Author Topic: Did Dreamstime stop selling....lol (Read 17406 times)

jcpjr · « **on:** August 12, 2010, 15:06 »

What's the deal with DT...I haven't had a D/L since Aug 3rd with over 500 images there and SS is slammin'. Anyone else see a slow down?

sharpshot · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2010, 15:12 »

They are the worst of the top 4 by a long way. Looks like Veer might overtake them this month for me.

gostwyck · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2010, 15:36 »

Why have you put 'lol' on the end of your topic title?

vonkara · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2010, 15:38 »

I would say that the website need to be redesigned a little. The random search engine is quite annoying to live with. Finally the Level prices are good for the contributors, but often a bad surprise for buyers with small budget. Which is often the case on Dreamstime IMO.

Dreamstime level 1 and 2 images can be attractive for low budget designers. But since a good pourcentage of the collection already sold a lot, it become annoying to browse. It's just an impression though

stormchaser · « **Reply #4 on:** August 12, 2010, 18:28 »

Ironically for me, they've been accepting everything I send which is unusual, even some flower pics. Yesterday and today were banner sales days. Trends are odd sometimes.

jcpjr · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2010, 18:39 »

Quote from: gostwyck on August 12, 2010, 15:36

Why have you put 'lol' on the end of your topic title?

Funny in a strange way that's typical of them...certainly not funny in a comical way. However, 5 minutes after I started this thread I got a d/l...would you call that "funny" or strange. They're not very consistent.

FD · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2010, 19:29 »

It's very slow lately. They even closed the "How was your July" thread on the forums. I had 2 giant (relatively) level 5 pics sales yesterday. Since the keywords were N/A and just one hour apart I had a look at the Google Analytics on my site where those pics are on the front page with a link to DT. Lo and belo, somebody visited there and exited by the link to DT. It will end up we'll have to do our own marketing I think.

elvinstar · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2010, 20:49 »

I was planning to start a thread asking if anyone else had a great day at DT today and then I saw this one. I was wondering if they did some sort of marketing push...

sobm · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2010, 22:52 »

I just have some sub sales at the beginning of this month then all the way to empty.............................and got some weird rejection of vectors >"<

thaimacky · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2010, 00:34 »

august is very good so far - i am on the way to my bme on dreamstime (fingers crossed). submitting there for approx. 2 years and got a port of 800 pics...

Perry · « **Reply #10 on:** August 13, 2010, 01:17 »

Yes, DT is very weak for me to (but I'm not laughing

).
In fact thanks to a couple of EL's I have made twice as much money at Veer than at DT.

lisafx · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2010, 09:47 »

I think DT sale vary wildly by contributor. Maybe some styles or subjects just do better there.

My sales across the board are down, and DT with them, but to be honest I have not seen the rapid, drastic drop there that I have elsewhere. Just a sort of gradual decline that is to be expected considering the economy and the time of year (summer).

As for redesigning the site - I have yet to see a site redesign rolled out this year that I like. I hope DT doesn't do a major redesign. Their site is attractive and functional, and IMHO they stand to pick up customers (if any) who are disenchanted with the IS redesign.

FD · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2010, 12:38 »

Quote from: lisafx on August 13, 2010, 09:47

As for redesigning the site - I have yet to see a site redesign rolled out this year that I like. I hope DT doesn't do a major redesign. Their site is attractive and functional, and IMHO they stand to pick up customers (if any) who are disenchanted with the IS redesign.

They just did a redesign of their buyers pages, which I frankly don't like. It's too spacious. It seems to be a recent design trend (compare XSP to FreshStock) and I assume it's a conspiracy to give buyers a carpal tunnel syndrome.

pancaketom · « **Reply #13 on:** August 13, 2010, 12:48 »

DT is actually ahead of IS for me so far this month. I think that says more about how dismally IS is doing than that DT is doing well for a change. They have been performing pretty poorly for me since March or so.

fotografer · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2010, 12:52 »

DT is fine for me at the moment but I'm lucky if I average a dollar a day on 123rf lately.

waseefakhtar · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2010, 16:19 »

No sales this month

.. though I'm new everywhere.

donding · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2010, 16:22 »

I've been having sales for the last couple of days all across the board. Not a bunch but on all the sites that matter...

Dreamframer · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2010, 18:20 »

Actually, I'm having good sales at DT lately

Norebbo · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2010, 14:36 »

August is proving to be a decent month for me at DT. Nothing spectacular, but not bad - just about average.

Xalanx · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2010, 16:28 »

checking... checking....
nah, still bad.

lagereek · « **Reply #20 on:** August 18, 2010, 09:41 »

DT would be such a great site if only their search was better.

goldenangel · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2010, 15:06 »

August is BME for me. Even better than SS or IS.

Xalanx · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2010, 15:31 »

Quote from: lagereek on August 18, 2010, 09:41

DT would be such a great site if only their search was better.

Maybe not great, but definitely would make a huge difference.

Anita Potter · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2010, 16:35 »

I just wish that I could sell as many images at DT as I do everywhere else. At this rate it's going to take me another year to reach my first payout. Although the submitted large jpgs get processed a heck of a lot faster now than it used to. Not even an hour. Best day I had there was I believe 5 dls. Finally got an image to level 2 yesterday which was nice. Just wish sales were better.

fotografer · « **Reply #24 on:** August 19, 2010, 03:08 »

Best search in the world, it usually puts my images on the first page

Quote from: lagereek on August 18, 2010, 09:41

DT would be such a great site if only their search was better.

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