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Cthoman ...your illustrations are really great!
For the past few months, CanStockPhoto has been steadily performing better than BigStock. Now CanStockPhoto is easily my #5 site. My $19.80 downloads seemed to have stopped a few months back, but I get a steady stream of $.50 to $2.00 downloads to keep them in double digits almost every weekday.
Thanks for reminding me they existed! I just went to check, and had a pretty good amount ready to cash out. I would say they are in the Bigstock and 123rf category. Slow sales, but give it some time and it adds up...
Must say, I really dont get it? why?, how? can you supply, upload, etc, month after month after month, spend all this time that could easily be time generating much more with the big ones and the end result is: 3 sales per month I know everyone here hungers for money but this is ridiculous, its like being greedy for pennies, Scrooge business.I mean its quite obvious the middle-tier aint ever, never gonna see themselves in the top-tier, its wishful thinking. The only one that can somehow come close is Bigstock, if they play their cards right, they have a much more professional approach and now with the partnership SS, they have a good chance.Im sorry guys we are already shoting for peanuts but I mean theres got to be a limit, surely?
Quote from: lagereek on February 11, 2011, 10:17Must say, I really dont get it? why?, how? can you supply, upload, etc, month after month after month, spend all this time that could easily be time generating much more with the big ones and the end result is: 3 sales per month I know everyone here hungers for money but this is ridiculous, its like being greedy for pennies, Scrooge business.I mean its quite obvious the middle-tier aint ever, never gonna see themselves in the top-tier, its wishful thinking. The only one that can somehow come close is Bigstock, if they play their cards right, they have a much more professional approach and now with the partnership SS, they have a good chance.Im sorry guys we are already shoting for peanuts but I mean theres got to be a limit, surely?Those may be your numbers, but other people's numbers are much different. I officially disbanded the big 4 of DT, FT, SS & IS. It is no more. My numbers are a free for all. So, submitting to new agencies isn't a waste of time for everyone. In fact, I find submitting new content to agencies that are fat and bloated is the bigger waste of time. I submitted around 1000 files to SS last year, and didn't see any growth. There's no firm rule for everyone on what is going to work best, so experimenting is usually a good idea.
You have to understand that Im looking at it strictly from a business point of view and without any preferances but like the post further up, he says he gets 3 sales/month and bloody hard work, well? then you really have to start asking yourself if youre flogging a dead horse, dont you?
If you're doing this as a business, you should be exploiting every revenue opportunity, as long as the outlay of resources ends up being justified -- either by current profits or the reasonable expectation of future profits. I think it makes sense to upload to just about every agency (aside from the ones you have significant issues with, such as the recent iStock fiasco), except for those who are so new that they have zero track record.If you're creating images that people actually want, and you're getting good sales at the biggest sites (SS, FT, DT and IS if you're still there), then you should absolutely be uploading to CanStockPhoto. They have a very easy uploading process and their sales are definitely growing. If you have a decent sized port there and you're seeing zero sales, my guess is that you're seeing very little sales at the big sites as well and you're probably not generating enough income to justify doing microstock period. Again, that's from a business perspective. If you're simply doing this for enjoyment, do whatever floats your boat.