote from: Brasilnut on October 12, 2017, 13:22

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I have submitted a lot of what I think are good editorial images with all the relevant keywords. All to no avail.

I would recommend posting on their contributor forum and they'll be happy to give you some tips.

They're generally a friendly bunch (as long as you don't mention Microstock). 

On the contary, I find a lot of them sardonic and clicky. One or two helpful though.

Just like on this forum.