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Title: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:02: I have a portfolio of 300 video clips and 250 photos and I rarely submit to micro-stock sites anymore. The single reason I stay with micro-stock is to showcase my stuff. I spent 2 years developing my Ebay DVD sales and other avenues. I started off selling DVD sets for peanuts. 300 clips/300 photos for $29. Now I sell them for $299. My best photos only go to Alamy and I never submit a prime piece of work to micro-stock.

Good luck in the rat race of Micro-stock,

*link removed* (http://*link removed*)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jbarber873 on March 25, 2011, 10:08: So now you sell 300 clips for $300? Maybe someday you can move UP to microstock rates.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 10:11: I just took a look at the website.
Now....I'm....very....confused......
I think I need to lay down
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:12: Per clip and photo I sell them for far less than 50 cents per unit.

I sell DVD sets that contain 50 GB of material.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:14: I have not listed my video/photo website. Just one of my blogs. Don't want to be accused of self promotion.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jm on March 25, 2011, 10:15: I hope you have paid that funny microstock price to Fotolia for image at "Foods that will save your life no matter what" article :P
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:20: Yes I did. The one of Cacao beans, bought from Fotolia. I use Fotolia on all 3 of my blogs. Probably $200/month.

All those highly quality extra small pics for dirt cheap. Good deal.

And then you post them on a blog and 30 seconds later they are on Google images for free. WordPress should come up with a pluign to stop that.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on March 25, 2011, 10:27: Well, it's an interesting idea - but do you have to track orders, burn and mail the CDs yourself?
There are plenty of ways of trying to monetise our work and different ones work for different people.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:30: The first 6 months it was Hell. Burning 15 DVDs on my desktop for a lousy $29-$69, then I started getting the Ebay and private feedback to use as references. Then I upped the price and went direct marketing. Facebook ads were a good avenue.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:41: Just my opinion of course... but MS is way too saturated. There are a 1000 very good photos and illustrations on every subject.

I don't care about per unit price. It's how much I make per month that counts.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: loop on March 25, 2011, 10:44: Well, it can be done much more than 5,000 at MS, believe me.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 10:48: I can't find anyone selling stock video clips on Ebay at all. There are quite a few stock image DVDs for sale but none at anything like the sort of prices you claim. Most of them are 1000 images of $5 or thereabouts. Maybe you could provide a link to an example sale?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:58: I guess your not very adept at an Ebay search.

So I am now providing bona fides?

For what purpose? I have not entered into self promotion.

I am not selling something... yet you want my secret ingredient for free.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 11:02: OpenCL Render. ATI 4850. Cinema 4D 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLZHuW7BSI#ws)

I did a more complex render of this scene for a contact through a stock site. Took about 72 hours to render 300 frames on my quad core.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 11:09: To digress for a second,

I'm very stoked about the new Nikon Coolpix P500. Especially the video. On the photo side I'm going to downscale to minimum sizes for MS. But the video really blew my socks off. One a tripod and with good lights of course.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cthoman on March 25, 2011, 11:19: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:58
I guess your not very adept at an Ebay search.

So I am now providing bona fides?

For what purpose? I have not entered into self promotion.

I am not selling something... yet you want my secret ingredient for free.

You are definitely entitled to your privacy, but you did bring up the topic. I looked at ebay too awhile back for selling stock, and most of what I saw was so cheap that it didn't look like there was a lot of money in it. Especially when you start factoring in shipping and probably sales tax. I've sold prints that way and it was always a pain.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 11:35: Building up a good blog or website certainly adds to exposure. The site I just sold a site while back got 1 million plus hits in 7 months and I was posting all of my pics for free. *link removed* (http://*link removed*)

I find micro-stockers overly protective and petty when it comes to their images. The fact is that with one download your highly prized photo has just been put for free somewhere on the internet. Stock Agencies and Cameras companies are making the money from artist.

But hey that's your choice. Free world and all.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: loop on March 25, 2011, 11:56: It seems that you don't understand well this business: We don't sell just images: we sell licenses as well. Of course, photos can be grabbed by amateurs for their amateur blogs or pages, that is difficult to control, but very few legitimate business, big or small, would use unlicensed images. Those are the costumers that matter; the others wouldn' buy even if they could not rob.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: click_click on March 25, 2011, 11:58: You may be honest with everything you say, however I don't understand the purpose of this thread.

If you wanted to "share" your success with fellow microstockers without giving them any verifiable information about your venture what's your intention then?

I'm roaming anonymously for a number of reasons but I don't claim that I make $5000 and assume people believe me either.

People can sell crap on ebay and make thousands a month but it's all in the marketing and targeted traffic and not the actual product itself.

As you see there are tons of photo DVDs etc already on ebay for a few bucks. Why would anyone pay more for yours? Only because you can generate targeted traffic to your offerings.

Just because we have content doesn't mean we also know how to sell it ourselves.

That it is possible sure, but your posts are not helping anyone here IMO.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: stockmarketer on March 25, 2011, 12:13: OK, we're not very adept at Google searches.

But I tried one anyway and found this...

https://flippa.com/122678-500month-Hot-website-collection-of-Video-clips-and-Photos

It says your site didn't sell, but you say it did. Did it?

It says you make $500 a month selling DVDs of your images and videos. You say $5000. Which is correct?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:15: I find MS artist very much like Amway salesmen, they buy into the BS from the agencies.

I am not here to offer you anything. I'm simply saying there are viable alternatives to being a Micro-stock slave.

Micro-Stock will be so watered down and priced so low in a few years it will make all points here irrelevant.

Personally I think Pond5 will be the number One agency in 2 years if they stick to setting your own price. All other models will fail.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Megastock on March 25, 2011, 12:17: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:20
All those highly quality extra small pics for dirt cheap. Good deal.

And then you post them on a blog and 30 seconds later they are on Google images for free. WordPress should come up with a pluign to stop that.

What makes you think the images on the DVD that you sold on ebay for $29 didn't end up on the web for free? There is no difference between someone buying an image on a DVD and using it on their blog (full res?) and buying it RF and using it on their blog in terms of someone willing to steal an image... Only in your case you sold it for $0.10 an image !

I would never buy anything off eBay in terms of image licensing for fear it was pirated in the first place!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: LSD72 on March 25, 2011, 12:18: You could also make $16,500 a day teaching photography.

Seriously though... you come into a MS Forum this way and expect us to "see the light" or something. ::)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:18: Actually if you do your research you will find that I listed scarletwhore.com 17 different times on Flippa and sitepoint.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 12:18: Why would I want to buy a 300 of only your photos when I could have my choice of millions from a wide variety of photographers for far less money? And I can even see them and test how they work in my designs before buying.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cathyslife on March 25, 2011, 12:20: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:15
I find MS artist very much like Amway salesmen, they buy into the BS from the agencies.

I am not here to offer you anything. I'm simply saying there are viable alternatives to being a Micro-stock slave.

Micro-Stock will be so watered down and priced so low in a few years it will make all points here irrelevant.

Personally I think Pond5 will be the number One agency in 2 years if they stick to setting your own price. All other models will fail.

I'm pretty sure most of us here have enough business savvy to have figured that out. You could have said that, with that one sentence, in your first post. I see links to sites and blogs from you, so I'm guessing it's not that you are offering us anything, it's that you want something from us, like maybe traffic to your sites? Just wondering what the whole point here is.

It would be great, though, if you WOULD share your secret to making $5000 a month. I could sure use the help. ;)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:22: I would assume the big selling point of my DVDs was the 300 HD video clips. With links to said clips at stock sites.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:25: Again there is that suspicious attitude... like everybody is a scam. Get over yourselves, your not that important.

I offer 800 free pics through a download service. People have to fill out a survey to get the download.

It's free. But people sure get all worked up and suspicious.

Rather humorous.

Again the rather petty remarks of driving traffic to my sites.... quite childish.

I've had 15000 hits at *link removed* (http://*link removed*) in the last 10 days and climbing. A few clicks from here is not a big deal.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: loop on March 25, 2011, 12:28: If you need to stir controversy and post your links here to have ten or twenty, hits... Well, that talks a lot.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: LSD72 on March 25, 2011, 12:28: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:25
Get over yourselves, your not that important.

Thats the humorous part.

Wheres Sean.. he would get a kick out of this.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: stockmarketer on March 25, 2011, 12:33: Still confused about this...

https://flippa.com/122678-500month-Hot-website-collection-of-Video-clips-and-Photos (https://flippa.com/122678-500month-Hot-website-collection-of-Video-clips-and-Photos)

It appears you sold your previous site, along with the rights to your images and video clips.

Did that happen?

The page lists your various ports, but at least the Dreamstime one -- http://www.dreamstime.com/Canadafirst_info (http://www.dreamstime.com/Canadafirst_info) -- appears to be gone. Did the buyer get your images and videos? If so, how are you still selling them on Ebay?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:35: Listen. I posted this entry this morning at it already has 450 hits.
*link removed* (http://*link removed*)

I don't need hits from MS group.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:36: Please learn how to read.!

Unfortunately, this listing ended without a winner.

No Sale at Flippa.

Keep diggin.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 12:37: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 10:58
I guess your not very adept at an Ebay search.
... I am not selling something... yet you want my secret ingredient for free.

If you're the seller and the buyers can't find your product then you are clearly 'not very adept' at how to list items on Ebay.

If you want to keep your 'secret ingredient' then why start the thread in the first place? You just sound like yet another failed 'wanabee' microstocker. Not everyone has the talent to make a living from microstock but those who do enjoy an extremely privileged lifestyle.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:38: What's with the personnel attack?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: stockmarketer on March 25, 2011, 12:40: Your flippa listing said you made $500 a month selling DVDs on Ebay. Here you're telling us $5,000. Which is it?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:42: I never sold any websites on Flippa. I listed several sites over a dozens times. Never Sold.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:46: Is this pic of a water drop good enough for MS?
*link removed* (http://*link removed*)

Please don't be a photo thefter. Looky only.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 12:49: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:46

Please don't be a photo thefter. Looky only.

You accuse others of having a suspicious attitude, then immediately assume people are going to steal a photo that you post a link to? Nice.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: helix7 on March 25, 2011, 12:50: Good job coming into a microstock forums to talk smack about microstock. We've never seen that one before. Very original.

::)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: LSD72 on March 25, 2011, 12:52: Quote from: helix7 on March 25, 2011, 12:50
Good job coming into a microstock forums to talk smack about microstock. We've never seen that one before. Very original.

::)

Thats the Kanye West School of Marketing Degree.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:53: Well somebody just clicked on the pick from this site.

I got Wordpress Stats. I can see.

Talk trash about MS. Free world do what you want.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:55: So.... the water drop... good enough for MS?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: luissantos84 on March 25, 2011, 12:55: wait I wanna be rich quick too... may I send you 250 photos I will give you 50% share!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:57: Sorry Mate... I've seen your Portfolio, back to the sweat shop for you.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 12:58: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:55
So.... the water drop... good enough for MS?

It might be accepted if it is good enough technically at 100% __ but sales are another matter. The buyers have a huge range of high-quality images to choose from;

http://www.istockphoto.com/search/text/water_splash_isolated/source/basic/#51bb5d8 (http://www.istockphoto.com/search/text/water_splash_isolated/source/basic/#51bb5d8)

Why not upload it and find out?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: luissantos84 on March 25, 2011, 12:58: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:57
Sorry Mate... I've seen your Portfolio, back to the sweat shop for you.

too bad, thanks anyway
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: loop on March 25, 2011, 13:12: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 12:55
So.... the water drop... good enough for MS?

I made better shots wen I was ten. Not many... two or three out of hundreds, maybe. MS is not about the ability of making one good shot now and then, but of producing and uploading many acceptable or good pics a week. That's how this works.
That said, there must be ten thousand or so water drops photos, many more commercial than yours, at the MS sites. I don't like the black background, but that's just my taste.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 13:19: Is the water drop image your 'secret ingredient' to earn yourself $5K per month?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: ProArtwork on March 25, 2011, 13:19: I did not know you can post free advertising here!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cathyslife on March 25, 2011, 13:40: Quote from: LSD72 on March 25, 2011, 12:52
Quote from: helix7 on March 25, 2011, 12:50
Good job coming into a microstock forums to talk smack about microstock. We've never seen that one before. Very original.

::)

Thats the Kanye West School of Marketing Degree.

LOL!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 13:48: You guys are a tough crowd.

I have an HDR version of the water drop that I sell print only. I'll never upload it or put it on MS.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: OM on March 25, 2011, 14:10: I saw your port on Fotolia and thought the few clips I watched were good. Don't give up your day job making clips because the single photo linked here is IMO quite awful. As a photographer I would hope to have sufficient judgement to delete that shot immediately from the camera card and not flaunt it in circles of pro photographers.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 14:17: Ouch...

Ok Mr. Pro Photographer.

It's a CG render. Not quite finished yet, needs a little photo shopping and PI effects.

Lol.... petty and childish.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: click_click on March 25, 2011, 14:22: The render just looks so real.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: sharpshot on March 25, 2011, 14:31: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 11:09
To digress for a second,

I'm very stoked about the new Nikon Coolpix P500. Especially the video. On the photo side I'm going to downscale to minimum sizes for MS. But the video really blew my socks off. One a tripod and with good lights of course.
I just looked at some full size sample stills from the P500 and they look horrible. You would be much better off with one of the cheap dslr's and I'm sure the video quality would be better too.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 14:36: I haven't found one good review of the camera with proper test shots.

The 120 FPS at 640*480 is really cool. I got clips in the MS pipeline... we'll see.

In the right conditions the video I have shot is a good as dSLR video.

Quite surprised so far.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: OM on March 25, 2011, 14:54: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 14:17
Ouch...

Ok Mr. Pro Photographer.

It's a CG render. Not quite finished yet, needs a little photo shopping and PI effects.

Lol.... petty and childish.

If it wasn't finished why did you ask if it would get into MS? And as a photographer that has earned a living entirely from photography for the last 25 years that is IMO.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 14:58: You're full of BS.

You couldn't make that shot on your best day.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: click_click on March 25, 2011, 15:09: hang on

*getting a bowl of popcorn and slurping on some soda*

ok, ready, continue!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 15:11: I hope that's O Natural with olive butter and sea salt?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 15:26: Quote from: click_click on March 25, 2011, 15:09
hang on

*getting a bowl of popcorn and slurping on some soda*

ok, ready, continue!

Excellent!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 15:38: This guy is a riot! I can't wait to see what imaginary stuff comes out of his fingertips next.

I was going to buy a couple of nonsense "news" compiling websites, but I decided on #onedaywithjeshinstead .
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 15:49: Here's the site:

*link removed* (http://*link removed*)

Not outing anyone here, here's the previous post from Red:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/buy-and-sell/photovideo-store-and-website/msg186519/#msg186519 (http://www.microstockgroup.com/buy-and-sell/photovideo-store-and-website/msg186519/#msg186519)

Quote:
"
PR4 website with the best Photo/Video store script for sale.

Ownership of 300 Stock Footage files. All files listed and selling at Pond5, Shutterstock etc.

*link removed* (http://*link removed*)

I'm getting out of Microstock and selling everything.

The script is from cmsaccount.com

$2000

*
"
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: stockmarketer on March 25, 2011, 15:53: This is getting better by the minute. Now we can also call this guy a THIEF.

I spent some time looking at his port on Shutterstock, and thought I recognized an image that I'd seen on Shutterstock before...

Check this out... http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-232681p1.html#id=57718309 (http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-232681p1.html#id=57718309)

and then check out this one... http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-30471535/stock-photo-a-speedometer-on-the-earth-shows-humanity-speeding-toward-global-catastrophe.html (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-30471535/stock-photo-a-speedometer-on-the-earth-shows-humanity-speeding-toward-global-catastrophe.html)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 15:55: Well you know, all images are free to use on the internet.

eta: I'm sure a lot of those images are made of stolen work. Any of those "keyhole" images or anything with an inverted or modified image, like the shopper woman. That content is too random for our OP to have created them all from scratch.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cthoman on March 25, 2011, 15:57: Quote from: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 15:49
$2000

For that kind of money, I get an eighth of a day with Jesh or maybe produce my very own auto-tuned song about the gloriousness of Friday.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:06: I can't find that image on my Shutterstock portfolio. hmmmm.

The file 'A speedometer on the Earth' is a popular 3d file included with one the major 3D packages available for download through torrents. In other words for those use the cracked version of 3DS or C4D there are a bunch of 3D scenes included.... usually a centurion underground release.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 16:07: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:06
I can't find that image on my Shutterstock portfolio. hmmmm.

What, you mean this one: http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-232681p1.html#id=57718309 (http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-232681p1.html#id=57718309) from "scarletwhore" ?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: stockmarketer on March 25, 2011, 16:17: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:06
I can't find that image on my Shutterstock portfolio. hmmmm.

The file 'A speedometer on the Earth' is a popular 3d file included with one the major 3D packages available for download through torrents. In other words for those use the cracked version of 3DS or C4D there are a bunch of 3D scenes included.... usually a centurion underground release.

Admittedly I don't know much about 3D, but assuming this is true, is it allowable to submit sample images that came with the (cracked!) software as your own?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:20: The Artist who owns the 'A speedometer on the Earth' file and submitted the unchanged model is probably breaking some rule... but I'll let you rat finks jump on the piece of cheese.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:25: so busted :'(
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 16:25: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:20
The Artist who owns the 'A speedometer on the Earth' file and submitted the unchanged model is probably breaking some rule... but I'll let you rat finks jump on the piece of cheese.

So, in an amazing coincidence, you both managed to render it from the same angle?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:27: and the other artist has many other renders with different things on the speedo, different backgrounds etc.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: OM on March 25, 2011, 16:28: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 14:58
You're full of BS.

You couldn't make that shot on your best day.

;D
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:30: Busted my ass. Nothing to bust. Your blowing smoke.

That image is on a dozen sites with years of sales. Your a little late now.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:31: (http://quinetiam.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Crisis.jpg)

Not one of could produce an image this good.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:32: and neither could you apparently :D
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:33: Well I am the original artist.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 16:38: I'd say "artist" is an overstatement. You've got the stolen devil head, the stolen speedometer, and some random displacement shape. Good work.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:41: Get real. You couldn't do 1/10th of my 3D Portfolio.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:44: No, no Sean let him off he doesn't know who he's talking to!!!!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:45: So which one is the original?

this http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586 (http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586)

or this http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734 (http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734)

?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 16:46: Why does the devil head look all blurry?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:47: ?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:48: Quote from: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:45
So which one is the original?

this [url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586[/url] ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586[/url])

or this [url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734[/url] ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734[/url])

?

double busted :o
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:48: Check this too, zoom in on devil's eyebrow http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332599 (http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332599)

Blotchy pixels, looks more like a screen grab from 3ds viewport rather than a proper render. How on earth could they approve such crap?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Blufish on March 25, 2011, 16:49: Well I just got here to the party. Is there an actual point to this thread?

Why brag on something if youre not willing to give verifiable info? BFD, you "supposedly" went from a little money to a lot and no details.... Uh huh.... Gotcha...
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 16:50: Quote from: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:45
So which one is the original?

this [url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586[/url] ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586[/url])

or this [url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734[/url] ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734[/url])

?

Ha, I knew he stole it. His "art" has already been pulled.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 16:50: Quote from: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:48
Quote from: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:45
So which one is the original?

this [url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586[/url] ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/24332586[/url])

or this [url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734[/url] ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734[/url])

?

double busted :o

Wow! :o
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Blufish on March 25, 2011, 16:51: I saw that. I tried to click on the links and only one worked

By the way, very good detective work group! Bravo!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:51: Witch Hunt. Bring it on.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 16:51: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:41
Get real. You couldn't do 1/10th of my 3D Portfolio.

Yeah right. Exactly as I thought, a failed wanabee. So to summarise ... Canadian, started microstock mid-Feb 2010, stole images to boost portfolio, gave up microstock as hopeless failure, now trying to persuade others that microstock is 'rat race' and claiming to earn $5 per month through selling images by other means with no evidence whatsoever. Anything I've missed?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:53: You guys are so easy to fuk with....
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 16:53: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:51
Witch Hunt. Bring it on.

LOL, I let jwblinn know you've appropriated his work. Thanks for stopping by today.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:54: Haha, the poor loser was too fast on deleting the image with the girl ;D that's why only one link worked.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: sharpshot on March 25, 2011, 16:55: Did Fotolia really pull the portfolio that quickly? They used to take a long time to sort things like this out.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 16:57: Quote from: sharpshot on March 25, 2011, 16:55
Did Fotolia really pull the portfolio that quickly? They used to take a long time to sort things like this out.

Nope, he chickened and deleted the image in question. He might as well pull all port off, would be a good idea.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Microbius on March 25, 2011, 16:58: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 16:53
You guys are so easy to fuk with....

yeah if you mean that we don't tend to like IP thieves here you're right.
Not surprising as many of us feed ourselves and our families by selling licenses to our work.
Try creating something instead of taking other people's work.
Bye
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on March 25, 2011, 16:59: (http://www.digitalplanetdesign.com/images/misc/scarlet.jpg)

Here Mr. Whore, I've got a snap with your work from SS, in case it goes missing.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: OM on March 25, 2011, 16:59: Quote from: sharpshot on March 25, 2011, 16:55
Did Fotolia really pull the portfolio that quickly? They used to take a long time to sort things like this out.

Not that fast. It was still here a couple of minutes ago but missing the keyholes.

http://en.fotolia.com/p/200699254 (http://en.fotolia.com/p/200699254)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: click_click on March 25, 2011, 17:01: powerful stuff - i knew this would be a good show

*waddling off to get more chips... and soda*
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 17:03: (http://quinetiam.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ist2_2810984-middle-finger.jpg)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: ProArtwork on March 25, 2011, 17:06: Is there a show called World Dumbest Criminal? ;D
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: bizair on March 25, 2011, 17:09: Watching this idiot OPs postings was a lot of fun. Some people are really, REALLY DUMB!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 17:15: Quote from: ProArtwork on March 25, 2011, 17:06
Is there a show called World Dumbest Criminal? ;D

Maybe he should re-title the thread to "How I went from $100 per month ... to zero ... after everyone caught me stealing"
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: click_click on March 25, 2011, 17:17: Quote from: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 17:15
Quote from: ProArtwork on March 25, 2011, 17:06
Is there a show called World Dumbest Criminal? ;D

Maybe he should re-title the thread to "How I went from $100 per month ... to zero ... after everyone caught me stealing"

(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-laughing025.gif)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jm on March 25, 2011, 17:22: RedScarlet, you are lucky guy that you make so much money at ebay because it seems that your days at microstock are over. :P
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cathyslife on March 25, 2011, 17:26: Now THAT's entertainment! :D
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 17:27: Good days traffic 2500 hits, thanks boys.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 17:32: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 17:27
Good days traffic 2500 hits, thanks boys.

You've already had 919 'hits' on this thread too. :-[
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: No Longer Cares on March 25, 2011, 17:41: Hahaha. A troll wanting to increase his stats. Come on, are you guys telling me you did not know that from the 1st post?

They jump from forum to forum gathering traffic for their sites.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jm on March 25, 2011, 17:45: Don't be sad whore. I'm in the conviction that this image is really yours. Well rendered. None of us can do it. http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=61133887 (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=61133887)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cathyslife on March 25, 2011, 17:46: Quote from: Brandon Seidel on March 25, 2011, 17:41
Hahaha. A troll wanting to increase his stats. Come on, are you guys telling me you did not know that from the 1st post?

They jump from forum to forum gathering traffic for their sites.

Nobody ever reads post #25. ::)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: No Longer Cares on March 25, 2011, 17:56: Quote from: cclapper on March 25, 2011, 17:46
Quote from: Brandon Seidel on March 25, 2011, 17:41
Hahaha. A troll wanting to increase his stats. Come on, are you guys telling me you did not know that from the 1st post?

They jump from forum to forum gathering traffic for their sites.

Nobody ever reads post #25. ::)

You called it. You are right, I did not read post #25. 8) I just saw this thread with 5 pages of replies. It did make me laugh.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 18:01: Again there is that suspicious attitude... like everybody is a scam. Get over yourselves, your not that important.

I offer 800 free pics through a download service. People have to fill out a survey to get the download.

It's free. But people sure get all worked up and suspicious.

Rather humorous.

Again the rather petty remarks of driving traffic to my sites.... quite childish.

I've had 15000 hits at *link removed* (http://*link removed*) in the last 10 days and climbing. A few clicks from here is not a big deal.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cobalt on March 25, 2011, 18:02: This was fun to watch...
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: LSD72 on March 25, 2011, 18:06: Red.. next you will tell us that you did work on the Lilo and Stitch Movie ;D
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 18:07: For you boys. Hugs and Kisses.

I’m a Red Hot Lady of the Night

Lookin for love that makes me feel Right

Doomtards and Jokers scorn my good Taste

The time is upon us, let us make Haste

I’m a Red Hot whore pure of Mind

Lookin for truth anywhere I can Find

We’ll surf this Apocalypse to the Gates of Hell

And knock on the door and jingle the Bell

Sojourners in Wisdom and freaks on the Street

We confound their system, in tune with our own Beat

No sense of Rhythm and no sense of Rhyme

We voyage the future on our own Time.

Stay thirsty my friends,
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: OM on March 25, 2011, 18:08: Retire now and you can remain a legend in your own mind.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 18:09: Quote from: cobalt on March 25, 2011, 18:02
This was fun to watch...

Oh yes. You don't get car-crash entertainment like this on the IS forum.

Actually, thinking about it, you do ... only it's usually IS themselves doing the crashing.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jm on March 25, 2011, 18:10: Staying thirsty I'm going to fill out the survey and then download free set of 800 stolen images behind original keyhole.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: Xalanx on March 25, 2011, 18:11: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 18:01

I offer 800 free pics through a download service. People have to fill out a survey to get the download.

It's free.

And that service is called Heroturko, by any chance?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: ProArtwork on March 25, 2011, 18:16: Where is Leaf? Hope you don't confuse Leaf with weed! :D Don't want you to get too excited.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 18:26: Quote from: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 18:01
Again there is that suspicious attitude... like everybody is a scam. Get over yourselves, your not that important.

I offer 800 free pics through a download service. People have to fill out a survey to get the download.

It's free. But people sure get all worked up and suspicious.

And when you do that, does that also install malware on your computer?
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cathyslife on March 25, 2011, 18:29: Quote from: Brandon Seidel on March 25, 2011, 17:56
Quote from: cclapper on March 25, 2011, 17:46
Quote from: Brandon Seidel on March 25, 2011, 17:41
Hahaha. A troll wanting to increase his stats. Come on, are you guys telling me you did not know that from the 1st post?

They jump from forum to forum gathering traffic for their sites.

Nobody ever reads post #25. ::)

You called it. You are right, I did not read post #25. 8) I just saw this thread with 5 pages of replies. It did make me laugh.

Me too!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 18:32: Actually the malware has been installing on this forum for a few hours now.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 18:39: ;D
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: No Longer Cares on March 25, 2011, 18:57: Yeah, I would delete this thread. Let him have his hits and close the book.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jwblinn on March 25, 2011, 19:31: Hey Scarlet Bonehead, I was informed by a number of kind people here that you stole an image of mine. What a dick. You're already reported to Shutterstock for the keyhole picks on your pathetic little port there. Better yank 'em fast you no-talent thieving troglodyte. Next will be the Cease and Desist order for your stockphoto4free.com site. Hope you enjoyed the hits there today because I'm making it my personal new hobby to shut it down for good. You just screwed with the wrong guy. . . . Keep your day job, Bubba.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 19:42: Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on. From here to the eyes and the ears of the 'verse, that's my motto. Or at least it would be, if I start having a motto.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jwblinn on March 25, 2011, 19:45: And take it off your banner here, too. AMD FusionFX - Scarletwhore.com - blip.tv (http://blip.tv/file/4581865#id4600225)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 19:57: No wonder your all bent... you portfolio really sucks.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 20:12: All complaints can be processed through the PR department of

*link removed* (http://*link removed*)

Please click back frequently for prompt service
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: cobalt on March 25, 2011, 20:23: This is one of the reasons I am glad to be exclusive. i´ll be happy to let Lobo and co hunt the thieves down...

I actually found one of my images on getty pics flickr two days ago and it has already dissapeared...
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jwblinn on March 25, 2011, 21:01: Support's been alerted @ SS and I posted on the forums.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 21:14: :'(
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 22:07: Quote from: cobalt on March 25, 2011, 20:23
This is one of the reasons I am glad to be exclusive. i´ll be happy to let Lobo and co hunt the thieves down...

Que? Istock are about the worst agency when it comes to taking action against thieves, even for exclusives. They really don't give two sh!ts about their contributors. They can't even secure their own site, much less police wider abuse. You really do need to get out more (from the IS forums) if you actually want to understand the situation.

Anyway, you probably won't be 'glad to be exclusive' for much longer. We're all having a very good March, which will disguise the issue for exclusives, but just wait until the summer. That's when reality will really hit. My data suggests that exclusives might be down around 20-40% compared to 2010. Independents will probably be down a bit too, due to the commission reductions at IS & FT, but strong growth at SS will make up most of the difference. Stockfresh is just coming on-line too. The situation is changing. Drastically.
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 22:14: Quote from: gostwyck on March 25, 2011, 22:07
Quote from: cobalt on March 25, 2011, 20:23
This is one of the reasons I am glad to be exclusive. i´ll be happy to let Lobo and co hunt the thieves down...

Que? Istock are about the worst agency when it comes to taking action against thieves, even for exclusives. They really don't give two sh!ts about their contributors. They can't even secure their own site, much less police wider abuse. You really do need to get out more (from the IS forums) if you actually want to understand the situation.

Anyway, you probably won't be 'glad to be exclusive' for much longer. We're all having a very good March, which will disguise the issue for exclusives, but just wait until the summer. That's when reality will really hit. My data suggests that exclusives might be down around 20-40% compared to 2010. Independents will probably be down a bit too, due to the commission reductions at IS & Fotolia, but strong growth at Shutterstock will make up most of the difference. Stockfresh is just coming on-line too. The situation is changing. Drastically.
Gostwyck, how dare you take the attention away from ScarletAttentionWhore?!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: ProArtwork on March 25, 2011, 22:36: Quote from: caspixel on March 25, 2011, 22:14
Gostwyck, how dare you take the attention away from ScarletAttentionWhore?!

lol
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 22:49: Please get back on topic and click link below.

Rage. Anger. Click. Click. Click.

*link removed* (http://*link removed*)
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: jwblinn on March 25, 2011, 23:35: Hit nail on head!

[/quote]
Gostwyck, how dare you take the attention away from ScarletAttentionWhore?!
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Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: RedScarlet on March 25, 2011, 23:44: Where's your buddies now eh?

I don't think anybody gives a crap now.

Looks like you got suckered.... :(
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: visceralimage on March 26, 2011, 00:39: Five super models came into my room and ripped my clothes off, kissing me and telling me I was the best. Couple minutes later I fell out of bed and woke up. When are you going to wake up; this is a good fantasy totally up-supported by any facts.

I'm going back to bed, maybe the models will return!
Title: Re: How I went from $100 to $5000 month
Post by: leaf on March 26, 2011, 02:14: Friday night entertainment now comes to a close