Published a quite comprehensive analysis on my stock footage sales/volumes since 2019, together with 3 other veteran contributors. Results aren't pretty overall, volumes staying the same while prices have dropped considerably.

Full results in the report.

https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2023/04/30/april-2023-brutally-honest-earnings-report/

Over 30 days now without one sale. This is a first in a very long time. Looks like Shutterstock's controlled Pond5 is now in death throes.

Yeah, I had 4 sales in April followed by those Dataset and Partner earnings - and then nothing !  Maybe it was those dataset earnings that were the kiss of death???

Pond5 is a stock of ups and downs. Everything is fine.

How do you get rid of the competition?  You buy it.  In this case for a measly 160 mil. 

Quote from: Annie on May 08, 2023, 21:34

Quote from: Pacesetter on May 08, 2023, 19:43

Over 30 days now without one sale. This is a first in a very long time. Looks like Shutterstock's controlled Pond5 is now in death throes.

Yeah, I had 4 sales in April followed by those Dataset and Partner earnings - and then nothing !  Maybe it was those dataset earnings that were the kiss of death???

Annie, have you any sales since?

I am now full zero sales across more than a month now the dataset earnings have moved off the timeline chart. This is the worst I've seen Pond 5 in months, probably even a couple of years when my port was so much smaller. This is the reason why I would never go exclusive anywhere, especially Pond5. 

ETA finally a sale come in today with a commission of $21.60. It's a long time between sales though.

Wow, that's terrible, Pace. What with all your beautiful establishing shots clips. No, I haven't, but I don't have those type of clips that you have. Mine are doing ok on Adobe and SS. Selling quite a few greenscreens at the moment on AS, and some aerials on SS are getting decent prices. 

Unrelated to POND5 but I receive 0.5 sales per year on average with Canstock :-) The larger angencies with the same images im 0.5 sales per hour

 I'm reaching out because I recently joined Pond 5 as a contributor, and I could use some advice. Despite having 900 videos in my portfolio, I haven't made any sales yet. It's been a bit discouraging, to be honest.
If you have any suggestions or tips on improving my chances of making sales on Pond 5, I would greatly appreciate it. Perhaps you've been in a similar situation before and found some strategies that worked for you. Any insights you can offer would be invaluable to me.
Here is my portfolio : newbielink:https://www.pond5.com/artist/just_necessary [nonactive]

I'm reaching out because I recently joined Pond 5 as a contributor, and I could use some advice. Despite having 900 videos in my portfolio, I haven't made any sales yet. It's been a bit discouraging, to be honest.
If you have any suggestions or tips on improving my chances of making sales on Pond 5, I would greatly appreciate it. Perhaps you've been in a similar situation before and found some strategies that worked for you. Any insights you can offer would be invaluable to me.
Here is my portfolio : https://www.pond5.com/artist/just_necessary

1. There will be very few sales on such a portfolio. Although Venice is promising, it will take a year or more to wait for sales.
2. Video amateur.
3. Buy a tripod and a gimbal, everything is not stable in your frame.
4. Venice is all editorial, and editorial is rarely bought. Understand that stocks are work, you don�t need to shoot only the editorial. Or you need post-processing, to blur trademarks, people's faces.
5. Before you shoot something, look at the same Pond5 to see how others have similar shots. Sorting by popular will show you the videos that get the most buys.
6. As a start, it will do. Other sites may have more sales.
7. In your case, 900 videos is about nothing. Bring your portfolio to at least 6,000 videos.
8. Your videos don't have enough tags, add up to 50.

My Pond5 revenue is way down as well.
The first 6 months of 2023 brought me only 28% of the P5 total income last year 2022.

Quote from: baihocvien on May 31, 2023, 03:52

I'm reaching out because I recently joined Pond 5 as a contributor, and I could use some advice. Despite having 900 videos in my portfolio, I haven't made any sales yet. It's been a bit discouraging, to be honest.
If you have any suggestions or tips on improving my chances of making sales on Pond 5, I would greatly appreciate it. Perhaps you've been in a similar situation before and found some strategies that worked for you. Any insights you can offer would be invaluable to me.
Here is my portfolio : https://www.pond5.com/artist/just_necessary

1. There will be very few sales on such a portfolio. Although Venice is promising, it will take a year or more to wait for sales.
2. Video amateur.
3. Buy a tripod and a gimbal, everything is not stable in your frame.
4. Venice is all editorial, and editorial is rarely bought. Understand that stocks are work, you don�t need to shoot only the editorial. Or you need post-processing, to blur trademarks, people's faces.
5. Before you shoot something, look at the same Pond5 to see how others have similar shots. Sorting by popular will show you the videos that get the most buys.
6. As a start, it will do. Other sites may have more sales.
7. In your case, 900 videos is about nothing. Bring your portfolio to at least 6,000 videos.
8. Your videos don't have enough tags, add up to 50.

And raise your prices!   $27 USD for a 4K clip is way too low.  Low/lowering footage prices has never been conclusively shown to be effective in attracting/boosting sales.

anyone got the Pond 5 subscription sales ?

Yes, I have a few subscription sales every month. Why do you ask?

Really? For me, the number of subscription downloads is stable with normal fluctuations.
But the regular downloads have decreased a lot this year.