Don't worry, I have the little troll on ignore, I only see the posts if someone quotes them.

I didn�t know about that awesome feature! Thanks for pointing that out. I can now ignore idiots and focus on reading posts from intelligent and well-mannered individuals. This will make my time spent on this forum a lot more enjoyable.

Don't worry, I have the little troll on ignore, I only see the posts if someone quotes them.

No problem, I don't mind those kind of guys - but I think you have to stand up to it from time to time ^^ Even if the energy is thrown out the window, but I have enough energy :-)

Things are continuing to go downhill for me this week - the 14th week in a row for no apparent reason.
Meanwhile Pos 4.250 of formerly 2.900 with exactly 100 downloads this week... I have no idea what AS has done, but I'm now down 30% in 14 weeks.

Quote from: cobalt on June 14, 2024, 04:10

Don't worry, I have the little troll on ignore, I only see the posts if someone quotes them.

I am really impressed with people images. They take quite a while to start selling, but then sell very consistently.

Really wish I had done that sooner. Only have around 700 now and trying to add at least 3-5 every day. I probably need at least 3000 to see a real impact.

Looks like most of the top producers have people ports, whether normal photo or ai.

When using Firefly, people images can be tough. The results can require a lot of post work, and even then many times get rejected (after sitting in queue for many weeks) for technical reasons which can be not at all clear.

I now do people nearly exclusively with midjourney. Still need several iterations, especially mouth and hands but much better than anything else I tried.

I really wish I had done that sooner.

But people stock needs a lot more time in prompting and processing compared to pretty easter eggs.

not related to the (shall we say spirited) discussion at hand... what portion of your portfolio has never sold?  i'm curious about some of the permanently sleeping files and if they ever wake up after years of slumber.  i notice a higher % of my photos have sold than video but video takes longer to pick up (and obviously fetches more $).

Does Adobe give us that percentage? Adobe doesn't even give us lifetime stats on images, DLs or earnings. If there's a spot that shows, how many images have sold at least one time, I'd be interested in seeing that, but it won't change anything. And for your question: good images tend to keep selling, some drop down and sell fewer after time. Images that are duds and those that have never sold, in all my years, have never suddenly woken up and started selling.

The weekly rank (which is actually "Position", not rank) is supposedly based on DLs only and nothing else. We did some tracking and people with identical DL counts had different positions. Then the next day, one person had more DLs and their rank didn't change, BUT... the person who had no DLs had their position change.

I just want to point out that we have been told, more than once, that position, means nothing. It doesn't change reviews, the search rank or anything else. Bragging rights only. Beyond that, just sharing numbers with friends, it appears that it is either not DLs only or is an unreliable number to base any conclusions about rank. It's a position, where 1, 10, 100 or 1,000 other people, could be the same position. It's a group bracket.

Now someone who knows might tell us some day, why, if it's only DLs, would people with the same number have different positions? Or why someone who had a DL would have their position unchanged. OR why someone with no activity would have their position changed? I can give a theory/guess on the last two.

If I have ten DLs and next day, have none, but someone else had one new, their position would go up or stay the same, but mine would drop. Same for why getting  a DL doesn't change position, if everyone else also had the same, and I'm in the same bracket, people with ten DLs.

But nothing explains identical numbers of DLs and different positions. Unless it's not, only DLs?  It's a mystery.

I don't have a weekly rank, there is no such thing.

For me it starts on page 13 with the pictures without downloads.

Wow! I�m impressed. My portfolio is about 50/50 sales/no.

For me it starts on page 13 with the pictures without downloads.

Turned out to be a solid week. 
Nobody really believe you till you post the screenshot of your stats.   

Keep it up!

For me it starts on page 13 with the pictures without downloads.

Thanks, makes sense, if I look at Dashboard, and sort by "Downloads" and see what page the -0- start, then count and subtract from the total. Find the percentage...

not related to the (shall we say spirited) discussion at hand... what portion of your portfolio has never sold?  i'm curious about some of the permanently sleeping files and if they ever wake up after years of slumber.  i notice a higher % of my photos have sold than video but video takes longer to pick up (and obviously fetches more $).

No brags, I have some terrible Crapstock from years ago and some, see if it sticks, uploads, with no real potential for sales. 45% have one sale or more. 27% more than one DL.

Meanwhile, no I've never had an image, wake up from slumber. The way the search and rank work, this is even less likely as image rank is set in the first 30 days. I won't say impossible. Something topical that is suddenly in the news and short in supply on stock.

Here's one FREE image, that I waited for, for probably two years, as I drove past on Sunday mornings. The farmer doesn't always have the cattle up in that field, but the old school behind, has the flag up high, every day. Good fun, waiting, waiting, then stop and shoot. Yeah Baby, 5 DLs lifetime, and now free.



The school house over the hill? Zero downloads.



55% Unsold, to answer the question.

Waiting for fame and fortune, this one is unsold. 

Must be a slow week for everybody.  Average downloads, lower revenue, but higher ranking.  I'm happy about the ranking at least.

Congrats on your very steady port.

In my case the current rank  is actually an improvement to last week and at least I will make 100 dollars thanks to a video sale.

I am also seeing a little uptick in the people I upload. They need time to get noticed but then they are quite consistent. Still only 700 people stock, a long way to go.

Now I have 5200 files. Mostly seasonal images for winter/spring.

At least it is better than last year June, probably will be 30% more than June 23.

Quote from: blvdone on June 21, 2024, 10:55

Must be a slow week for everybody.  Average downloads, lower revenue, but higher ranking.  I'm happy about the ranking at least.

Congrats on your very steady port.

In my case the current rank  is actually an improvement to last week and at least I will make 100 dollars thanks to a video sale.

I am also seeing a little uptick in the people I upload. They need time to get noticed but then they are quite consistent. Still only 700 people stock, a long way to go.

Now I have 5200 files. Mostly seasonal images for winter/spring.

At least it is better than last year June, probably will be 30% more than June 23.

Cobalt, you are on the best sellers list again, even with your 5200 weekly ranking. Congratulations. (100,000 downloads and 100 pages?, unless it�s a different Cobalt)

What�s your lifetime rank? May be that�s what we should look at as well?

Quote from: Mifornia on June 22, 2024, 16:19

Quote from: cobalt on June 21, 2024, 12:52

Quote from: blvdone on June 21, 2024, 10:55

Must be a slow week for everybody.  Average downloads, lower revenue, but higher ranking.  I'm happy about the ranking at least.

Congrats on your very steady port.

In my case the current rank  is actually an improvement to last week and at least I will make 100 dollars thanks to a video sale.

I am also seeing a little uptick in the people I upload. They need time to get noticed but then they are quite consistent. Still only 700 people stock, a long way to go.

Now I have 5200 files. Mostly seasonal images for winter/spring.

At least it is better than last year June, probably will be 30% more than June 23.

Cobalt, you are on the best sellers list again, even with your 5200 weekly ranking. Congratulations. (100,000 downloads and 100 pages?, unless it�s a different Cobalt)

What�s your lifetime rank? May be that�s what we should look at as well?

I stand to be corrected, but I would argue that this is a different cobalt!

It looks like a Cobalt, walks like a Cobalt, quacks like a Cobalt but..... probably not this Cobalt.