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Agency Based Discussion => CanStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Dan on September 26, 2012, 16:09

Title: first sale
Post by: Dan on September 26, 2012, 16:09
     My  first  sale  was  for  $9.73.  It  was  a  small  (imagine  what  a  larger  size  would  have  brought.  Keep  on  giving  me  sales  like  that  and  they'll  be  my  no.  1  agency.  They  jumped  to  no. 2.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: Snufkin on September 26, 2012, 16:39
Congrats Dan, I wish you many thousands more
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: Dan on September 26, 2012, 17:02
  Thaks  and  the  same.  Plenty  of  sales  for  you.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: WarrenPrice on September 26, 2012, 17:08
That is encouraging news.  I've just begun to upload there.
Congrats on the sale.

Title: Re: first sale
Post by: Dan on September 26, 2012, 17:58
     With  41  pics  it  was  a  surprise.  Need   to  upload  more.  Thanks  and  plenty  of  sales  for  you.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: luissantos84 on September 26, 2012, 21:06
we were expecting this Dan, thanks for sharing ;D
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: fotografer on September 27, 2012, 03:09
Nice first sale.  I don't remember getting commissions that high from there before.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: enstoker on September 27, 2012, 06:06
Bravo !

Excellent sale on superb site :)
Really niiice feeling, agree ?

BTW, fotografer, my highest sale on CS was over 14 $.
So, yes, Duncan is generous  :)


Title: Re: first sale
Post by: sgoodwin4813 on September 27, 2012, 08:06
My highest there was for $25 and I've had several between $10-$20 - rare but nice.  Good for you to start out with a nice one.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: John W. on September 27, 2012, 08:59
Got a couple of those sales ($12,60 and $8,00) in the first months of uploading there. These are a real encouragement to continue uploading. My highest there was $22
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: Pixart on September 27, 2012, 09:30
LOL, cherish this sale because your next 100 may be 25 cent subs!

(But seriously, CS seems to be improving just slightly in 2012 isn't it?)
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: sgoodwin4813 on September 27, 2012, 10:03
My return per DL there is averaging $1.08 so far this year and $1.33 lifetime.  The $1.33 puts it ahead of all the major sites that get decent DLs - the only ones higher for me are featurepics, Veer and Alamy where overall sales are lower (although maybe picking up at Veer).  Of my last 10 sales at CS, only 3 were subs averaging $1.19 per DL.  In contrast, at SS this month 95% of my DLs were subs giving an average of $0.43 per DL.  Of course, I've had 22 times more DLs at SS than CS so far this month so overall revenue is 9 times higher.  But CS has a decent return and I like the low volume of subs - they are my #5 agency for overall revenue, after 123 but ahead of FT.  Well worth the easy upload process.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: fotografer on September 27, 2012, 18:21


BTW, fotografer, my highest sale on CS was over 14 $.
So, yes, Duncan is generous  :)
Just been and had a look and I have got some higher ones from Distribution Regular sales but so few and far between that I had forgotten about them.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: enstoker on September 28, 2012, 01:21
 ;)



BTW, fotografer, my highest sale on CS was over 14 $.
So, yes, Duncan is generous  :)
Just been and had a look and I have got some higher ones from Distribution Regular sales but so few and far between that I had forgotten about them.
Title: Re: first sale
Post by: dirkr on September 28, 2012, 08:03
BTW, fotografer, my highest sale on CS was over 14 $.
So, yes, Duncan is generous  :)

If you look at the payout schedule (https://www.canstockphoto.com/payout_schedule.php) at Canstock you will see that these distribution sales pay a royalty of 20%.

While I do like to get those, I wouldn't call that "generous".