Author Topic: What stock sites worth working with? (Read 4908 times)

alexeyzel · « **on:** October 12, 2014, 04:17 »

Hello!

I'm new on this forum but I am not new with selling stock photo.
I have been uploading few of my photos to microstock web sites from 2009, I worked mostly with iStock and SS, and worked a little with Fotolia and Dreamstime.
But i had a long period of not uploading any content and not checking my sales. I have only 260 images in my portfolio for now.

Now I want to get back to this business, but I have a question about agencies.

SS and iStock is not question, they are the best for me.
But Dreamstime earned me about 200$ from the start, and as far as i see now - I have no sales at all from July. Is it worth spending time for upload?
And about Fotolia, it didn't earned me nothing at all, about 10$ from the start, and now I see that all my files gone there - is it worth reuploading?
And what about other stock agencies, are there some new and good worth trying?
General question - what stock agencies are worth working with?

p.s. sorry for my not wery good English, I am from Ukraine.

Mark Windom Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2014, 11:48 »

I've been with Getty and several of the agencies listed in the Poll results at one time or another. They all have their strengths and weaknesses and only you can decide which ones are best for you.

I've left all but Stocksy and Macrografiks (still a few left on SS but no longer active there and slowly deleting my port). These are the only two in which I feel I am treated fairly and in which I truly feel passionate about. Stocksy, in particular, has reignited my interest in stock photography and I plan on being there for a very long time.

Ariene · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2014, 11:58 »

Mark, I really like what you say. If you respect your work, others will do that as well...

stockastic · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2014, 12:02 »

IMHO, none of them, except for the few where you have some control over price, like GL.

stocked · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2014, 12:09 »

+1 for Stocksy ethically and financially
Alamy ethically not so much financially anymore but still okay considering their self-editing system
SS only financially
FT partly financially one of the worst if it comes to ethics
IS pretty much the same as FT
Getty used to be really great financially but not anymore
Pond 5 ethically and financially if you do Videos not really worth to join for photos atm
Deposhit the name says it all.
The rest can add but at a first step not worth to join it.

alexeyzel · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2014, 07:11 »

Thank you for advices!

And what about 123RF and Dreamtime? I am registered on both but I paid no attention to them for a long time. Should I try to upload there?

Tried to register at Stocksy, but they are not accepting new applications till June 2015

alexeyzel · « **Reply #6 on:** October 13, 2014, 07:23 »

Another question - should i delete images that did not sell at all for a long time?
I don’t want to make them free as Dreamstime suggests.

pancaketom · « **Reply #7 on:** October 13, 2014, 11:22 »

Quote from: alexeyzel on October 13, 2014, 07:23

Another question - should i delete images that did not sell at all for a long time?
I don’t want to make them free as Dreamstime suggests.

set them so that the default is to delete - not to make free. I think they are not deleting them at this moment.

PixelBytes · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2014, 15:31 »

Quote from: pancaketom on October 13, 2014, 11:22

Quote from: alexeyzel on October 13, 2014, 07:23
Another question - should i delete images that did not sell at all for a long time?
I don’t want to make them free as Dreamstime suggests.

set them so that the default is to delete - not to make free. I think they are not deleting them at this moment.

The choices I see now are donate or leave on line. Delete doesn't show as automatic option but I guess you could manually delet. My default is leave online. Search order change could bump them up any day.

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