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« on: April 21, 2022, 14:27 »
Pixify looks like a great solution
Yes, I think so
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« on: April 21, 2022, 12:26 »
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« on: April 12, 2022, 02:50 »
 Nice pic uncle Pete! appreciated.
it seems that with Shopify you can reach a high ranking without marketing. I hate marketing, you know and I am curious enough to give a try. How? I'll write some ideas in my new post.
Can I embed my Shop in my websites?
What about uploading. Say I have 5,000 images to start with. No bulk upload or is there a pay app to do this and populate the data?
I think could be possible, I have to dig a little more to investigate.
Bulk upload: Jacob Lund will launch his app this year.
I never move too fast anyway, so waiting for Jacob, I hope his price is reasonable and worth the time and complex entry effort.
The other part I did some searching. This is not comprehensive, just an example, from Shopify forum: (bold is mine)
1) You can create products in Shopify and use the Shopify Buy Button to add your products to your current website. For each product or collection, you create a buy button with, a code will be generated that you add to the theme of your website in the area that you would like your products to appear.
When a customer visits your website and sees your products, they can add products to a cart directly on your website. When they're ready to pay for their order, they'll be brought to your Shopify checkout. The customers' order information will appear in your Shopify admin under Orders.
The Shopify Lite Plan is a good option if you're wanting to use the buy button on your already existing website and manage your store information in the Shopify admin. Since the plan doesn't come with a website (because you already have one) it's $9 USD/month.
2) The second option is to create a separate website for your online store with Shopify. Next, create a spot on your website that says something like Store or Shop that links to your Shopify store where you sell your dropshipping items.
So that answers my basic question and yes I could create Buy Buttons using Shopify which will take them to checkout on Shopify. I don't understand a cart on my site and then switching someone to the checkoput, but that's not the question. Just if we could sell from our own websites... yes!
Hi Pete, I have heard of the Shopify Lite Plan, but I don' t know if it works for images to download automatically after the checkout. Sure it works for physical goods.
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« on: April 11, 2022, 01:43 »
Nice pic uncle Pete! appreciated.
it seems that with Shopify you can reach a high ranking without marketing. I hate marketing, you know and I am curious enough to give a try. How? I'll write some ideas in my new post.
Can I embed my Shop in my websites?
What about uploading. Say I have 5,000 images to start with. No bulk upload or is there a pay app to do this and populate the data?
I think could be possible, I have to dig a little more to investigate. Bulk upload: Jacob Lund will launch his app this year.
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« on: April 10, 2022, 02:49 »
Nice pic uncle Pete! appreciated. it seems that with Shopify you can reach a high ranking without marketing. I hate marketing, you know and I am curious enough to give a try. How? I'll write some ideas in my new post.
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« on: April 02, 2022, 06:13 »
Yes, Shopify is principally designed for selling material goods, but the essential to sell digital with automatic download after checkout is there and free. I verified also the possibility to have different range of prices for different kind of licenses (web, print, merchandise). Today I sent a message to the Shopify people to clarify some last points. Usually they answer quick. Interesting reading. Yes if I thought I could recover the $29 a month for basic USA, I'd jump in. Not sure I can do that with just photos? As for collectibles, I have very little high end, just things that I like that are fun.
With any volume at all, I can see why $29 a month would be less than the 15% that eBay takes.
Paulie Walnuts wrote about trying this maybe that was last year. Maybe he'll pass through the forum and add some more.
Right now, I'm just watching and evaluating. Sure would be nice to have a "self hosted" store. I'd still like to read some more about digital asset fulfillment? Is it automated or manual? If someone pays for an image, do I have to manually approve, or does Shopify handle that? In the Summer I'm sometimes unavailable for a day or two or might miss an order. I don't think that would be good business to be unresponsive.
After I set Shopify up for Nick, I wanted one for my digital downloads but didn't get around to it. It works really well for his physical products, but after I posted above, he reminded me that a friend introduced him to some Facebook groups where he posted links to his Shopify store, and that drives a lot of traffic to his shop. I forgot about that.
So it looks like you may still need to do some of your own marketing in social media or similar. Getting people to sign up for the monthly newsletter, and sending those out regularly with new listing updates, helps too. Also, I used to drive a lot of visitors to my current website by writing related blogs and posting them to social media. In fact I've noticed that since I stopped doing that, my current website's views have dropped by nearly 1/2.
But Shopify's basic monthly account definitely has all the features you need, and the rest is up to the individual.
And yes, I am interested in how the digital downloads side of things work in Shopify as well.
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« on: April 01, 2022, 00:37 »
Sounds good and I'm looking forward to how this goes. I started a WP site, couldn't even get the gallery to show. And then there are people who said, you have to re-write the code to make the Marketplace work. I still have a site which is nothing but the front page... the gallery is invisible.  Somehow I missed how to get it to populate onto the website.
My experience with WP and Symbiostock was that WP would update and the site would crash and Leo or someone else would have to rewrite some of the code. That happened a number of times. I'm just skeptical of how well WP functions as a business site?
So maybe this will work out? I know it will be better for me, except the costs. So please document that part as well?
Part one questions. Jacob says the SEO is easy and works well, and he gets visitors. That's very positive.
Why? "To make life easier he developed a dedicated app to bulk-upload images stripping the keywords and the other metadata to fill and optimize the pages." Why do I want to strip the data, or do you mean extract the data for entry to the Shopify pages? Dedicated app? Where can I get it if I need to do that? 
As you know Pete, I set up a Shopify store some months ago for my husband's collectibles that he used to sell on eBay. And he loves it. It has a wealth of features, lots of historical and analytical data, really good shipping features, ability to send out monthly newsletters, and lots more. Plus it looks good and very professional, which a few of his close contacts/buyers have commented on.
On the downside it costs him $40 AUD a month, but he compares that to the fees that he used to pay on eBay - and having a shopify store is much more profitable. He gets a lot of traffic without any effort on his part - but he does have some very sort-after items, and several return buyers.
Hey Pete, happy to hear you again! Sorry, I mean extract keywords in order to fill your product pages for the SEO optimization. As Annie says at Shopify you pay a monthly fee, but the basic plan give you all you need to sell and you don't have to pay a hosting for your website.
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« on: February 07, 2022, 05:37 »
I opened an account and closed it when I realized I couldn't delete any of my images by myself.
The keywording job is poor, I don't know which kind of visibility they can achieve on Alamy
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« on: November 23, 2021, 10:47 »
No more sales indeed, but the huge advantage is that you can redirect your domain there as your self-hosted website. And the membership fee is lower than any other alternative. Pity that Picfair does not make advertising...
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« on: June 07, 2021, 15:12 »
Thank you Mat for the information ! I see that most of my eligible images are old and almost forgotten. It is a real gift.
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« on: October 18, 2020, 06:09 »
Reading till this point, considering Mat answers and the Jo Ann valid points, it think it could be a good marketing idea for the artists and for Adobe.
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« on: October 07, 2020, 14:36 »
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« on: September 16, 2020, 11:05 »
I'm okay with Alamy: yes, up and down along the months, not many sales but the best paid. For me July 2020 was exceptional: 25 sales (almost one/day) and 779 USD gross
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« on: July 14, 2020, 07:39 »
despite my SS account disabled, I was able to delete all my images (system bug?) All I left was the only one really worth 10 cents : https://luisafumi.com/images/toilet.jpg
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« on: July 13, 2020, 14:01 »
I clicked on your link above. I am logged into SS as a buyer. When I click the download button, it says contact support for assistance. That seems to indicate that yes, your images are disabled, and if I want it, I need to talk to them.
The SS contributor agreement says they can sell your images for 90 days (or some reasonable time) after you disable your account because some buyers may have used a lo rez thumbnail in a comp, and then want to buy the high rez.
SHUTTERSTOCK TERMS
Following the removal of any item of Content from Shutterstock, Shutterstock may amend any existing licenses to such Content for a reasonable period thereafter, for instance to support customers who may have previously activated a "comp" license.
Section e under Accounts
https://submit.shutterstock.com/legal/terms
Remember, disabling your account doesnt happen instantaneously. For instance, if you have 5,000 images, they might disable 100 at a time or something. When I was deleting mine, I had to wait until the next day for an accurate count, until the server updated.
Thank you very much for logging in and verify, in the meantime I keep deleting  . I know that the disabling is not immediate, but it is the first time that I'm seeing my images since days and can still manage them.
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« on: July 13, 2020, 12:54 »
Image for free
I have activated my SS account to delete my last images and I have discovered that SS gives my images for free
https://luisafumi.com/img-for-free.jpg
I disabled my account again.
Happens this to you too?
I put the direct link here, as all my remaining images are still there even if disabled
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/seasonal-beer-garden-closed-autumn-fallen-1469010212
SS has a promotion now where they are giving away ten free images as a trial, to get new buyers. If your images are active, they might all have that promo on them. I deleted all my images, so I cant check if its on mine, but I suspect everyone will have that download for free trial text next to their image. If you dont want SS giving your images away, the best thing to do is delete your images and close your account. Its clear they are playing games with peoples property. I dont know why people are ok to continue doing business with such an untrustworthy company.
If you disable your photos, search for that image as a buyer and try to download it, you will likely get the same message Noedelhap got, because your images are disabled.
Thank you I'll try to download. I disabled my account again because also when deleted, the image-thumbs were always in my catalog manager. Clicking on them, I could see the corresponding image not anymore, but seeing my port as buyer I discovered the images (deleted) always free to download.
This topic is interesting, maybe an account needs to be made to confirm this situation. As I understand, it seems that there is the possibility of free downloading in images that are disabled for sale, that is, they can be downloaded if for promotion of new customers, free, without paying, images disabled for sale, enabled for promotional download fully free? It is actually a very interesting thread. The images serve to promote SS without receiving money for them, not sales, but free. Am I getting it right? Can you confirm this situation? Thank you.
yes, my image is always offered free to download. I made not another account only to download, so I haven't verified it. But it happens to me another strange thing: my account is disabled but I can access my remaining images at the catalog manager and delete them without problem 
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« on: July 13, 2020, 08:24 »
SS are dead, but they don't know it
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« on: July 13, 2020, 08:03 »
Image for free
I have activated my SS account to delete my last images and I have discovered that SS gives my images for free
https://luisafumi.com/img-for-free.jpg
I disabled my account again.
Happens this to you too?
I put the direct link here, as all my remaining images are still there even if disabled
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/seasonal-beer-garden-closed-autumn-fallen-1469010212
SS has a promotion now where they are giving away ten free images as a trial, to get new buyers. If your images are active, they might all have that promo on them. I deleted all my images, so I cant check if its on mine, but I suspect everyone will have that download for free trial text next to their image. If you dont want SS giving your images away, the best thing to do is delete your images and close your account. Its clear they are playing games with peoples property. I dont know why people are ok to continue doing business with such an untrustworthy company.
If you disable your photos, search for that image as a buyer and try to download it, you will likely get the same message Noedelhap got, because your images are disabled.
Thank you I'll try to download. I disabled my account again because also when deleted, the image-thumbs were always in my catalog manager. Clicking on them, I could see the corresponding image not anymore, but seeing my port as buyer I discovered the images (deleted) always free to download.
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« on: July 11, 2020, 07:58 »
Congrats, you deserve it! Nice shoot wit intriguing atmosphere
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« on: July 11, 2020, 07:53 »
This is actually a way to keep you from DELETING your images.
While your portfolio is disabled, you can't access your own images to delete them. They still show up in Shutterstock's database, so Google sees them, and directs searchers to Shutterstock, using your image. They still count toward Shuttertock's count of images.
So, rather than disable, delete.
I deleted about 4300 quality images one by one before disabling and leaving only the dullest ones there. I forgot to delete my videoclips (they are not so many). Now I have enabled my account again, deleted my clips yet (minus 1) and I'm deleting the last 1684 images. I'm not interested of remaining there.
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« on: July 11, 2020, 07:31 »
Shutterstock new policy is humiliating its contributors paying peanuts for their creative work. To find me please follow the link below.
Interesting, since I clicked the first link and lots of what you consider "creative work" consists in selling scans of illustrations from old books, illustrations (even paintings) you did not create of course (childish, uh?). Is "creative" the way you push the button on the scan? And you claim to earn more than pennies from this? By honesty, you simply should NOT. You are not well placed to speak for genuine creative artist investing lots of time and efforts to produce quality and original work. Thes ones have the right to complain.
I do many things: photos, illustrations, digital art watercolors and paintings, 3D renderings and I restore and sell antique images from ancient books of my private collection. And yes, I spend creative work in all of them and I earn more then pennies from all of them in the right places.
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