Quote from: TonyD on December 27, 2024, 06:11

I want to leave DT due to very few sales but I've only just over $26 in my balance. I've Uploaded videos which pay more but no sales. And the rate of sales hasn't increased at all even though I steadily increased my port to about 1500 photos & videos

Sorry, but your lifetime download per image is 0.03, mine is more than 6 for lifetime.
I never expected a fortune for snapshots, and I think I was right to be very selective, and hard working for the highest level I could produce.

DT was and is a very good company I like to contribute to.

What is 0.03 & 6?
DT is by far the worst in sales for me. Even Alexandre Rotenberg's reported poor sales on there. I've done much better on adobe SS & even Depositphotos & alamy with the same photos.

Quote from: Yakystockero on February 25, 2024, 18:51

"Dreamstime makes it extremely easy to upload." 
  extremely?? 

For me it is one of the most tedious to upload, so much so that I hardly upload anything there anymore.  2023 stopped selling me almost nothing, and in 2024 nothing. Port of almost 30k images.

+1

Yes, uploading 10 files is "extremely easy" anywhere, try 100, 1000 will cost you hours while same quantity are uploaded in Adobe in minutes. Dreamstime has a vintage submission system suitable for retired people who have all the time in the world.
Nevertheless it is sympathetic agency and I hope it will be around for many years.

I want to leave DT due to very few sales but I've only just over $26 in my balance. I've Uploaded videos which pay more but no sales. And the rate of sales hasn't increased at all even though I steadily increased my port to about 1500 photos & videos

Quote from: Semmick Photo on January 05, 2015, 14:21

Quote from: SSArtist on January 05, 2015, 05:56

I bet everyone involved in this business with SS would ask for a raise: contributors, employees, contractors, Oringer's cleaner...

Why don't we all ask for money from FaceBook, Whatsup, Twitter, Instagram...as we all helped their success at the end of the day?

I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family, I use WhatsApp to chat with people, I use Twitter to promote my site, I use Instagram to showcase images. I use Shutterstock to SELL my intellectual property of which they take 75-70%. Big diff.

Hey, You don't need to use SS...It's purely your choice. 

Out of all agencies out there, I think these guys are not bad...and they appear the best sellers (because they put effort in it). They are not cheating and promising more than they say.
Our files are NOT just sitting on their servers forever like with other agencies (who promise more %), which I personally call a scam.

SS is actively selling our media files and probably with operational costs can not afford to pay us more. It's capitalism! AND Yes, it sucks!


p.s. +1 for a tiered raise.

apart from adobe i get very few sales from other agencies like DT & DP. as for alamy I recently I got a paltry 0.16c DL of which I only get 3c & they're not even microstock.

Past many years shutterstock has always been down compared to adobe.
SS used to be an amazing company or I can say the best microstock agency for me but their management became greedy and ruined everything.

Oh I wish I earned that but a recent month the amount I got on adobe was more that SS probably for the first time and with less than half the images than shutterstk. the number of DLs though are always more on SS than adobe

Some editorial photos got accepted strait away, even macro garden plant shots but other subjects like pets take up to 2 months.

I wouldnt dream of hiring a model for microstock but do sell many photos of people. People I know or on the street. Elderly sell best for me, most over 100 times.....

That means there is a demand for mature models, amazing

I'm amazed at the idea that you have successfully met someone on the street and convinced them you were a photographer and not an axe murderer.

A murderer wouldn't ask to take photos They would hide & take sneaky shots at a distance, that's what they do in movies anyway

It's a good question. But an amazing thing happened to me. I answered an add on the net looking for mature models with my photo & the studio putting out the add invited me down for a photoshoot so I went down to central London (over 2 hours travel by train) & it went very well and passed the shoot easily. The studios website said the photographers there even shoot for fashion week. They referred me to some agencies along with a portfolio. I talked to the owner of one on the phone after applying & they'd heard about me from the studio & it was positive etc. But it all came crashing down when same agency texted saying I need to pay a �180 fee to complete the application which I cannot afford because the photoshoot wasn't free either & I'm having to pay for. I'm in touch with another agency though which should be better.
PS. I've done body parts stock photos of myself (mentioned on another post) I don't think I'll gain national recognition for those though. 

I'm amazed at the idea that you have successfully met someone on the street and convinced them you were a photographer and not an axe murderer.

I believe if he has a good camera with him no-one will think that

 :)Hee hee
I recovered my costs for equipment in the end but now my camera's playing up so I use my smartphone. Luckily a camera body for my system is inexpensive. 

I really need some opinions - is it okay to submit micro images to Alamy ? Can it be justified by the different (and possibly wider) licensing terms ?

I've always restrained myself from joining because I wouldn't want to be that buyer who found the image on a micro site the next day. On the other hand, maybe some buyers are staying with Alamy because they like their service and licensing terms - well aware of all the micro alternatives out there. Maybe they're seeing some professionalism / extra security there that they won't find on the micros - I have no idea.
What do you think, do you have any qualms submitting micro images to Alamy as RF?

It's probably not going to change my opinion on this, but I guess if everyone else is doing it and it's not against the Alamy contributor agreement, I might consider jumping on the bandwagon.

I wanted to make a poll for better "measurement" of opinions, but don't know how to.

ETA: There it was.

Yes because Alamy accepts anything and I understand that the buyers on there are very different from microstock buyers

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Why would using a card reader be better than connecting directly to the pc? The reader in the pc is exactly the same as an external card reader?

I think they meant connecting the camera to the PC to transfer files.

  ok that makes sense. But i really hardly know anyone who still does this!

I transfer images from the card to the PC & the cloud such as one drive & google drive but when my SD card was full & had to reformat it, it turned out that some of my photos were not backed up that I needed so I was able to DL some for free from my Depositphotos port. I DL'd some photos I have on 500px & even Gurushots by sharing them on pinterest & downloading them that way with no watermarks. although they didn't always save to the original 16MP photo size

Some free tools will recovery your images. Some are free to scan and don't recover until you pay, which is a waste of time. Recova is old and free. I have iTop recovery tools on my desktop. Even after format if you haven't used the card, many time, most of your files will still be there. Full size as original. Sandisk cards used to come with free recovery software. Just buy a card and the code for a year of use, is included.

But do it now and don't use the card. I mean, even a formatted card, will still have many images, unless you did deep level formatting instead of the fast.

Thank you, I used Recova & was able to recover lost photos including of my cat who sadly died a few months back