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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: Dragomir Nikolov on December 06, 2013, 17:58

Title: Do you use http://500px.com/
Post by: Dragomir Nikolov on December 06, 2013, 17:58

Do you use http://500px.com/ (http://500px.com/) How are the sales there?

Title: Re: Do you use http://500px.com/
Post by: Rage on December 08, 2013, 01:21

Would like to know this too... Since people have some amazing portfolios there and most are enabled in the store.

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Title: Re: Do you use http://500px.com/
Post by: Uncle Pete on December 08, 2013, 01:48

Press - read and decide on your own.

http://500px.com/press (http://500px.com/press)

Title: Re: Do you use http://500px.com/
Post by: Rage on December 09, 2013, 02:59

I can see that 500px is very actively pushing its hosted pics. But its mainly on bing and via some apps. But is there any data on what their sales have been like? Or what contributors are making there

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Title: Re: Do you use http://500px.com/
Post by: Hobostocker on December 09, 2013, 05:34

i think it's a bluff.

basically they're selling similar cr-ap to RedBubble and friends.

my feeling is it could be good if you're specialized in landscapes and some other artsy niches but i've yet to hear a single guy claiming he's making decent money with 500px and similar sites, there's just not enough buyers for this stuff and it's the same problem in the other PODs.

Title: Re: Do you use http://500px.com/
Post by: Pixart on December 10, 2013, 11:17

Glyn Dewis recommended them a while back stating that he gets quite a bit of work from 500px.