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Etsy bestselling photographer reselling Shutterstock files-$1000 a day earnings!
Sedge:
The problem with Etsy is a familiar one: you have to figure out how to drive people to your shop. I have a shop on Etsy, and get one or two small sales a month; it's worth doing but just barely. I don't do any social media advertising (hate doing that), and as a result I get very few daily views; usually 1 to 5 if that. The really successful people on Etsy are the crafters; they'll complain if they get less than several hundred views a day.
Another problem with Etsy, is that it's a hive of illegal stuff being ripped-off and sold. Just do a search for Disney or Star Wars and you'll see what I mean.
Dakota:
There are plenty of Shutterstock files on there. I would not of made such a statement without evidence. Reverse image search does not work on many of the files because the images are flipped, cropped or placed in frames. Look deeper by searching for subjects. Some might come from other agencies.
Zero of those images have been created by that designer. What I think she has done is bought a basic subscription, maybe tweaked a few, made B&W and watched the money roll in. What is crazy is she is not even offering prints just downloads!
Here is one example:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/484188644/black-cockatoo-print-large-wall-art?ref=shop_home_active_53
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/black-cockatoo-on-perch-112430822?src=6DHsHj2--35Vj0HMQgQD7g-1-14
Can everyone do that? Buy a basic subscription to Shutterstock, download hundreds of images and resell as digital files Etsy, no printing involved, sounds like a great plan to get rich!
shiyali:
--- Quote from: Dakota on September 18, 2017, 19:42 ---There are plenty of Shutterstock files on there. I would not of made such a statement without evidence. Reverse image search does not work on many of the files because the images are flipped, cropped or placed in frames. Look deeper by searching for subjects. Some might come from other agencies.
Zero of those images have been created by that designer. What I think she has done is bought a basic subscription, maybe tweaked a few, made B&W and watched the money roll in. What is crazy is she is not even offering prints just downloads!
Here is one example:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/484188644/black-cockatoo-print-large-wall-art?ref=shop_home_active_53
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/black-cockatoo-on-perch-112430822?src=6DHsHj2--35Vj0HMQgQD7g-1-14
Can everyone do that? Buy a basic subscription to Shutterstock, download hundreds of images and resell as digital files Etsy, no printing involved, sounds like a great plan to get rich!
--- End quote ---
Utterly shameful. Thanks for exposing that scam.
shiyali:
Etsy copyright infringement seems to be a chronic problem for others as well and there are not many good options. Read this
https://artlawjournal.com/etsy-copyright-infringement/
stockastic:
Etsy used to be a unique site selling hand-made items. Then it become a Big Company in search of Growth and began steadily destroying its identity and becoming just another site trying to sell everything to everybody and not caring about any ethical nonsense.
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