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Messages - Faustvasea
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« on: September 07, 2024, 02:32 »
Some of my files are now in the queue over 5 months 😂😂. What a joke.
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« on: September 06, 2024, 14:33 »
I have lots of hobbies. But photography is my main one. I even opened up 2 photography forums that focuses on photography as an art. I also love drones, and flying drones. Now I dive into videography and looking to expand my skills into this area and want to grow my YouTube channel.
I pay for my hobby from my salary or some digs I do sometimes.
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« on: September 04, 2024, 02:44 »
Far too many variables for each person experience in stock to be able to compare your sales to the next, for me Adobe sales are still best performer but are decreasing in 2024 and think it will get worse in 2025 onwards, Shutterstock almost matched Adobe for me this month. Still decent pocket money for 60mins hobby work every week, around $800/month.
Of course,everyone thinks based on their own experiences.
you certainly can't complain,800 usd for a hobby is a good result.
SS I don't even comment on it anymore because it's useless anyway,I've been saying for 2 years that SS is an agency in decline,many didn't believe it because they still earned well,and some still manage to earn well,but there are fewer and fewer of them.
Better to invest your time in something solid like Adobe,but we must also accept the changes,and evolve accordingly,we cannot offer the same stock on Adobe that was done 10 years ago.
of course,even a classic stock is fine and can sell,i also do classic stock,but a more modern stock certainly offers greater possibilities.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. When it will bite, will hurt a lot. I’ve been reading lately comments, and I’ve seen that you really rely on Adobe, it’s like you know the director and it’s your best friend. It’s just business, diversify. Unless you have unique contract with Adobe. I started last year, while Adobe pays the most and I like it, why should I not earn extra from other agencies?
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« on: September 04, 2024, 00:07 »
Good August.
Looks you make good on FAA , is it worth the effort ?
There is no effort; once the metadata is in for the main agencies, uploading to FAA is just a matter of a few clicks.
Thanks, I know. Wanted to know if is worth paying to be a premium so I can upload more images. Have around 4k images ready to upload.
Ah ok. That fee was paid back many times over during last month... so yes.
Thanks, I will try it out.
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« on: September 03, 2024, 14:55 »
Good August.
Looks you make good on FAA , is it worth the effort ?
There is no effort; once the metadata is in for the main agencies, uploading to FAA is just a matter of a few clicks.
Thanks, I know. Wanted to know if is worth paying to be a premium so I can upload more images. Have around 4k images ready to upload.
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« on: September 03, 2024, 12:58 »
Good August.
Looks you make good on FAA , is it worth the effort ?
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« on: August 30, 2024, 06:52 »
Thanks Miro. What other agencies you’d recommend to sign up ? Which you believe is worth the time.
For regularly income SS,Adobe and MA works for me, Alamy, Pond or Pond5, IS/Getty depends on the stars conspiracy  others like DP, DT, Vecteezy, Freepik, ME ok to have it but do not wait to much, not really working for me. BS, 123RF is good for coffee but not every month. But many other people have different experience and also different portfolios. [/quote] Thanks a lot. I believe I am with all agencies you have mentioned above. The motion array has limits of how many assets I can upload which puts me down. Is it worth the time? Also do you sell prints on FAA? [/quote] If is MA worth is hard question. For me is working well, but how I mention before every portfolio is different. Try it and you will see. FAA- I cancel 5 years ago. Zero sales for couple years. I think is working better for landscape photographer. [/quote] Thanks again Miro for the info. I will try MA. I will try FAA as I do landscape and aerial photography too.
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« on: August 29, 2024, 14:43 »
Hi, I think it is wasting money for first and wasting time for second.When is ,,free,, I upload around 100 images for tasting water, some is selling four couple cents today. For me big NO at this time and I do not believe something will change soon.
Thanks Miro. What other agencies you’d recommend to sign up ? Which you believe is worth the time. [/quote] For regularly income SS,Adobe and MA works for me, Alamy, Pond or Pond5, IS/Getty depends on the stars conspiracy others like DP, DT, Vecteezy, Freepik, ME ok to have it but do not wait to much, not really working for me. BS, 123RF is good for coffee but not every month. But many other people have different experience and also different portfolios. [/quote] Thanks a lot. I believe I am with all agencies you have mentioned above. The motion array has limits of how many assets I can upload which puts me down. Is it worth the time? Also do you sell prints on FAA?
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« on: August 29, 2024, 11:45 »
Hi. I’m thinking to upload my images to wirestock. Is it worth the time ? Also do you tick the box where they will distribute to other agencies as well ? Thanks
Hi, I think it is wasting money for first and wasting time for second.When is ,,free,, I upload around 100 images for tasting water, some is selling four couple cents today. For me big NO at this time and I do not believe something will change soon.
Thanks Miro. What other agencies you’d recommend to sign up ? Which you believe is worth the time.
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« on: August 27, 2024, 16:05 »
Congrats on the milestone. Getting monetised on YouTube is really hard. Probably depends on the niche. But keep going, I guess you still haven’t done 4000 watch hours.
Thank You, yes, it is hard, 4000 watch hour maybe next year or next life
You need to create videos that people will like to watch. I think it’s really hard with YouTube and really competitive, that’s what I’ve noticed. You need to work on thumbnails, but your videos are really informative.
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« on: August 27, 2024, 07:05 »
Congrats on the milestone. Getting monetised on YouTube is really hard. Probably depends on the niche. But keep going, I guess you still haven’t done 4000 watch hours.
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« on: August 21, 2024, 02:48 »
Tyler has moved on to a new business that pays the bills and has a future. Be honest folks this business had dried up for the masses. Sure a few are making some money but can they live on their earnings? In most places in the US you need to make $72,000 (USD) a year. Few make that kind of money in this business. Besides this site tends to be very negative in nature. You really don't get much help here ---I understand the high rollers don't want to give away their secrets just like good fishermen. So when this site is sun-setted really nothing has been lost...
When the forum is no longer profitable to operate, Leaf will take it down.
Most of the "Secrets of Microstock" are BS and personal opinion, they are unreliable much of the time, and imaginary. The truth is, all that's necessary is, make a good product, better than others, that buyers want and need. Follow style trends, designers, colors, and current fashion. Oh there I go again, telling the Top Secrets. LOL
Yes, you're right, the site has gone negative, off topic, there's very little discussion of the actual business or markets. People should be competing but also recognize they are associates and competition, but share a common interest and can benefit from sharing factual information. Why should someone come to a forum to say, I know the secrets, but I'm not here to tell anyone or share. Why come to the forum at all?
Microstock is mostly dead. Yeah, some people still work and make a living, most people don't, didn't and won't ever. Stop viewing this as a legitimate business opportunity with any growth potential or future. The prime time and boom is over. We're just watching the rotting carcass of what once was.
But in agreement, when Leaf finds it's costing him money to run this forum, he will understandable pull the plug. This forum is not a free charity, it's a business. If anyone has been coming here, feels like they have some entitlement to free use of a public forum, they haven't realized that referrals and ads, pay for our being able to enjoy the site.
Running a forum isn’t expensive, especially nowadays. It’s expensive to keep it active . This forum is chat based only, so I can’t see the hosting to be really expensive. Even the soft that is used for this forum is FREE. As a webmaster, I can say there are a lot of factors why a website can be slow.
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« on: August 20, 2024, 07:19 »
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« on: August 19, 2024, 16:23 »
Leaf hasn't posted since January. The site is slower every day. There aren't poll results because 39 people is not enough. I will post this and see if it goes live or if the forum times out before it's created. Enjoy the group while you can.
I've noticed the forum is really slow. Forums are dying niche sadly, I own 2 forums, and thinking of closing them down. People are very active on social media sites, and forgot about forums.
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« on: August 16, 2024, 05:24 »
Hi. I’m thinking to upload my images to wirestock. Is it worth the time ? Also do you tick the box where they will distribute to other agencies as well ? Thanks
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« on: August 14, 2024, 13:54 »
29 days of prioritizing AI, still not a single illustration reviewed... 
I think I'm going to set the record, unless some else has already beat this. "Submitted 5 months ago" plus I wrote to Mat, who forwarded the request to the review team, last week. It was a current event photo. "The Iowa DOT has temporarily closed the older iron truss, Black Hawk Bridge spanning the Mississippi River, joining Lansing IA, to Crawford County, WI. Wide panorama view from the North West in Iowa." by now the bridge could be open again.
Monday I photographed the Night Sky, the aurora from the CME that hit the Earth. Uploaded to Adobe. Lets say it's reviewed in a month. How much will anyone be interested in a month old current event image.  And we talk about sales and income dropping. Back to the good old days when two weeks for a review was not uncommon on many sites.
Just for fun, here's the aurora, during my shooting Perseids. Lucky me and I had a good time.
I am in the same boat, 5 months waiting to be reviewed  . Can't wait to see it 12 months
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« on: August 11, 2024, 07:56 »
Thanks. Yes, I can create a website without any issues. At the moment own around 6 , but need to get rid of some.
May I ask where you do advertise your prints ?
Sounds good .
Until now nowhere, it's been all organic traffic. But will probably do some ads on Google in future.
I guess you’d own a Facebook page too where you post you new prints photo ? 😅
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« on: August 11, 2024, 06:31 »
That website is more for my own travel portfolio, but was thinking to build a new website designed to sell prints. That's why I wanted to find out more info from you if it's possible to generate income from selling prints on own website. Can I have a link to your web pleaSE?
I can tell you that it is possible to generate income from prints through own website. It seems you are already familiar with creating websites and know your way with SEO, so you don't need much time to create a new website with a shop. In that case I would say just invest that time and try it. I don't know how much income can be generated, but there are people out there making good money from prints (not me).
Thanks. Yes, I can create a website without any issues. At the moment own around 6 , but need to get rid of some. May I ask where you do advertise your prints ?
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« on: August 09, 2024, 16:34 »
I don’t want to pay a subscription to be honest. I own a website where prints are available, but never made any sales. Haven’t shown the interest on advertising. But now I’m thinking again , maybe I should try sell prints on my site. Not sure if these will sell or where to advertise to be honest
Just checked your website. What company/service do you use for the website and for shopping functions?
The reason you don't get any sales might be that you don't reach buyers through search engines. Do you get clicks through Google? It seems you could improve your SEO (for example change image names from numbers to some meaningful names). Also the prices might be too high, but I don't know that much about UK market.
That website is more for my own travel portfolio, but was thinking to build a new website designed to sell prints. That's why I wanted to find out more info from you if it's possible to generate income from selling prints on own website. Can I have a link to your web pleaSE?
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« on: August 08, 2024, 16:44 »
I don’t want to pay a subscription to be honest. I own a website where prints are available, but never made any sales. Haven’t shown the interest on advertising. But now I’m thinking again , maybe I should try sell prints on my site. Not sure if these will sell or where to advertise to be honest
WooCommerce and Wordpress are free. There are additional paid plugins for more specialized functions, but for prints the free version should be enough.
And what company are you using to print your images? I know you could do it manually as well, but I was wondering if you do it automatically .
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« on: August 08, 2024, 14:10 »
Sorry. I haven’t printed on acrylic.
I’m selling prints through Fine Art America & one agent and these days it earns me more than stock. I sure hope print sales don’t disappear. I haven’t added them to my website though I’m thinking about it. I sell some directly but it’s easier to have someone else do the printing and shipping. I use Millers for those images. Generally framed or on metal.
Thanks again for your help. I got some nice expensive sales on acrylic here in Germany, so having them on offer might make sense . I hope prints will continue selling in the years to come - high-resolution real world imagery for prints is much more difficult to replace by AI than stock images.
are you using WordPress to sell Prints ?
Yes. Actually I only need WooCommerce for the shop functionality, but it is a Wordpress plugin, so Wordpress is required as well. But if you're thinking about selling through your website - the technology doesn't matter, Shopify is a very popular choice for example.
I don’t want to pay a subscription to be honest. I own a website where prints are available, but never made any sales. Haven’t shown the interest on advertising. But now I’m thinking again , maybe I should try sell prints on my site. Not sure if these will sell or where to advertise to be honest
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« on: August 08, 2024, 12:53 »
Sorry. I haven’t printed on acrylic.
I’m selling prints through Fine Art America & one agent and these days it earns me more than stock. I sure hope print sales don’t disappear. I haven’t added them to my website though I’m thinking about it. I sell some directly but it’s easier to have someone else do the printing and shipping. I use Millers for those images. Generally framed or on metal.
Thanks again for your help. I got some nice expensive sales on acrylic here in Germany, so having them on offer might make sense . I hope prints will continue selling in the years to come - high-resolution real world imagery for prints is much more difficult to replace by AI than stock images.
are you using WordPress to sell Prints ?
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« on: August 08, 2024, 12:29 »
Does anyone know how stock agency search engines rank content?
Last year I took a brief vacation from the world of stock and tried uploading to YouTube which was interesting but didn't work out.
However, it did get me wondering about how stock agency search engines rank new uploads and if they work in a similar way to how the YouTube algorithm monitors 'signals'.
I know the YouTube algorithm is a complex beast that uses many factors to determine if your content is good, and then apply that data to decide whether or not rank or promote your content higher within the search results. But do stock agencies use a similar approach to ranking content every time a customer uses a specific search term?
are you willing to share your youtube experience? i've been dabbling for a little while and after a few years got my channel monitized a few days ago (not photo related channel).
I do YouTube as well and hopefully to monetise mine too. But it's a hard game. Consistency is the key.
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« on: August 08, 2024, 04:43 »
1. You can only upload illustrative editorial.
2. They will sell. Better or worse, depending on the subject and quality of your photos or images.
That’s what confuses me. Are illustrative editorial are photos ?
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« on: August 08, 2024, 03:12 »
Hi. Was wondering if I can upload editorial images to Adobe and if these will sell better than normal photos? Cheers
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