Author Topic: appropriate photo pricing: No sales with 1000 images?? (Read 7242 times)

einstein · « **on:** December 11, 2015, 09:10 »

Yes, you read right, I have close to 1000 images at pond5 but no sales (well almost, I made 10$ in 2 years). I produce illustrations and my images sell pretty satisfactory on other agencies.

I was gradually going down with my prices in hope to get some sales but right now I'm at 7,50$ per image and still no sales.
I feel if I go lower I might as well give extended licenses for free.

What am I doing wrong? Now I'm thinking in opposite direction to drastically increase my prices to about 45$ and see if that shakes things up. Also, after some analysis I drastically changed my keywording strategy in my last batch (not approved yet), but I feel like I'm still poking in the dark.

Anyone out there making any money with illustrations at pond5, or is that a place to sell videos only?

sharpshot · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2015, 10:31 »

They sell very few images at the moment, hope that changes but there's not much you can do to boost image sales. I found one solution, turn illustrations in to video clips. Sold this one 6 times now http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/8681661/bright-colorful-fractal-spiral-swirl-loop.html#1

ACS · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2015, 11:07 »

It is not the price, it is the type of the content. My experience is not very different than yours with still images in P5.

Quote from: sharpshot on December 11, 2015, 10:31

They sell very few images at the moment, hope that changes but there's not much you can do to boost image sales. I found one solution, turn illustrations in to video clips. Sold this one 6 times now http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/8681661/bright-colorful-fractal-spiral-swirl-loop.html#1

May I ask, which program are you using to make animations? I have also some illustrations 😉

Benozaur · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2015, 12:03 »

Quote from: einstein on December 11, 2015, 09:10

Yes, you read right, I have close to 1000 images at pond5 but no sales (well almost, I made 10$ in 2 years). I produce illustrations and my images sell pretty satisfactory on other agencies.

I was gradually going down with my prices in hope to get some sales but right now I'm at 7,50$ per image and still no sales.
I feel if I go lower I might as well give extended licenses for free.

What am I doing wrong? Now I'm thinking in opposite direction to drastically increase my prices to about 45$ and see if that shakes things up. Also, after some analysis I drastically changed my keywording strategy in my last batch (not approved yet), but I feel like I'm still poking in the dark.

Anyone out there making any money with illustrations at pond5, or is that a place to sell videos only?

Do you mind sharing a link to your portfolio on Pond so we can have a look at your keywords, titles etc...
Its hard to identify the problem if we can't see what you are talking about.
Indeed 1000 images with no sales seems odd.

sharpshot · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2015, 12:21 »

Quote from: ACS on December 11, 2015, 11:07

It is not the price, it is the type of the content. My experience is not very different than yours with still images in P5.

Quote from: sharpshot on December 11, 2015, 10:31
They sell very few images at the moment, hope that changes but there's not much you can do to boost image sales. I found one solution, turn illustrations in to video clips. Sold this one 6 times now http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/8681661/bright-colorful-fractal-spiral-swirl-loop.html#1

May I ask, which program are you using to make animations? I have also some illustrations 😉

I use virtualdub http://www.virtualdub.org/ and the motion filter from here http://lags.leetcode.net/filters.html

cascoly · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2015, 15:06 »

I have several thousand images on pond and sell a few each month

I price between $5 and $12 but haven't seen any real difference

einstein · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2015, 20:44 »

Quote from: sharpshot on December 11, 2015, 12:21

Quote from: ACS on December 11, 2015, 11:07
It is not the price, it is the type of the content. My experience is not very different than yours with still images in P5.

Quote from: sharpshot on December 11, 2015, 10:31
They sell very few images at the moment, hope that changes but there's not much you can do to boost image sales. I found one solution, turn illustrations in to video clips. Sold this one 6 times now http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/8681661/bright-colorful-fractal-spiral-swirl-loop.html#1

May I ask, which program are you using to make animations? I have also some illustrations 😉
I use virtualdub http://www.virtualdub.org/ and the motion filter from here http://lags.leetcode.net/filters.html

Wow, that's a surprisingly awesome idea!
I have a few abstract illustrations which may be worth processing like this.
Here is a (poorly watermarked) example:

Tryingmybest · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2015, 22:45 »

1,000 isn't enough to make more on P5 in my opinion. I have over 5,000 there and I get a few decent sales each month. But it is surprisingly low. Like the other member said, they seem to do better with video sales. I need to try sending them my video too.

Quote from: einstein on December 11, 2015, 09:10

Yes, you read right, I have close to 1000 images at pond5 but no sales (well almost, I made 10$ in 2 years). I produce illustrations and my images sell pretty satisfactory on other agencies.

I was gradually going down with my prices in hope to get some sales but right now I'm at 7,50$ per image and still no sales.
I feel if I go lower I might as well give extended licenses for free.

What am I doing wrong? Now I'm thinking in opposite direction to drastically increase my prices to about 45$ and see if that shakes things up. Also, after some analysis I drastically changed my keywording strategy in my last batch (not approved yet), but I feel like I'm still poking in the dark.

Anyone out there making any money with illustrations at pond5, or is that a place to sell videos only?

MarcvsTvllivs · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2015, 05:35 »

I price my images at $25 each and it works for me. I get a payout with exactly two sales that way, so I actually get a payout quite often.

Yes, Pond5 keeps telling me that I am pricing my images too high. I keep replying "is this still a set-your-own-price website?" and they leave me alone.

KnowYourOnions · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2015, 06:26 »

Quote from: MarcvsTvllivs on December 12, 2015, 05:35

I price my images at $25 each and it works for me. I get a payout with exactly two sales that way, so I actually get a payout quite often.

Yes, Pond5 keeps telling me that I am pricing my images too high. I keep replying "is this still a set-your-own-price website?" and they leave me alone.

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