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Best platform to sell direct?

Started by vctrstyn, April 10, 2016, 03:42

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vctrstyn

Hi,

I'm looking for the best solution for my site. I'd like to have monthly subscription option and sell individually option for my customers like http://depositphotos.com/subscribe.html

Could anyone suggest me some choices? I found ktools and cmsaccount.com but not sure if they are the best choices or which one of them is the best.

Thank you in advance!

Millionstock.com

...I would suggest Symbiostock....Check out my site developed using this open source platform:

www.millionstock.com

Have a nice time!
www.millionstock.com - part of the Symbiostock network

chrisroll

+1 for Symbiostock but not sure if monthly subscription is possible...
http://3d-fonts.com
My Symbiostock sites : https://3d-fonts.com
ShockHosting!

Millionstock.com

There should be a pluging to allow monthly subscription. Google it...
www.millionstock.com - part of the Symbiostock network

PhotoDude

Quote from: Alessandro0770 on April 13, 2016, 09:10
...I would suggest Symbiostock....Check out my site developed using this open source platform:

www.millionstock.com

Have a nice time!
Have you sold anything through them? How are sales? Do you have to do your own marketing?

MilanStojanovic

I just started there ...  no sales so far, altho I haven't been there for a month, and newb in stock overall.
Rest you can google really :)
U do ur own marketing, and u get 100% sales if bought from your own site. If not u get 80%.

chrisroll

Quote from: PhotoDude on April 13, 2016, 18:27
Quote from: Alessandro0770 on April 13, 2016, 09:10
...I would suggest Symbiostock....Check out my site developed using this open source platform:

www.millionstock.com

Have a nice time!
Have you sold anything through them? How are sales? Do you have to do your own marketing?

4 sales so far bought from my own website...
My Symbiostock sites : https://3d-fonts.com
ShockHosting!

cathyslife

Quote from: chrisroll on April 14, 2016, 12:42
4 sales so far bought from my own website...

Just to qualify the sales, in what period of time did you make the 4 sales? I believe you have had a SY website for a number of years. 4 sales in 4 days is awesome; 4 sales in 4 months or 4 years, not so much.
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Millionstock.com

At the beginning (2 years ago) sales were very few....now I have reached a good number per month.
Anyway I  have made a lot of SEO and advertising through my professional contacts...
www.millionstock.com - part of the Symbiostock network

chrisroll

Quote from: cathyslife on April 14, 2016, 14:51
Quote from: chrisroll on April 14, 2016, 12:42
4 sales so far bought from my own website...

Just to qualify the sales, in what period of time did you make the 4 sales? I believe you have had a SY website for a number of years. 4 sales in 4 days is awesome; 4 sales in 4 months or 4 years, not so much.

Hi Cathy,
My old legacy Symbiostock site was http://lifeispix.com (still alive and around 4-5 sales by year).
I decided last year to test Robin Symbiostock plugin with a new domain : http://3d-fonts.com.
My first images were online on january 2016 and my first four sales (From the same customer) happened on 2016/04/07.
My Symbiostock sites : https://3d-fonts.com
ShockHosting!

cidepix

legacy symbiostock by leo is great and I am still using it..

It's not about the script if you are not having sales.. it's always about the content..

and obviously there is no script on this earth that will do your marketing for you..

cathyslife

Quote from: cidepix on April 15, 2016, 22:46
legacy symbiostock by leo is great and I am still using it..

It's not about the script if you are not having sales.. it's always about the content..

and obviously there is no script on this earth that will do your marketing for you..


Yep, that's the standard answer.  ;)
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cidepix

Quote from: cathyslife on April 15, 2016, 23:47
Quote from: cidepix on April 15, 2016, 22:46
legacy symbiostock by leo is great and I am still using it..

It's not about the script if you are not having sales.. it's always about the content..

and obviously there is no script on this earth that will do your marketing for you..


Yep, that's the standard answer.  ;)

Which is true :)

The script is working perfectly fine.. anyone who goes to my website can make a purchase right away..

You can try it.. it works ;)

Symbiostock Official

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Giovanni Bertagna

The difficulty is to bring traffic ... only used SEO techniques, or even advertising?
Fun, photographing! - My website: http://www.bertagna.it

r2d2

Quote from: Robin@Symbiostock on April 16, 2016, 03:44
The most important thing is solidarity, no matter what independent platform you're on. We are all driven to have a more stable and fair revenue stream for our work.

You mean solidarity for your profit?
You are not a benefactor.
No agency should get more than 50% commission and together we can enforce that.

r2d2

#16
Quote from: Alfredo on April 16, 2016, 04:19
The difficulty is to bring traffic ... only used SEO techniques, or even advertising?

Yes traffic/advertising is difficult. But the EU-VAT system make selling on your own platform almost impossible. Thats the main problem in my view.
No agency should get more than 50% commission and together we can enforce that.

sherpa

#keepcalmnearnusd

Millionstock.com

www.millionstock.com - part of the Symbiostock network

unnonimus

you can sell your videos as downloads on Youtube (with a minimum 1000 subscribers) and Vimeo (pay service)

stockmn

Quote from: unnonimus on December 27, 2016, 06:35
you can sell your videos as downloads on Youtube (with a minimum 1000 subscribers) and Vimeo (pay service)

Last time I checked both of these services compressed the downloaded videos which is no good for stock video sales. With a few small changes Vimeo could be a great way to sell stock footage directly without a middleman.