Quote from: blvdone on September 06, 2024, 07:15

I had 9 sales on Pond5 for yesterday's report totaling nearly $1,000 royalty.  That's what I love about Pond5.  Although sales have been inconsistent on Pond5 this year, they still deliver occasionally.  I'm all exclusive on Pond5 and get 60% royalty on my videos.  My RPD was over $100/clip for yesterday's report.  On Adobe Stock, Shutterstock and other subscription sites, you only get less than $10/clip for a sale now.  That's sad.  Yes, buyers pay $149/HD if they can't find the same clip on Adobe Stock, Shutterstock or other subscription or unlimited download sites.  They save money using sub and unlimited sites, and spend the rest of their budget on Pond5 for the clips they couldn't find on other sites.  Until a few years ago, all stock video buyers used to pay per clip for decent price.  So, it's nothing new for them to pay decent price for clips especially for big budget project, production and companies.

Impressive!! Congradulations Blv 

Thank you!!

Quote from: blvdone on September 06, 2024, 07:58

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Quote from: stoker2014 on September 06, 2024, 07:36

blvdone, nothing can be said without seeing the video that was bought from you at high prices. Accordingly, all your conclusions are just your slogans.

I'm not even talking about the fact that I can draw a table similar to yours in any graphics editor.
 

While it may be true someone could post 'fake screenshots' - I doubt that is the case here. He's not trying to sell any 'get rich quick from my video course' type of stuff, and has consistently provided interesting and valuable posts, so there would not really be any point for him to 'make' stuff up.

It is believable. You have the right content, that people need - they have the budget to buy it, so they do. Lol - part of the reason I'd like to see similar results soon

I personally don't understand why people post on youtube how to make money on stock videos/photos to create their own competitors.  You may make a few bucks, but eventually your new competitors will eat your cut of the pie.

Congratulation, I believe You. I post on YT because I like to share with other people, competition is good for any business, imagine if we have only one stock agency

Thank you!! 

Quote from: blvdone on September 06, 2024, 07:23

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Quote from: blvdone on September 05, 2024, 18:05

Quote from: alexandersr on September 05, 2024, 11:38

How many images do you have?

3826 images.

That's pretty bad honestly.  Maybe you are creating images you like and not necessarily the images people would want to buy and use.  Often the most boring images sell more than the beautiful images because of market saturation and lack of demand.

Maybe!

I think this video and his channel may help you to create images that sell more.

https://youtu.be/1_WCP9RxpkU?si=7xIkZAcTOtluCVEq

That is very encouraging! Congratulations!!!

Thank you!!

Quote from: stoker2014 on September 06, 2024, 07:36

blvdone, nothing can be said without seeing the video that was bought from you at high prices. Accordingly, all your conclusions are just your slogans.

I'm not even talking about the fact that I can draw a table similar to yours in any graphics editor.
 

While it may be true someone could post 'fake screenshots' - I doubt that is the case here. He's not trying to sell any 'get rich quick from my video course' type of stuff, and has consistently provided interesting and valuable posts, so there would not really be any point for him to 'make' stuff up.

It is believable. You have the right content, that people need - they have the budget to buy it, so they do. Lol - part of the reason I'd like to see similar results soon

I personally don't understand why people post on youtube how to make money on stock videos/photos to create their own competitors.  You may make a few bucks, but eventually your new competitors will eat your cut of the pie.

Hmm. Nice.

For me - not sure what happened... Last year - was consistently doing well - so uploaded a set of about 1,000 new videos. Sales tanked by about 90% almost overnight to my utter shock, and for probably 6-7 months really didn't do that well. I asked the staff - and just got a stock reply basically saying 'hmm. oh well'. I was very sad.

Slowly it seems to be growing again. I hope I see the same kinds of results you have soon, because that is very nice.

Congratulations.

Thank you!!  It seems like Pond5 is doing better since the price structure change to 2 tier system.

I had 9 sales on Pond5 for yesterday's report totaling nearly $1,000 royalty.  That's what I love about Pond5.  Although sales have been inconsistent on Pond5 this year, they still deliver occasionally.  I'm all exclusive on Pond5 and get 60% royalty on my videos.  My RPD was over $100/clip for yesterday's report.  On Adobe Stock, Shutterstock and other subscription sites, you only get less than $10/clip for a sale now.  That's sad.  Yes, buyers pay $149/HD if they can't find the same clip on Adobe Stock, Shutterstock or other subscription or unlimited download sites.  They save money using sub and unlimited sites, and spend the rest of their budget on Pond5 for the clips they couldn't find on other sites.  Until a few years ago, all stock video buyers used to pay per clip for decent price.  So, it's nothing new for them to pay decent price for clips especially for big budget project, production and companies.

Starting to move back up from a low of 750... seems like the summer slow down is coming to an end!!

I thought that was a number from yesterday for 2 days of the week and I thought that equals to $5,000/month, but I think it's for the entire last week.  It's nice to know how many sales you need to get to 500 level.  Thanks!!

very good results blv and very consistent.

trying to upload more people but usually it is just 2-4 a day.

Thank you!!

Quote from: blvdone on August 22, 2024, 08:45

Are you a stock photo or video producer mainly?  Which agencies do you sell now?

Mostly videos. A few photos. Pond5, ShutterStock, Adobe Stock are my main agencies, but I also put my stuff on iStock and a few others smaller agencies.

That's impressive.  I stopped selling videos on Shutterstock and AdobeStock when they started the video subs and eventually went 100% Pond5 exclusive, but maybe that was a bad business move.

I'm very happy there will no longer be $25/HD $27/4K videos out there.  Good job Pond5!!!

Watermarked samples are free for anybody to download.  So, I don't see it as theft.  I wouldn't report it as theft if I see my clip/photo with watermark being used.