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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: melastmohican on January 26, 2010, 16:58
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why I am doing so bad on IS? If I look at top 6 everyone is doing better than IS including 123RF.
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Might have something to do with the fact you have thousands of images on the other sites and a little over 200 on IS.
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Might have something to do with the fact you have thousands of images on the other sites and a little over 200 on IS.
So uploading quotas are the problem?
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They are, if you produce a lot of images. I have more than three times as many images on SS and more than twice the income. Your mileage may vary, depending on what you shoot and how much of it you submit.
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So uploading quotas are the problem?
Sorry but this almost always sounds like a cheap excuse to me. 200 images after almost 2 years of uploading is not a question of uploading quota. Yuri and Andres have to deal with non-exclusive upload quotas as well. And some other guys only started in the last two years and still made pretty well despite this limitation.
I've had a quick look at your portfolio on two of the other sites, and personally, I wouldn't call that a huge success yet. Even with 1000 images online, you only have one image that sold far more than 10 times. I would question myself if the effort is worth those results. Don't get me wrong, it's totally up to you to continue uploading hundreds of images hoping for a few that sell every now and then. But I doubt that you will get any decent money with this approach. Totally my personal opinion, of course, and you have to set your own priorities.
If I'd be in your position, I would really consider if you wouldn't do better by reducing the number of images drastically but spend more time processing those images that you upload. It won't get easier with all libraries growing, and your images will have to stand out from the crowd if you want customers to find them.