5 video sales for less than $20 is sad.  It used to be nearly $150 for 5 video sales. 

I had a horrible week - like an xmas-new years week. 11 dl position 25900 (I'm usually around 15000) just under 3300 mostly LCV images.

very low sales but still a great rank, i guess when it is this slow I jump up again.

pos 1750

don't worry, next week I will go back down

Quote from: cobalt on March 30, 2024, 23:42
sales slowing down drastically, still moving up a bit

pos 1930

congratulations,an excellent result with only 4000 contents

Broke top 500 lifetime rank 491 and holding steady around 200 weekly (189 at the moment).

Whow, very impressive!!!

Single artist, or team production/family if I may ask?

Congratulations on all the hard work.

I find it encouraging that many people have good rankings as a single artist.

Gives me hope I can still rebuild a full time income from stock.

My weekly rank this morning: 32,600th 

Quote from: cobalt on April 01, 2024, 16:51
Whow, very impressive!!!

Single artist, or team production/family if I may ask?

Congratulations on all the hard work.

I find it encouraging that many people have good rankings as a single artist.

Gives me hope I can still rebuild a full time income from stock.

Thanks... Just me, no one else or any help or use of AI.

That is really amazing.

I hope you make it into the top 100!

eta

my jouney will use ai. I am beginning to understand the appeal of midjourney, especially for people, not yet for illustrations

now i need to learn how to generate fresh faces, getting the same models as everyone else

Quote from: HalfFull on April 01, 2024, 23:02

Quote from: cobalt on April 01, 2024, 16:51
Whow, very impressive!!!

Single artist, or team production/family if I may ask?

Congratulations on all the hard work.

I find it encouraging that many people have good rankings as a single artist.

Gives me hope I can still rebuild a full time income from stock.

Thanks... Just me, no one else or any help or use of AI.

yes really impressive!
and how long have you been a contributor in Adobe Stock? and how much content do you have in your portfolio if I may ask?

if you make AI content you would sell a lot of it because you have excellent exposure,so it is much more likely that you will sell everything and therefore also AI.

However,I understand you,this AI content is a double-edged sword,on the one hand it is better to make it but on the other it can result in a waste of time,it is certainly better to make real content.

Quote from: HalfFull on April 01, 2024, 14:42
Broke top 500 lifetime rank 491 and holding steady around 200 weekly (189 at the moment).

Nice, what's your weekly earning with this position?
1k USD or more?
Would be interesting to know how the earnings are distributed among the top sellers.

How big is your portfolio? Would expect min. 30k images and videos.

Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port... not just a handful of top sellers. I've been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 19:16
Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port... not just a handful of top sellers. I've been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Pretty good! Tips/strategies/recommendations on how to create a better selling/balanced portfolio?

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 19:16
Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port... not just a handful of top sellers. I've been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Thanks for the reply,it's interesting to know.

I think that from now on I will focus more on real content and much less on AI,I don't have much AI content for sale,but I can already see that it doesn't sell much,even because I don't have a good exposure yet,since my best weekly rank ever was 3210,which only happened once.

with AI there is too much competition and contents are easily replicable by others,and then the technology will improve and it will be even simpler.

I think that AI content was easier to sell until December,now it's already becoming different,so in a year it will probably be much worse.

The problem is not so much the money spent on Midjourney and other things for AI,because the money can be made again,but time,that is the most important resource that no one can ever give back!

On my way back down

pos 2240

Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 03, 2024, 04:10

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 19:16
Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port... not just a handful of top sellers. I've been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Pretty good! Tips/strategies/recommendations on how to create a better selling/balanced portfolio?

I learned early on that if anyone is serious about making a career from this business, they should follow one simple rule. Do not divulge or give away details of what works for you including images that sell well. You have to treat it as a business and businesses do not provide, "Secrets of their success" to help their competitors take money from them. It sounds harsh but ultimately it will serve you well. Sorry if this sounds nasty but it's hard enough in this line of work without shooting yourself in the foot.

That said, I do enjoy teaching so when I retire, I would like to teach one or two people about how I did things. Not so much for money etc, just because I like the idea of passing something on.

Quote from: Injustice for all on April 03, 2024, 08:42

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 19:16
Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port... not just a handful of top sellers. I've been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Thanks for the reply,it's interesting to know.

I think that from now on I will focus more on real content and much less on AI,I don't have much AI content for sale,but I can already see that it doesn't sell much,even because I don't have a good exposure yet,since my best weekly rank ever was 3210,which only happened once.

with AI there is too much competition and contents are easily replicable by others,and then the technology will improve and it will be even simpler.

I think that AI content was easier to sell until December,now it's already becoming different,so in a year it will probably be much worse.

The problem is not so much the money spent on Midjourney and other things for AI,because the money can be made again,but time,that is the most important resource that no one can ever give back!

AI or not AI, well... for me it wasn't so much a question of right or wrong, just what's right for me.

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I learned early on that if anyone is serious about making a career from this business, they should follow one simple rule. Do not divulge or give away details of what works for you including images that sell well. You have to treat it as a business and businesses do not provide, "Secrets of their success" to help their competitors take money from them. It sounds harsh but ultimately it will serve you well. Sorry if this sounds nasty but it's hard enough in this line of work without shooting yourself in the foot.

That said, I do enjoy teaching so when I retire, I would like to teach one or two people about how I did things. Not so much for money etc, just because I like the idea of passing something on.

Well... you could be the first! You mean, you aren't one of those guys selling a "How I make five BILLION dollars a day on autopilot in my underwear, while only working 30 seconds sipping a cappucino - and 29 of those seconds are getting caffeinated - and these secrets can be YOURS - for only $29.95!!!" type of people???

Mmm. I do agree - so was in generic terms if you had certain tips, but if not - that is okay too.

So... next question. When do you retire?

Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.

@HalfFull

It doesn't seem nasty,it's fully understandable.

I agree,in fact I learned everything I know here on microstockgroup and on the former SS forum,and online from other sources.

I'm not an expert,I've only been in microstock for 6 years,I like to help as little as I can,but I always try to stay generic.

The fact is that for many microstock is not the main source of income so they have no problem sharing.

Quote from: Minsc on April 03, 2024, 15:55
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.

Less than 10k/day? Hmm wow!

Quote from: Minsc on April 03, 2024, 15:55
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.

wow this is great!   How long have you been an Adobe Stock contributor,if I may ask?

Quote from: cobalt on April 03, 2024, 12:16
On my way back down

pos 2240

you go down and I go up  but I'm always far from you rank,even though I have more content than you,I've been on Adobe Stock for much less time than you.

Quote from: Minsc on April 03, 2024, 15:55
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.

Wow!

Quote from: HalfFull on April 03, 2024, 13:10

Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 03, 2024, 04:10

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 19:16
Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port... not just a handful of top sellers. I've been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Pretty good! Tips/strategies/recommendations on how to create a better selling/balanced portfolio?

I learned early on that if anyone is serious about making a career from this business, they should follow one simple rule. Do not divulge or give away details of what works for you including images that sell well. You have to treat it as a business and businesses do not provide, "Secrets of their success" to help their competitors take money from them. It sounds harsh but ultimately it will serve you well. Sorry if this sounds nasty but it's hard enough in this line of work without shooting yourself in the foot.

That said, I do enjoy teaching so when I retire, I would like to teach one or two people about how I did things. Not so much for money etc, just because I like the idea of passing something on.

That's the best advice!!!

This is the first time that I don't have a bestseller (all suddenly died out) and sales are cut in more than half!!! I didn't realize how much I rely on my bestsellers.