Author Topic: Totally crashing on Fotolia (Read 15857 times)

bbettina · « **on:** March 05, 2007, 23:43 »

Since February I am having the hardest time with Fotolia. I used to sell there steadily if not spectacularly a couple or three pics a day making my way up to just under 200 pics sold and then - nothing. A week can go by without a sale. Then they trickle in for a few days, onesies and twosies if I am lucky and then nothing again.
Anybody else sharing that experience? What is going on? I haven't been uploading much recently because I a) don't have that much new stuff right now and b) I am a bit disenchanted - but that shouldn't impact sales, right? -

and

Thanks for your input,

Tina

epixx · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2007, 00:47 »

Fotolia is slow for me as well. It surprises me, both because I think they have a nice concept, and because my portfolio there is growing constantly.

What I've also noticed, is that there's a comparatively small portion of my images that sells there. Even IS, where I have a smaller portfolio, sells a much broader selection of my photos, not to speak about SS, where anything sells.

Pixart · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2007, 11:37 »

When I read the title of this thread "totally crashing on Fotolia" I expected another thing.... I have a broadband connection and Fotolia is so frustratingly slow and cumbersome it drives me NUTS. I always thought designers would be out of their mind searching for images there when browsing on other sites is so much easier.... (It can't be just me can it?)

Yes, I agree - sales on FT are so inconsistent. Amount $ per sale is also so low. Three sales yesterday and it didn't add up to a dollar. I'll go a week with no sales, then 10 all of a sudden. Don't they update in real time?

tdoes · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2007, 11:48 »

Fotolia is a consistant seller for me. A good tip is that if you put your most important keywords first then this should help with your exposure if your not getting alot!

madelaide · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2007, 17:29 »

FT is a bit slow to me but in fact I think sales in the other sites have improved lately, making FT fall to 4th position in Feb and so far also in March.

It is however the only site I manage to sell ELs.

Regards,
Adelaide

PenelopeB · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2007, 19:01 »

Ok, finally uploaded almost 200 to Fotolia (over the past few weeks), expecting a bit of a flury, due to being new, but like only 14 sales so far.

This site is ssslllloooowww, it never remembers my login, which is really annoying, not well laid out from a web point of view, and you can't seem to see your portfolio properly in my opinion. (sorry Fotolia)

I really hope they surprise me and have a following of loyal downloaders.

Thought it was just me cause I'm new there. Keeping my fingers crossed.

khwi · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2007, 19:27 »

DLs are pretty consistent, but slow too...

sim · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2007, 19:32 »

It has been slow but steady for me; and I had my first EL there, so I am thankful for that

marcopolo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2007, 23:18 »

really? they have really taken off for me, I am now getting quite a few EL sales there which makes it my third best earner after IS and SS. At this rate they will soon be at the same level as those two, especially if they raise their prices a little.

stokfoto · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2007, 08:05 »

I love fotolia,a great place to sale your photos,
well feb was ok for me despite little decrease in my earnings and march has not been great so far but I think (for me) things will go back to normal soon. it is where I sell the most EL,which makes it one of my favs among the sites.

sharpshot · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2007, 08:27 »

My sales are increasing with fotolia but the amount I make from them is less than StockXpert and bigstock. I hope they upgrade the site soon. Been reading about an upgrade for months now.

Freezingpictures · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2007, 15:11 »

Quote from: bbettina on March 05, 2007, 23:43

Since February I am having the hardest time with Fotolia. I used to sell there steadily if not spectacularly a couple or three pics a day making my way up to just under 200 pics sold and then - nothing. A week can go by without a sale. Then they trickle in for a few days, onesies and twosies if I am lucky and then nothing again.
Anybody else sharing that experience? What is going on? I haven't been uploading much recently because I a) don't have that much new stuff right now and b) I am a bit disenchanted - but that shouldn't impact sales, right? - and

Thanks for your input,

Tina

I experienced the exact same thing.. 3,4 month ago.
Now the earnings increased a little bit, but in no comparison to the other sites.
Fotolia is falling far behind the other agencies.
no 5 of the big 6.

odvdveer · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2007, 15:41 »

Sales are down for me as well, it was fine in january and february but the last 2 weeks hardly any. Last sale was last Saturday

Olga

khwi · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2007, 15:48 »

mmm no EL so far.
how do i get one?

roman · « **Reply #14 on:** March 13, 2007, 19:23 »

Wow, I thought I was the only one. I posted a similar thread on fotolia forum... and all the replies there were something like what are you talking about, fotolia is the best, the sales are at the greatest point ever. I had more sales in September with 60 files then I do now with almost 300. This is the only site where I do not see an increase in downloads with increase of uploaded images. At least, I am not the only one. Hope it will pick up soon.

berryspun · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2007, 21:44 »

For me the FL sales are very stable month after month, almost the same amount every month. However, my ranking (7 days) is not in my favor when compared with my all times rank. In order to keep the same rank, I need more downloads.

Which means... FL sells more pictures altogether than the previous months. This is a good sign about the wellness of the site.

If, with the same sales, the ranking status (7 day & all time) would reverse, then I would be quite concerned about the decline of the site. But fortunately this is not the case at this point.

Kngkyle · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2007, 11:00 »

My sales have really picked up on Fotolia. Even got two extended license sales in the past 3 days.

stokfoto · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2007, 16:49 »

to me it is getting better,especially for the past few days I seem to have caugth my usual numbers,I hope at least it will carry on like this

madelaide · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2007, 20:34 »

I've also noticed an improvement in the past two days. No EL this month so far, but there is still one half left.

Regards,
Adelaide

roman · « **Reply #19 on:** April 03, 2007, 18:45 »

So strange. last summer I had weekly downloads with 30 images on fotolia. I had no downloads for the last two weeks and I have almost 300 files there now. I had an EL sale last month, but overall it's been pathetic. I ll give it another month, but if it continues like this I will not submit to fotolia anymore.

Kngkyle · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2007, 18:49 »

I get about 2-3 downloads a day average.
4 so far today.

Doing good for me.

Inger Anne Hulbækdal · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:27 »

My average is 3 dl a day, and an EL about once a week.

Inger

sharply_done · « **Reply #22 on:** April 05, 2007, 05:05 »

FT is by far my poorest performer - with 600+ images there I average a mere $1.50 per day. Needless to say, I'm not very happy with Fotolia.

leaf · « **Reply #23 on:** April 05, 2007, 05:48 »

have you made use of properly ordering your keywords or are they just in random order?

sharply_done · « **Reply #24 on:** April 05, 2007, 06:44 »

Yep, I order my keywords properly - I didn't when I started out there, and I'm not too sure it makes that much of a difference. Same images/keywords/categories used on all 4 of my sites, but FT just doesn't want to produce for some reason. Things are holding steady at under $0.10/image/month, which is a terrible ROI.

It's getting to the point where I dread going to post there ...

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Author Topic: Totally crashing on Fotolia (Read 15857 times)

bbettina

epixx

Pixart

tdoes

madelaide

PenelopeB

khwi

sim

marcopolo

stokfoto

sharpshot

Freezingpictures

odvdveer

khwi

roman

berryspun

Kngkyle

stokfoto

madelaide

roman

Kngkyle

Inger Anne Hulbækdal

sharply_done

leaf

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