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Messages - jorgeinthewater
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« on: October 09, 2007, 01:50 »
Just a thought, there seems to be a very relaxed attitude towards copyrighted products which images are offered for sale? Lots of company labels.
What's up with that, any comments.
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« on: October 08, 2007, 21:31 »
I'm in.
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« on: October 08, 2007, 19:08 »
Got one today also.
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« on: October 06, 2007, 18:15 »
Did I read right that they want a file size of 55 mb?
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« on: October 04, 2007, 21:15 »
Hi all,
Quick question on SS model release.
On the bottom of the release there is this: Photo ID's Exactly what is this about? Do I submit a copy of the model's Id? Or my? Do I take a picture of the id on top of the release form? Help!!!!
Thank You.
Jorge
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« on: October 03, 2007, 17:02 »
I'm glad to here the news!!
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« on: September 30, 2007, 21:37 »
Interesting results on the comment experiment:
My image of the vegetables for sale after 3 comments went straight to
first place in the search for vegetables for sale and to page 3 of a search for vegetables that second search showed over 4400 images with my at # 112! No sales yet but it did work as far as placing the image where it might be seen. It just seems like alot of work for one image. Now that is if you let what seems to be the default on the search results stay on best.
If the customer decides to use newest search result then you seem to end up like at SS on top for a while.
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« on: September 30, 2007, 13:27 »
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« on: September 28, 2007, 23:28 »
Thank You
I will look into it more.
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« on: September 28, 2007, 22:12 »
Would you consider many images of one area of a particular country or place
specializing or still shallow? Example I have been going to a remote area of
Mexico and have tried to capture as much of the culture as possible yet not all images are the same.
Jorge
That sounds like images for Alamy. The market for those images is very limited, but if you find the customer, he's more than willing to pay $200 for it.
How hard is it to get them into Alamy? By the way I went to Alamy and ran a search of the area I have being working in and they have over 2500 images!
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« on: September 28, 2007, 07:19 »
I can't say I agree with you sharply done.
I think upload freequency has more to do with how many other people upload. If you upload 10 shots with the main keyword as pancake and those same 10 shots are the 'newest uploads' after 2 weeks, you would still be pushing your images off the first page if you uploaded 50 more - even after waiting 2 weeks. If after 2 hours though another person uploaded 100 pancake shots then you would see basically no initial download surge becuase they would be burried right away. In this case it would be good to upload another 10 pancake shots 12 hours after the first bath.
With IOfoto, if he uploaded all his shots in one slump, he would have been burrying his own pictures 100's of pictures deep with newer pics. He would have lost lots of the initial sales, but even after those die of I don't think shutterstock has a bad sales potential. I have had 2000 images on shutterstock for almost 1.5 years now and didn't upload for 12 months of that time. Shutterstock was still my #1 money maker after not uploading for so long. This month I have been uploading lots again, so they are very high, which is nice, but when the average goes down again, I know they will still be better than the others.
From what you are writing then subject matter is more important than time interval between uploads. The more exclusive the subject the more it stays as newer. But then again the more exclusive the less customers might seek it out? Also isn't the default search results on SS by most popular? Any further comments? Jorgeinthewater
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« on: September 28, 2007, 07:09 »
I've stopped uploading for the time being. I haven't had a photo reviewed in many, many weeks, and have three times as many photos waiting for review as in my portfolio. And no sales.
Interesting it seems they review my almost as fast as they go up. Yet no sales. Jorge
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« on: September 27, 2007, 22:51 »
Going by the size of your portfolio, you may want to forget about Shutterstock (SS) as a revenue source. SS is the only site to exclusively use a subscription model, and you will only experience high sales if you upload small batches on a regular basis. My experience is that uploading even 10 images per day, every day, is too much. I'm still optimizing things, but it just might be that 10 images every other day works best. SS is the only site that is this high maintenace, and you may not find it worth your time. Ron originally uploaded 5000+ images there, only to later abandon the site.
The strongest thing you have going for you is specialization. The microstock marketplace is still very young, populated by amateurs/hobbyists who are reluctant to accept that specialization is necessary in order to succeed. Despite the fact that most who have succeeded here are strongly specialized, 'microstockers' prefer to shoot in pell mell fashion, clicking away at seemingly whatever pleases them. The prevailing attitude is that it is better to have a 'wide and shallow' portfolio rather than a 'narrow and deep' one. By uploading a quantity of singularly-focused imagery you stand an excellent chance of dominating a market segment. Then again, you already know this.
... good luck!
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Thank You for the insight.
Would you consider many images of one area of a particular country or place
specializing or still shallow? Example I have been going to a remote area of
Mexico and have tried to capture as much of the culture as possible yet not all images are the same.
Jorge
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« on: September 27, 2007, 22:46 »
Hi all,
Anyone that is submitting to Geckostock getting downloads?
I have submitted many and many have been accepted yet no downloads. Any comments?
Jorge
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« on: September 27, 2007, 22:37 »
No sales this month either  !! Only one since I joined. It has to be the site, with the same images I have had more sales at Istock. Jorge
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« on: September 24, 2007, 07:25 »
Thank You for taking more time to add to my question.
I think I will continue adding to all the ones that presently I am on.
My whole deal was that I thought that having my pics at SS I was not
allowing for more sales on the other sites. My reasoning is that designers would see an image for lets say 1.50 in one site and simply jump over to SS and using there subscription just purchase it that way.
Maybe I am not fully aware of the procedures used by the ad agencies
in obtaining there raw material for their work. BS has been pretty good to me as far as acceptance ratio and downloads.
Thanks again, I appreciate your time.
Jorge
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« on: September 23, 2007, 16:10 »
Thank You again
Jorge
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« on: September 23, 2007, 15:37 »
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« on: September 23, 2007, 07:51 »
Where do i find the instructions to do that?
thanks
jorge
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« on: September 21, 2007, 07:11 »
Thanks for the words, question why not bigstock? I made payout there already.
Jorge
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« on: September 21, 2007, 00:44 »
Hi to everyone,
This is only my second post since I originally found this site about a year
ago, but like many others I read many of the post from others and try to obtain as much info as possible. Now to my reason for the post.
I would like to receive advice, comments and ideas on how to best
sell my images on different sites. I have about 120 images spread out to about 12 different sites.
My time at the moment is limited for shooting and processing eventhough I have been going to Mexico and have captured many images with many been stock oriented. I would like to add about 10 per week to my portfolio.
It seems that on SS I get most of the sales which is logical because of their market approach but on other sites the sales are lower.
Now this is my dilemma I seem to have the same images on all of the sites. Should I:
a. Upload more exclusive material to sites like istock and geckostock
images that are not available on SS possibly even removing some from SS
b. Concentrate on SS and work on volume to add sales
c. Reduce the amount of sites to maybe 4
I'm not trying to go pro anytime soon, just enjoin this partime experience. But maybe in time who knows!
Thanks for taking time to suggest ideas and thoughts
Jorge
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« on: July 02, 2007, 07:02 »
Yes! 513 on line  SY
 excellent I hope the sales will be as fast as the review times!!! so far I like this site.
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« on: July 01, 2007, 19:28 »
Has anyone received their 25.00 after uploading more than 250?
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