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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: josephjacobs on March 07, 2017, 06:33
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Hi,
This may be a stupid question, but how much significance in portfolio exposure should I expect from a rank increase, if any at all? I'm new to fotolia, and am about to hit 100 sales to increase me to the next rank. I know the royalty increase is barely significant, but is there any other benefit to being at a higher rank?
Thanks,
Joseph
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I don't think you get an exposure boost or anything. It is just the increase in royalty.
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No it doesnt. If it did I would without doubt be earning a fortune and I am not.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
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The thing I've noticed that seems to greatly increase exposure on Fotolia is the ratio of views to sales. So, if a photo or illustration has 50 views and one sale, it doesn't show up very early in the searches for it. However, if you're lucky enough to have an item that has only 1 or 2 views and has an immediate sale, that image will skyrocket up in the search engine.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Of course…
They tend to push the contributors they have to pay less…
Unfortunately today to be emerald (or better) has became an handicap :(
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I jacked my prices to maximum allowed when I hit emerald and saw an income boost as a result. Not everyone saw a decline in income when hitting emerald.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
Some weeks you get some $ 3.50 sales then they disappear and the following three weeks its all $ 0.99 sales and then whoops the $ 3.50 sales are back. Like a rollercoaster.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
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I estimate it'll take me 25 years to reach the next level.
The future's so bright 8)
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Of course…
They tend to push the contributors they have to pay less…
Unfortunately today to be emerald (or better) has became an handicap :(
I definitely noticed this back when FT was independent. I am certain it was happening then. When Adobe took over, my sales increased by 30-40%, so I assume they got rid of that stupid policy. I don't think my images are punished in the searches for being emerald anymore.
Would be interesting to hear from other emeralds if they noticed the same.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
So new is a big factor in the relevance search, not just the search by age? If so, this makes us like hamsters on a wheel, constantly running to stay in place.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
So new is a big factor in the relevance search, not just the search by age? If so, this makes us like hamsters on a wheel, constantly running to stay in place.
Here's what I noticed by tracking their search results for a while. Sometimes during some holidays, contributors upload a large amount of holiday images a few weeks before. Some of them get good, not great placement and this gives them a chance to rise if they sell well. If the images sells well, they rises to the top, but to stay there, they has to keep selling. If they don't sell well over a certain period of time, they start to fall back down.
I have some images that places high and they haven't moved much in over a year despite all the new uploads. If your image keeps selling, it'll maintain a good placement not matter how many images get uploaded.
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So new is a big factor in the relevance search, not just the search by age? If so, this makes us like hamsters on a wheel, constantly running to stay in place.
What else would you say is relevant? If it was sales only it wouldn't differ from Downloads/Popular.
Relevant is almost always a mix between age + sales (and with the more sophisticated engines also purchases per click).
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
The key to success is to consistently treat content on it's own merits and not assign arbitrary expiration dates to their search viability, in other words, new content isn't necessarily better. If our existing uploads that took our time and money to create and keyword sold well before and then suffer unnecessarily due to Fotolia's search algorithm choices, then yes, it will indeed be difficult for customers to find our work. It also shows a lack of appreciation for our past contributions and trust in the company, unevenly marginalizing those with higher rankings and thus higher royalty %.
It's a short-sighted, greed-driven "keep the contributors on the hamster wheel" approach which also encourages repeated, near duplicate uploading of already saturated topics to "keep up" instead of inspiring innovation and contributing to more lacking subjects.
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Ultimately and no matter what agency small or large. The killer for us are the search changes which are done in hope of more profits and if it fails youre stuck with that search.
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Ultimately and no matter what agency small or large. The killer for us are the search changes which are done in hope of more profits and if it fails youre stuck with that search.
Ain't that the truth!
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fotolia subs and adobe stock have a flat royalty 33%, so any rank wont be affect
but in fotolia credit sales, if u reach the emerald from gold rank, your royalty will increase from 31% to 37%
but the buyer will be priced double, does it affect your sales?
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
Thanks Mat!
and this is something people do not realize. Success is not a one way journey, its a circular path and one needs to keep on running. I have seen people complaining of no sale, terrible sale and accusing the agency... but hey are you really working and producing the right content needed?
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
The key to success is to consistently treat content on it's own merits and not assign arbitrary expiration dates to their search viability, in other words, new content isn't necessarily better. If our existing uploads that took our time and money to create and keyword sold well before and then suffer unnecessarily due to Fotolia's search algorithm choices, then yes, it will indeed be difficult for customers to find our work. It also shows a lack of appreciation for our past contributions and trust in the company, unevenly marginalizing those with higher rankings and thus higher royalty %.
It's a short-sighted, greed-driven "keep the contributors on the hamster wheel" approach which also encourages repeated, near duplicate uploading of already saturated topics to "keep up" instead of inspiring innovation and contributing to more lacking subjects.
Very well said and exactly right. Far from encouraging quality uploads, an over emphasis on newness discourages them. At micro pricing it takes time to recoup the cost of HCV shoots. Profitability for contributors relies on the long tail and the prospect of future passive income. Not worth doing good work if it will just be buried under a pile of other stuff within a month or two. I mean in the relevance or default search. Newness is of course the factor in search by age.
Please don't ruin Adobe by following SS policy of forcing contributors to constantly feed the beast rather than planning and uploading quality work and giving it the chance to find it's buyers.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
Thanks Mat!
and this is something people do not realize. Success is not a one way journey, its a circular path and one needs to keep on running. I have seen people complaining of no sale, terrible sale and accusing the agency... but hey are you really working and producing the right content needed?
Oh dear! well I presume? or am I being silly but when people have thousands of files in portfolios and reaching four to five figure payments every month and its their full-time job and been doing it for years and years, LONG before micro-stock. YES I do presume they know what they are doing, haha ! dont you? ::)
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Oh dear! well I presume? or am I being silly but when people have thousands of files in portfolios and reaching four to five figure payments every month and its their full-time job and been doing it for years and years, LONG before micro-stock. YES I do presume they know what they are doing, haha ! dont you? ::)
My "they" refer to people who complain and do nothing, I have seen many users in this forum doing lot complain and crying hard but when I go though their portfolio, its nothing. Yes there is competition, which will always be but one should not stop or slow the working.
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Oh dear! well I presume? or am I being silly but when people have thousands of files in portfolios and reaching four to five figure payments every month and its their full-time job and been doing it for years and years, LONG before micro-stock. YES I do presume they know what they are doing, haha ! dont you? ::)
My "they" refer to people who complain and do nothing, I have seen many users in this forum doing lot complain and crying hard but when I go though their portfolio, its nothing. Yes there is competition, which will always be but one should not stop or slow the working.
Yes I go along with that! there are still people after all these years that think micro-stock equals free lunches and getting rich over night and with mediocre portfolios thats true.
As far as established contributors for us the supply we been feeding is far greater then the actual demand. For many years now we have been listening to agencies urging us to upload and upload and that we have done so much so we have killed off the golden goose and basically painted ourselves into a corner.
Of course for the agencies our pictures are assets and an agencies worth equals its assets. Simple as that really.
What we didnt count with was the fact that thanks to the internet agencies could manipulate and tamper with our earnings in the form of sort-orders and algorithms desperately searching for the ultimate profit search. Oh well haha! I dont think they will ever find that one. :)
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Oh dear! well I presume? or am I being silly but when people have thousands of files in portfolios and reaching four to five figure payments every month and its their full-time job and been doing it for years and years, LONG before micro-stock. YES I do presume they know what they are doing, haha ! dont you? ::)
My "they" refer to people who complain and do nothing, I have seen many users in this forum doing lot complain and crying hard but when I go though their portfolio, its nothing. Yes there is competition, which will always be but one should not stop or slow the working.
Yes I go along with that! there are still people after all these years that think micro-stock equals free lunches and getting rich over night and with mediocre portfolios thats true.
As far as established contributors for us the supply we been feeding is far greater then the actual demand. For many years now we have been listening to agencies urging us to upload and upload and that we have done so much so we have killed off the golden goose and basically painted ourselves into a corner.
Of course for the agencies our pictures are assets and an agencies worth equals its assets. Simple as that really.
What we didnt count with was the fact that thanks to the internet agencies could manipulate and tamper with our earnings in the form of sort-orders and algorithms desperately searching for the ultimate profit search. Oh well haha! I dont think they will ever find that one. :)
Though really their wealth equals their projected income and in the case of SS at least the cash they've squirreled away.....although some make it difficult to withdraw pictures in the end an agency would be worthless without access to other people's property. Similarly if buyers stop buying an agency could go down the tubes very fast. They have little if any assets of any value of their own.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
The key to success is to consistently treat content on it's own merits and not assign arbitrary expiration dates to their search viability, in other words, new content isn't necessarily better. If our existing uploads that took our time and money to create and keyword sold well before and then suffer unnecessarily due to Fotolia's search algorithm choices, then yes, it will indeed be difficult for customers to find our work. It also shows a lack of appreciation for our past contributions and trust in the company, unevenly marginalizing those with higher rankings and thus higher royalty %.
It's a short-sighted, greed-driven "keep the contributors on the hamster wheel" approach which also encourages repeated, near duplicate uploading of already saturated topics to "keep up" instead of inspiring innovation and contributing to more lacking subjects.
I'd argue that Fotolia has far better algorithms than other stock sites, certainly way more options than others at any rate and it doesn't prioritise new content above all else since the default search is on relevance. I suspect there is some factor of image age playing a part there but it isn't terrible and it creates a good mix of new and old content since if a buyer consistently sees exactly the same content whenever they search due to the first page being full of 5 year old images with hundreds or thousands of sales it is going to make the site look stagnant and decrease sales overall.
I notice one of my images that was the first in the search for relevance is now second to a newer image that is far lower down on the downloads search and just slightly behind on the popularity search. It is even missing one of the keywords I used to search so it technically should be less 'relevant'. I imagine the view count of the image is responsible as it is a very attractive thumbnail that begs a closer look. I can't complain though... the reason my image got to the top of the search and sells so frequently is because it saw a big spike in views early on.
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No algorithm will be "fair" except the ones that put my pics at the top of course ;-). Different sites prioritize differently. If they are wise its to reflect their customer base.
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No algorithm will be "fair" except the ones that put my pics at the top of course ;-). Different sites prioritize differently. If they are wise its to reflect their customer base.
Not so! you can very often see your own images right up front on page one thats no problem. However thats YOU! when a buyer logs in and search he will most of the time see a completely different search and your shot might be on page 15 and add to that a geographical search and your picture might not even be there.
I've asked so many buyers that I know to purposely log in and have a look I've lost count.
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"If they are wise its to reflect their customer base." which is why different customers see different images.
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But they are not wise! :D Adobe/ft will mimmic everything SS do but about a month later and then that boat is gone!
Btw are you uploading to both these?
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But they are not wise! :D Adobe/ft will mimmic everything SS do but about a month later and then that boat is gone!
Btw are you uploading to both these?
Yep for me Fotolia still not quite catching SS often come close but then SS chip in with the odd SoD. I guess SS would say they are wise whatever we think as they seem by far the most financially successful site (for them).
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But they are not wise! :D Adobe/ft will mimmic everything SS do but about a month later and then that boat is gone!
Btw are you uploading to both these?
Yep for me Fotolia still not quite catching SS often come close but then SS chip in with the odd SoD. I guess SS would say they are wise whatever we think as they seem by far the most financially successful site (for them).
I know what you mean! no for me SS is still lightyears ahead of fotolia and giving the fact that none of them are really producing remarkable results nowadays.
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No algorithm will be "fair" except the ones that put my pics at the top of course ;-). Different sites prioritize differently. If they are wise its to reflect their customer base.
No, they must always put my pictures on top! :) My new photos should be first when new to be seen properly, and my old should be first because they are old and have proven sales. Middle age files should be up front, because they need the advantage over the new files flood of others and they are surely better than some old files, not as good equipment or size, from years ago. My files should always be first because they came from me. [truth and sarcasm get no respect]
No algorithm is ever fair.
The best design is for company sales earnings and to put the best matching work in front of buyers. Notice, none of that has anything to do with us as individuals, our age, gender, location, commission level, work history or standing. It's all about making the most profit and pleasing the customers. New files get a boost everywhere I've seen on the upper sites. People who are active and keep uploading seem to get a boost on many sites. Old files with proven history are also more towards the front. The buyers see what will make the agency most attractive and make the most money. It's a balance of all possible attractive files, to present them to the buyers.
Favoritism or special treatment, manipulation of the search to hide sellers or files, is not in the best interest of the agency.
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At SS, my old good sellers are still on front pages. New files get a bit of boost. Old files with not so good sales get buried ;D. Sometime I stopped uploading for a few months (creative block) but it did not affect the sales there at all.
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy. of course agencies want to make out that uploading all the time and sales comes in but its a fallacy
the search still remains the same.
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy. of course agencies want to make out that uploading all the time and sales comes in but its a fallacy
the search still remains the same.
So you are saying that Mat from Adobe is lying to us this week when he wrote we should upload for better placement?
Are you consistently uploading new content? That is the best way to ensure your portfolio stays near the top of the search results I have found. Adobe is working very hard to market Adobe Stock and as far as I can tell, we are increasing in volume at a rapid pace. There is strong potential to earn good revenue...it's entirely up to you to produce the content to take advantage of the opportunity.
Good luck!
Mat
Or maybe some places it matters and some it doesn't count as much? SS has written that upload full size for better sales, I find that minimum size sells just as well except a very seldom XL or XXL someplace.
At SS, my old good sellers are still on front pages. New files get a bit of boost. Old files with not so good sales get buried ;D. Sometime I stopped uploading for a few months (creative block) but it did not affect the sales there at all.
I find the same. Old good sellers that haven't been replaced by better of the similar, are still on first page. Common old shots have gone back pages. Some best seller similar to others of mine, get sold over and over, I mean one set of 18 almost identical. There's something that pushes sold files to buyers over similar from same artist. Result is a good files makes many more sales than it's brothers and sisters.
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy. of course agencies want to make out that uploading all the time and sales comes in but its a fallacy
the search still remains the same.
So you are saying that Mat from Adobe is lying to us this week when he wrote we should upload for better placement?
Are you consistently uploading new content? That is the best way to ensure your portfolio stays near the top of the search results I have found. Adobe is working very hard to market Adobe Stock and as far as I can tell, we are increasing in volume at a rapid pace. There is strong potential to earn good revenue...it's entirely up to you to produce the content to take advantage of the opportunity.
Good luck!
Mat
Or maybe some places it matters and some it doesn't count as much? SS has written that upload full size for better sales, I find that minimum size sells just as well except a very seldom XL or XXL someplace.
At SS, my old good sellers are still on front pages. New files get a bit of boost. Old files with not so good sales get buried ;D. Sometime I stopped uploading for a few months (creative block) but it did not affect the sales there at all.
I find the same. Old good sellers that haven't been replaced by better of the similar, are still on first page. Common old shots have gone back pages. Some best seller similar to others of mine, get sold over and over, I mean one set of 18 almost identical. There's something that pushes sold files to buyers over similar from same artist. Result is a good files makes many more sales than it's brothers and sisters.
No at SS I find that full size uploads sell better and sometimes much better in fact. At FT in my case it doesnt matter the slightest BUT thats in my case I cant speak for others.
Lets put it this way if an agency house 100 million files do you really believe another lets say 500 uploads is going to make any difference any dent at all.
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy. of course agencies want to make out that uploading all the time and sales comes in but its a fallacy
the search still remains the same.
So you are saying that Mat from Adobe is lying to us this week when he wrote we should upload for better placement?
Are you consistently uploading new content? That is the best way to ensure your portfolio stays near the top of the search results I have found. Adobe is working very hard to market Adobe Stock and as far as I can tell, we are increasing in volume at a rapid pace. There is strong potential to earn good revenue...it's entirely up to you to produce the content to take advantage of the opportunity.
Good luck!
Mat
Or maybe some places it matters and some it doesn't count as much? SS has written that upload full size for better sales, I find that minimum size sells just as well except a very seldom XL or XXL someplace.
At SS, my old good sellers are still on front pages. New files get a bit of boost. Old files with not so good sales get buried ;D. Sometime I stopped uploading for a few months (creative block) but it did not affect the sales there at all.
I find the same. Old good sellers that haven't been replaced by better of the similar, are still on first page. Common old shots have gone back pages. Some best seller similar to others of mine, get sold over and over, I mean one set of 18 almost identical. There's something that pushes sold files to buyers over similar from same artist. Result is a good files makes many more sales than it's brothers and sisters.
No at SS I find that full size uploads sell better and sometimes much better in fact. At FT in my case it doesnt matter the slightest BUT thats in my case I cant speak for others.
Lets put it this way if an agency house 100 million files do you really believe another lets say 500 uploads is going to make any difference any dent at all.
I get the point. No matter what someone says here, you will say the opposite. Now I know your game and I can ignore you.
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Nope. Does nothing at all. I'm an Emerald. Sales are horrible there for me.
Same here also Emerald and sales are almost non existant! I was earning far more three years back. The one and only reason I still stick with Adobe-Ft is because I cant really be bothered deleting or uploading. Theyre just there so to speak.
The key to success is to consistently upload which helps keep your content near the top of the search results. If you have stopped uploading, it's possible your existing content is being pushed back in the search as new, relevant content continues to flow in thus making it more difficult for customers to find your work.
-Mat
Thanks Mat!
and this is something people do not realize. Success is not a one way journey, its a circular path and one needs to keep on running. I have seen people complaining of no sale, terrible sale and accusing the agency... but hey are you really working and producing the right content needed?
There's a big difference between the hamster wheel expectation and "the right content".
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy.
You can never know for certain - if you had continued uploading maybe your sales of existing images would be twice what they are. There is never a way to objectively know about the path not taken unless you do an experiment with two identical portfolios.
I have stopped uploading for long periods of time and haven't seen too much of a dropoff, but I have no idea what might have happened if I had uploaded continuously since I didn't do it.
It's interesting that the poll now has FT ahead of iS and 50% of SS - that is not my experience but the trend is similar at least.
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy. of course agencies want to make out that uploading all the time and sales comes in but its a fallacy
the search still remains the same.
So you are saying that Mat from Adobe is lying to us this week when he wrote we should upload for better placement?
Are you consistently uploading new content? That is the best way to ensure your portfolio stays near the top of the search results I have found. Adobe is working very hard to market Adobe Stock and as far as I can tell, we are increasing in volume at a rapid pace. There is strong potential to earn good revenue...it's entirely up to you to produce the content to take advantage of the opportunity.
Good luck!
Mat
Or maybe some places it matters and some it doesn't count as much? SS has written that upload full size for better sales, I find that minimum size sells just as well except a very seldom XL or XXL someplace.
At SS, my old good sellers are still on front pages. New files get a bit of boost. Old files with not so good sales get buried ;D. Sometime I stopped uploading for a few months (creative block) but it did not affect the sales there at all.
I find the same. Old good sellers that haven't been replaced by better of the similar, are still on first page. Common old shots have gone back pages. Some best seller similar to others of mine, get sold over and over, I mean one set of 18 almost identical. There's something that pushes sold files to buyers over similar from same artist. Result is a good files makes many more sales than it's brothers and sisters.
No at SS I find that full size uploads sell better and sometimes much better in fact. At FT in my case it doesnt matter the slightest BUT thats in my case I cant speak for others.
Lets put it this way if an agency house 100 million files do you really believe another lets say 500 uploads is going to make any difference any dent at all.
I get the point. No matter what someone says here, you will say the opposite. Now I know your game and I can ignore you.
opposite?? well sorry but it works in my case is there anything wrong with that? it might also be a reason why SS in particular asks for full size uploads yes? your experience might be somewhat different I wouldnt know. End of story I recon.
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I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy.
You can never know for certain - if you had continued uploading maybe your sales of existing images would be twice what they are. There is never a way to objectively know about the path not taken unless you do an experiment with two identical portfolios.
I have stopped uploading for long periods of time and haven't seen too much of a dropoff, but I have no idea what might have happened if I had uploaded continuously since I didn't do it.
It's interesting that the poll now has FT ahead of iS and 50% of SS - that is not my experience but the trend is similar at least.
No, we can never absolutely know what might have happened, but if you upload weekly for a number of years and then stop for a year, you have a pretty good base for comparison.
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I get the point. No matter what someone says here, you will say the opposite. Now I know your game and I can ignore you.
opposite?? well sorry but it works in my case is there anything wrong with that? it might also be a reason why SS in particular asks for full size uploads yes? your experience might be somewhat different I wouldnt know. End of story I recon.
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Really?? well I am down about 50% since new year and I have a very high commercial value portfolio. Sorry but I dont buy that at all. Everyone I know with quality portfolios are down with the magical 40-50% and none of them are uploading including myself. Whats the point?
I agree I havent been uploading for some time and it doesnt have any effect on sales. its a fallacy. of course agencies want to make out that uploading all the time and sales comes in but its a fallacy
the search still remains the same.
No effect?
For me with a portfolio of just around 3000 files Adobe is way up and it certainly makes up for the big 40% of SS drop in earnings. No complaints.
I know what you mean! no for me SS is still lightyears ahead of fotolia and giving the fact that none of them are really producing remarkable results nowadays.
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