Author Topic: How you can incease sales in BS?? (Read 6254 times)

mpalis · « **on:** September 12, 2010, 09:10 »

Hello

It seems that sames are not going good for me in BS. Any tips on how you can increase sales in BS?

the808state · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2010, 13:43 »

+ 1
I have a hard time there too... only small portfolio of about 80 but only 1 sale in 3 months..

Microbius · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2010, 13:50 »

Now if you wanted to lose sales with BS you could talk to IStock management (phnar phnar)

the808state · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2010, 22:09 »

Thanks a lot for the info , very helpful. I appreciate it and look forward to reading more..

mpalis · « **Reply #5 on:** September 13, 2010, 01:22 »

Thanks for the info. It would be great if you have a blog deticated to tips about increasing sales / better kyeowrds etc..

RacePhoto · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2010, 13:45 »

Quote from: the808state on September 12, 2010, 13:43

+ 1
I have a hard time there too... only small portfolio of about 80 but only 1 sale in 3 months..

No sales in two months, identical pictures that sell on SS. Oh by the way, BS rejects the same images that sell on SS, but accepts the ones that they reject. Lets hear it for diversity and different products from the same owners. My theory is they have different review standards and teams.

The views being limited to real people, not thumbnail exposure, is a nice change. We will know if someone really looked or saw something by accident while searching for something else and never clicked ours. Good data is more valuable than pretty numbers that mean nothing.

I confess that 25-40 good relevant keywords is way beyond my usual, 10-15 really matching keywords and nothing else. I could be part of the problem with the "less is more" plan.

madelaide · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2010, 17:21 »

I regularly have a few sales there each month. Nothing to be happy about, but frequent steady sales.

the808state · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2010, 17:44 »

I usually have 40 to 50 keywords.. so I don't think keywording is an issue..

trek · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2010, 23:21 »

If nothing else, I appreciate Bigstock's attentiveness to a new thread about them. It's good they're watching this well run forum (Thanks Leaf). They have always answered my contributor questions quickly. Their service has not slacked since being purchased by Shutterstock. I hope they gain customers from those "less contributor friendly" services.

Nordlys · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2010, 02:24 »

I see from this thread, that Ss bought BS.

Are my SS pictures then also automaticaly shown on BigStock?

Anynone know about this?

dirkr · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2010, 02:40 »

Quote from: Nordlys on September 14, 2010, 02:24

I see from this thread, that Ss bought BS.

Are my SS pictures then also automaticaly shown on BigStock?

Anynone know about this?

No. Submission processes have stayed completely separate.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2010, 13:16 »

Quote from: Nordlys on September 14, 2010, 02:24

I see from this thread, that Ss bought BS.

Are my SS pictures then also automaticaly shown on BigStock?

Anynone know about this?

The sale was a year ago in September 2009!

http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/23/stock-photography-consolidation-shutterstock-buys-bigstockphoto/

To answer the question, they are at this time running independently. Nothing from BigStock goes to SS, nothing from SS gets to BigStock. Not that it's impossible but BigStock has been around since 2005 and accepted different photos from different people, plus some from the same, it would be a terrible mess, trying to sort things out. StockXpert being bought by Getty and merging files with IS proved what a mess it can be.

djpadavona · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2010, 17:00 »

Thank you Scott. Very informative.

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