And I made my first sale there today!  I won't post about them all (let's hope there are lots!) but just thought I'd indicate that the small store (only 8 items in it) had seen a sale (no one I know and I'm pretty hopeless at the promotion stuff

congrats Jo Ann, nice to hear it is selling

Well, due to the fact that there is no exif import, I decided to give image packs a whirl to see what happens.  You can see my start here:
https://creativemarket.com/seanlockephotography

Basically, I priced them between GL's medium and large times the number of images, with a slight discount for bulk.  I'll let you know if anything sells.  I hope the cover images showcase well.

Well, due to the fact that there is no exif import, I decided to give image packs a whirl to see what happens.  You can see my start here:
https://creativemarket.com/seanlockephotography

Basically, I priced them between GL's medium and large times the number of images, with a slight discount for bulk.  I'll let you know if anything sells.  I hope the cover images showcase well.

Look really good Sean. I might jump into this too with my old shots.

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on August 12, 2014, 13:38

if there is a new site  opening up other possibilities
to a market already as pointed out by many here, saturation point  ms.

the stock industry seem pretty stable, if people start buying from new small sites it just means they will buy less from elsewhere, it's more or less like a sum zero game at the moment.

we have to wait and see.
i don't think new small sites have any chance to emerge right now unless they're backed by millions of $ to be spent in advertising, see the many 500px and similar sites that are still struggling to make steady sales.

we should not forget the real goal of these startups is NOT to make real profits but to gather a large enough customer base in order to be sold to the next VC and shareholder.

It might be a zero sum game as far as buyers go, but if I can move a sale from a site where I get 3-35% to a site where I get 50-70% I consider that a big plus, especially if I get to set the prices too.

I think some sites want to make a real go and some want to be bought out - unfortunately we can't really tell ahead of time.

...i don't think new small sites have any chance to emerge right now unless they're backed by millions of $ to be spent in advertising, see the many 500px and similar sites that are still struggling to make steady sales.

we should not forget the real goal of these startups is NOT to make real profits but to gather a large enough customer base in order to be sold to the next VC and shareholder.

Creative Market was my #3 earner last month, well ahead of DT and FT. They're still new and small in some regards, but they're showing some big potential in earnings. Granted that's in vectors at the moment, but hopefully photo sales will pick up as well.

I don't get the feeling that CM is waiting for the next VC, shareholder, buyer, etc. They were already acquired by Autodesk, and nothing really has changed for us, other than that they have some additional resources behind them. Definitely doesn't seem like a startup built with the end goal of just dumping it.

Don't know if CM still does this, but when I started with them last year they sent me my first dollar earned in the mail with a note from the the founder.



Might seem like a small gesture to some, but I like companies that take a minute to connect with contributors.

EmberMike, was that taken out of ur earning? or it was a bonus?
seriously, it is indeed a good gesture, especially these days when all u gets is double-talk
from officials. bravo, n let's hope they remain that way
even after they get to the top bracket 

wow, surprising, you must have been one of their early birds?...

As far as I can find in searching, as of at least May they were still doing this. So I don't think it's an early-bird thing.

It's kind of sad how CM just throws the contributors out into the wild when it comes to rules about protecting yourself from copyright/trademark worries in the stock image market.

https://creativemarket.com/discussions/889-PHOTOS-Trademarks-Intellectual-Property-Copyrights-Problem

No sales of my photo packs yet.  Disappointing.

FYI, I've disabled all my people images from CM, as I've decided the "Simple License" is too simple for content involving models.

Sean, I don't know if understood you correctly, but I think selling those "iphone" etc mockups is a win-win situation for everyone. I don't think Apple gives much about if people make mockups of their devices. Free marketing.

Too  loose for me! Heck even the dpc program on ft is better ran! Which we all know how we feel about that one. Better to pass on them and join canva!

I opened a shop at Creative Market recently. I like the concept, but of course I also see a lot of problems and potential future problems. What's gonna happen when they have 50000 contributors? Competition will push everything down to 2 dollars and you have to sell bundles with 5000 images to stand out...

I've also noticed that a handful of contributors seem to dominate the search results, even though there are 7000 contributors. I understand that CM want to promote the best sellers but it seems a bit extreme at the moment.

And why isn't the site using responsive design? Most designers are using high res monitors that could fit six columns of images instead of three. Annoying. And is it really a good idea to allow text on the preview images when the image description is right below the picture? It's pretty much the same text twice.

I also have a question for people who have been selling at CM for a while. What's you download/view ratio?

And lastly, shouldn't Creative Market have their own part of this forum?

I've bought a few images from there, so I get their emails all the time now. Kind of sad to see them giving away tons of free stuff every week, and huge image packs offered for next to nothing. People offering 500 icons for five bucks when each could be sold separately at SS, for example. I'm afraid from a buyer POV it is a race to the bottom.