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Started by photog-teo, April 10, 2017, 19:49

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dpimborough

I stopped uploading after their Royalty Free goes Limit Free

Two months without an upload and sales are just as rubbish

dragonblade

Just now, I sold three photos of the same subject at the same time on DT. Must have been bought by the same person. Thankyou buyer.

Phadrea

Appallingly bad. I absolutely have no idea why they rank third here. Totally inaccurate.

Sales every blue moon but everyday those annoying "images with no downloads" emails keep coming.

Pauws99

Quote from: Herg on December 18, 2017, 11:22
Appallingly bad. I absolutely have no idea why they rank third here. Totally inaccurate.

Sales every blue moon but everyday those annoying "images with no downloads" emails keep coming.
Third? seventh clusters of sales but 7th about right....

JimP

Quote from: Pauws99 on December 18, 2017, 12:37
Quote from: Herg on December 18, 2017, 11:22
Appallingly bad. I absolutely have no idea why they rank third here. Totally inaccurate.

Sales every blue moon but everyday those annoying "images with no downloads" emails keep coming.
Third? seventh clusters of sales but 7th about right....

I was going to ask the same. DT used to be one of the top 4 didn't they? Now #7 and 8 more that don't have enough votes are also ahead of them. Barely ahead of Mostphotos which shows how far DT has actually sank.

lostintimeline

i cant even sell a christmas photo there  ;D

DiscreetDuck

Maybe There are better photos that sell... competition is hard

lostintimeline

i never said there arent better photos specially about the  christmas theme or ev else.i was just joking couse unfo many people left exclusivity as a result of bad sales and they ve been doin that since 2006?

sarah2

Wow! DT been on a downward slide for ages - but December is just off a cliff! :(

Asthebelltolls

And isn't there always someone that's the exception in these topics? ;D
Unusually strong December for DT and I have next to nothing with a
Christmas theme in my portfolio. I even had a few days this month when
DT was beating out SS. The big holiday stinker for me was 123RF. Off the
cliff and into the deep, black hole. 7 sales with a portfolio in the +2500
category.  ???

BigBubba

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Pauws99

Quote from: Asthebelltolls on December 31, 2017, 16:08
And isn't there always someone that's the exception in these topics? ;D
Unusually strong December for DT and I have next to nothing with a
Christmas theme in my portfolio. I even had a few days this month when
DT was beating out SS. The big holiday stinker for me was 123RF. Off the
cliff and into the deep, black hole. 7 sales with a portfolio in the +2500
category.  ???
Oddly I had some sales between xmas/newyear and not in the least seasonal....I find DT has the habit of selling just when you think it is finally dead and some very unexpected images too.......

Hildegarde

I have had some nice sales there.  My sales are increasing.

YadaYadaYada

Quote from: Pauws99 on December 18, 2017, 12:37
Quote from: Herg on December 18, 2017, 11:22
Appallingly bad. I absolutely have no idea why they rank third here. Totally inaccurate.

Sales every blue moon but everyday those annoying "images with no downloads" emails keep coming.
Third? seventh clusters of sales but 7th about right....

No answer from Herg. DT holds 7th if you ignore Clipartof, canva, self, Getty, eye, dissolve, story, and mostphoto. In which case DT would be 16 on the list. I'm not impressed with that 7.2 at all.

If I did all that much with music sales like he says, I would leave micro photo and concentrate where I make the best money.
Take your content and go. - Jon Oringer.

Phadrea


qwerty

2017 was about 35% of the earnings as in 2016.

I had falls with all agencies, but DT was the worst decrease by far.

It's a pity because they use to be my third highest earner now they're only about 15% of what I earn on shutterstock.





Pauws99

Quote from: qwerty on January 15, 2018, 09:02
2017 was about 35% of the earnings as in 2016.

I had falls with all agencies, but DT was the worst decrease by far.

It's a pity because they use to be my third highest earner now they're only about 15% of what I earn on shutterstock.
bout 12% for me never that good for me though

qwerty

might be time to buy a van and a surfboard, and get some Instagram followers.

Pauws99

All my money is going on Kodakcoins....I heard they are designed to be just the right size to fit film canisters

jonbull

te industry is moving on a 3 maximum 4 agency. shutter stock fotoia stock and pond
the rest will close soon.
dreamstime is completely finished despite the message on their boards that is our portfolio other instead are selling very good.
apart some big company, even a lot of good seller have stopped to upload there, if you compare their portfolio in folia and shutterstoc.,

i will not upload anymore. just collect some random 100 dollar every 2 3 months.

Pauws99

I'm not so sure agencies seem to hang around for years selling almost nothing...but i'm certainly seeing sharp declines in sales of the "lesser" agencies

rinderart

very sad. a Good site at One time. why and how Is beyond me.

dpimborough

I'm lucky if I get payout once per year DT are largely irrelevant just like all the others

Pauws99

#123
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Brasilnut

It's a nice site but it seems to be going down ImageBrief's direction unless management there can do something extraordinary