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Agency Based Discussion => Mostphotos.com => Topic started by: mwp1969 on February 13, 2008, 17:10

Title: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on February 13, 2008, 17:10: I am curious ...

Who has had any sales at Mostphotos now that they've been out there and active for a few months? I think I remember reading somewhere that a sale there is the equivalent of an EL sale on many of the traditional "micro" sites ...

Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com (http://markwpayne.wordpress.com)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: anonymous on February 13, 2008, 17:19: no sales but lots of silly ratings ...which makes me feel special and successful! :'(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: leaf on February 13, 2008, 17:31: 1 sale here :-\ :-[
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on February 13, 2008, 17:44: What was your payout Leaf?
And were you paid in Euros or Dollars through PayPal?

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on February 13, 2008, 18:14: I have had 4 at 12.5 euros each (18$).
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on February 13, 2008, 18:29: Very nice Sharpshot :) I wish you many more :)

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: dbvirago on February 13, 2008, 18:31: 3. I love Euros.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: fenkep on February 13, 2008, 21:14: Started uploading Jan 10. Had a sale within two days, but nothing since then. 12.50 euros is nice. Just about equal to some micro EL sales.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: swedstock on February 14, 2008, 01:34: 6 sales, 12.5 euros commission, 75 euro in total = approx. 110 USD
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on February 14, 2008, 02:27: At those commissions ... Very nice Moori :)
Let's hope for more !

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Smithore on February 14, 2008, 05:32: 2 sales 2 month ago, and nothing more...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: ATMC on February 14, 2008, 12:37: I just joined today and already got my first sale :).
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Post by: massman on February 14, 2008, 12:58: Nothing. Nothing at all :(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: cmcderm1 on February 14, 2008, 13:51: 5 sales, since October 2007
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Karimala on February 14, 2008, 20:47: None yet, but I've only had my photos online for about a week and still have about 600 more to upload.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: ason on February 21, 2008, 12:19: first sale today ;D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Clivia on February 21, 2008, 12:40: I had one, an illustration:
(http://mostphotos.com/cachedimages/watermarks/43641.jpg)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on February 21, 2008, 14:06: I had one at 12.5 Euro of a shot 2-3 days after it was uploaded. Sold immediately at DT and SS too.

Very funny, since iStock rejected it this morning as 'non commercial'. Well, I prefer 20$ over 1$ anyways ;-)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Phil on February 22, 2008, 06:27: waiting a little longer, top see what happens :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on March 03, 2008, 07:51: I had only one sale at MP so far, few days after being uploaded.
Is this something you experienced also, do only news pics get downloaded? Just curious
L
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: takestock on March 03, 2008, 17:47: I'm not a member of MP, but yes! Ldambies, this is something I have experienced elsewhere before, and I don't know what to make of it!!

You can draw your own conclusions!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: gbcimages on March 03, 2008, 17:58: I just deleted all my images and closed my account today. Not wasting my time there
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: takestock on March 03, 2008, 18:02: Yes! GBC, unfortunately there's plenty of places where one can really waste time!
Top 6 is place to be right now - look to your right!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: gbcimages on March 03, 2008, 18:37: I'm finding that out, I closed another account with fotomind. I'm with ft dt BigStock 123. no luck with the others right now. just keep trying. My portfolio is small on most of them
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on March 05, 2008, 16:49: Quote from: takestock on March 03, 2008, 18:02
Yes! GBC, unfortunately there's plenty of places where one can really waste time!
In the mean time I made another sale. 25Euro on my account now, that's 38$. I'm uploading since January. And they hooked Laurin Rinder! (he is featured photographer now). If Rinder is there, that spells a lot.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: anonymous on March 05, 2008, 22:32: I've only got aprox 125 images, no DL's, lots of "views", but once the image falls off the radar, the views decrease dramatically (due to the inane "rating" system). Will give them another month and will delete portfolio after that. The rating thing will potentially cost them their existence.

Flemish - congrats on your sales.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: CCK on March 05, 2008, 23:31: No sales, that is zero Euros, converted to $ is easy, $0.00. (Talking about their crazy rating system and zeros, I have a photo that kicked of with a zero rating right after upload while at zero views and zero comments. You can't get crazier than that! No hope of sales on that one.)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on March 06, 2008, 07:10: Quote from: anonymous on March 05, 2008, 22:32
I've only got aprox 125 images, no DL's, lots of "views", but once the image falls off the radar, the views decrease dramatically (due to the inane "rating" system).
As LO found out, views doesn't mean sales. You have the Flickrish "market" and the Buyers market and those apparently aren't the same. I hardly comment or rate, and the 2 images sold were typical cold "boring" plastic stock like a business couple on a computer and a model concept shot, both isolated. One got a rating of 6, the other one had no rating at all.

I guess the keywords still do their job for buyers. There are some stunning highly rated landscapes etc... on MP, but what sells, like everywhere are the neutral usable things, like the stick-it photo of Leaf. I don't think a buyer is going the be impressed by the community rating if he finds the right image down the list.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on March 06, 2008, 15:57: Congrats on your sales Flemish ! - Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on March 11, 2008, 17:51: I just got my first sale at MP ! 12.5 Euros (around $18.00)

Mrk
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: dbvirago on March 11, 2008, 18:10: congrats. Know you can request payment immediately, and they usually pay very fast.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Tim Markley on March 11, 2008, 18:57: No sales yet, but I like the prices and the overall site setup.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on March 11, 2008, 20:11: Quote from: tsmarkley on March 11, 2008, 18:57
No sales yet, but I like the prices and the overall site setup.

I don't care for site set-up but I love the smell of Euros in the morning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now).
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: litifeta on March 11, 2008, 20:38: what size do the photos have to be?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sbonk on March 11, 2008, 21:03: Had my first sale late last week. Yes, the Euros are nice.

Also, 2 or 3 times I uploaded a photo that got a pretty quick response with ratings and for a day or two those photos seemed to sell well on other sites. I think maybe people see photos on mostphotos with high ratings and then look for it cheaper on other sites.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: madelaide on March 12, 2008, 18:24: Quote from: litifeta on March 11, 2008, 20:38
what size do the photos have to be?

3MPix.

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on March 14, 2008, 21:48: Quote from: dbvirago on March 11, 2008, 18:10
congrats. Know you can request payment immediately, and they usually pay very fast.

dbvirago,

Yes. I was able to receive an immediate payout as they're default pricing puts you over the minimum payout with just one sale RF sale :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: rinderart on March 16, 2008, 00:25: Made more in 3 days than a year at Lucky Oliver. "Lucky" Ya right. Lucky Im not wasting my time there anymore.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Phil on March 21, 2008, 07:28: well I started uploading. This rating thing is interesting luckily I haven't been hit with anyone giving me anything bad yet, and the ones I've given, well I was brought up with if you can say anything nice dont say anything at all so have been a little reserved as such.

but I notice what is being rated highly is more the artistic (maybe people are like me and less likely to say gee that's a stunning tomato on white background etc and open it and rate it) and so this is stuff that seems to be higher in search.

so for those who have sales, is your 'stockier' stuff that is selling or is it more artistic stuff?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on March 21, 2008, 12:33: Actually my first sale was an average rated portrait :)

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: graficallyminded on March 21, 2008, 16:22: I just dumped a good 150 images on there in the last few days...I'll continue dumping the rest of my 750 or so images. It's an awesome site, I just hope I can make a few sales! :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on March 22, 2008, 22:12: Welcome to MP and Best of luck to you grafically ! - Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: windmill on March 23, 2008, 09:49: Nothing yet, but i am in no hurry. Hope they start to make some appearance with marketing so they can speed up the rate of sales.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on April 16, 2008, 17:20: Vikavalter just had a sale and I picked up the Euro for the referral of it ... :)

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: ste7e on April 28, 2008, 11:14: 3 for me (all 12.5 euros) :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: domencolja on April 28, 2008, 11:37: No luck there. Had one of my digital art pieces (if you can call them that) at the top position (for the last month) for a few weeks but nothing happened, no sales whatsoever. It has a MP rating of 866.4 points. But it's no stock material whatsoever and I'm after all content with the support outcome it yielded. Love the site design, but the sales, well, can't say I'm happy about them (especially cause I assumed that that one lonely photo at position 1 would "call in" customers to my other more stocky material);)

p.s.: But I'll continue uploading. No reason to stop. And I'm sure those that sell stuff deserve it more than I do. I upload only because it's supereasy to do so. FTP/process/confirm. Very smooth.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: windmill on May 15, 2008, 11:56: Yes!

It was worth waiting for, got my two first sales at MP yesterday.

Its nice with €uros, 2 x 12,5 kind of nice starting score. ;)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Pixart on May 15, 2008, 12:06: deleted. prob fixed.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Alatriste on May 15, 2008, 17:13: At last... my first one
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: leszek on May 15, 2008, 19:46: Had a couple during my 2 months there: no complaints, as the site is still in the process of taking off, modifications, figuring out its bearings in the marketplace. I like the site, and its unconventional approach (which may be either good or bad - time will tell).
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Sandralise on May 16, 2008, 08:10: I have had 2 sales so far. :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on May 16, 2008, 16:25: Quote from: Sandralise on May 16, 2008, 08:10
I have had 2 sales so far. :)

Congrats :)

I've still only had one sale in my first three months there. It paid around $17.50 after the conversion from Euros to $$$.

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Sandralise on May 16, 2008, 16:40: I just wish the sales would be a little more often. Hopefully that will change with time. ;)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on May 16, 2008, 19:06: My last sale was in March, does seem like a long time ago. I hope they promote the site more than Lucky Oliver did. Doesn't seem much point making a great site if the buyers don't know about it.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Lukasphoto on May 17, 2008, 07:41: Here's what MP's Arian had to say in the MP forum:

@Mostphotos are for the moment putting all its efforts on advertising in the Scandinavian market.

To be honest the crew are working like crazy to increase the revenues, and the only obstacle that we face from buyers is that they need to see more photos on the site. Else they love the site in every aspects.
So at the same time that we are working with sales, we are putting efforts to get more photos to the site.
Sales and and the number of photos goes hand in hand. Mostphotos have as of today approx 220 000 photos online and the goal is to have several millions. We are working really really hard to increase the sale figures, trust me.

What the site needs from the contributes is for them to do their part, uploading more photos.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on May 17, 2008, 07:50: And we are far more likely to upload if there are sales :) All the successful sites have manged to keep enough sales going to make it worth contributing.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: 4seasons on May 17, 2008, 09:15: Nothing new and nothing original that buyers want to see more photos. But it's a circle: sales-uploads-sales-uploads. More sales, more uploads etc... I personally have no time to run across the web and upload my portfolio to every new agency just to check are there sales or not. Scandinavia is a small market. They must go wide to USA, Canada etc.
And btw, a big part of these 220k photos are crap.

Another thing- kindergarten with these rating system, where some friends rate each other cat's photos. It has nothing with stock business and I think that serious authors will not upload on such "family snapshots album".

I uploaded a few hundreds photos. A few days ago some idiot with this "portfolio" of 20 snapshots and crap rated my istock bestsellers 1.
At this point Mostphotos is a good place for various low self esteemed and inferiority complexed people who know nothing about stock photos but can rate other's bestsellers 1.
If this was the prime purpose of creating of MP, than it's all right.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mike ledray on May 17, 2008, 15:28: I have had 1 sale so far
hoping for more
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on May 18, 2008, 13:41: Quote from: 4seasons on May 17, 2008, 09:15
Nothing new and nothing original that buyers want to see more photos. But it's a circle: sales-uploads-sales-uploads. More sales, more uploads etc... I personally have no time to run across the web and upload my portfolio to every new agency just to check are there sales or not. Scandinavia is a small market. They must go wide to USA, Canada etc.
And btw, a big part of these 220k photos are crap.

Another thing- kindergarten with these rating system, where some friends rate each other cat's photos. It has nothing with stock business and I think that serious authors will not upload on such "family snapshots album".

I uploaded a few hundreds photos. A few days ago some idiot with this "portfolio" of 20 snapshots and crap rated my istock bestsellers 1.
At this point Mostphotos is a good place for various low self esteemed and inferiority complexed people who know nothing about stock photos but can rate other's bestsellers 1.
If this was the prime purpose of creating of MP, than it's all right.

That´s the spirit:)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MikLav on May 18, 2008, 16:11: 1 sale in 3 months for portfolio of ~250 picture, last sale in March for portfolio of ~700 pictures - with so low sales it is not worth my time uploading I suppose.

I don't think it will be worth the time unless there will be at least a few stable sales per month.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Inger Anne Hulbækdal on May 19, 2008, 05:07: I sold a christmas wrath in december. That's my only sale there
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: DanP68 on May 19, 2008, 05:28: Quote from: 4seasons on May 17, 2008, 09:15
I uploaded a few hundreds photos. A few days ago some idiot with this "portfolio" of 20 snapshots and crap rated my istock bestsellers 1.
At this point Mostphotos is a good place for various low self esteemed and inferiority complexed people who know nothing about stock photos but can rate other's bestsellers 1.
If this was the prime purpose of creating of MP, than it's all right.

Awesome! :) So many complain about this feature, but MP appears determined to keep it no matter how many people are irritated. Oh well, I'm glad I'm out of there. If others want to play kids games trashing each others photos, they can. I'm only interested in selling images.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: anonymous on May 19, 2008, 07:22: Quote from: iahulbak on May 19, 2008, 05:07
I sold a christmas wrath in december. That's my only sale there
That must have been one REALLY angry Christmas "Wrath"! ;)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Pixart on May 19, 2008, 10:07: 4seasons, I hope this 20-photo-newbie wasn't rating your photos 1 by mistake thinking that 1 is best. Worth sending a note to him, can he change his vote?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: 4seasons on May 19, 2008, 13:09: Quote from: DanP68 on May 19, 2008, 05:28
Quote from: 4seasons on May 17, 2008, 09:15
I uploaded a few hundreds photos. A few days ago some idiot with this "portfolio" of 20 snapshots and crap rated my istock bestsellers 1.
At this point Mostphotos is a good place for various low self esteemed and inferiority complexed people who know nothing about stock photos but can rate other's bestsellers 1.
If this was the prime purpose of creating of MP, than it's all right.

Awesome! :) So many complain about this feature, but MP appears determined to keep it no matter how many people are irritated. Oh well, I'm glad I'm out of there. If others want to play kids games trashing each others photos, they can. I'm only interested in selling images.

Exactly!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: 4seasons on May 19, 2008, 13:31: Quote from: Pixart on May 19, 2008, 10:07
4seasons, I hope this 20-photo-newbie wasn't rating your photos 1 by mistake thinking that 1 is best. Worth sending a note to him, can he change his vote?

I don't think he rated by mistake. Maybe envy? Maybe anger? Maybe just he's spending time for fun? I don't know. Anyway. One more sandy box for kids...

Authors of MP wanted to create a "community spirit" for purpose to keep photogs and visitors on website. They lumped together social and commercial websites. I think it (ratings..) works for novices only. Serious authors have no time to play. If needed, there are a lot of serious forums even some kind of games on TOP5 agencies' forums.

Let it be. One thing only, if ratings have influence on images' appearing order when searched, than it's bad...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on May 20, 2008, 17:49: FYI: MostPhotos owner/stakeholder "Salle" posted in chat that they have over 250,000 photos now and are growing its image base at an average of 1500 photos a day.

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Sandralise on June 02, 2008, 14:10: I just sold one this morning and another one about a week ago. That makes in all 4 sales for me. Not too bad!

Sandra
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: windmill on June 03, 2008, 01:24: Congrats!

Thats the way to go! :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on June 03, 2008, 01:46: Quote from: Sandralise on June 02, 2008, 14:10
I just sold one this morning and another one about a week ago. That makes in all 4 sales for me. Not too bad!

Sandra

Very nice Sandra ! Let's hope for more for all !

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: RT on June 03, 2008, 04:21: Quote from: DanP68 on May 19, 2008, 05:28
I'm only interested in selling images.

Same here, which is why I like others have cancelled my account on Mostphotos.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: oboy on June 03, 2008, 11:17: I had one sale so far.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Sandralise on June 04, 2008, 09:09: Just sold another one this morning!!! That is five now!
Come on now, keep'em coming!!!!!! :D ;)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on June 06, 2008, 02:34: Quote from: Sandralise on June 04, 2008, 09:09
Just sold another one this morning!!! That is five now!
Come on now, keep'em coming!!!!!! :D ;)

Congrats again :)

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: araminta on June 06, 2008, 04:21: I get my first sale yesterday which is quite a surprise as Mostphotos has no future in microstock IMHO: this is a photo sharing site more than a micro stock agency.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: leszek on June 06, 2008, 04:58: "...Mostphotos has no future in microstock..."

With all due respect - but I have to disagree. We all know that it is very difficult now for any new site to succeed, but they do most things right, and after some kinks are straightened out, I think that they have a reasonable chance of being successful. Maybe not on SS or IStock scale - but StockXpert or 123RF for sure.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: oboy on June 06, 2008, 09:43: Quote from: araminta on June 06, 2008, 04:21
I get my first sale yesterday which is quite a surprise as Mostphotos has no future in microstock IMHO: this is a photo sharing site more than a micro stock agency.

Hmmm. I had the impression that they sell the images for EURO and not sharing them with other members.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: araminta on June 06, 2008, 13:29: AFAIK, before becoming a microstock agency, Mostphoto was actually some sort of photo sharing site: the result is that many contributors became stock photographers just because they where just here before. It's amazing to see how many contributors never heard about model releases or copyright... at least it was the case a few months ago.

I may be wrong and it is not that important: Mostphotos is indeed an interesting site. The problem is that many (most?) contributors just have no sale at all here.

Yesterday I had my first sale in months: a 12€ commission is nice indeed, but I have had more sales at LO before and you know what happens.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on June 06, 2008, 14:32: I suppose they don't have to pay reviewers but it is going to cost a lot to host all those sub standard photos and I would like to see more sales before I have any faith in their future.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: oboy on June 06, 2008, 20:09: At least the Alexa statistics (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/mostphotos.com) is showing an improvement in traffic. I also receive one Euro for a referral sale the other day.

Referral link to Mostphotos (http://mostphotos.com/index.php?referenceid=3532)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: graficallyminded on June 07, 2008, 09:07: I've made 3 sales in the last 2-3 months. I'm loving the site - I hope the sales increase. 1 a month is nice, since you get more per sale...but at least 2 or 3 per month would be a lot nicer :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Imagecom on June 07, 2008, 14:15: Only one - but optimistic.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on June 14, 2008, 09:17: I´ve sold 3 so far. And now when they plan to sell web-sizes it will boost everything up for sure.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: anonymous on June 14, 2008, 23:49: Quote from: sharpshot on June 06, 2008, 14:32
I suppose they don't have to pay reviewers but it is going to cost a lot to host all those sub standard photos and I would like to see more sales before I have any faith in their future.
ditto...I like Arian's up-front accessibility and the site's layout. Still HATE the goofy rating system allowing snipers to shoot you down in the search results....but I'll give them a few more months to to if they can sort out whether to be a stock site or a vanity site.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: cmcderm1 on June 26, 2008, 12:22: Just had another 5 sales in June (3 in one day), bringing my total there to 10 sales since last October.

1500+ images in portfolio.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: eugenef on June 26, 2008, 12:28: I have 949 images on that site... with 0 downloads in 2 months!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: 4seasons on June 27, 2008, 00:57: over 1000 portfolio, 2 months online, 0 (zero) sales.
MP goes to my UFO ("upload & forget") category.

If admins will buy a couple of my images, then I will upload a couple thousands more.
Maybe....
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: jeffclow on June 27, 2008, 17:17: Unfortunately, I have uploaded approximately 300 images over the last three months (all of which sell on other sites)......and have zero sales to date.

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt, but if nothing sells by the end of summer, I'm likely to stop uploading to the site.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: rjmiz on June 27, 2008, 18:34: For those who have never had a DL or sale on MP....my heart goes out to you.
However don't despair, there is a solution!
do you even know how to check or how you are even notified id you get a download?

Here's the answer
http://microstockpix.com/supplies/page12/page12.html (http://microstockpix.com/supplies/page12/page12.html)

Cranky MIZ
The voice of reason
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: jorgeinthewater on June 29, 2008, 12:29: Quote from: rjmiz on June 27, 2008, 18:34
For those who have never had a DL or sale on MP....my heart goes out to you.
However don't despair, there is a solution!
do you even know how to check or how you are even notified id you get a download?

Here's the answer
[url]http://microstockpix.com/supplies/page12/page12.html[/url] ([url]http://microstockpix.com/supplies/page12/page12.html[/url])

Cranky MIZ
The voice of reason

;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Tim Markley on June 30, 2008, 06:42: No sales but I will hang in there for a while longer.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: CofkoCof on June 30, 2008, 08:30: Just had my first sale on friday. 12.5€ certanly feels good, especially when compared to low sub sales. I'll stick with MP for a while and see if I get any more.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: windmill on July 08, 2008, 13:01: Just had my 3rd sale ;D

It has sold very well on SS, and i am glad it sold at Mp as well!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: nicemonkey on July 08, 2008, 13:36: I have had 1 sale but nothing for about 3 months :(. I will give it a couple more months then stop uploading!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on July 08, 2008, 14:14: I went a couple of months with no sales but had another 1 last month. I am only sticking with them because I can take the money straight out. Hopefully they will start selling smaller sizes for lower prices and that will increase the volume of sales.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: windmill on July 09, 2008, 01:45: Yes! I agree 100%, they are talking about selling "websize" photos for 3€ each. I hope they start with that soon.

I really like the way they are evolving, they are also going to start a more active marketing soon.

I think its all good news! ;)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on July 11, 2008, 16:10: I got my 2nd sale there in June ;)

It resulted in a net of over $17.00 after conversion from being paid in Eurosand. I also noticed that I have Euros from referral sales coming in at 1 Euro per referral sale. With the exchange rate hovering in the $1.50-$1.57 Range that's a very nice referral commission.

I hope the sales continue ;D

-Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: tan510jomast on July 11, 2008, 20:19: Quote from: 4seasons on May 17, 2008, 09:15
Scandinavia is a small market. They must go wide to USA, Canada etc.

well, i haven't tried MostPhotos but i have been with ScanStock which is also from Scandinavia.
It probably is true that being a small market there is fewer buyers.
My images with ScanStock has barely any views. 4 at the most after 3 months. The only big surprise is when I was about to delete my images,
I found that I had one sale.
That is impressive especially for my portfolio which has hardly any viewers.

Maybe it is just a case of marketing. So let's hope for the best
for both sites based in Scandinavia.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on August 08, 2008, 17:51: A little warning to all photographers joining MostPhotos!
Just a couple of days ago I made the decision of cancelling my account as a contributor to MP, after been there a month or so and having over 80 photos, half of them top rated, I started to realized that the site is a joke, half of the contributors there have very little idea of what digital photography is, don't take me wrong, they have a group of great and very talented photographers, but for the most of them, all they upload are images that no other site would even looked at, they look very pretty as a thumbnail, but ones you get closer, the amount of noise,out of focus, and artifact is incredible...and this are the same people judging and rating everyone else's work...(like a blind man giving an oppinion on your image)...I'm not trying to discourage anyone to upload there, just that the 25 euros bait is not worth the trouble...Once a buyer gets close enough to some of the pictures there, I can guaranteed you, he/she will never be coming back, or search any further for great quality work on that site...Oh! and lets not leave out the attitudes and rudeness of some of the less talented members...but hey, guys and girl, you be your own judge on MostPhotos.com...you've been worn.

Best regards all...and keep on shooting.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on August 09, 2008, 04:22: M@m:

If you march in there thinking it´s just like the other sites around, your wrong :-\ The whole point with this site is to be different. Accepting all images is an attempt to prove that every image can be sold. And so far it´s petty much true, although a bit slow.

You´r right about bad quality issues here and there. Do u have a suggestion how to change that without reviewers?

There about to change the whole pointsystem. Everyones agreeing with you on that one. All problems can be solved,
there´s no need to sneak out and warn people.

plus it´s free storage, and great people with a sence of humor. When the ratings gone and advertising kicks in, it´ll be a great :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on August 09, 2008, 10:05: Magnum, I don't sneak around to give my opinion, since we all have one, maybe different than the other guy, but my opinion never the less, and is based on personal experiences, as I mention on this thread, I'm not trying to discourage anyone from uploading to MP, just letting my fellow photographers know, that in my opinion, uploading there is a complete waste of time...in my case I would not place my work there and wait for some changes to fall down from the sky...and Magnum it is my privilage to speak what is on my mind.

Best regards.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on August 09, 2008, 10:41: I love it, you hate it. Who´s right? I guess u never sold enything there? I´ve sold a few. It´s quite nice with 12.5€ instead of 1$ here and 0,3$ there.

That´s my opinion!

Ps. 80 images is not that much if you wanna be competitive.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: scrappinstacy on August 09, 2008, 10:53: I've had one sale there. $19.05
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on August 09, 2008, 11:04: And I respect your opinion on the matter...also, after being and art director and a photographer for over 20 years, and a contributor to many sites for a very long time, 80 pictures are enough to give you the feel of the site itself...and the fact that I may or may not have sold anything there, is irrelevant to the topic at hand...I'm very glad you're happy there, Cheers.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on August 09, 2008, 11:47: As I remebered you had like me not very stock oriented images. Lots of nature and travelshots. That´s not bigselling stuff no matter how many years you´ve been in this game. Mmorell right? How much do you sell/month at Istock?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on August 09, 2008, 12:37: You're correct on the part that some of the nature and travel pictures are not the best sellers on this market, and if I was to rely on what I make in iStock, is not enough to get inspired about...but you know what Magnum, between all the sites I contribute too and "PHOTOSHELTER" I make a living with my work, and at least on those sites I'm confident that the people rating my work, are professionals with strong criterias to follow, and not like it was in most cases on MP.
By the way you seem to know me and my work, I wish I could say the same, but obviously you're a spoke person for the site, and as I told you before, "I'm glad you like it there" Cheers!

Ps Keep in mind that, what I uploaded on MP does not reflect what I upload on other sites.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on August 09, 2008, 13:12: I totally respect your theories. And Im impressed by people that make a living on stockphoto. why don´t you have links here to your fave sites, so we can see you work?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on August 09, 2008, 14:21: Cheers dude, give it a rest!
And by the way, if your're going to buy some of my pictures, I'll be more than happy to post the links
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: scrappinstacy on September 09, 2008, 16:02: I had three sales there today! Yippee!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: madelaide on September 09, 2008, 16:23: Everytime people report sales at MP, I got check them. Still nothing for me.

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: astrocady on September 09, 2008, 17:09: Quote from: scrappinstacy on September 09, 2008, 16:02
I had three sales there today! Yippee!

WOW -- three in one day! That's pretty good, Stacy! Still waiting for my first :-X
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Alatriste on September 09, 2008, 17:13: 3 in the same day here too. I suppose it was the same customer.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: digiology on September 09, 2008, 17:22: zip :'(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: anonymous on September 09, 2008, 17:30: 2 in 3 days...same image. They've still got a long way to go but when I make $40 in 2 days, it certainly gets my attention. The whole rating thing is still a shambles BUT, Arian's presence and accessibility in the forums and email is heartening.

I'll hang out for awhile...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: litifeta on September 09, 2008, 17:38: for me it is a battle between Photoshelter, Yay, and MostPhotos.

0,0,0

but one day ... you just watch.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Nemo1024 on September 19, 2008, 06:09: My Yay:MP battle reads like this: 3:0 :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on October 02, 2008, 09:07: After an absence from Stock and this forum, I had a look at my MP sales.
I had one in February, one in March (days after uploading), and odd one in May, then nothing any more.
My MP index is still under 50 (newbie).

My conclusion about the philosophy of the site is this:

- The MP index is utter crap. I got my sales when the site started and when almost everybody had a low MP index, so buyers could choose on based on quality rather than based on some Flickerish popularity rating by submitters.
- Sales obviously don't count for the MP index. My highest rated pictures contain none of my sales, except one near the bottom of the list.
- I noticed some contributors have an MP index in the thousands, so my guess is they are the kind of rating/commenting whores that populate Flickr and Multiply. Some comments I got was "write your comment here...". Yesyes.
- Since I preferred to do photography and not some chatbox-like game, my sales obviously halted.
- Most probably there are rating clubs and 'friends' clusters.
- As predicted, the way the MP index influences sales clearly is counterproductive and no substitute at all for real reviewers, at the contrary.

In a country where the daily wage is about 4$, I consider hiring a job student an hour per day to randomly comment ('great shot','perfect dof','unique viewpoint', etc..), randomly rate between 7 and 10, and log in and log a few times to boost my MP index. If that's what MP wants, it can get it. To survive in Rome, do like the Romans.

On the other hand, this conclusion/strategy might be invalid if everybody has a breakdown in sales since June... which doesn't predict much good for the future of the site.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on October 02, 2008, 09:13: dead for a while. Got one sale at the very beginning then nothing. I stop uploading there a while go, I have 300 + pics on line
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Pixart on October 02, 2008, 09:46: Flemish is back! Good stuff, I was worried that we lost you to a typhoon or a mudslide. Aren't you in one of those coastal countries that has had some brutal natural weather that we see on CNN? I hope you've been on a great adventure since we last saw you.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on October 02, 2008, 10:57: I have 8 sales now and two from referrals.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: digiology on October 02, 2008, 11:56: Glad to see you back too Flemish. :) I was wondering what happened to you?

oh... and zippo for sales at MP :'(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Karimala on October 02, 2008, 12:06: I had one sale back in April with 1363 images online...that's it. My five referrals have eight sales among them. The last one was on Sept. 11.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: rinderart on October 02, 2008, 22:47: Quote from: m@m on August 09, 2008, 10:05
Magnum, I don't sneak around to give my opinion, since we all have one, maybe different than the other guy, but my opinion never the less, and is based on personal experiences, as I mention on this thread, I'm not trying to discourage anyone from uploading to MP, just letting my fellow photographers know, that in my opinion, uploading there is a complete waste of time...in my case I would not place my work there and wait for some changes to fall down from the sky...and Magnum it is my privilage to speak what is on my mind.

Best regards.

Experience? very few Images and a Month? Please My friend gain some real experience and then post. MP is trying the best they can do do the best job they can with or without your limited help. Put up 2/3000 images then talk about what you've done.I've been at this a lot longer than you .......I must say without a doubt. Selling anything to anyone is about what your selling. Im so sick and tired of whiners saying there work doesn't sell. well Do better selling work. Simple as that.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on October 02, 2008, 23:55: If only your post had anything to do with what magnum and I where talking about a while back rinderart, I would take the time to answer your comment...but I'll give you a clue, it was not about sales!!!...now maybe next time my "friend" your comments are not irrelevant to the conversation.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: nata_rass on October 04, 2008, 03:15: I have 2 sales at MostPhotos ;D I am happy :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on October 04, 2008, 23:18: Great job nata_rass congrats!!!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: patballard on October 05, 2008, 13:52: No sales yet, but I'm still uploading. When I need an instant link to one of my images, I use MostPhoto. It comes in handy not to have to wait for a reviewer.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: lobby on October 05, 2008, 18:57: not me...

only 2000 images online

but i can't see them???

i guess is the will be the next shut down
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Microbius on October 28, 2008, 07:04: I for one am not a fan of MostPhotos. Seems a bit unprofessional with the rating system etc. It's still on the "wait and see" list.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: SStevenson on October 28, 2008, 07:25: Just as I was about to close out my account due to inactivity, I sold one in May, and three in June. Nothing since then.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Tim Markley on October 28, 2008, 08:46: People buy photos there?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: hali on October 28, 2008, 09:27: microbius, i agree,
when they get rid of that comments and ratings, I will go back there.
If not, I will stay away. It makes the site look Amateurish, like a blog or flickr ,
not something a serious buyer would look at.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: travismanley on October 28, 2008, 10:18: no sales for me yet, but uploading is so easy im going to stick it out
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: nicemonkey on October 28, 2008, 10:40: I have a slow trickle of sales but nothing to write home about (1 every other month) . I really like the upload system
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Sandralise on November 10, 2008, 12:07: I usually get about 1 or 2 sales a month. This month I've had 3 and I'm happy with that!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: runamock on November 10, 2008, 13:07: Well that’s good Sandralise, but the owners appear to have disappeared from the site. Nothing from them for months and questions asked in the forum and chat but no reply!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on November 10, 2008, 16:20: This is another site that I hope isn't costing too much to run and will survive. I get a sale there every now and then and it is great to be able to take the money straight out. Someone must be running the site, as it seems to function better than some but I did hope they would offer buyers more sizes at lower prices by now.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: melastmohican on November 10, 2008, 16:30: I just got first download today. Maybe they set price to high? On SV you can set price so I set it to $5 and it seems to be to high either. I got only .30 subs there.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: oboy on November 10, 2008, 16:58: Just had one sale the other day too. I signed up there about five month ago and had two sales and one referral sale.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: hrhportia on November 11, 2008, 00:53: No sales yet, but something got cocked up during my second upload. For some reason several images show up 2 or 3 times. I've got loads more to upload, but until I figure out how the multiple images bit happened, and how I can fix it, I'm holding off.

I guess I'm one of the idiots who figure if you don't upload, you won't sell. Sorta like lottery tickets - if you don't buy one, you will never win. heh!

P
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on November 11, 2008, 03:20: Quote from: Sandralise on November 10, 2008, 12:07
I usually get about 1 or 2 sales a month. This month I've had 3 and I'm happy with that!

Yeah right. You have a MP score of 2197.5, one of the highest. That means you must be busy all day logging in and out, rating and posting since sales don't count at all. For me, I don't have time and energy for that kind of silly Flickr games.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: leszek on November 11, 2008, 04:30: It also happens that Sandralise has a nice bunch of images on all the sites that count...Thought it would be nice to bring this to attention...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on November 11, 2008, 06:00: Quote from: leszek on November 11, 2008, 04:30
It also happens that Sandralise has a nice bunch of images on all the sites that count...Thought it would be nice to bring this to attention...
That wasn't the issue. The issue was that the crap MP factor steeres the search engine, not sales. Back last May (I can't check exactly when since the site is programmed way too heavily and it takes ages to come up here in the Philippines) I had 3 sales in a row, right after or a week after uploading. Reason? We all had around the same MP index then. I know you are connected to the site in some way, but I'm sorry, the concept doesn't work, unless you are prepared do your daily homework of 'write your comment here' tricks. I want to be judged by professional reviewers, not by a social network. And that is so ;-)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: peep on December 12, 2008, 17:02: I cannot believe it! I have just had a sale there!!! I asked for the money at once before they change their mind :-)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Dreamframer on January 13, 2009, 10:47: Woohooo! My first sale! 12,5 Euros :)
I sold one of my first images on stock ever!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: dbvirago on January 13, 2009, 11:12: I sold enough early days to make it worth while. After that the comments/ratings took over and since I didn't play, it didn't pay. Stopped uploading/checking there months ago.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: graficallyminded on January 13, 2009, 11:17: The comments and ratings don't really mean a thing - most of my sales were on images that had ratings of 50 or less. I used to sell 1 or 2 per month there, but lately it seems like sales are dying down. Given, I have over 3000 images. Sales that slow are pretty pathetic. I hope things pick up someday. Daddy needs some new shoes.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: madelaide on January 13, 2009, 14:58: Everytime someone here says he sold something, I check my account. Nothing yet for me. :'(

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: goldenangel on January 13, 2009, 15:26: Congratulations whitechild! It must feel good to sell one your first pictures, and the price can't be much better than that :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mantonino on January 13, 2009, 18:14: I've had 3 sales there but I use it because it's a full rez backup of all your images AND you can make sales sometimes. I don't count on it though.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharply_done on January 13, 2009, 22:11: Quote from: graficallyminded on January 13, 2009, 11:17
The comments and ratings don't really mean a thing - most of my sales were on images that had ratings of 50 or less. I used to sell 1 or 2 per month there, but lately it seems like sales are dying down. Given, I have over 3000 images. Sales that slow are pretty pathetic. I hope things pick up someday. Daddy needs some new shoes.

3000 images with only 1 or 2 sales per month?
And that was when it was 'good'?
I don't get it, why are you people bothering with this place?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on January 14, 2009, 04:12: Quote from: sharply_done on January 13, 2009, 22:11
Quote from: graficallyminded on January 13, 2009, 11:17
The comments and ratings don't really mean a thing - most of my sales were on images that had ratings of 50 or less. I used to sell 1 or 2 per month there, but lately it seems like sales are dying down. Given, I have over 3000 images. Sales that slow are pretty pathetic. I hope things pick up someday. Daddy needs some new shoes.

3000 images with only 1 or 2 sales per month?
And that was when it was 'good'?
I don't get it, why are you people bothering with this place?

The commission is 12.5 euros a sale and they are a relatively new site. It is a bit like having an EL on some of the other sites. I have made more there than most of the newer sites and they are only selling one size at the moment. Hopefully when they bring in other sizes there will be more sales. Uploading there is easy and I do it in the background while I am doing other work, so it takes very little time.

Unlike most new sites, they are trying something completely different. Some buyers might like the fact that there are no reviews and they can decide if the image is good enough for what they want. Their collection is going to be different to the other sites that all have the same images from non-exclusive contributors.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on January 14, 2009, 04:46: Quote from: sharpshot on January 14, 2009, 04:12
The commission is 12.5 euros a sale and they are a relatively new site. It is a bit like having an EL on some of the other sites. I have made more there than most of the newer sites and they are only selling one size at the moment. Hopefully when they bring in other sizes there will be more sales. Uploading there is easy and I do it in the background while I am doing other work, so it takes very little time.

Unlike most new sites, they are trying something completely different. Some buyers might like the fact that there are no reviews and they can decide if the image is good enough for what they want. Their collection is going to be different to the other sites that all have the same images from non-exclusive contributors.

Agree 100%. I cooled down a bit about their system. You managed to get a score of almost 1000, so you must be pretty active there. Love your Cornwall landscapes! (look at my comments).
I keep uploading all I have, since it's just another socket in Filezilla, and three clicks on the site from FTP to publish. Not even MRF attach. For now I treat it as fun and as a log of what I uploaded in general.
There are some fantastic photographers there, and the quality is surprisingly high in general.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Imagecom on January 14, 2009, 04:55: Had 3 or 4 about 6 mounts ago and dead ever since. It is a pity - it was promising for a bit.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Tuilay on January 14, 2009, 20:20: Wow, 12.5 euros a sale? That's a far cry from 25 cents.

Maybe I misjudged MP. I couldn't stand the comments (very amateurish),
but if you get 12.5 euro it sure beats * up to SS. Think I'll have a second look at MP. 8)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: DanP68 on January 15, 2009, 00:51: I totally agree about the average sale price, but the average sale price of 0 sales is still $0. As you can see from the Compete.com site, MP gets very few visitors and it appears their traffic is falling to absurdly low levels.

(http://grapher.compete.com/mostphotos.com_uv.png)

If it wasn't for the ridiculous comment system, I would have kept my portfolio there to "wait and see." Any search engine that rewards contributors for logging in and out of the system is so out of whack, it isn't even worth considering.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on January 15, 2009, 04:38: I don't trust traffic stats. There are still sales there, I get one every now and then and I have seen a few referral sales.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Smithore on January 15, 2009, 04:45: 4 sales in a year...very low but upload is very fast and commission much better than Crestock ::).
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on January 15, 2009, 04:49: Quote from: sharpshot on January 15, 2009, 04:38
I don't trust traffic stats.

Try this (Alexa). (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/mostphotos.com)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Phil on January 15, 2009, 04:58: 1 x april
1 x may
1 x june
5 x july
0 x aug
2 x sep
1 x oct

nothing since...
so similar to the stats...

I had hoped they would promote themselves as somewhere for more artistic etc images, but I think I knew when the comment came about offering free blog sizes that it was going to be just another one not putting / having the money to invest in promotion (would love here that I was wrong as I quite liked the site).

Phil
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on January 15, 2009, 04:59: Quote from: FlemishDreams on January 15, 2009, 04:49
Quote from: sharpshot on January 15, 2009, 04:38
I don't trust traffic stats.

Try this (Alexa). ([url]http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/mostphotos.com[/url])

The problem with traffic stats is they don't show the number of buyers, how much their buying budget is and how much they are spending on the site. Those stats would interest me :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Inger Anne Hulbækdal on January 15, 2009, 07:01: I have only had one sale there. And that was over a year ago.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: hali on January 15, 2009, 10:31: Quote from: DanP68 on January 15, 2009, 00:51
I totally agree about the average sale price, but the average sale price of 0 sales is still $0. As you can see from the Compete.com site, MP gets very few visitors and it appears their traffic is falling to absurdly low levels.

([url]http://grapher.compete.com/mostphotos.com_uv.png[/url])

If it wasn't for the ridiculous comment system, I would have kept my portfolio there to "wait and see." Any search engine that rewards contributors for logging in and out of the system is so out of whack, it isn't even worth considering.

hey DanP68, long time no see. But what a good point for a re-entry!
Yes, I agree. MostPhotos do have some good photographers, but the reward system for the one who loiters around the site is the most ridiculous thing ever.
I think the idea is to get clicks rather than sales for the contributors.
Get rid of that comment system and logging in reward. It's laughable.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: CofkoCof on February 22, 2009, 09:16: After a while I logged in to MP again and found 3 new sales from last week.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: grandaded on February 22, 2009, 11:34: I uploaded about 50 images months ago, then gave up. I just looked and saw that I've had a sale last month. I might start uploading again; even occasional sales at 12.5 Euros are worthwhile.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: madelaide on February 22, 2009, 13:16: Quote from: madelaide on January 13, 2009, 14:58
Everytime someone here says he sold something, I check my account. Nothing yet for me. :'(

Regards,
Adelaide
Still the same!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: DanP68 on February 22, 2009, 18:37: It's weird how people have success at one agency but not another. For instance you often write that you do well with Featurepics. I've made $9 there total over a year's time. That's what I make on a good day at Shutterstock.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: goldenangel on March 20, 2009, 12:08: I just had my first sale on MP, and it's a picture I uploaded only a few days ago. It's been an interesting week, with my first sale on CutCaster and MostPhotos :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: madelaide on April 01, 2009, 16:36: I thought I would never say that: I got a sale in MP. ;D

(http://www.mostphotos.com/preview/125647/Stock-market-analysis.jpg)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: goldenangel on April 01, 2009, 20:06: Congratulations Adelaide! :)

By the way, I requested a payout of my single sale, and it is still pending :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Magnum on April 08, 2009, 20:07: Quote from: m@m on August 08, 2008, 17:51
A little warning to all photographers joining MostPhotos!
Just a couple of days ago I made the decision of cancelling my account as a contributor to MP, after been there a month or so and having over 80 photos, half of them top rated, I started to realized that the site is a joke, half of the contributors there have very little idea of what digital photography is, don't take me wrong, they have a group of great and very talented photographers, but for the most of them, all they upload are images that no other site would even looked at, they look very pretty as a thumbnail, but ones you get closer, the amount of noise,out of focus, and artifact is incredible...and this are the same people judging and rating everyone else's work...(like a blind man giving an oppinion on your image)...I'm not trying to discourage anyone to upload there, just that the 25 euros bait is not worth the trouble...Once a buyer gets close enough to some of the pictures there, I can guaranteed you, he/she will never be coming back, or search any further for great quality work on that site...Oh! and lets not leave out the attitudes and rudeness of some of the less talented members...but hey, guys and girl, you be your own judge on MostPhotos.com...you've been worn.

Best regards all...and keep on shooting.

LOL. Welcome back to MP. What changed your mind?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: null on April 08, 2009, 20:53: Quote from: Magnum on April 08, 2009, 20:07
LOL. Welcome back to MP. What changed your mind?
- It's a great site as backup for all your shots.
- It's nice to browse around in the image set of great photographers, as those aren't filtered by the LCV filter of microstock. In general, there are great photos on MP, though not all is stockworthy.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on April 08, 2009, 22:02: Thanks, you have a good memory Magnum...LOL
I read Micke (I think that's the way to spell his name) post, and some of the changes being made at MP, so after taking a look around the site I decided to go at it again...good to be back. ;D

PS: Men you're fast, I just joined back yesterday.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: travismanley on May 05, 2009, 10:53: got my fist sale today for 12.5 euros, enough to payout.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: CofkoCof on May 05, 2009, 10:59: Everytime someone reports his sales I rember to check the stats. Two sales again :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on May 05, 2009, 11:01: Congratulations guys!!!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: goldenangel on May 05, 2009, 12:50: Quote from: goldenangel on April 01, 2009, 20:06
Congratulations Adelaide! :)

By the way, I requested a payout of my single sale, and it is still pending :)
Just as info to other members there, it can take up to 30 days for payment processing. I contacted them after I was waiting for a couple of weeks and that's what they told me. I got my payout shortly after.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: tiero on October 01, 2009, 08:24: I uploaded more than 1000 images on mostphotos in july...not sales yet... :(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Sandralise on October 02, 2009, 09:55: I'm not a big fan of the changes done recently with MostPhotos 3.0 but I have to say sales have really picked up.
I'm having at least 1 sale a day this past week.
Before I was having about 2 sales a month so for me there is something definitely changing over there!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on October 02, 2009, 12:18: I had 13 sales but the last one was five months ago. One of my referrals had a sale last month, so I will upload a few more and hope they start selling again.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on October 03, 2009, 01:21: My last sale there was nearly a year ago this month :-\ My last referral sale there was in February. However since I've had four sales there within a year at midstock prices :-X I will keep uploading (easy) and see what happens. I currently have 712 images online at this time.

-Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: leaf on October 05, 2009, 08:00: my last sale was a couple months ago now :(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on October 15, 2009, 14:52: October 27th is the anniversery of the last sale I had at MostPhotos :-\ I continue to upload. With the falling US Dollar, I sure would like to start getting those sales paid in Euros from MostPhotos once again.

-Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Alatriste on October 15, 2009, 18:01: dead for me
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: suwanneeredhead on October 30, 2009, 19:35: I just made a sale, a golf green with a golf cart in Florida...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: dbvirago on October 31, 2009, 06:47: Site's been broken for 24 hrs and no one seems to notice from mgmt. Upload disk is full
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on October 31, 2009, 14:27: Quote from: suwanneeredhead on October 30, 2009, 19:35
I just made a sale, a golf green with a golf cart in Florida...

Congrats Stacey ! With the recent strength of the Euro against the dollar Most Photos sales will be even more valuable.

I however have almost forgotten what a sale there looks like at MP :-\ I'm curious what your payout amounth for your sale was ... ? Its been over a year since I last had a sale and the currency rates have changed quite alot since my last sale there.

Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 01, 2009, 09:08: Hi all,

is there an affiliate program at MostPhotos ? And if yes, who wants to make money by referring me? If upload and submission is easy it could be 5000+ files ;)

Hope to get a soon reply. No need to let money run down the river :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on November 01, 2009, 10:00: Hi pdesign,

Here the link to my unique sale at Mostphotos so far: http://www.mostphotos.com/94358/Looking-up?ref=2529 (http://www.mostphotos.com/94358/Looking-up?ref=2529)
It works as a referral link also so feel free to click :)

Good luck!

L
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 01, 2009, 12:42: And the winner is: ldambies ;)

I hope the ref-link worked out well, my account is registered and I will start uploading right now. You´re also added as a "friend" already

Thanks again and lets start getting rich 8)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: anonymous on November 02, 2009, 08:47: no sales since the new site launch. the browser compatibility issue can't be helping. i can find all of my images through the search but when you go to "portfolio", there's only 9 photos. prior to the site change, none of these problems existed (and i had sales)..ugh
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 02, 2009, 14:15: after uploading 3000 files since yesterday my latest upload failed and no chance to get back on track.

Is it a server problem? can anyone please check if upload works? (just upload one file and delete it again)

Thanks in advance, i still have 2000 files behind and they want to join their friends that are already online ;D

pdesign
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 03, 2009, 04:59: its working again
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on November 03, 2009, 05:05: Referral worked:) thanks for signing up. Let us if you have sales, but adding 3000 pictures like that you might be more visible to buyers for few days....
L
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: tiero on November 17, 2009, 04:03: It's time to say...after 3 months and 1095 images, no sales yet...this site is a total waste of time! :-[
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Karimala on November 17, 2009, 06:26: I used to have quite a few referral bonuses, but they came to a sudden halt in May. Didn't see another one until November 5. In the meantime, I sold two images.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on November 17, 2009, 10:05: I sold one last week, was starting to give up hope but one sale there is like 20 on some sites, so I will keep using them.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: PixelBitch on November 18, 2009, 14:20: It's so easy to upload onto this site why not do so and just leave your images there...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 19, 2009, 17:48: just sold my first one ;D 2 weeks after starting with this agency

http://www.mostphotos.com/806602/colorful-christmas-background (http://www.mostphotos.com/806602/colorful-christmas-background)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on November 20, 2009, 05:43: Congrats:) Yes I saw that yesterday when I was credited 1 euro:)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 20, 2009, 08:09: @ldambies: still a long way to become a millionaire, but a first step 8)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on November 21, 2009, 14:17: I just had my 5th sale at MP. My portfolio is at 911 images.

They pay 12.5 Euros. With the current strength of the Euro 1.49 to USD being paid in Euros is an added bonus. This currently works out to $18.62 for the sale in dollars before conversion ...

-Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: leaf on November 24, 2009, 03:47: still nothing for me in quite a while
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 24, 2009, 08:07: STRIKE !! just sold #2 8)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: pdesign on November 27, 2009, 12:09: and #3 8)

if this keeps going, i`ll be a millionaire (in EURO) in less than 750 years, or just 500 years (USD) ;D

anyway, submitting was like a walk in the park and every sale is very welcome :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on November 27, 2009, 12:33: You are doing very well congrats:)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: studioportosabbia on November 27, 2009, 14:25: 653 files online but no sales so far...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: annabelle496 on November 27, 2009, 16:43: No luck here, I'm hangin in till end of year and than remove. I already stopped uploading.

Get plenty of comments and Likes but that's it.

A.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: SStevenson on November 27, 2009, 18:00: I had four sales fairly consecutively back in May-June 2008, but nothing since then.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Red Dove on December 30, 2009, 16:13: Since it's been quiet over the holidays I've clicked their "What's Selling" tab a few times to see what pops up. The images change every day which I thought was great, sales are happening. Then I noticed a few images appearing every other day - great again because this must mean multiple sales of those images....but no, only one sale. So why do these images keep appearing in "What's Selling" when they've only sold once.

And reading back through this thread I have to wonder; what is selling?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: UncleGene on December 30, 2009, 17:35: Quote from: Red Dove on December 30, 2009, 16:13
Since it's been quiet over the holidays I've clicked their "What's Selling" tab a few times to see what pops up. The images change every day which I thought was great, sales are happening. Then I noticed a few images appearing every other day - great again because this must mean multiple sales of those images....but no, only one sale. So why do these images keep appearing in "What's Selling" when they've only sold once.

Try to refresh - you do not need to wait next day. Looks like they just randomly select from pics with at least 1 sale - perhaps fresh sales are not enough for page...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Red Dove on January 20, 2010, 17:10: Still no sales here since joining in September 09 - but 4 sales within a week of uploading my first files to IS. There it is.

Also, I carried out a rough study based on a few images from other stockers that have sold 300+ in two years on IS - the exact same images have only sold once or twice on MP in the same period.

Nice payout if you can get it - but I have no idea how.

Good Luck.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: tiero on January 26, 2010, 09:36: I've 1095 images on line now, still no sales...I'm not going to spend time there anymore.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: drop on January 26, 2010, 12:10: 2 today, that makes a total of 7 in 2,5 years.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Jack Schiffer on January 26, 2010, 12:23: One sale in two years good free storage area ::)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: willie on January 26, 2010, 12:26: Quote from: Jack Schiffer on January 26, 2010, 12:23
One sale in two years good free storage area ::)

roflmao
...
don't forget to go in there periodically to open the doors and windows to air the drawers so your stock don't go rancid due to stale air (lack of circulation) ... Jack :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Jack Schiffer on January 26, 2010, 12:31: I do that every morning :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on February 19, 2010, 15:25: I just had my 6th Sale at MP for another 12.5 Euros. My portfolio is now at 1472 images.

If your curious ... here is the image:

http://www.mostphotos.com/740500/Storm-on-the-Horizon-with-Tornado (http://www.mostphotos.com/740500/Storm-on-the-Horizon-with-Tornado)

I am sticking with them ...

http://www.mostphotos.com/mwp1969 (http://www.mostphotos.com/mwp1969)

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com (http://markwpayne.wordpress.com)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: tiero on February 25, 2010, 04:01: Still ZERO sales...and I'm going to close my account. :(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Smithore on April 21, 2010, 04:45: After months without a single sale, a big surprise sunday: 7 sales of lighthouse staircases !! I doubt this happen a second time...
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Perry on April 21, 2010, 06:12: ^ your avatar fit so well with your message :)

I had one sale in the beginning (2008) nothing since with a few hundred images.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on April 21, 2010, 06:34: Nothing in 2010. I used to get a few sales there before they changed the site.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: FD on April 21, 2010, 10:37: Quote from: sharpshot on April 21, 2010, 06:34
Nothing in 2010. I used to get a few sales there before they changed the site.
Same here. I got sales when they started, but not any more. Not sure since I lost my password. Their concept sucks big deal. It's on my list to quit.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: mwp1969 on April 21, 2010, 13:45: Had a sale netting 12.5 Euros in 2010 back in February. Portfolio now up to 1659 images. Easy upload. Large commissions are nice when they do come. No harm for me to stay there since I plan to remain independent for quite some time. I am now on 17 sites and would rank MP in the top 7 or 8 performers for myself ...

For more details you can check-out my blog:http://markwpayne.wordpress.com] [url]http://markwpayne.wordpress.com (http://[url)[/url]

-Mark
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MikLav on April 21, 2010, 14:04: I used to have just a few tens photos there. In the autumn of 2009 I uploaded half of my portfolio (as it's extremely easy and a good way to have a backup).

Never had any single sale with Mostphotos. Seems backup is the only reason to use them :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on June 21, 2010, 09:36: my first sale today!

after 2 years and about 2100 pictures, not good!

but still surprising: I didn't believe it possible anymore to receive a "Mostphotos Notification - You have just sold an image" email
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: njnightsky on June 21, 2010, 11:12: Wow never saw one of those
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: madelaide on June 21, 2010, 19:24: Isn't it a sign when people bother about saying "I've got a sale"? ::)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: microstockphoto.co.uk on June 22, 2010, 01:20: Quote from: madelaide on June 21, 2010, 19:24
Isn't it a sign when people bother about saying "I've got a sale"? ::)

a sign to remind us to stay away from low-sale sites indeed
and stop uploading everywhere (as I did in the past)

now the winner is... cutcaster: the only site with 0 sales for me

PS: to be fair to mostphotos, I asked for payment with moneybookers after my one and only sale and they paid me in less than 24 hours!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: UncleGene on June 23, 2010, 14:21: I already got my sale this year :)

OTOH I will continue to upload there - free remote backup is not easy to get!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: CCK on June 23, 2010, 14:31: Quote from: madelaide on June 21, 2010, 19:24
Isn't it a sign when people bother about saying "I've got a sale"? ::)

It is! I haven't had sales at SS for two days and I'm extremely worried about it. No sales at Mostphotos ever with little hope of sales in future and it doesn't really bother me. Perhaps I should also upload my entire portfolio for a backup!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: RacePhoto on December 28, 2010, 17:06: Quote from: UncleGene on June 23, 2010, 14:21
I already got my sale this year :)

OTOH I will continue to upload there - free remote backup is not easy to get!

I know, thread from the dead, back in June, but it fit, so why re-invent the whole thing?

I've been uploading some rejects from other sites. Not because of quality but content issues. I have the new shots as old as 1897 right now. Out of any copyright in the world, including anything that would require a model release.

Now that someone mentioned backup I saw that on my account and wondered what the deal was. I haven't used it. So if someone who is using it could explain. Does it download the images or everything, including tags that were added later?

Something about people celebrating one sale in a year, is scary for me. Sure I'd like to sell some of these leftovers and I think someone might be able to use them, but if the word Buyers is a scarce item, I guess I should just consider the backup as a feature and have some fun uploading my shots that other agencies won't host? One sale large would beat some other places? :D
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on December 28, 2010, 22:11: This thread AGAIN!!! are you kidding me ??? ::)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: qwerty on December 28, 2010, 22:28: I vote for this thread to be buried forever
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: m@m on December 28, 2010, 22:42: Quote from: qwerty on December 28, 2010, 22:28
I vote for this thread to be buried forever

Deeeeeeeeeep, please........
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: UncleGene on December 28, 2010, 23:20: No, this thread deserves to live! I have sales there! Regularly!
Unfortunately 2010 sale already happened, I am now waiting for 2011 one!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: RacePhoto on December 29, 2010, 03:18: Quote from: m@m on December 28, 2010, 22:11
This thread AGAIN!!! are you kidding me ??? ::)

Nope and it has new content beyond the "anyone have a sale yet" part.

Free backup of your portfolio seemed to work out for some people?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Karimala on December 29, 2010, 10:28: Quote from: RacePhoto on December 29, 2010, 03:18
Free backup of your portfolio seemed to work out for some people?

I didn't know about the free backup until I read the new post. Checked into it, downloaded all of my files, and everything is intact the way it should be. Fantastic!!! So for me, having access to a free backup service more than makes up for the lack of sales.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: RacePhoto on December 29, 2010, 16:58: Quote from: Karimala on December 29, 2010, 10:28
Quote from: RacePhoto on December 29, 2010, 03:18
Free backup of your portfolio seemed to work out for some people?

I didn't know about the free backup until I read the new post. Checked into it, downloaded all of my files, and everything is intact the way it should be. Fantastic!!! So for me, having access to a free backup service more than makes up for the lack of sales.

Which is good for you, but I'd have to upload everything, before I could have the backup. :o :)

Let me add, I haven't reached 20 pictures on MP yet. It's just been an "art" outlet. Maybe if I had 100 photos I could join the club for people who had a sale, once in the last year. As it is, I find it amusing and use the site for the out of the ordinary shots, unlike the "stock" stock sites.

Next I'm wondering who the referrals are that I have on my account stats and if it means anything, or if I get a pat on the back for being nice and suggesting MP to people. ;)

Honest I could start my own dead agency. Some days I think it would be an interesting project, others I think about the waste of time, because of all the "free" photo sites, good established agencies and what good would a niche site be, when no one knows it exists? So that all boils down to, how much time and how much entertainment would I be interested in?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: steheap on January 01, 2011, 11:37: I'm glad someone resurrected this thread - I had forgotten about this site and so went to check - I had a sale of a high res image for 12.50 Euros. A Christmas present!

Steve
http://www.backyardsilver.com (http://www.backyardsilver.com)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: RacePhoto on January 05, 2011, 22:05: Quote from: m@m on December 28, 2010, 22:42
Quote from: qwerty on December 28, 2010, 22:28
I vote for this thread to be buried forever

Deeeeeeeeeep, please........

I'm beginning to see the light and agree with you. Not the question about has anyone actually had a sale, (HA HA, hardly anyone has two on the whole MP site) but the empty Mostphotos promises for three years, no sales, no marketing, playground for votes and points for messages?

OK it's a good place for free backup. Make sure you copy everything before they disappear with the site when they go under. :(
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Imagecom on January 06, 2011, 01:53: It was some in 2009, only one in 2010. Hardly any in total.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: shiyali on January 06, 2011, 02:03: 2 sales in 2008
2 sales in 2009

nothing since then
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Perry on February 08, 2011, 08:41: Hmm... I had one sale in 2008. Suddenly I have three sales already this year (2011). Are things starting to pick up at Mostphotos or am I just lucky?
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: hofhoek on February 08, 2011, 09:05: One in 2009 and one in 2010. Waiting for the one of 2011!
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: ibogdan on February 08, 2011, 09:24: No sale since oct or nov 2009 when I created account at MP :(
Waste of time
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: dbvirago on February 08, 2011, 09:30: yeah, I used to get a sale often enough to keep me interested, but nothing in a long time except one of their pathetic sub sales. If I got a dollar for every 'like' I'd make some money. A waste of time
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: sharpshot on April 07, 2011, 00:59: Looks like their buyer has returned :) Sold a few recently, one PPD, a few subs and one of my referrals has sold something. I still really like the site, there's a lot of junk but also a lot of great photos that aren't on the micros.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: MicrostockExp on April 07, 2011, 01:11: Got 2 sales after more then one year with no sales:)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: ibogdan on April 07, 2011, 03:49: Also got my first sale there after a year and a few months of selling nothing. They need to clean their image database, there are a lot of cr*ppy snapshots.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: gwhitton on April 07, 2011, 22:21: Got three sales there a couple of days ago...all subs, at this rate I'll be able to cash out in about 12 years... ;o)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: luissantos84 on May 17, 2011, 09:58: Quote from: ibogdan on April 07, 2011, 03:49
Also got my first sale there after a year and a few months of selling nothing. They need to clean their image database, there are a lot of cr*ppy snapshots.

how can they remove if they don´t even got reviews eheh what a great agency :)
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: Red Dove on May 31, 2011, 05:59: Yay - 2 sales in May. Boo - earned 2 euros. At this rate I'll pay back the time I invested in uploading sometime in April 2017

Rubbish.
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: ibogdan on May 31, 2011, 08:00: Interestingly I had three sales this month, after more than a year of not selling anything. Fortunately, one of the sale was 12.5 eur, so I was able to request my first MP payout (which was approved within the next business day).
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: luissantos84 on May 31, 2011, 09:43: only there for a month and no sales but I do like that fact they have there my pictures, if something happens to my drives files will be there free to download :) and even more cool is that file doesn´t lose IPTC

it should lose right? I hope it lose after purchase..
Title: Re: Who has had sales at MostPhotos?
Post by: RacePhoto on June 09, 2011, 12:50: Quote from: luissantos84 on May 31, 2011, 09:43
only there for a month and no sales but I do like that fact they have there my pictures, if something happens to my drives files will be there free to download :) and even more cool is that file doesn´t lose IPTC

it should lose right? I hope it lose after purchase..

I don't understand the question? Lose what after the purchase? IPTC? That's your ID and personal signature on the image.

The fact that anyone has any sales at Mostphotos is a surprise. Every few months the topic comes back and the theory that someone can build a site and offer good commission and have a nice interface and make sales is amusing, when that's just what MP did? We should have sales and images just flying out the door. LOL

Yes I still have some things there and I'd love to have one sale to prove that the site really has someone besides sellers.