Finally.

I think it will take at least one year to build a considerable portfolio to generate sales.

I will upload too.

Quote from: ACS on October 19, 2013, 13:59

Could somebody please tell me how will I find my portfolio in TS?

I have 500 on IS but I wonder how much of them are on IS. I found one of mine on TS but there was no info/link about the artist.

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Thank you. (484 in TS out of 510)

Quote from: ACS on October 18, 2013, 02:12

Quote from: heywoody on October 17, 2013, 17:42

A guy goes into an "all you can eat" restaurant and pays 5 bucks.  In the very unlikely event that he eats an entire cow, does the farmer who raised the animal and for which he received payment at the market rate, feel that is work has been devalued?

Probably he does not feel that way. Because tomorrow that guy will feel hungry again and will need another cow. But in MS, once you download a RF image you use it until the end of time, if not you share it with your colleagues/friends.

But the farmer can only sell his cow once, while I can sell an image many, many times.

He can sell his cow once but he can produce as much as he want when he sees an opportunity. Also he does not have to be creative, he can produce the similar ones over and over again. But here I need to be creative; I can produce the same image only once.

I think it is very unlikely that the debt crisis in the US may be the cause of the weak sales in microstock market. Because microstock is actually a cheaper option for buyers and should be more popular especially during the crisis times. As far as I remember, in 2008, 2009 World economy was in a deeper crisis but our sales performance was better when compared to 2013.

I have been in this business since late 2006 and I think, up until 2012 buyers used to buy a lot of images and built up a quite remarkable stock in their internal drives and since then they look for only new and very interesting/high quality images.

Of course there has to be / will be also new (to microstock) customers but most of them will be more likely to be the small businesses (ad agencies) and individuals (students, teachers, company managers).

In my opinion, we have left the booming period way behind.

"A time limit" for usage (like best before in food broducts) can boost the market but I am not sure if it could be applicable?

I have some vector files which have been accepted. As far as I see only EPS version is on sale (like SS). But I saw some other vectors in the site with JPEG versions available as option.

I had uploaded via FTP, as EPS plus big JPEG zipped, approx 15 days ago.

So do I have to upload the raster as a seperate file or am I doing sth wrong ?

Thanks in advance.

At least at the beginning, rather than working in most selling categories, focusing in some neglected categories could me more profitable for you. Business concepts, people, lifestyles are selling a lot but you have to compete with thousands of talented artists for this market. You should search, think and try to find an opportunity which also suits your capabilities and strenghts.

Better than last year but same as August.

I had ecpected at least %10 jump in September compared to August.

By Agency:

1)   SS: %64
2)   DT: %18
3)   IS: %9
4)   FT:%5
5)   Rest: %4

By Product:

1)   Photo: %80
2)   Vector: %11
3)   Footage: %9

I joined them at the beginning of this year and at that time their place on the rankings was way up.

I had very good old days with StockXpert, and I like the concept of this one, but unfortunately my experience is not very different 

I don't get even views.

...There is a page where you can see individual files sold...

http://www.istockphoto.com/my_uploads_partner_program

If SS wants to acquire a competitor, Pond5 could be a more likely candidate than DT I think. Once they buy P5, they will be able to dominate the microfootage market maybe %80.

Just my 2 cents..

0.28 downloads for the first 8 days...

Quote from: sobm on September 19, 2013, 22:16

so why thier rank is still on no3?

They've shifted sales from higher (more expensive) ranked contributors to newer, lower ranked (lower cost) contributors.  It's my impression that a lot of newer members to FT are doing extremely well there, so that's probably why they still rank #3.

Probably they shifted as you mentioned. I am silver and I see a remarkable increase in the sales this month. But I had been waiting for a very looong time indeed...

While I was searching for a free Microstock Industry Report I came across this. It is a kind of compact examination of the industry from Agencies' perspective over Fotolia. It might be interesting for those never seen before. Sorry if it has already been shared and discussed before.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/mbasociety/files/mbasociety/Case%20CONFIDENTIAL_0.pdf

(I found it through a google search, so I assume it is not confidential)