Author Topic: What's your weekly ranking and how many images? (Read 138330 times)

tiero · « **Reply #675 on:** July 15, 2024, 05:14 »

Quote from: stocky on July 08, 2024, 13:41

My weekly ranking went up a bit after the $5 Free images accepted.

Do you only create photographs or also illustrations and vectors?
Either way, it's quite an achievement these days.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #676 on:** July 15, 2024, 06:32 »

Quote from: mike123 on July 14, 2024, 09:35

Here are my stats this week: position 5060 with almost 700 files.
Pretty slow week, I've seen my position already dipping below 4000 in the past.

this is strange,this position with these earnings with only 700 files,contents can be as good and powerful as you want but they are only 700.

How long have you been a contributor?Is this your first year or have you opened your account 10 years or more ago?

mike123 · « **Reply #677 on:** July 15, 2024, 06:53 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on July 15, 2024, 06:32

How long have you been a contributor?Is this your first year or have you opened your account 10 years or more ago?

Since 2012

Injustice for all · « **Reply #678 on:** July 15, 2024, 07:36 »

ok,this explains everything!

those files have now sold so many times in the golden years of 2012 that they will always be ahead.

the time since you are a contributor also counts on Adobe,in fact I believe that even if I stop uploading now and then come back in 5 years and start uploading again,I will earn much more than now,simply because in the meantime 5 years have passed.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #679 on:** July 15, 2024, 10:33 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on July 15, 2024, 07:36

ok,this explains everything!

those files have now sold so many times in the golden years of 2012 that they will always be ahead.

the time since you are a contributor also counts on Adobe,in fact I believe that even if I stop uploading now and then come back in 5 years and start uploading again,I will earn much more than now,simply because in the meantime 5 years have passed.

thanks for the reply!

pancaketom · « **Reply #680 on:** July 15, 2024, 11:36 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on July 15, 2024, 07:36

ok,this explains everything!

those files have now sold so many times in the golden years of 2012 that they will always be ahead.

the time since you are a contributor also counts on Adobe,in fact I believe that even if I stop uploading now and then come back in 5 years and start uploading again,I will earn much more than now,simply because in the meantime 5 years have passed.

Or one tweak of the algorithm and sales will practically stop. I uploaded consistently but slowly for 5 years at a number of agencies. Sales mostly went down during that time and $ went down faster.

Mike, those are awesome numbers for 700 files, even more impressive if you haven't uploaded much in years. Your hard work is still paying off, too bad SS poisoned the well.

Wilm · « **Reply #681 on:** July 15, 2024, 13:23 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on July 15, 2024, 07:36

ok,this explains everything!

those files have now sold so many times in the golden years of 2012 that they will always be ahead.

the time since you are a contributor also counts on Adobe,in fact I believe that even if I stop uploading now and then come back in 5 years and start uploading again,I will earn much more than now,simply because in the meantime 5 years have passed.

I have to disagree.

I've been doing this since 2009 and have many images with more than 100 downloads. Most of them disappeared from one day to the next due to an algorithm change - this also applies to images with more than 250, 500 or 1000 downloads.

There are images where I can understand why, because the style, visual language or zeitgeist has changed. For the majority of images, however, it has nothing to do with this - they were simply sorted to the back.

cobalt · « **Reply #682 on:** July 15, 2024, 15:05 »

I like this strategy of uploading only the very, very best files. I am sure if somebody starts out today and uploads only killer quality they will also achieve excellent results.

But the uptake and distribution takes a few years.

I have some genres where I try to do exactly that. Really only upload the very, very best.

However I still add lots of general backgrounds and lots of test files so my port doesn't look very streamlined.

Spendings several hours on a good quality file is a good investment. The images can easily live and sell over decades if they have a timeless appeal.

Then they might become vintage and be even more interesting.

I hink that makes more sense than uploading 20 similar files.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #683 on:** July 15, 2024, 15:55 »

@pancaketom and @Wilm,a change in the algorithm you say?Maybe.

certainly Mike's case is certainly a case apart,having started in 2012 has its importance in my opinion,but certainly perhaps it doesn't completely explain everything,you're probably right,maybe we can sit here and think all we want but maybe luck also plays a key role in the microstock game.

It's probably important to try to do everything today,I pretty much do every type of content on rotation,Lately I've been neglecting vectors,but I need to get back on track there too soon.

I'm not particularly happy with Adobe's sales numbers,but I am also aware of the conditions in which I started,although now, given the quantity and quality of the content I produce today,I expect rapid growth in the near future,although my earnings are starting to look better,thanks to the diversity of content I upload.

@Cobalt,I don't produce huge quantities either,even though I'm in boost mode since May,I'm uploading much more than usual lately,but still less than many others,I can perhaps even reach 400 contents in a month,but it will certainly be very difficult for me to overcome these levels.

mike123 · « **Reply #684 on:** July 15, 2024, 16:36 »

Thanks for so much positive feedback! From my experience high quality sells well even in today's market. But I don't think it's worth investing time into creating high quality content for microstock any more - every agency except Adobe slashed their royalties and I expect Adobe to do the same soon and then it's game over for any content that takes longer than a few minutes to create.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #685 on:** July 16, 2024, 04:58 »

Quote from: mike123 on July 15, 2024, 16:36

Thanks for so much positive feedback! From my experience high quality sells well even in today's market. But I don't think it's worth investing time into creating high quality content for microstock any more - every agency except Adobe slashed their royalties and I expect Adobe to do the same soon and then it's game over for any content that takes longer than a few minutes to create.

I agree about quality, although in my opinion the right balance is more important, I also used to waste hours creating content,but it's better to look for a middle ground,in my opinion you have to work well but also quickly,quantity is also important,but with Adobe it's a slightly different matter because it also depends on the way the sales system manages you.

I disagree,and obviously hope you are wrong,about Adobe cutting royalties,I think they also know that another blow like this would be the end of the microstock,and almost no one will upload anything anymore.

cobalt · « **Reply #686 on:** July 17, 2024, 13:09 »

I always look at the bestselling ports of the week.

But this one is really weird.

How did it get into the bestsellerlist?

https://stock.adobe.com/de/contributor/211258406/ahmed?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

Unless maybe it is the fishtanks.

If that is a big industry and this time of the year is important for them, perhaps he gets a lot of sales for that.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #687 on:** July 17, 2024, 16:47 »

strange port indeed!

it goes from fish to vectors and then to fashion and then food and then animals...to me it just seems like a jumble of things that don't belong to the same copyright holder.

I dare say that probably only the photos of the fishes are from the account owner.

but I clearly don't know!

synthetick · « **Reply #688 on:** July 17, 2024, 16:59 »

Quote from: cobalt on July 17, 2024, 13:09

How did it get into the bestsellerlist?

https://stock.adobe.com/de/contributor/211258406/ahmed?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

Something very fishy going on there!
They have 621 images but if you do a blank search on their portfolio and add "&filters%5Bundiscovered%5D=only" into the URL you can see that there are only 5 images that have not been sold. That is far from normal and should be a red flag that Adobe needs to investigate the portfolio for possible sales fraud.

blvdone · « **Reply #689 on:** July 17, 2024, 20:26 »

Quote from: synthetick on July 17, 2024, 16:59

Quote from: cobalt on July 17, 2024, 13:09
How did it get into the bestsellerlist?

https://stock.adobe.com/de/contributor/211258406/ahmed?load_type=author&prev_url=detail

Something very fishy going on there!
They have 621 images but if you do a blank search on their portfolio and add "&filters%5Bundiscovered%5D=only" into the URL you can see that there are only 5 images that have not been sold. That is far from normal and should be a red flag that Adobe needs to investigate the portfolio for possible sales fraud.

Farmed fish images are selling like crazy right now. I see those photos everywhere and in every ads these days.

Mifornia · « **Reply #690 on:** July 18, 2024, 04:21 »

Search algorithms have changed and will probably continue to do so.

stocky · « **Reply #691 on:** July 18, 2024, 15:02 »

Quote from: tiero on July 15, 2024, 05:14

Quote from: stocky on July 08, 2024, 13:41
My weekly ranking went up a bit after the $5 Free images accepted.

Do you only create photographs or also illustrations and vectors?
Either way, it's quite an achievement these days.

Photos only. Thanks

DaLiu · « **Reply #692 on:** July 18, 2024, 17:17 »

Quote from: stocky on July 18, 2024, 15:02

Quote from: tiero on July 15, 2024, 05:14
Quote from: stocky on July 08, 2024, 13:41
My weekly ranking went up a bit after the $5 Free images accepted.

Do you only create photographs or also illustrations and vectors?
Either way, it's quite an achievement these days.

Photos only. Thanks

How many photos you sell daily in average for that rank?

stocky · « **Reply #693 on:** July 18, 2024, 20:02 »

Quote from: DaLiu on July 18, 2024, 17:17

Quote from: stocky on July 18, 2024, 15:02
Quote from: tiero on July 15, 2024, 05:14
Quote from: stocky on July 08, 2024, 13:41
My weekly ranking went up a bit after the $5 Free images accepted.

Do you only create photographs or also illustrations and vectors?
Either way, it's quite an achievement these days.

Photos only. Thanks

How many photos you sell daily in average for that rank?

200

Injustice for all · « **Reply #694 on:** July 20, 2024, 06:26 »

but these are results that can only be achieved with time,a lot of time,decades.

This worries me a bit because I'm more than sure that my earnings on Adobe will continue to increase,but too slowly and I'm no longer 30 years old.

also this month I am sure that I will end the month with an increase in earnings and in the number of sales,compared to July 2023.

the point is that this increase after one year is too little,the difference between one year and another it's not much.

so the thing is,if I were at least 10 years younger,I would have time to wait these 10 years before achieving results like "stocky" or at least getting close to that.

but time is not on my side,I can't afford to still wait many years to reach at least 50 sales a day,or close to this.

my hope,the reason why I'm continuing in the microstock,is that at some point there will be a clear improvement.

so I really think that I will evaluate in the next few months whether there will be interesting developments or not,because I can no longer afford to wait all this time.

cobalt · « **Reply #695 on:** July 20, 2024, 12:26 »

You need the last quarter to really see if it is improving.

And as you know many files also need at least a year to start selling.

I had several first time sales this week from what I uploaded last year. I always wondered why they didn't get any takers.

I don't think you need to wait 10 years.

With ai you can now provide a much greater range of subjects than just with regular photography.

There are so many unserved niches.

For example:

Today I looked at food on Adobe.

With the keyword food, you get 57 million files

But if I add simple second keywords - food germany it drops down to 145 000 files.

Then food people germany - only 17 000 files.

Germany/Austria/Switzerland and many eastern European countries, have similar traditions in food and similar people.

That is a huge region that is completely empty.

I was really surprised, didn't expect that.

But with ai you can also do this for

food brasil

food japan

food people canada...etc...

You can try this for many subjects.

Find a niche you understand that has a large customer group and shoot the h*** out of it.

Work smarter, not harder.

You don't have to do 35 files a day if you can identify the right niches. 20 a day is fine if they are really needed or simply new.

currently

pos 4030, 5500 files

Pacesetter · « **Reply #696 on:** July 20, 2024, 19:33 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on July 20, 2024, 06:26

but these are results that can only be achieved with time,a lot of time,decades.

This worries me a bit because I'm more than sure that my earnings on Adobe will continue to increase,but too slowly and I'm no longer 30 years old.

also this month I am sure that I will end the month with an increase in earnings and in the number of sales,compared to July 2023.

the point is that this increase after one year is too little,the difference between one year and another it's not much.

so the thing is,if I were at least 10 years younger,I would have time to wait these 10 years before achieving results like "stocky" or at least getting close to that.

but time is not on my side,I can't afford to still wait many years to reach at least 50 sales a day,or close to this.

my hope,the reason why I'm continuing in the microstock,is that at some point there will be a clear improvement.

so I really think that I will evaluate in the next few months whether there will be interesting developments or not,because I can no longer afford to wait all this time.

What about trying for more video? You'll be building on your current slow-but-sure increase with higher RPD content which together will see good clear improvements.

cobalt · « **Reply #697 on:** July 21, 2024, 05:03 »

Yes, please do video.
It is a completely open field with very little competition.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #698 on:** July 21, 2024, 05:17 »

yes,what I want to wait for is the last quarter of the year.

and yes,I have tripled my video library in the last 2 months.

but it certainly takes time,it takes years.

it's the sales system that regulates everything,of course it also depends on what you do,but in my opinion it's more a question of time.

what matters in my opinion is the number of sales,the earnings can clearly vary,but what is important is to make the numbers,then the money arrives.

These are the percentage increases in the number of sales this year so far compared to 2023:

Jan:+73%
Feb:+50%
Mar:+8%
Apr:+50%
May:-10%
June:+25%

I repeat,these are percentages of the number of sales,not earnings.

in May 2024 I had a lower number of sales than in May 2023,and this is strange,how is it possible to sell less if you have more files because a year has passed?

in any case,in my opinion it is a simple fluctuation in the sales system which will probably make me recover later,so that there is an increase more or less established,based on the parameters of the sales system.

I don't know if is clear,but in any case the increase in the number of sales is there,but it is too low,and it will most likely take many years to reach decent levels.

in my opinion,as i have already said in the past,Cobalt,you have that level because you started many years ago,and even if you only uploaded a few files,and then disconnected for 10 years,those files still continued for many years,leading you today to have good visibility that is given by the sales system.

of course,what you produce also counts,but today more than ever the most important factor in my opinion is time,it takes many years before reaching acceptable earnings.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #699 on:** July 21, 2024, 06:00 »

I'll put it simpler and ask you a question,a question aimed at those who have had an Adobe account open for at least since 10 years:

"In your opinion,if you had opened your account in 2018,despite having the same portfolio you have today,perfectly identical,would you earn the same as what you earn today?"

I don't think anyone can answer yes,but let me know what you think if you want.

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Author Topic: What's your weekly ranking and how many images? (Read 138330 times)

tiero

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mike123

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pancaketom

Wilm

cobalt

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mike123

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cobalt

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synthetick

blvdone

Mifornia

stocky

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cobalt

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