Author Topic: Top tier sites for selling instagram? (Read 3934 times)

lucato · « **on:** April 29, 2015, 05:42 »

Hi folks.
In the microstock world we have the best top tier sites: Shutterstock and iStock.

I wonder:
1. What are the top tier sites for selling Instagram.
2. Is somebody making good money selling Instagram prints? Not the sit owners. :0)
3. If somebody here is working in the "Instagram" world selling prints and so on and is happy with the income results, and what is its month average and what is the "agency"?

Here are some sites I have heard that sells instagram, but I don't know how they are as a sellers, good or not, top tiers or not:
a) Twenty20;
b) Instaquadros (BR);
c) Hashpix (Page is not working from here);
d) Instaprints;

Have a nice day and waiting your feedback.

lucato · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2015, 02:57 »

It seems that nobody here sells images from mobiles (Android/iOS). :0)

Anybody?

sturmwarnung · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2015, 03:50 »

I tried with Twenty20 and Instaprints, no sales on either. Twenty20 is fun though, with the competitions and stuff. That is if you like to waste your time sometimes, like I do.

Hobostocker · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2015, 08:07 »

i wonder, is there even a market for this, let alone a whole industry ?

objowl · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2015, 08:39 »

Quote from: Hobostocker on May 01, 2015, 08:07

i wonder, is there even a market for this, let alone a whole industry ?

As a contributor dilution has put payed to any sort of predictable income to say the least, with 20billion + images you are more likely to win the lottery than sell a print. It may be well worth it for the print industry if they can grab 0.0001% in print sales.

Dilution in microstock will kill the game for most contributors in the next few years.

Hobostocker · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2015, 13:36 »

Quote from: objowl on May 01, 2015, 08:39

Dilution in microstock will kill the game for most contributors in the next few years.

i see the same issue pretty much in any other digital market.

no solution at the horizon as there's no way for a product to keep its high rank in the search results for too long, sooner or later it's kicked down in the sandbox and forgotten.

so, to answer the obvious question "how to stay afloat in stock ?" i'm more and more convinced there's only one way, to keep shooting and having a big portfolio and to sell on several decent agencies.

exclusivity and small portfolio can potentially do wonders for a while, but it's a risky strategy in the long run.

objowl · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2015, 14:12 »

Quote from: Hobostocker on May 01, 2015, 13:36

Quote from: objowl on May 01, 2015, 08:39
Dilution in microstock will kill the game for most contributors in the next few years.

i see the same issue pretty much in any other digital market.

no solution at the horizon as there's no way for a product to keep its high rank in the search results for too long, sooner or later it's kicked down in the sandbox and forgotten.

so, to answer the obvious question "how to stay afloat in stock ?" i'm more and more convinced there's only one way, to keep shooting and having a big portfolio and to sell on several decent agencies.

exclusivity and small portfolio can potentially do wonders for a while, but it's a risky strategy in the long run.

Shutterstock has recognised the problem hence Premier Select, adding value by giving a personal stock service for the elite contributors and buyers, the rest of us will have to put up with an automated service and dwindling sales.
Adobe will be using the "marketplace" to add value, first they sell the image to designers then they sell the designs like Canva do. I won't be surprised if Shutterstock have their eye on Canva.
If you want to survive you will need to add value.

Hobostocker · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2015, 01:43 »

Quote from: objowl on May 01, 2015, 14:12

Adobe will be using the "marketplace" to add value.
If you want to survive you will need to add value.

actually they're "creating value" from scratch as there's no inherent value in our images until buyes are willing to pay a higher price.

so it's a bet on how much buyers are valueing our work, but it could backfire or it could be just not work as expected, we've no data about what will going on in their marketplace but i'm positive about it, in the worst scenario they will just sell at Fotolia prices so we've nothing to lose anyway.