Author Topic: my sales Istock (Read 7317 times)

christiano · « **on:** August 23, 2017, 11:46 »

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

nicksimages · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2017, 07:49 »

Congratulations. Do you expectany critisicm?
That would be hard without seeing your port

cicerocastro · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2017, 06:04 »

Hi christiano,

Can you share the links of your portfolios at IS, SS and AS?

Regards.

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2017, 06:28 »

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

Just shows how difficult it is for newbies nowadays. Sorry, but you're just too late to the party.

Bad Company · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2017, 09:55 »

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

It takes time, especially if it is seasonal, for images and videos to get position with each company. Sounds like you loaded up some good vids with seven sales already! Make sure you continue to upload so keep these sales going. Good luck!

Brightontl · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2017, 00:35 »

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

Congratulations!
You seem to be doing incredibly well, especially for video. I have never heard of anyone non exclusive doing well with video at istink.
Be aware though, some agencies give you several sales at the beginning as a welcome aboard package at the beginning

dpimborough · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2017, 03:14 »

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

Boom?

Seriously Christiano you do realise you make 15% on iStock for images? Often a lot less than it costs to even look up your stats with that outfit.

It would be more interesting to hear how much cash you made on iS to put it in perspective you can then work out how much iS made on your sales

Cider Apple · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2017, 06:13 »

Quote from: Brightontl on August 28, 2017, 00:35

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!
Congratulations!
You seem to be doing incredibly well, especially for video. I have never heard of anyone non exclusive doing well with video at istink.
Be aware though, some agencies give you several sales at the beginning as a welcome aboard package at the beginning

Video's are selling incredibly well on istock with download numbers 5-10 X that of shutterstock. Unfortunately the majority of these sell on the Getty side of things under premium access where the average download for HD/4K is under $1. Many are for $0.12. So when you say you have sold 7 videos I wouldn't be half surprised if you receive $0.84 for the lot of them.
I get hundreds of sales every month on istock/getty where the new normal seems to be royalties in the $0.33 / $0.12 range. The old norm of single royalties in the $100's seem to be disappearing fast.
Getty are just getting more greedy with the Premium Access and I really think they are shooting themselves in the foot. I haven't and many others been uploading there for a while now and soon enough their portfolio will look stale and stagnant (talking about video side of things). I'm non-exclusive BTW

christiano · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2017, 06:20 »

Quote from: Brightontl on August 28, 2017, 00:35

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!
Congratulations!
You seem to be doing incredibly well, especially for video. I have never heard of anyone non exclusive doing well with video at istink.
Be aware though, some agencies give you several sales at the beginning as a welcome aboard package at the beginning

yeah, i heard about that... i will see!

christiano · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2017, 06:23 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on August 28, 2017, 03:14

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

i know... for june and july, for 11 pics sold, i made 8,81$ total.
For august, i'm looking forward to see the stats!

Boom?

Seriously Christiano you do realise you make 15% on iStock for images? Often a lot less than it costs to even look up your stats with that outfit.

It would be more interesting to hear how much cash you made on iS to put it in perspective you can then work out how much iS made on your sales

christiano · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2017, 07:09 »

Quote from: ShadySue on August 27, 2017, 06:28

Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!

Just shows how difficult it is for newbies nowadays. Sorry, but you're just too late to the party.

it's never to late to join a party... ;-)

christiano · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2017, 07:15 »

Quote from: Cider Apple on August 28, 2017, 06:13

Quote from: Brightontl on August 28, 2017, 00:35
Quote from: christiano on August 23, 2017, 11:46

Hi, since 1st of August, i sold 27 pics and 7 videos on Istock... i'm new since may 2017 on IS, SS, AS. It was an incredible month for me with only 10 videos and 300 pics...

june, sold 5 pics (with around 80 pics)
july, sold 7 pics (around 200 pics)
and august... boom!
Congratulations!
You seem to be doing incredibly well, especially for video. I have never heard of anyone non exclusive doing well with video at istink.
Be aware though, some agencies give you several sales at the beginning as a welcome aboard package at the beginning

Video's are selling incredibly well on istock with download numbers 5-10 X that of shutterstock. Unfortunately the majority of these sell on the Getty side of things under premium access where the average download for HD/4K is under $1. Many are for $0.12. So when you say you have sold 7 videos I wouldn't be half surprised if you receive $0.84 for the lot of them.
I get hundreds of sales every month on istock/getty where the new normal seems to be royalties in the $0.33 / $0.12 range. The old norm of single royalties in the $100's seem to be disappearing fast.
Getty are just getting more greedy with the Premium Access and I really think they are shooting themselves in the foot. I haven't and many others been uploading there for a while now and soon enough their portfolio will look stale and stagnant (talking about video side of things). I'm non-exclusive BTW

If this is the case for my 7 videos sold, I will do not upload more on IS ... it was just a test.

csm · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2017, 17:10 »

I've also sold 13 videos this month and I only joined mid July! Which has amazed me too.
Not looking forward to the prices.
I wish I had this much activity elsewhere!

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