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Getty selling at microstock rates - what next
cobalt:
If you can get in, Westend is a good choice because they have a huge network of macro partners, but of course including gettyimages. So you will be getting a huge mix of sales, including low ones fro:getty, but also very large ones from places you have never heard of.
They are very focussed on what they want, but if you have high quality, talk to them.
Otherwise there is offset, there is a premium macro collection on Adobestock etc...
Cavan images seems to be popular these days, they distribute across the macrostock world. I don‘t know of they are more successful than westend, but I think if you do macro, then working with a distributor that also explores all the small boutique collections, seems like a good idea.
Then there is stocksy, good if you can get in, but also very specialized in themes and styles.
Or you work with several places individually, arcangel, stockfood etc.
But I don‘t know a single agency of plattform that you can send all types of content exclusively and that only give you high end macro returns.
Only on stocksy is the lowest I get around 7 dollars.
Everywhere else seems to be a mix of high volume ultralow prices, including prices lower than on the micros, and the occasional higher sale.
Most of my friends find a mix of macro and micro agencies to work with, some have completly given up macro and resigned themselves to the micros, others have stopped production altogether or just upload to their own portfolio on photoshelter.
The easy days are over, the stock market is getting nearly 2 million files a week and the flood will keep growing.
Rage:
--- Quote from: cobalt on August 24, 2018, 01:21 ---If you can get in, Westend is a good choice because they have a huge network of macro partners, but of course including gettyimages. So you will be getting a huge mix of sales, including low ones fro:getty, but also very large ones from places you have never heard of.
They are very focussed on what they want, but if you have high quality, talk to them.
Otherwise there is offset, there is a premium macro collection on Adobestock etc...
Cavan images seems to be popular these days, they distribute across the macrostock world. I don‘t know of they are more successful than westend, but I think if you do macro, then working with a distributor that also explores all the small boutique collections, seems like a good idea.
Then there is stocksy, good if you can get in, but also very specialized in themes and styles.
Or you work with several places individually, arcangel, stockfood etc.
But I don‘t know a single agency of plattform that you can send all types of content exclusively and that only give you high end macro returns.
Only on stocksy is the lowest I get around 7 dollars.
Everywhere else seems to be a mix of high volume ultralow prices, including prices lower than on the micros, and the occasional higher sale.
Most of my friends find a mix of macro and micro agencies to work with, some have completly given up macro and resigned themselves to the micros, others have stopped production altogether or just upload to their own portfolio on photoshelter.
The easy days are over, the stock market is getting nearly 2 million files a week and the flood will keep growing.
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Will read about soem of these and try.
stock shooter:
I'm reviving this old thread. I've been forgoing micro stock for the last few years and focusing on Getty because I was earning much higher sales at Getty, and a better RPI. Suddenly, the last three months have been nothing but micro stock level sales. Last month, one image sold for 72 cents and my take was 14 cents, on Getty images, not iStock. I couldn't find much discussed about this on the Getty forums. Just curious if other Getty shooters here have noticed a recent change in sales. I'm used to a fair number of 200 to 500 dollar sales every month, now my biggest is under 20, most around $1.25.
derby:
--- Quote from: stock shooter on August 19, 2019, 18:46 ---I'm reviving this old thread. I've been forgoing micro stock for the last few years and focusing on Getty because I was earning much higher sales at Getty, and a better RPI. Suddenly, the last three months have been nothing but micro stock level sales. Last month, one image sold for 72 cents and my take was 14 cents, on Getty images, not iStock. I couldn't find much discussed about this on the Getty forums. Just curious if other Getty shooters here have noticed a recent change in sales. I'm used to a fair number of 200 to 500 dollar sales every month, now my biggest is under 20, most around $1.25.
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I don't sell directly to Getty but via Eyeem, and I see the same.
Big sales seems no longer exist, big fall from last year.
Of course they had lowered royalties for subs, but this could be accepted if some high price sales would still be available.
Brasilnut:
My number of downloads is rising steadily but totals earned is all over the place. July 44cents RPI is very disappointing.
(i was on a 3-year boycott of istock and only started uploading against about 10 months ago)
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