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1526
« on: October 18, 2016, 15:08 »
Incredibly dead since the beginning of October but some footage sales have started to come in since the 15th.
1527
« on: October 18, 2016, 09:16 »
Why business has to be so serious? I built $30M in revenue already bro!
Does that count?
Doing what? Another company?
1528
« on: October 18, 2016, 05:41 »
I don't question that contributors who have been around for a long time don't sell new images like they used to.
But I don't think that means Shutterstock don't want to sell new images, or that new images don't sell, it just means that the influx of new material is so much higher today that it's easy to get lost.
10 years ago anything new could sell since it was visible in the "New" search for a longer period of time, and the competition was lower.
1529
« on: October 18, 2016, 05:28 »
but if you have any personal experience as to why new images don't sell I really would like to here it.
Can't help you there either. My newest images started selling within 5 days both on Shutterstock and Fotolia. Not incredible numbers, but about the same as the rest of my somewhat useful images. Pond5 on the other hand, in my experience, take a long time to start selling new material, and they have for the past 4 years, but once you've made a few sales and more people can find you, you can really sell a lot.
1530
« on: October 17, 2016, 10:49 »
Your white balance is very warm on many of the images, which is of course a matter of taste and doesn't have to be bad, but maybe some of the salt desert shots could have a more neutral white?
1531
« on: October 17, 2016, 10:36 »
A good stock music track is worth a thousand pictures.
1532
« on: October 17, 2016, 10:28 »
I can't help to notice that most of the weekly and monthly best sellers are Music files....I never imagined it
Why not? A well-made track can be used for so many different things. Footage is way more specific and a single clip will never get as many sales as a single music track can get.
1533
« on: October 17, 2016, 10:20 »
I've never used flash - though some of the photos are somewhat old (using Canon 350D) and technology has improved. Could you point on examples?
The coati images. By the way, I believe you misspelled coati in your descriptions. They say caoti.
1534
« on: October 17, 2016, 09:44 »
just shooting it at the wrong time of the day...
What I said was that when you travel, it simply isn't possible to get all locations in the best possible light. It's not something that works in the real world unless you spend a year at each place. Pictures with less wow still sell if the location is needed. Naturally, this depends on how unique something is. Even in the best wildlife documentaries not all shots are in good light, because it's simply out of the photographer's control. If the action happens they're not going to have time to wait, or move, they just need the shot. Do you want to see a great white jump in the middle of the day in dull light, or a perfect sunset with no shark? Yes, these are extreme examples, and if we're talking the Eiffel tower you'd better find perfect light, but there are so many situations where a shot is worth taking even if the lighting is bad.
1535
« on: October 17, 2016, 09:34 »
As spoken above, but other things to consider, your train wreck shot is shot in the worst possible light, could say the same about the Bridge on River Kwai, and many others. My advice, just because "you" were there does not make it a great or exotic photo, so if the light is not perfect then don't shoot it. Work with the light, then you will always find a subject. My observation is you are shooting some nice work, just shooting it at the wrong time of the day as most of it is flat and has no WOWSER appeal to it, thus making it average at best.
That is generally good advice, yes, especially for hang-on-the-wall photos. But FAR from all stock photography needs to be WOW, and many times it simply is not possible to get every location in perfect light. Many stock buyers just need a picture from a certain location for their article or story. It doesn't need to be shot at sunrise or sunset. Will it look prettier then? Absolutely. But it's not a requirement and "don't shoot at all" is not really great advice... Imagine if all clips in a movie were shot at sunrise/sunset... That would look quite strange now wouldn't it? Some stuff you sell because it looks pretty and the subject is the light and the colors. Other stuff you sell because the subject is an event, location, person, and the light and the colors may not be as important.
1536
« on: October 17, 2016, 09:15 »
Any feedback (serious please) would be really appreciated.
Unless you really dive into making "perfect" corporate shots with models you're going to need LOTS of volume. Travel photography does sell, just not in incredible numbers. I too have lots of travel/nature/wildlife images, and they do sell every day, probably because they are from places in the world with not much competition. It just takes a lot of $0.33 sales to become meaningful money...
1537
« on: October 17, 2016, 07:01 »
If you dont increase your income year by year and you still continue to upload you must be a fool and better look for another job and stop crying. Thats all about business. Everything else is just a hobby.
So if an actor made $10 million per movie in 1996 and can now only get $1 million, should she/he roll over, give up and get a job at Netflix, if acting is what they love to do? If every business quit the year they were making less money than the previous there wouldn't be many businesses left in this world...
1538
« on: October 17, 2016, 06:01 »
Always amazes me that considerably less than 0.1% of a site's contributor base, complain about a drop in sales in a forum, and they all see it as a worrying trend or the beginning of the end.
...........
Although I do agree with the whole content saturation, more providers, less slice of the cake etc thing.
Agree fully. The destruction of the stock industry, the music business and the film industry has been here for 15 years now according to forums... And a new conspiracy is formed against the individual contributor every week. I think we can agree on this though: Competition is higher (more as well as better (and worse)). The need for content is higher than ever. You have to be better, more unique, and work harder than 10 years ago. People with a positive outlook will always succeed in the long run. Instead of thinking "wow, this site really has something personal against me and is punishing me in the search", the person thinking "wow, these new guys are really good, I need to really up my game to stay on top, even if I was #1 before" will not give up and continue to improve.
1539
« on: October 17, 2016, 05:49 »
Can you please tell me how much you got from video sales at Pond5 per month?
and is it really possoble to get 5000$ per month for video sales at Pond5??
Thanks
Yes, absolutely. I would say that Axiomimages, Blendimages, Hotelfoxtrot, Wavebreakmedia, Rickray, Skyworksrf etc. all make around $10,000-30,000 per month from Pond5 alone. Naturally, most authors will make much less, but there is great potential.
1540
« on: October 16, 2016, 15:36 »
Change the search algorithm to only count a word once. Problem solved.
Search algorithms control everything, always have, and always will, and shouldn't be too hard to change.
1541
« on: October 16, 2016, 15:06 »
1542
« on: October 16, 2016, 11:06 »
Those repeated keywords in SS titles are not even sentences but a simple repetition of keywords.
Has anyone ever seen such things on other agencies?
No, but most search engines do not reward duplicate terms, so it has no effect. One quick tweak in the search engine by Shutterstock and the problem is solved...
1543
« on: October 16, 2016, 10:52 »
Haha, yeah the drones have quickly devalued all those nice helicopter shots. But axiom's RED stuff still seems to sell incredibly well, so it's not all over...
Pond5 has been absolutely crazy these last two months with several thousand over my previous best month. They must have gotten a lot more new buyers or I'm just extremely lucky.
1544
« on: October 16, 2016, 08:21 »
I see what you mean.
You mean you have some videos which are in top grossing sellers of the week. That's great.
I thought you meant that YOU were in the top grossing sellers each week! Different thing altogether.
Sorry for my misunderstanding.
Yes, no way of knowing the total top sellers as far as I know. But one can make an educated guess that Axiomimages is #1 overall.
1545
« on: October 16, 2016, 07:01 »
How do you know you are in the top sellers every week?
Bottom of page: Artist Resources.
1546
« on: October 14, 2016, 07:38 »
Anyone here have experience with PremiumBeat? They seem to be quite a popular site for buyers but it's hard to get a grasp on how much they actually sell, and if it's worth having a few exclusive tracks there.
1547
« on: October 13, 2016, 11:31 »
Exclusivity never makes sense unless you have a close personal relationship with the agency and they actively promote you every week / you're the poster boy/girl.
1548
« on: October 13, 2016, 08:03 »
Am I allowed to post my stock images to a non-stock site like YouPic.com or GuruShots?
The photos there are protected and cannot be downloaded.
Anything your see or hear on the internet can be downloaded. "Protection" does not exist.
1549
« on: October 11, 2016, 16:47 »
"Buyers? theyre not needed. Just creating more supply then demand." I don't understand this point you think if income goes down shareholders won't notice?
Exactly. They're not a startup. They need to produce actual revenue.
1550
« on: October 11, 2016, 13:54 »
My prices are double the average pricing and I'm in the top sellers (revenue) every week/month. It's very hard to pinpoint exactly which number to go for but going way above average doesn't seem like something you need to be afraid of.
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