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« on: March 11, 2013, 20:15 »
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So I was reading a post I started and people were talking about making .20cents up to $23 bucks for a sale. Right now my images are selling for .20-.25 cents regardless of size. On Dreamstime, and Fotolia. Just wondering why my commission is so low compared to everyone else?

Is is because I am a Newbie?


tab62

« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2013, 20:31 »
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I feel this is typical for a newcomer to the business- lower commission rates on most sites until you reach a sales amount. I had the same feeling as you- are my photo just of lower quality than that of others? I have come to realize that my quality and type of photos (high demand) had to improve thus after two years I am around $.92 a sale. Also make sure you place photos on MS sites that tend to payout high prices (i.e. , Alamy, Pond5) - you will not get a lot of sales on the higher payouts but they are nice when they happen and sure boost your Revenue Per Download (RPD) ratio.

The take away- don't worry too much right now just learn what is in demand and always seek to improve your quality via lighting, composition, key wording and photo editing.

Good luck...

T


« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2013, 23:26 »
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Is that because the newbie's images tend to be listed at the end of search result?

« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2013, 04:01 »
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Is that because the newbie's images tend to be listed at the end of search result?
At DT the images go up in price levels.  So more times it has sold the more exensive it becomes so you get a lot more for an image that has had 50 sales than you do for an image that has no sales.
At FT once you reach a certain level you can double the price of your images.  And an EL instead of selling at 10$ sells at 100$.
So a newbie would be on base level whereas more established contributors will have gone up the ranks.
Also at some sites a contributor with a good sales history tends to get better placement somebody without a good sales history.


 

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