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My sales in the getty moments collection seem to now all be in the 1-3 dollar range, and because of the small exclusive portfolio it seems to be a very very low earner 10-15$ a month.Am i doing something wrong or has getty dropped its rates (portfolio https://www.gettyimages.in/search/photographer?family=creative&photographer=amlan%20mathur#license)What next, what other macro stock sites should i be looking at now, westend61 seems to be more of lifestyle pics for europe, I've been active on Alamy, what else.
That's been my biggest challenege, total exclusivity and then getting almost microstock rates for most of the sales. I've gotten one or two huge sales as well, but its like finding bigfoot
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 dont 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 dont 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.
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.