For the first time ever, my image is in Best sales (USA) 7 days! Whohooo! I had many images in best sales in "TODAY", but never in 7 days! I hope this will boost my sales...

Hm, I dont know. When I have an image in Best sales Today, I noticed that image is sold more often that day and tomorow...

If not, at least it is yet another record broken for me, another goal achieved.... 

Peter,
Don't you realize by now that people resent other people who are happier than they are?

This includes me.
I have become so accustomed to people on this forum complaining, crying, and generally becoming emotionally disturbed.
I have developed my reputation around these losers.

Now you come along with your attitude all bright and Sunny. It has me all upset.
Please refrain from posting anymore "Happy than thou" threads in the future.

Cranky MIZ
The voice of reason

congrats.. but that doesn't bode will for me  in our little competition on fotolia rank

(regarding to competition: I have 250 pending images, and I expect about 249 to be accepted, that might improve my sales a little bit I hope...  )

... this can't be good...
I think i need a link to your portfolio so I know what i'm up against.... paaalllease

Quote from: Peter on July 11, 2008, 10:09

(regarding to competition: I have 250 pending images, and I expect about 249 to be accepted, that might improve my sales a little bit I hope...  )

... this can't be good...
I think i need a link to your portfolio so I know what i'm up against.... paaalllease

hehe. I remember back than when was that contest who will upload (and get aproved) most photos imn 30 days (and win 3000 credits), I was searcching last indexed files for a days to see is there any maniac who is uploading masively. And I found one japaneese guy, and I was keeping up with him. I didnt know he also watch my portfolio! LOL! All in all in that month I got aproved about 2500 images, and he got only 2300, and he aproached me on the FT forum and told me he was watching me and trying to keep up with me, and he give up, he cant follow me any more. I told him than I was also watching him, LOOOL! Man that was funny. The only thing I made wrong is I was watching only USA last indexed (didnt know there is any difference between countries), and there were some woman from FT germany who uploaded and aproved something like 4000 images (I dont remember precisely), and beat both of us. I was sure I will win thaz contest, because I was doing serios carpet bombarding with images that month.  But I didnt. DOH!  But those images sell good, I would never normalny make such large number in such short period if it wasnt that contest.

So far, I plan to have 10.000 images in  my port by the end of this year (2008) (so far I have almost 7000), and to become gold rank in next 2 or 3 months.

I must admit, FT is my best agency, inspite those problems with search engine. I imagine it would be much better if they didnt make that search enegine changes, and subscriptions... (I already made 85 subs sales, I hate them).

All in all, microstock is very interesting game, I really do study some phenomenons on some sites, and try to produce material that sells best, for cheapest investment... after all, I am making a living out of it, so I have to push hard on it. I have constant contest to put a bread on my table...

I plan to involve some girl models more in my images. I am optimistic for the future.

Whoho, again, in top USA 7 days my image! Sweeet!

I am sure fotolia will do it for me, by screwing the search engine, oh wait, they just did it! LOL!