Author Topic: Zero sales so far this year. I dont think Ive ever gone 3 months with no sales (Read 15009 times)

theclub27 · « **on:** March 13, 2023, 16:20 »

Zero sales so far this year. I dont think I've ever gone 3 months with no sales on Pond5

Anyone else? Anything I should do?

alijaber · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2023, 16:35 »

So far, 2023 is better than 2022 on Pond5 here.

wds · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2023, 17:18 »

Below average here.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2023, 17:25 »

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20

Zero sales so far this year. I dont think I've ever gone 3 months with no sales on Pond5

Anyone else? Anything I should do?

How many videos, and still images if you have them, in your port?

PCDMedia · « **Reply #4 on:** March 13, 2023, 18:45 »

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20

Zero sales so far this year.

What are you referring to - video or photos, or?

fotoroad · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2023, 19:03 »

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20

Zero sales so far this year. I dont think I've ever gone 3 months with no sales on Pond5

Anyone else? Anything I should do?

No bad but no better than 2022 so far ... /...but nothing screaming -wow! .../

What to do? Upload more and better salable videos

Just kidding, but... maybe not....

JustAnImage · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2023, 19:05 »

My "2023 Pond5" so far:

- 15 videos sales with an RpD of $3,62 (which is very low)
Video portfolio size is about 3.000

- 1 image sales with an RpD of $2,13
Image portfolio size is about 20.000

Pond5 is really not doing well in 2023 so far

theclub27 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 13, 2023, 20:32 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on March 13, 2023, 17:25

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20
Zero sales so far this year. I dont think I've ever gone 3 months with no sales on Pond5

Anyone else? Anything I should do?

How many videos, and still images if you have them, in your port?

293 Videos. I don't do photos

Pacesetter · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2023, 20:51 »

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 20:32

Quote from: Pacesetter on March 13, 2023, 17:25
Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20
Zero sales so far this year. I dont think I've ever gone 3 months with no sales on Pond5

Anyone else? Anything I should do?

How many videos, and still images if you have them, in your port?
293 Videos. I don't do photos

You likely need to grow your port with more video uploads and maybe diversify with clips in categories of higher demand.

Yay Images Billionaire · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2023, 23:20 »

My sales have been getting better over past year but only enough to compensate for decrease in SS sales.

komikmiha · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2023, 02:13 »

Very poor sales for me in January and February. It was much better in previous years. I have over 15k clips online. Something strange is happening.

alijaber · « **Reply #11 on:** March 14, 2023, 05:51 »

Quote from: JustAnImage on March 13, 2023, 19:05

My "2023 Pond5" so far:

- 15 videos sales with an RpD of $3,62 (which is very low)
Video portfolio size is about 3.000

- 1 image sales with an RpD of $2,13
Image portfolio size is about 20.000

Pond5 is really not doing well in 2023 so far

My 2023 sales:
- 19 video sales with RPD of 21.75$, portfolio size is about 3500 clips.

stocker2011 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 14, 2023, 07:40 »

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20

Zero sales so far this year. I dont think I've ever gone 3 months with no sales on Pond5

Anyone else? Anything I should do?

So Far 2023 is shaping up to be an awful year for me at P5

Contemporary Dave · « **Reply #13 on:** March 14, 2023, 07:42 »

About a year ago, I used to get a video clip sale about once every 10 days or so. Now I'm lucky to get one sale every 3 months.

stocker2011 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 14, 2023, 07:43 »

Quote from: PCDMedia on March 13, 2023, 18:45

Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20
Zero sales so far this year.

What are you referring to - video or photos, or?

P5 is primarily a stock video site, if anyone does sell imagery there pretty sure their revenue is very small in comparison to video.

Zero Talent · « **Reply #15 on:** March 14, 2023, 08:42 »

Quote from: stocker2011 on March 14, 2023, 07:43

Quote from: PCDMedia on March 13, 2023, 18:45
Quote from: theclub27 on March 13, 2023, 16:20
Zero sales so far this year.

What are you referring to - video or photos, or?

P5 is primarily a stock video site, if anyone does sell imagery there pretty sure their revenue is very small in comparison to video.

7% of my P5 revenue comes from photos.
It takes zero effort to upload them with StockSubmitter, so not doing it is a revenue loss.

My P5 Jan + Feb 2023 is 13% better than Jan + Feb 2022

SuperPhoto · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2023, 12:15 »

Shutterstock announced their "good news" about finalizing the Pond5 takeover I think around Jan 2023.

And yes - so far - jan/feb were about 60% lower than both previous months & previous years, march about 40%... perhaps the "good news" from shutterstock is they somehow found another way to steal revenue... not sure... but, the timing is interesting.

Also SS sales seemed to do a bit of a noisedive - like they decided all the assets are now only $0.25. So gotten a lot of vid clip 'sales' for $0.25 from SS...

Could of course be other factors, manufactured "world events" the moneylaundering going on for 'savingukraine' campaigns... (Of course, different topic - and any innocent bystander its very sad what is happening on both sides)... Or other things like that. Not sure.

dragonblade · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2023, 21:48 »

Quote from: SuperPhoto on March 15, 2023, 12:15

Shutterstock announced their "good news" about finalizing the Pond5 takeover I think around Jan 2023.

And yes - so far - jan/feb were about 60% lower than both previous months & previous years, march about 40%... perhaps the "good news" from shutterstock is they somehow found another way to steal revenue... not sure... but, the timing is interesting.

My sales on P5 have been few and far between for a long time now. And if SS is taking over, I could only imagine things will get worse (especially with regards to royalties.) However, around mid January, I received a $46.40 HD video sale via P5. So good things can still happen at least for the time being. Though later down the track, one can only guess at what plans SS have in store for P5.

zastavkin · « **Reply #18 on:** March 21, 2023, 00:20 »

The first three months of this year are twice as good as in 2022 on Pond5.
But I see a significant drop in SS. First of all because of cheap sales.

voronoi · « **Reply #19 on:** March 21, 2023, 05:11 »

Yeah, I used to get excited when receiving pond5 notifications. Now it's several videos for the price of one old video sale

alijaber · « **Reply #20 on:** March 21, 2023, 05:16 »

Quote from: zastavkin on March 21, 2023, 00:20

The first three months of this year are twice as good as in 2022 on Pond5.
But I see a significant drop in SS. First of all because of cheap sales.

In the first three months, I have better sales on both P5 and SS, but sales at P5 come from buyers that pick several clips from certain collections, guess it's luck more than anything else.

Mantis · « **Reply #21 on:** March 22, 2023, 06:29 »

Sales are indeed slow for me. Youza!!

cobalt · « **Reply #22 on:** March 22, 2023, 06:36 »

Over on pond5 a producer with over 34 000 clips said he had no sales at all for several weeks.And it was an exclusive port.

But my tiny port with 1000 files had a few sales in Jan and Feb. Nothing in March so far.

Something with their algos must be off.

Mantis · « **Reply #23 on:** March 22, 2023, 06:37 »

Quote from: cobalt on March 22, 2023, 06:36

Over on pond5 a producer with over 34 000 clips said he had no sales at all for several weeks.And it was an exclusive port.

But my tiny port with 1000 files had a few sales in Jan and Feb. Nothing in March so far.

Something with their algos must be off.

THIS^

Pacesetter · « **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2023, 04:02 »

Pond5 gone dead for me. Last sale was on 7 April.

Anyone else see a drop off in sales?

stoker2014 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 01, 2023, 06:16 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on May 01, 2023, 04:02

Pond5 gone dead for me. Last sale was on 7 April.

Anyone else see a drop off in sales?

My pond5 this year gives a lot more income than in previous years.

Brasilnut · « **Reply #26 on:** May 01, 2023, 06:26 »

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/

Pacesetter · « **Reply #27 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.

Annie2022 · « **Reply #28 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???

Pacesetter · « **Reply #29 on:** May 08, 2023, 21:50 »

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???

Exactly what happened to me too Annie. Interesting you have had the same result I have. 👍

stoker2014 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 09, 2023, 01:40 »

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

Zero Talent · « **Reply #31 on:** May 09, 2023, 08:46 »

Here is the frequency of my P5 sales for this year, on a daily basis (small port of about 380 clips and 1100 photos; excluding datasets)

NobleSavage · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2023, 16:22 »

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

Pacesetter · « **Reply #33 on:** May 12, 2023, 23:17 »

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.

Annie2022 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 14, 2023, 18:15 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on May 12, 2023, 23:17

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.

[email protected] · « **Reply #35 on:** May 14, 2023, 22:51 »

anyone got the Pond 5 subscription sales ?

Shuttershock · « **Reply #36 on:** May 16, 2023, 07:24 »

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

stocker2011 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 16, 2023, 08:15 »

I miss the good old days where I would receive an email from P5 saying I had made a sale, and I didn't even need to look at it because I automatically knew the commission would be 50% of the price of the video.

Yesterday I received a commission of $2.80

baihocvien · « **Reply #38 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 : newbielink:https://www.pond5.com/artist/just_necessary [nonactive]

dragonblade · « **Reply #39 on:** June 03, 2023, 08:05 »

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.

I have a significantly smaller video port compared to yours and when I first started in P5, it took me ages to get my first sale. May have been a few months but I can't recall. When I got my first sale, other sales started occurring not too long after. Another P5 contributor said their experiences were pretty much the same when they started. A very long wait for that first sale and then the flood gates are open. There were even instances when I would get a sale and then about a week later, I would get another sale.

Unfortunately later on, something happened. Something changed. Sales seem to have dried up. It's extremely rare when I get any sales from P5 these days. And it looks like other contributors are having similar experiences.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 03, 2023, 08:23 »

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.

dragonblade · « **Reply #41 on:** June 03, 2023, 12:18 »

Quote from: stoker2014 on June 03, 2023, 08:23

Venice is all editorial, and editorial is rarely bought.

Roughly about half of my videdo sales are editorial. Actually, my best selling video on P5 happens to be editorial.

Quote from: stoker2014 on June 03, 2023, 08:23

Buy a tripod and a gimbal, everything is not stable in your frame.

Agreed. I see way too many shaky hand held videos in this port. And those pans need lots of improvement.

Findura · « **Reply #42 on:** July 15, 2023, 12:57 »

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.

JustAnImage · « **Reply #43 on:** July 15, 2023, 16:08 »

Quote from: Findura on July 15, 2023, 12:57

The first 6 months of 2023 brought me only 28% of the P5 total income last year 2022.

Same here - first 6 months are at 24.57% of total income in 2022.

PCDMedia · « **Reply #44 on:** July 21, 2023, 11:11 »

Quote from: stoker2014 on June 03, 2023, 08:23

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.

dragonblade · « **Reply #45 on:** July 26, 2023, 22:25 »

Woah, I just sold a video through P5. So rare when that kind of thing happens these days. $37.97 for an editorial video (HD resolution.) It's also nice to know that good commissions can still be had. In fact, for my previous sale though P5, I got the highest commission Ive ever had for a HD video.

Though my worry is how much longer will good commissions still be around for. It could only be a matter of time until the new owners (SS) run it into the ground.

Findura · « **Reply #46 on:** August 01, 2023, 01:01 »

Quote from: [email protected] on May 14, 2023, 22:51

anyone got the Pond 5 subscription sales ?

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

[email protected] · « **Reply #47 on:** August 01, 2023, 02:47 »

every month i go 10 to 16 subscription downloads but last month i only got 1 download.

Findura · « **Reply #48 on:** August 01, 2023, 10:47 »

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

Evaristo tenscadisto · « **Reply #49 on:** August 01, 2023, 11:37 »

Quote from: PCDMedia on July 21, 2023, 11:11

Quote from: stoker2014 on June 03, 2023, 08:23
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.

i do agree with suggestions however in my case I only buy Video Amateur specially with no gimbal or tripod. It's more authentic and less "candy" for what i need which is documentary footage. Sometimes it's better to make a difference in a niche like video amateur rather than go for pro videos although the potential for sales it seems superior if you invest in such equipment.

Also it's important to be aware of the other side of the coin: what it might seem trash for you can be gold to others.

KimC · « **Reply #50 on:** August 03, 2023, 01:00 »

My sales on P5 are not so common as they used to be. And the average RPD is lower too. Still I consider P5 a feasible business, but the integration in the Shutterstock family will surely end up in "exciting news" some day. So for the time being I stick to easy-made videos, as the videos that require more efforts are unlikely to pay back before the exciting news come.

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