Author Topic: Finding out the resolution of our video sales (Read 514 times)

dragonblade · « **on:** April 21, 2025, 18:49 »

It is possible to find out what resolution our videos are being sold at (from the individual sales)? Unfortunately, these days, I usually get around $4 or $5 for my 4k videos. So I'm curious if they're being sold at HD or 4k resolution. This may influence my decision as to whether I should continue to upload 4k videos to AS.

I know it's still possible to get good earnings from 4k video sales on AS these days but those instances are super rare and it's never happened to me.

It's also a pain and a massive hassle for me to upload 4k videos to AS. By contrast, I can usually upload 4k videos to P5 without too much trouble.

Going forward, it's a possibility that I may be uploading HD videos to AS instead of 4k.

SuperPhoto · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2025, 23:34 »

Yes, export it as a .csv file (when you are looking @ your earnings), and you can see those details.

dragonblade · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2025, 00:27 »

Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 21, 2025, 23:34

Yes, export it as a .csv file (when you are looking @ your earnings), and you can see those details.

Ah thank you. It would be great to have some instructions on how to do that. I don't really see much in the way of earnings information on the AS contributor page. If I click on my current earnings amount on the top right of the screen, I'm led to a page featuring sold files with ID, type, upload date and earnings. But I can't see any export options there.

synthetick · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2025, 06:29 »

Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 00:27

Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 21, 2025, 23:34
Yes, export it as a .csv file (when you are looking @ your earnings), and you can see those details.

Ah thank you. It would be great to have some instructions on how to do that. I don't really see much in the way of earnings information on the AS contributor page. If I click on my current earnings amount on the top right of the screen, I'm led to a page featuring sold files with ID, type, upload date and earnings. But I can't see any export options there.

Go to your Insights tab (My Statistics), change data type from Top Sellers to Activity. Adjust your date range and click Display Statistics. Click on Export as CSV in top right.

dragonblade · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2025, 21:51 »

Quote from: synthetick on April 22, 2025, 06:29

Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 00:27
Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 21, 2025, 23:34
Yes, export it as a .csv file (when you are looking @ your earnings), and you can see those details.

Ah thank you. It would be great to have some instructions on how to do that. I don't really see much in the way of earnings information on the AS contributor page. If I click on my current earnings amount on the top right of the screen, I'm led to a page featuring sold files with ID, type, upload date and earnings. But I can't see any export options there.

Go to your Insights tab (My Statistics), change data type from Top Sellers to Activity. Adjust your date range and click Display Statistics. Click on Export as CSV in top right.

Thanks for the instructions. It's a pity that we can only push the date back so far. I would have liked to see the earlier video sales. Regardless, I managed to download the CSV file. There's a few video sales in there. Most of them are HD video sales simply because those particular videos were uploaded in HD from older cameras. There is one 4k video sale (and it looks like it was downloaded at 4k resolution.) I got $4.20 for that one (subscription sale.) Not happy.

If I switch to uploading HD videos to AS in the future and continue to upload 4k clips to P5, I just hope that buyers would go to P5 to buy the 4k clips. Then again, if buyers have a subscription with AS, I guess they might stick with AS and buy a 4k clip of the same subject from another contributor (if I only have HD versions available.)

synthetick · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2025, 22:05 »

Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 21:51

Thanks for the instructions. It's a pity that we can only push the date back so far. I would have liked to see the earlier video sales. Regardless, I managed to download the CSV file. There's a few video sales in there. Most of them are HD video sales simply because those particular videos were uploaded in HD from older cameras. There is one 4k video sale (and it looks like it was downloaded at 4k resolution.) I got $4.20 for that one (subscription sale.) Not happy.

You can push the dates back as far as you want, so long as you make the end date no more than 1 year after the start date.

dragonblade · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2025, 22:55 »

Ah great thanks. I just did that (pushed the dates back further.)

I came across some more 4k videos of mine that were sold (just a few.) And I see that they were all sold at HD resolution for a few dollars each. Yea I think I'm leaning more towards the idea of uploading HD videos to AS in the future.

SimonSays · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2025, 00:37 »

Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 22:55

Ah great thanks. I just did that (pushed the dates back further.)

I came across some more 4k videos of mine that were sold (just a few.) And I see that they were all sold at HD resolution for a few dollars each. Yea I think I'm leaning more towards the idea of uploading HD videos to AS in the future.

Think twice about that. Sure many customers will buy your 4K video at HD with a low price. But when they do buy 4k, it pays a lot more. For example I get $2.80 for HD but also a $55.63 for a 4K download. So, if you only have HD you would be missing out on the bigger sales most likely. But I don't do videos that much so not sure if my sales figures tell that much. Just saying.

dragonblade · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2025, 01:30 »

Quote from: SimonSays on April 23, 2025, 00:37

Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 22:55
Ah great thanks. I just did that (pushed the dates back further.)

I came across some more 4k videos of mine that were sold (just a few.) And I see that they were all sold at HD resolution for a few dollars each. Yea I think I'm leaning more towards the idea of uploading HD videos to AS in the future.
Think twice about that. Sure many customers will buy your 4K video at HD with a low price. But when they do buy 4k, it pays a lot more. For example I get $2.80 for HD but also a $55.63 for a 4K download. So, if you only have HD you would be missing out on the bigger sales most likely. But I don't do videos that much so not sure if my sales figures tell that much. Just saying.

Yes, valid points. For a long time, I have submitted 4k videos to different agencies in the hope that I would get some high earnings. But that has never happened. Ive never sold a 4k video at the standard 4k pricing. Yes, a customer could purchase a 4k video though AS but more than likely, it would be a subscription sale in which case I would only receive a few dollars.

The other thing is that uploading 4k videos to AS is a major pain due to my super slow internet speed. I could spend a whole day trying to upload a single 4k video multiple times throughout the day and not succeed. Though oddly, I can upload 4k videos to P5 with hardly any issues. Due to that, Ive accumulated a back log of 4k videos that are yet to be submitted to AS. Today, Ive started uploading HD videos to AS and the upload speeds are blazingly fast. And no issues at all. It's so much more efficient.

SuperPhoto · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2025, 02:10 »

My personal feeling is most people don't actually "use" 4k, they just like to "have" 4k if they can.

In other words - it is not like people are actively seeking out 4k. They just periodically get it if it happens to be there.

And in other other words - basically I'm saying I don't believe your sales would increase significantly if you did all 4k, so probably not worth the effort.

dragonblade · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2025, 02:41 »

Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 23, 2025, 02:10

My personal feeling is most people don't actually "use" 4k, they just like to "have" 4k if they can.

In other words - it is not like people are actively seeking out 4k. They just periodically get it if it happens to be there.

And in other other words - basically I'm saying I don't believe your sales would increase significantly if you did all 4k, so probably not worth the effort.

Oh yea wise words. And it is a huge effort. More like a hassle.

alijaber · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2025, 03:42 »

Quote from: dragonblade on April 23, 2025, 01:30

Quote from: SimonSays on April 23, 2025, 00:37
Quote from: dragonblade on April 22, 2025, 22:55
Ah great thanks. I just did that (pushed the dates back further.)

I came across some more 4k videos of mine that were sold (just a few.) And I see that they were all sold at HD resolution for a few dollars each. Yea I think I'm leaning more towards the idea of uploading HD videos to AS in the future.
Think twice about that. Sure many customers will buy your 4K video at HD with a low price. But when they do buy 4k, it pays a lot more. For example I get $2.80 for HD but also a $55.63 for a 4K download. So, if you only have HD you would be missing out on the bigger sales most likely. But I don't do videos that much so not sure if my sales figures tell that much. Just saying.

Yes, valid points. For a long time, I have submitted 4k videos to different agencies in the hope that I would get some high earnings. But that has never happened. Ive never sold a 4k video at the standard 4k pricing. Yes, a customer could purchase a 4k video though AS but more than likely, it would be a subscription sale in which case I would only receive a few dollars.

The other thing is that uploading 4k videos to AS is a major pain due to my super slow internet speed. I could spend a whole day trying to upload a single 4k video multiple times throughout the day and not succeed. Though oddly, I can upload 4k videos to P5 with hardly any issues. Due to that, Ive accumulated a back log of 4k videos that are yet to be submitted to AS. Today, Ive started uploading HD videos to AS and the upload speeds are blazingly fast. And no issues at all. It's so much more efficient.

1 - upload short clips (8 to 20 seconds)
2 - use mp4 with 25 to 50 mbps

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