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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: Lana on September 23, 2015, 15:38
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Hi there,
Has anyone noticed a sudden drop in sales starting from last Thursday or so (Sept 17), I thought maybe the end of the week was unusually slow, but nothing changed after the new week started..
The first half of September was real good at sales and then suddenly such a decline.. Or is it just me? :o
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Has anyone noticed a sudden drop in sales starting from last Thursday or so (Sept 17)
Actually, mine are very good on FT right now. No complaints here.
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10 years on Fotolia with 6000 files and last week I have 9$, disaster...
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Sales seem to be fine for me and I don't have many images (160) on there.
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Mine are doing well, will have one of the best if not the best month. I also have regular EL sales there, approximately 1 per month. What I dont like is, that their review time si much longer then it used to be.
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For me sales are extremely good. Some 3000 files.
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I uploaded 56 (accepted) photos and illustrations since June when I re-joined Fotolia - most of them in the past month, and while RPI is less than on shutterstock I'm encouraged that I'm seeing sales of new images shortly after some files are accepted, and repeat sales of those images too.
Limited experience given my small portfolio and having recently joined but take it for what it's worth. Just got an email alert that a file sold while I was typing this - I need to figure out how to turn off those alerts LOL.
Disappointed that they rejected a bunch of my light blur backgrounds that sell very well elsewhere but that's what I get for coming late to the party - they actually also sold well on Fotolia when I belonged there some years ago...oh well. The key for me is that compared to when I was on there before Adobe took over, sales seem much better despite the fact that some of my previous sellers aren't in my new port.
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I need to figure out how to turn off those alerts LOL.
You'll find a checkbox here: https://us.fotolia.com/Contributor/Preferences
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Looks as if there are some minor changes to the sort-order. No bad effect yet, had a good day yesterday but I hope we are not in for a dry spell.
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For me also have been some changes in sales, negative changes :-\
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My sales have been great the past couple of months with no signs of slowing down. 8)
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Yes, my sales did stop. But it apparently didn't stop for everyone - my weekly ranking by about 3000!
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Sales seem to be fine for me on Fotolia.
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Sales are up and down for me, same as usual.
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I need to figure out how to turn off those alerts LOL.
You'll find a checkbox here: https://us.fotolia.com/Contributor/Preferences
Thanks!
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I'm on a continues downtrend since November 2014 still waiting for Adobe to kick in
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This really, I think, just emphasizes what most of us know. It's not ALL the website; a lot of it has to do with the types of images in your portfolio, and the types of people that use that site. My top selling image for the 4 years that I've been in Microstock has over 400 downloads in SS, but only 17 with FT. On the other hand, one of my most downloaded images on FT (117) has no sales on SS.
(I have only about 375 images online).
And one more thing. As I have noted a couple of other times, since the beginning of the year (2015) when FT was taken over by Adobe, my sales in SS (which used to be more each month than FT, BS, and DT combined, both in downloads and sales) has been slipping while my sales at FT have been on the rise. In the entire month of September my sales from FT and SS have stayed within $10 of each other every day (with FT being the one ahead). In fact, at this moment, they are only $0.48 apart.
Of course, if I get one large SOD on SS, everything changes. But I hardly ever see them any more.
I guess the conclusion I take is that, while I love reading about everyone's experiences, as in life, your most important competitor is yourself. I take a look at the types of images ("stories") I tell that do well, and do more of them.
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Yes, my sales did stop. But it apparently didn't stop for everyone - my weekly ranking by about 3000!
Already quite a few people reporting the decline, so must be some changes to the search engine or something similar that affects some of the portfolios.
Still September will be my best month ever due to the rise in sales in the first 2 weeks, sad the trend kinda stopped for me this past week :-[ Full of hopes it will pick up again
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Adobe/FT have alradey changed their sort a few times not much and not in the typical devastaing fashion where many portfolios are getting completely annihilated. I don't think they will either, probably learnt from other agencies mistakes.
SS OTH keep changing their sort every single day, calling it an experiment? right.
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This really, I think, just emphasizes what most of us know. It's not ALL the website; a lot of it has to do with the types of images in your portfolio, and the types of people that use that site. My top selling image for the 4 years that I've been in Microstock has over 400 downloads in SS, but only 17 with FT. On the other hand, one of my most downloaded images on FT (117) has no sales on SS.
(I have only about 375 images online).
My top image on IS, licensed over 10K times, I don't think has sold more than a dozen on all the sites it's on, since I've been uploading to them. Probably because you can lift it from a million sites online.
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Yes, something happened a week or ten days ago. My sales dropped by about 30% overnight and have stayed at the lower level ever since. Most likely a search change, but of course it might be a seasonal thing. I suspect a search change. I don't mind search changes because generally they are swings and roundabouts and usually the situation recovers. However, this time I've noticed that since the change new uploads don't seem to be getting the sales like before.
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I guess the conclusion I take is that, while I love reading about everyone's experiences, as in life, your most important competitor is yourself. I take a look at the types of images ("stories") I tell that do well, and do more of them.
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I agree :)
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There was a 50% off sale that ended the 20th of September (Sunday). So, some people maybe seeing a slowdown from the 17th /18th Sept as the working week finished.
Personally, they're selling just as many as ever, if not more so. About a couple of hundred a week about a month or so ago to over 300 now. They've been the fastest growing agency for some time now (for me anyway).
Edit. The sale was the one that gave clients 50% off but paid contributors 100% commission.
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On some days I'm already selling more on FT than SS.
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On some days I'm already selling more on FT than SS.
And on 123 as well.
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I am heading for a new WME there this month. Less than 5 USD all month with 1000+ port.
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Mellimage, i am with you :( Was looking forward to the big Fotolia/Adobe deal thinking that sales should improve ...
But for me it was quite the contrary - sales fell asleep ... soooo sad!
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I am heading for a new WME there this month. Less than 5 USD all month with 1000+ port.
Are you saying you've earned less then 5$ whole month with 1000+ port?
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I am heading for a new WME there this month. Less than 5 USD all month with 1000+ port.
Are you saying you've earned less then 5$ whole month with 1000+ port?
I was saying exactly that and then two sales came in. So now I am slightly above the 5 USD mark for monthly earnings. Yay me.
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I'm sorry, but I can hardly believe that.
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I'm sorry, but I can hardly believe that.
Believe me, I wish this wasn't true, but it is is - and it has become the rule this year that I earn below 10 USD per month at FT. Not an exception.
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I am afraid it looks as if they have changed the search/algorithm. Well so far so good and I hope the change isn't too damaging.
It seems completely and utterly stupid to change a search now. It was a winning formula and many, many people were happy the way it was going.
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I don't know what happen but my last sale was Saturday :-\
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I'm going to tell you what happened. Go to search and type in "food". Now check the number of results.
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I have a small amount of images (around 400) and just passed $120 usd for the month of Sept. On FT.
On SS, I just passed $115 usd, same time period.
Clearly, we all have different experiences. My guess is that it has to do with the types of images we all make and the type of customer base each microstock site attracts during any given month/season.
Either that, or the God Of Microstock just spins a roulette wheel and laughs each month.
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I normally don't write on forums but I also have almost no sales on fotolia. and they are keep rejecting files with the reason of "File Declined - Too Similar" eventhough they are not in same series or similar
Fotolia THIS IS NOT GOOD.
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I'm going to tell you what happened. Go to search and type in "food". Now check the number of results.
Well, that is a pretty broad category. You could say the same if you typed in "people."
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I'm going to tell you what happened. Go to search and type in "food". Now check the number of results.
The fact its a popular category got nothing to do with the search algorithm. The search concerns the placements not the category-
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I'm going to tell you what happened. Go to search and type in "food". Now check the number of results.
The fact its a popular category got nothing to do with the search algorithm, concerns the placement of the pictures not the amount.
Perhaps you could be a little less enigmatic? Your post says check the number of of results not about placement?
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I have a small amount of images (around 400) and just passed $120 usd for the month of Sept. On FT.
On SS, I just passed $115 usd, same time period.
Clearly, we all have different experiences. My guess is that it has to do with the types of images we all make and the type of customer base each microstock site attracts during any given month/season.
Either that, or the God Of Microstock just spins a roulette wheel and laughs each month.
Think you are right on both counts :o Fotolia has always been quite good for me
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I'm going to tell you what happened. Go to search and type in "food". Now check the number of results.
The fact its a popular category got nothing to do with the search algorithm, concerns the placement of the pictures not the amount.
Perhaps you could be a little less enigmatic? Your post says check the number of of results not about placement?
Thanks! changed my post. I was in a hurry and got it wrong.
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39 sales from Saturday till now
I don't know what happen but my last sale was Saturday :-\
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39 sales from Saturday till now
I don't know what happen but my last sale was Saturday :-\
Congratulations !!!
:)
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well, contruction worker earn that kind of money in 1-2 hours
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well, contruction worker earn that kind of money in 1-2 hours
Yes absolutely personally thought that the Adobe will rock, but usually they don't.
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BME on FT. :D
Of course that €100 EL today helped a bit
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Having a great day myself there with some $. 93 and thats without any EL. :)
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Yeah, I like the fact, that even if you get sub sale, it can get you more money, not just those 0.29 cents. I regulary have sub sales that are above 1€ and lots of them between 0.50 and 1€. Last week I even had one for 4.49€.
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:-X
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In the meantime I'm still experiencing the drought.. almost nada for the past 2 weeks :-[