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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: lagereek on May 21, 2011, 00:51
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we keep each other up to date with lousy things and happenings, so we might as well report something on the positive scale as well. Yesterday, Friday, was a really good day, for once, not back to normal but a good day, for P+ and other files.
Have we recieved a best match boost? or was it just luck?
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Yes indeed, Friday was good for a Friday. Thursday was BDEWOEL. This May stands a chance to meet or exceed last may, which was my BME by a longshot.
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Yes indeed, Friday was good for a Friday. Thursday was BDEWOEL. This May stands a chance to meet or exceed last may, which was my BME by a longshot.
BDEWOEL?
ANWEABWA? (aren't we exaggerating a bit with acronyms?)
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Best Day Ever WithOut Extended License?
That's my guess.
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I only sold 5 photos with istock on Friday, absolutely abysmal compared to the good old days.
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After a reasonable April($$ not dls) it seems I'm in the Summer Slump a month early.
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we keep each other up to date with lousy things and happenings, so we might as well report something on the positive scale as well. Yesterday, Friday, was a really good day, for once, not back to normal but a good day, for P+ and other files.
Have we recieved a best match boost? or was it just luck?
Whatever it was it won't last long now you've posted on how to make the best type of image in your niche :o
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Same results here. A very good Friday with 18 sales, and so far a good month even though no EL's (yet).
Might even be another BME :)
But no RC tragets so still at 25% :(
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we keep each other up to date with lousy things and happenings, so we might as well report something on the positive scale as well. Yesterday, Friday, was a really good day, for once, not back to normal but a good day, for P+ and other files.
Have we recieved a best match boost? or was it just luck?
Whatever it was it won't last long now you've posted on how to make the best type of image in your niche :o
Yeah!! ha, ha, only nobody there will ever get in to these places and if they do, they certainly wont get a release. Trust me on that one. You see, the only way of getting accesas to places like these are ofcourse via assignments and the only way to get a release is after many, many years of mutual trust betwwen client/photographer. IS, dont have that, Getty-RM, however has got two collegues of mine, in the same nieche, one is not interested in Micro, the other one is getting too old.
My post there was a bit tongue in cheek, if you know what I mean.
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Have we recieved a best match boost? or was it just luck?
Congrats! Sorry, but I think it was just luck. My sales were dismal. Or maybe it was a best match change and you were the beneficiary of it and I wasn't :)
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Yeah!! ha, ha, only nobody there will ever get in to these places and if they do, they certainly wont get a release. Trust me on that one. You see, the only way of getting accesas to places like these are ofcourse via assignments and the only way to get a release is after many, many years of mutual trust betwwen client/photographer. IS, dont have that, Getty-RM, however has got two collegues of mine, in the same nieche, one is not interested in Micro, the other one is getting too old.
My post there was a bit tongue in cheek, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, Christian's niche is extremely specialized. I think he's safe. One of the few of us who is....
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Funny stuff this! now Im getting answers from my OP over there, when I look at the Ports of these posters, well???? dont know why they even bother, the closest they have ever been to industrials, is probably their local auto-mechanic garage.
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Yesterday was good for me only because of my first EL since July... :-\
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I don't see the best match boost. Us exclusives have (maybe I should say had, nobody seems to care anymore) been asking for this for a long time and never gotten it. Remember it was promised probably a year ago. Glad you had a good day now can you give us all your contacts info for the refineries and maybe a letter of recommendation?
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There is no best match boost! thats the whole point. They make up all these collections as they go along, expecting a fast buck and then its time for a new collection and a new one, it goes on and on.
They must be relying on amateur buyers, thats all I can say.
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Have we recieved a best match boost? or was it just luck?
Congrats! Sorry, but I think it was just luck. My sales were dismal. Or maybe it was a best match change and you were the beneficiary of it and I wasn't :)
Hi!
Doubt it? youre right, just luck I suppose. I think the big question here is: why special collections if you dont support them? why bother? I mean its the same images that were there before exept, now they have an E+ or a P+. As far as the buyers are concerned, the same images are now more expensive. Crazy, isnt it?
Well without a boost or support, this excercise was totally pointless, so this P+, must have a darker side to it and I really wonder what that could be?
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They must be relying on amateur buyers, thats all I can say.
Don't think so or they wouldn't be plugging the A/V files so heavily.
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I only sold 5 photos with istock on Friday, absolutely abysmal compared to the good old days.
Same here. ^ M-F! Could be a normal hiccup but who knows. This coming week may be slow due to Memorial weekend, so I expect the same.
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They must be relying on amateur buyers, thats all I can say.
Don't think so or they wouldn't be plugging the A/V files so heavily.
No! got nothing to do with that. Amateur buyers dont really know how to search.
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Replying to myself:
After a reasonable April($$ not dls) it seems I'm in the Summer Slump a month early.
Hmmm. After doing my weekly stats, I actually got my best dl total of the year (which isn't saying much), but $$ were low. Partly because of a higher proportion of smaller pics, but more because of really low credit values. There must be loads of people out there getting the 'deep discounts' (or using up ancient credits ;) )