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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: melastmohican on September 08, 2008, 12:57

Title: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: melastmohican on September 08, 2008, 12:57

I know SS search favor new pictures so you have to keep uploading regularly to be visible. Do you think other sites got similar search algorithms?

Title: Re: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: Freezingpictures on September 08, 2008, 13:13

To a degree I would say almost every site has that. But I could be mistaken with Fotolia and Dreamstime

Title: Re: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: MikLav on September 08, 2008, 14:46

I agree that to some degree all sites need that.

However the most sensitive to new uploads are Shutterstock, Stockxpert and Dreamstime (at least for me).

Title: Re: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: melastmohican on September 08, 2008, 16:24

Sounds like right. I haven't uploaded anything to StockXpert for couple days and sales seem to slow down...

Title: Re: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: travelstock on September 10, 2008, 05:42

Quote from: Freezingpictures on September 08, 2008, 13:13

To a degree I would say almost every site has that. But I could be mistaken with Fotolia and Dreamstime

Not sure about Dreamstime - on the occasion where I stopped uploading there for a couple of months, sales actually went up slightly. I think the DL's per image plays a factor in their best match equation, and I suspect that it may also with IS.

Title: Re: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: designalldone on September 10, 2008, 17:15

I haven't uploaded to Dreamstime for about 3 months now (while waiting for my 6 month tie-in to end). After the first month my sales were pretty much as usual, but after 3 months my sales have almost halved. The fact that I've been deleting my portfolio (as quickly as Dreamstime will allow) certainly hasn't helped matters though, lol.  ;D

Title: Re: Which sites require regular uploads?
Post by: MicrostockExp on September 10, 2008, 17:25

You may want to look back at this thread :
http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?topic=5171.0

Perrush's study after stopping uploads ....