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« on: March 09, 2007, 04:10 »
The sony R1 also uses a APS sized sensor doesn't it?
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« on: March 08, 2007, 10:10 »
Don't you embed the keywords into your image as EXIF data? that would automatically put your keywords & description into iStock, then you just have to do catagories and disabiguate
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« on: March 08, 2007, 10:09 »
I have a couple of points which as a submitter come down to money $$$ or in this case .
First you are paying out 40% good but not great (50%) and definately not the best (70%). However, i have been stung by supporting two sites early on which had I waited i would have got a better deal (ie fotolias 20c per upload and I think LO did a 50% commision for life of photo, I got their credits which are better than nothing (just)).
Since you are trying to attract photos why dont you do a higher commission for those who get in early. If you dont, how can you guarantee i wont get stung by joining in quick and you decide in the future to offer such things.
Second, do you have teirs if we sell lots of photos (ie. istock cannisters) or are we stuck on 40% for life?
Third:
you have a affilitate program - Yay.
It last for only 6 months - Hmmm
You have no sales so we get no reward for referring photographers - boo.
I guess the question is is why should we support you. Since you pay just over half of what FP does, I would prefer you to die out and you sales to go to FP (I am still hoping istock die and all their sales go to FP to but I dont hold my breath).
Still not sure about joining another site.
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« on: March 08, 2007, 08:05 »
I use the imagemanager. Still takes the same time though.
note that istock is stricker on keywords aswell so I delete a lot as I go through.
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« on: March 08, 2007, 05:39 »
Sold an Autumn shot yesterday.
Seems that designers think way ahead!
It is nearly autumn in the southern hemisphere.
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« on: March 08, 2007, 04:06 »
There has been a growing number of 'happy slapping' incidents in this area, and people are seriously worried by it. If they are trying to stop happy slapping, then that is like trying to kill a fly with dynomite.
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« on: March 07, 2007, 10:41 »
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« on: March 07, 2007, 10:36 »
France Bans Citizen Photo Journalists. <a href="http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06/franceban/index.php" target="_blank">More details...[/url] I cant understand why they would do this. Is it to protect the public or is it to try to cover up stuff? I wonder who qualifies as a professional photo journalist?
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« on: March 07, 2007, 09:34 »
I currently have my extended licences priced at $45.00. Why did you choose $45 rather than $50 (I assume you changed the prices once you made bronze. I understand PhilDate has some of his set at $100 and gets sales.
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« on: March 07, 2007, 08:39 »
Id there a way to change the EL price for all photos at fotolia? It would take me a long time to do them all individualy.
Contact FT and they will change for you.
Agree, they changed all mine to $50 when I made bronze.
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« on: March 07, 2007, 04:50 »
They should have invested their time in attracting sales instead of redesining the website. It's looks fine, but with their current marketing strategy it will not make any difference in sales. Maybe this is the first step in a new marketing strategy.
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« on: March 06, 2007, 12:39 »
I think Canon needs to bring something out soon. Loyal customers may stay with them but new customers will go with Nikon as the cameras are newer etc. once you are with a system, you are less likely to change. You therefore lose out on future sales. With the large growth in the DSLR market, you cant afford to miss the boat.
I dont think a new 1Ds will do this. they need a new 30D or a cut price 5D.
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« on: March 06, 2007, 06:12 »
After only 4 months or so, they have upgraded the 6mp sensor to 10mp along with a few other changes.
This takes the Canon 400D head on at a lower price point.
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« on: March 06, 2007, 02:42 »
Phil - have you DA at istock??
YOur not at SS? Is this because you dont want to sell for 25c.
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« on: March 06, 2007, 02:35 »
What country are you in as this makes a big difference.
I am in the UK and I dont declare the income. This is technically correct for myself based on my particular situation. This will not work for UK citizens.
When I return to NZ, I will try to classify it as "hobby" income in which case it is not taxable.
This means I cant claim deductions.
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« on: March 05, 2007, 11:05 »
You can change the colour in the top left corner (click on one of the coloured squares).
the forum seems to have disappered??
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« on: March 05, 2007, 10:29 »
So it seems that the 30% increase was a direct result of a change to the default search order. Just read the tread and it seems it is due in main part to the new search. Must be a hard decision for them, short term gain for long term pain if they keep the current search as there is no incentive for new photos and "popular photos" will be out of date/smaller etc.
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« on: March 05, 2007, 08:57 »
According to StockXpert admin, the switch in sort order has increased total sales by 30%. You keep saying this and as I didn't read this announcement just wondering if you can clarify. Did they say the change resulted ina 30% increase or just that they had a 30% increase?? Photoguy - Second half of last month was great though this month is going slow.
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« on: March 05, 2007, 06:50 »
I put some up on Saturday and they were approved within hours.
Same here, though uploaded another batch sun morning that is still waiting.
320
« on: March 05, 2007, 06:04 »
I got my first News related Image accepted, I am happy about the xtra 5 Dollar earnings! Its a photo from the lunar eclipse.
Do they give you money just for getting accepted?? let us know if it sells (is sale price just the same?)
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« on: March 05, 2007, 06:01 »
Looks fresh and bold but it seems to be designed for wide monitors (although so does this site as I have a scroll bar at the bottom - never noticed that before??).
Other than that I dont think there have been any changes.
Maybe a new marketing push? It is looking a bit more professional so maybe they will start promoting more.
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« on: March 04, 2007, 10:07 »
Pictures can sell at any time. Remember that winter is summer in the other hemisphere, thought christmas only comes once a year. however, designers buy in advance.
I would upload when you can with the exception of maybe SS which due to the new photo effect, i t might better to try and time it, I just dont know when that time will be.
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« on: March 04, 2007, 10:05 »
Another reason we dont talk about money  Sure, the money's not too good right now - my current level is at about $1000 per month - but I'm building.
sharply_done:
You have some fantastic work, but I have to call you out on your statement.
On IS, you have been a member since 09/2006 and have sold a total of 512 images, which probably totals ~ $300.
On DT, you have essentially been a member since 01/2007 and have sold 102 images, which totals < $100.
On Fotolia, you have sold 90 images, which totals < $75. FT doesn't say when you joined, but from the lowest image numbers in your portfolio, I would guess it was also at the beginning of the year.
So for those 3 sites, you have sold a total of < $500 over the past few months. Even if we just include the last two months, that is $250/month.
SS doesn't give stats, but I doubt that you are making $750/month on that one site. That would mean that you would be selling 3000 images/month on a portfolio of less than 500 images.
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« on: March 04, 2007, 04:30 »
Odd thing I've noticed about this site: Nobody seems to talk about money. Why is that? It might prove helpful to compare portfolio productivity. In general in society, money is a taboo subject. I guess the same here. I guess it is also because some people do it as a hobby compared to full time like you. You are also an pro as opposed to me who are using it as a learning experience and a hobby. The problem with money is that it depends on portfolio size. Which is why when we do monthly statistic, we do percentages. Whether you have 100 or 1000 a percentage can be compared. Maybe some other statistics could be compared without talking absolute $$$. Like $ per download (ie. SS will be 0.25 unless there is a EL). Another statistic which is bandied around sometimes is how much per photo per year. THis is used as a comparison to macro stock. ie. if I put 1000 photos up on macro and micro, how much can I expect per year - I think $12 is commonly referred to but depends on model release etc. The problem with this is how do you calcuate it. I have say 500 photos but only 300 have been accepted. Do I calcuate on 300 or 500. If you only have one site, you would use photos on line. With micro, you could be on 10 sites with between say 100 and 500 photos. I have a spreadsheet that calcuates it two different ways and come out at either $8-9 or $12 per year per photo depending on whether I use total photos avaliable or just the "average" photos on line.
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« on: March 04, 2007, 03:52 »
Not sure how big it is but I might be able to email it to you??
Alternatives is Microsoft has brought out their own version. It is similar. Problems are it takes a while to load up the first time. Someone also said it talks back to microsoft??
I am currently using prostockmaster. Works good and has a generate feature (pretty hit and miss). Not using the upload anymore as the 5 limit is an issue.
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