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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: superdone on September 22, 2015, 10:04
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I joined to SS, IS, FT and DT (the top four agencies).
Now I want to add other two or at most three agencies.
It has to be an agency with a light uploading and keywording processes and (obviously) where photos and vectors sell (even if at a low rate than the big four agencies).
I don't have any videos to sell so I am not interested in agencies where videos are pushed.
Based on your personal experience, what is your advice?
Thanks in advance.
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I recommend 123RF. Easy uploading and more sales than DT, at least for me
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Lol with a name like Rainer123 you can only recommend 123rf. I'm waiting for user Asterix500 to recommend 500px :)
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I recommend Pond5. Doesn't sell often, but you get 50% of the price you set. If you do travel, I also recommend Alamy.
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I don't have travel photos :-(
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Any other advices???
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I recommend Pond5. Doesn't sell often, but you get 50% of the price you set. If you do travel, I also recommend Alamy.
Total waste of time to upload photos on P5.
If anything they sell at all, they sell videos.
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123rf has been doing well for me.
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I recommend Pond5. Doesn't sell often, but you get 50% of the price you set. If you do travel, I also recommend Alamy.
Interesting, so Alamy is recommended for the travel photos?
I'm only selling travel photos, having ports with Big 4, just started a new port with Bigstock and thinking of adding another agency or two.. Gotta try Alamy then.
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I recommend Pond5. Doesn't sell often, but you get 50% of the price you set. If you do travel, I also recommend Alamy.
Interesting, so Alamy is recommended for the travel photos?
I'm only selling travel photos, having ports with Big 4, just started a new port with Bigstock and thinking of adding another agency or two.. Gotta try Alamy then.
Bear in mind:
1. Sales are sporadic, can be super low (often) or very high (occasionally), depending on the deal the buyer has with Alamy.
2. If a file is editorial (and they're far stricter than the micros on this) it must be RM. If you have the same file RF elsewhere, it can't be RM on Alamy.
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I am kind of partial to big stock. It's more difficult to upload to some than others (annoying categories) but I like the sales I get there and the payout is low.
I also like 123 because of easy uploading. No keywords or categories to waste time on. Sales there are streaky for me but now that I have a decent port there (1000 images), they are settling into a routine.
I wouldn't recommend Alamy unless you have travel images. It is difficult to upload and will have very few sales.
I wouldn't recommend deposit because of the shadiness of their partner programs (I have a port there but have stopped uploading for now while I mull on this point).
And Pond5 is very easy to put uploads but sales are very infrequent. With 1000 images, we sell about 1 image a month. (We have videos there so it's worth it to upload the photos given the other sales).
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@stock wife that's very comprehensive
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2. If a file is editorial (and they're far stricter than the micros on this) it must be RM. If you have the same file RF elsewhere, it can't be RM on Alamy.
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