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Agency Based Discussion => Dreamstime.com => Topic started by: Imabase on February 25, 2009, 03:25

Title: Dreamstime Last Download Search Term not available?
Post by: Imabase on February 25, 2009, 03:25
Hi guys,

I have noticed that dreamstime provides its photographers with the search term that was used for the last image bought from their portfolio. I believe this is a very good feature and encouraging when it comes to keywording. The question I have is, when the last download has n/a does this mean the buyer went directly to the photographer's portfolio and scrolled through to make a direct purchase? Is this also a good indicator for knowing how many buyers are aware of your brand (bookmarked/added as favourite) and therefore chose to go directly to your portfolio rather than using the general search which shows images from other portfolios?

Thanks
Title: Re: Dreamstime Last Download Search Term not available?
Post by: leaf on February 25, 2009, 03:42
It could mean a number of things.  All you can be sure of is that it wasn't a direct result of a recent search.

The buyer could have searched through categories, saw it on the front page, found a link on the internet somewhere to your image, found it through google images search, saw the image a week ago and bookmarked it etc etc...

Title: Re: Dreamstime Last Download Search Term not available?
Post by: fotografer on February 25, 2009, 06:24
Or that they had a lightbox of images that they want to buy and came back and downloaded them from there.