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General Stock Discussion / Is it worth being patient with 123RF?
« on: January 23, 2017, 08:19 »
I’ve been at this for about five months and had decent stock footage sales on top tier sites. But I’m yet to have a single sale on 123RF.

What are your experiences out there with footage sales on 123RF? and how long do most of you go without sales before deciding to no longer upload content to a site?


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I was curious if anyone had seen any variations or evidence to suggest certain frame rates achieve better sales than others?

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I get what everyone is saying about iStock. The return is a joke compared to what they sell for, I’ll certainly reconsider uploading there in the future.

For the other agencies, I’m still open, mainly because I’m also a consumer of stock footage on a regular basis. My main occupation is as a freelance video editor so I know that most production companies have accounts with places like ShutterStock and Pond5, I’ve never worked for a company that used VideoHive.

If there’s a decent budget and the company has established practices in place then I don’t see the potential for much cross cannibalisation, producers just don’t have the time, or care, to sit down and try to find the cheapest version of a shot.

On the other hand as an independent filmmaker I sometimes need stock for a very small budget and that’s when I might personally use agencies like VideoHive to buy stock. So in many ways I see different agencies as providers for different user markets.

I’d be very interested to hear about anyone who has pulled out of agencies and seen a marked improvement in sales. I guess it’s always going to be hard to measure accurately without knowing the end users decision making process.

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Thanks for the comments - it's good to know things are moving in the right direction. I'll respond to each.

increasingdifficulty: I had a couple more sales before Sept at VH, which is probably why the numbers are bit off there. Very interesting to hear about P5 and how it functions. I guess I'll just have to hang around and keep uploading. As a video editor I know P5 is often a first port of call for productions I work on, which I guess is why I expected more. But your explanation makes sense.

Luka: I followed your instructions... sadly no hidden sales at 123RF.

AliJaber: The three sales I had from P5 varied a lot, hence the low RPD. I don't know why. I'll stick with iStock for a while longer and hope they become more contributor friendly.

Irina: It's all new material, I wish I did have a Red Weapon, that would be very nice. I hadn't heard about Stocksubmitter, so I'll give it a go, it looks ideal for me. You can see my portfolio over here: https://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/WrightMediaUK-3201023

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I only started selling stock about four months ago and I now have three months of sales data to analyse. I’m going to share my stats in the hope that it might give other new uploaders an idea of what might be achievable in the first few months and to hopefully get some feedback from stock selling stalwarts out there who might have their own ideas and opinions on what to expect during the first few months of selling in the current climate.

I decided early on to test the water by uploading all of my 80 video clips (a wide range of footage from city shots, to studio stuff) to seven stock sites, namely: Shutterstock, Pond5, VideoBlocks, iStock, VideoHive, 123RF and Adobe.

Using Microstockr Pro to analyse my sales over the last three months there have been some surprises based on my expectations, for example I thought Pond5 would have been a much strong performer (based on what I’d read), but has only given me three sales to date. VideoHive on the other hand has provided consistent earnings across each month (because they’re cheap I assume). 123RF has produced zero sales to date and I probably will save my time by not uploading to them in the future.

So, to the earnings breakdown.

Month 1 (Sept) - $282 from 17 sales.
Month 2 (Oct) - $290 from 18 sales
Month 3 (Nov) - $354 from 23 sales

Total sales for 3 months - $926.00 with an average return per download (RPD) of $16 across all agencies.

Here’s how it breaks down per agency across the three months with the average return per download for each agency.

Shutterstock - 9 sales – RPD $17.82
Pond5 - 3 sales – RPD $22.38
VideoBlocks - 8 sales – RPD $40.08
iStock - 13 sales – RPD $5.74
VideoHive – 23 sales- RPD $11.66
123RF – 0 Sales
Adobe – 2 sales – N/A

Going forward I will probably keep uploading to all the agencies except 123RF. I’ve also recently uploaded to MotionElements so I’ll be interested to see how things move along over there. Adobe I’ve only done for a month, but the couple of sales I’ve had there have been reasonably high compared to some of the others (iStock for example).

Based on my experience I’d suggest anyone starting out should post their content to all the major agencies and see for themselves where the best sales comes from and even what types of content sells best at certain agencies. For example almost all of my sales at iStock have been for city shots.

So there you have it. I’d be interested to hear other people’s experiences of starting out and what the prospects might be? Do sales keep on growing? Are there ways to promote content?

I’d love to hear from others out there...

Keith.

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Thanks Irina,

I’ve just had a quick look at those two you mentioned, they look good - I’ll give them a go. My content is a real mix of stuff at the moment, so I’m just getting a grasp of what seems to be selling and where.

Keith

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I’ve been dabbling with video stock for the last three months and I’ve managed some sales with around 80 clips. I’m selling through iStock, VideoHive, Shutterstock, Pond5, Adobe (Fotolia), VideoBlocks and 123RF. I’ve had sales through all of them except 123RF and Adobe.

Are there other sites that are more focussed on video that I should be considering?

Keith

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Newbie Discussion / Re: Microstock Photography - Beginners Guide
« on: September 05, 2016, 14:39 »
I'm a newbie. This is a great intro article and awesome site!

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