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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: Vstudio on July 18, 2014, 18:03
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hey guys so heres my review for my own stock carrear
up to now i was registering to 12 sites spent full days (i tought it will be few min) applying to contributor, days untill pictures was approved and .. now i got about 200 pictures online 90% commercial
i got great pictures of hotels areas but most of them was rejected due to symbols and propertie release to bad they are great images and my agent sales them as commercial dont know how and making me good money (not easy to be your own agent)
Dreamstime - my first, 12 sales 95% Editorial
Alamy - 1 sale 50$
Istock - well there system is the hardest due to one upload one by one thanks for StockSubmiter i got a quick upload to them (to bad i found it so late) 4.5$ but getting positive
Veer - well first 10 images was approved after 1 week the other 50 took about 1 month + and for some reason i think there back to business all the other 70 was approved within a week, 1 shiny dollar, don't think i will spend more time to upload there but let see if the numbers will get better who knows
Photoarbia - left them, they are new but really they don't approve so many photos' and for 5 regional pictures i won't keep track on them - deleted my account there
CanStock - approves very fast, very easy they rock, but dose not sell for me total 0 in 3 months
Deposit Photo - well 5 sales 1.5$ lets see
BigStockphoto - well they rejected me about 8 times, finnaly i got it, uploaded 200 files, 80% was rejected, with stupid excuses, bad quality, poor lighting and many other stupid reason for perfect images on studio, delete my account (they did it within 40 min i guess it mutual)
123RF - 7 sales 5$ all in 1 month, first month nothing, thing month nothing allso, hmmm
i hate there earning in a diffrent page and need to enter CHPCHTA all the time
YAY and Pixta - uploading veryfast, very easy, no even 1 sell with 250 pics in 3 months - what do u think delete them and get it over with it? they take to much memorey on my browser lol
Pond 5 - well there system i guess didnt had an user interface upgrade from 2000, didnt sell nothing untill few days ago, but i got few days ago 1 sell, 3$ profit so i guess i will give them time, i hope they will approve the other pictures stuck there for a while
ShutterStock - well they rejected me 7 times allso, but i did my best got in and made 3 sales in the first day
so my lesson the marrier is not happyer, i think its better to spend time on 4-6 good agencys and not 12, and get stuck submiting limitations and diffrent methods in diffrent sites
what is your 2 cent for me?
should i droped YAY and Pixta? altough i spend maybe 5-7 hours uploading them the pictures, maybe it's better that my pictures could not be found in all websites or maybe i shouldnt keep track on them daily and just make a reminder to check them every 2-3 months
any other ideas?
thanks for your time, i hope my info will contribute to others (sorry for my bad english 2am)
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My advice would be to upload to Shutterstock, Dreamstime, 123RF and possibly iStock and until you hone your skills (I wouldn't touch Fotolia for all the reasons mentioned in this forum). You will also make sales at Depositphotos but there are issues with that agency as well. When you find a niche and increase your skills as a stock photographer, your sales will increase. I'd leave the scattergun approach out at this stage and have a more targeted approach until you start making decent sales. At the moment it sounds like a lot a work for little return.
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great any other ideas?
what about yay and pixta should i delete the portfolio from ther?
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Congrats to your Alamy sale!
One theory says that if your pictures are truly unique and you put them on multiple agencies, the buyers will find and buy them from the cheapest agencies.
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i got great pictures of hotels areas but most of them was rejected due to symbols and propertie release to bad they are great images and my agent sales them as commercial dont know how and making me good money (not easy to be your own agent)
Two points:
1. Learn about intellectual property, copyright and trademarks etc. With certain buyer uses, you could easily be sued. A disclaimer on your part would mean nothing in certain countries, and international defence lawyers are expensive. True, the agencies build a very wide 'fence around the Law', but who wants to be a legal guinea pig? Be very careful about model and property releases.
2. If you're selling well on your own, why give large percentages to companies?
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what about pixta and yay?
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what about pixta and yay?
they are a waste of time - due to no sales
your better of spending time to collect returnable bottles :)
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this i know
the question if to delete and close it or leave it and check every 3 months what's going there
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more like every 30 months
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so all agree that i should delete my profile from PiXta and Yay? any other says?