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Messages - fintastique
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« on: March 23, 2008, 03:39 »
Featurepics is really only a viable option if you have your own website and you want to redirect sales back to them.
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« on: March 22, 2008, 14:53 »
1,084
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35,949
compare that to 5,000+ at DT and 8,000+ at SS
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« on: March 22, 2008, 14:37 »
What about Canadian paper money? having mixed rejections/acceptance at SS
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« on: March 22, 2008, 14:27 »
what price increase? anyone seen a sale at the higher prices? Its two weeks since the announcement 
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« on: March 22, 2008, 14:18 »
I noticed that your container ship vector is selling for ten credits at iStock where you are going to receive just 20% so at the most $2.60 but less with bulk purchases of credits. Whereas 50% of 10 credits at StockXpert is $5 so a better deal If you are going to spend that much time on a vector it might be better to just submit rasterized versions but if you have your own website. You can sell eps files at Featurepics and you can set the price $20 and receive $14 for the full price comparison check out this table
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« on: March 22, 2008, 13:59 »
I think you get 60% of an exclusive photo sale at DT . Whereas at Fotolia for newbies the difference is bigger 33% (non-exclusive) 50% (exclusive) I suppose as the agencies get fussier about accepting images it may become more important if an image is only accepting at one of the major sites. Exclusivity explained
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« on: March 05, 2008, 04:12 »
I just did a few calculations for new sizes and new credit prices they don't start until May 2008
Blog 400 x 300 1 credit 35c - 50c
Web 800 x 600 2 credits 70c - $1.00
Print 12 MB RAW 3 credits - 4 mp $1.05 - $1.50
Ultra High 28 MB RAW 4 credits - 9.7mp $1.40 - $2
Mega High 28 MB+ RAW 5 credits 9.7 mp+ $1.75 - $2.50
TIFF Download Highest res TIFF 10 credits $3.50 - $5
A pity they choose 10mp instead of 8mp for the highest tier but a big increase for the smaller sizes
web 800 x 600 1 credit 37.5c - 50c
print 2mp 2 credit 75c - $1.00
highest 3 credit $1.12 - $1.50
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« on: March 05, 2008, 03:43 »
In terms of rejections I find iStock tend to be more picky though recently they have been accepting images that quite a few of the other sites rejected.
One positive aspect of iStock is that if their is a minor flaw in a photo they will tell you and you can resubmit, whereas Fotolia rejections are very vague
In terms of uploading FT are a bit easier than iStock.
If your acceptance rate at iStock is about 50% I would recommend disambiguating after your batch has been reviewed
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« on: February 29, 2008, 15:03 »
Sorry I couldn't wait to add up my numbers, now updated SS 46.2% BME DT 16.5% BME FT 9.5% StockXpert 7.0% 123 7.0% IS 6.3% BME BS 6.0% FP 1.2% CanStockPhoto 0.3% Overall BME.
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« on: February 19, 2008, 08:16 »
Referrals comparsions table in my Microstock guide lists most of the major sites referral programs My referral earnings for the last 2 years FT $90.84 (5 year limit) DT $90.67 (3 year limit) iS $80 (8 buyers signed up) SS $57.72 (no time limit) * 123 $47.09 BS $40.00 8 photographers reached 75 images # * quite a few sign ups but no big portfolios and I wouldn't get anything from referrred photographers extended license sales unlike DT and FT # anyone had a $5 payments since July 2007 ??
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« on: February 01, 2008, 05:18 »
The original graph dls/total portfolio  New graph as suggested DLs/uploads that month  November'06 is artificially high as I only uploaded 92 files, the numbers at the side don't mean much
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« on: January 31, 2008, 15:44 »
I calculated how many images were in my portfolio at the end of the month by exporting the accepted images page to Excel then did some sums. I then divided how many DLs in a month by the number of images in my portfolio that month then plotted this graph it shows November 2006 to January 2008 so for my portfolio it peaked in March and has declined every since.
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« on: January 31, 2008, 14:37 »
These are the final figures for January SS 43.1% DT 15.8% BME FT 9.6% BS 9.4% BME StockXpert 7.4% 123 6.3% BME iS 6.1% FP 1.8% BME CanStockPhoto 0.1% 2nd best month so far for micro earnings October 2007 still the best it was a very good month at SS.
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« on: January 31, 2008, 11:31 »
Well I doubt many of us are producing 30 mp images but the extra small is 300 x 400. I am listing earnings for non-exclusive newbies (earning 33%)obviously if you are bronze are higher the earnings will be greater. XS 300 x 400 33c S 600 x 800 66c M 1.9 MP 99c L 3.7 MP $1.32 XL 7.8 MP $1.65 XXL 15MP $1.98 XXXL 30MP $2.31 Vectors $2.31 I have added a comparison table to my microstock guide
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« on: January 14, 2008, 10:28 »
Nothing about this in the DT forum section so I thought i would mention it.
Since the beginning of the year you can now see what keyword was used when one of your images was downloaded (they are listed in the last download column) . Nothing spectacular but interesting to have a glimpse inside the mind of the buyer. I was surprised by the number of single word searches and more so by some very strange results.
keyword - solar panel image downloaded - map of Ontario
keyword - software image downloaded - seattle skyline with yacht
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« on: January 14, 2008, 10:17 »
Nothing about this in the DT forum section so I thought i would mention it. At DT as an image has more downloads the price increases and they have recently reduced the number of downloads for Level 2 images from 25 to 10. Usually a 600 x 800 image will earn you 50c but if it is downloaded 10 times a buyer will have to pay more and we get $1. More details in this table part of my Microstock guide Dreamstime info 25c subscription sales will start to get very annoying when it is a level 5 images that should earn between $2.50 and $4.00 depending on size
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« on: January 14, 2008, 05:59 »
Two weeks worth of numbers, I thought I would try a new way of presenting the data, I was getting bored using a calculator.  a new iPod is imminent at DT for the 2.2 millionth image 123 at 1.5 million + StockXpert at 1 million +
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« on: January 02, 2008, 07:03 »
The downward trend continued after peaking in October  SS 49.9% DT 15.4% FT 7.9% StockXpert 7.8% BS 6.0% IS 5.9% 123 4.8% FP 2.2% CanStockPhoto 0.1% Not as bad as December 2006 I even had a few DLs on Christmas day.
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« on: December 31, 2007, 09:50 »
New Year's eve figures and Christmas eve in () 17th December []
slower growth in the portfolios as the reviewers and uploaders take a break
FT 2,888,263 (2,867,493) [2,836,805] +20,770
SS 2,849,017 (2,830,076) [2,799,138] +18,941
IS 2,531,000 (2,519,000) [2,493,301] +12,000
DT 2,149,825 (2,140,108) [2,107,545] +9,717
BS 1,652,000 (1,633,000) [1,610,000] +19,000 *
123 1,500,000+
StockXpert 1,000,000 + #
CanStockPhoto 622,597 (618,890) [612,953] +3,707
FP 469,275 (465,325) [458,725] +3,950
* I presume the reviewers at BigStock decided to skip their holidays unlike most other sites
# StockXpert join the 1 million club no prizes though
Hey all you guests please read my microstock guide see link in my signature
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« on: December 19, 2007, 05:07 »
If you are entering your IPTC data correctly and have the bandwidth to spare I can't see why not.
The returns may not be big but they exceed the amount of effort and they have a high acceptance rate.
Its not like you have to re-order your keywords or add categories.
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« on: December 19, 2007, 05:03 »
You can have long term sellers at SS if you upload at the right time and your image becomes a "popular" image then if interest continues it stays near the top in the popular search and continues to sell doesn't very happen often. I have one vector that has been DLed 178 times in 9 months at SS, 10 times at DT and none at iStock coz they won't accept my illustrations 
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« on: December 19, 2007, 04:54 »
The reasons behind and the comments can be read at SS thread$10 Low Resolution (240px) formally $39 [$10 at istock] $30 Standard Definition (480px) formally $99 [$30 at iStock] $40 High Definition (720px) [$40 at iStock] $50 High Definition (1080px) formally $159 [$50 at iStock] I personally have 176 clips uploaded at SS and sales have been rather sporadiac. So now that is no reason not to upload these clips to Istock. I didn't spend that much on the camera and just bring it along when i am taking photos but it may be very bad news for those who bought HD videocameras.
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« on: December 17, 2007, 05:49 »
FT 2,836,805 (2,802,024) [2,509,798] +34,781 SS 2,799,138 (2,770,660) [2,486,882] +28,478 IS 2,493,301 (2,465,000) [2,257,000] +28,301 DT 2,107,545 (2,049,583) [1,826,714] +57,962 * BS 1,610,000 (1,587,000) [1,446,000] +23,000 123 1,500,000+ [1,000,000] StockXpert ?? CanStockPhoto 612,953 (607,654) [563,967] +5,299 FP 458,725 (454,025) [403,025] +4,700 * watch out iStock!!
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« on: December 16, 2007, 03:54 »
Though bear in mind the competition
search results for fractal
SS 93,274
DT 12,473
BS 9,990
FT 6,600 +
123 5,000 +
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« on: December 16, 2007, 03:22 »
I was selected to try out the beta version, you get to search your portfolio by keyword then .You can actually position the watermark anywhere just drag and drop.
It is rather handy for making frames (or pictures or illustrations) with a large blank central area harder to use without paying for.
I know for most of us 123 isn't a higher earner but the micro sites have a tendency to copy good ideas. If only Fotolia would sort out their watermark
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