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626
« on: January 26, 2018, 11:42 »
Alamy was my best site last year (yes, beating SS - Alamy was up, and SS down a lot). Still, 100K total gross is not all that impressive over up to 15 years or possibly more - not that I am close, but I am not all that dedicated.
To get to the 100K gross on Is you would only get 15K total for yourself, more like 30K at SS, and closer to 40 to 50K at Alamy (depending on if you get distributor sales and how many).
It is good to see them posting here - and keeping an eye on what we might be posting.
627
« on: January 25, 2018, 15:26 »
They are the sandbox for SS to experiment with paying us less.
628
« on: January 21, 2018, 19:22 »
I wrote them about the files not showing up - with details of which files didn't show (it was all the ones submitted before a certain date). I think I got a form reply - something like thank you we will look into it. I checked again a few weeks later and they were still missing. Then the next time I checked they were back. I don't know if they actually fixed them based on my input or if it would have happened anyway. Sales most certainly didn't go up 30%. More like they dropped through the floor.
629
« on: January 20, 2018, 21:17 »
They never recovered or doubled sales like they promised when they started the RC nonsense. December was pretty bad but so far this month is just pathetic. (less than canstock pathetic, under 1/10th of Dreamstime, multiple days in a row with no sales pathetic). I think the only sites lower than them are GL, FP, and SF. They used to make it into my top 4 from time to time. I don't know what has happened to them, but it isn't good. I'll have to decide what to do if I drop a level which will happen with a few months like this one.
Last year I discovered 1/3 of my port wasn't showing up. They fixed that in December as far as I could tell, but the sales are worse than ever.
630
« on: January 20, 2018, 10:57 »
I had a double sale and then about an hour later one was refunded (of course they couldn't tell me why the refund because that would just be too hard for them). If I hadn't seen the double sale I wouldn't have known why.
"Due to the high volume of daily transactions, we cannot provide additional clarification on the refund performed. Measures are always taken for the licenses to be withdrawn and images deleted. Any subsequent unlicensed usage is liable to legal action and penalties.
"
631
« on: January 19, 2018, 16:29 »
just make sure you are over 18 or maybe 21 with your "new" birthday.
632
« on: January 18, 2018, 19:39 »
I got the PFO letter today (application denied). I finished my application Oct 11, 2017. I can't say it was a great surprise after all the other rejections, but it would have been nice.
633
« on: January 14, 2018, 14:10 »
I would not discount the vagaries of what happens on the sites - delays in indexing, search changes, and someone else uploading a flood of similar content (or not) right after you can all have a huge effect on how well an image sells. Unfortunately there isn't a lot we can do about it other than upload more so that those effects get averaged out.
These things can happen in our favor or against them. I know of instances where this worked in my favor, and I suspect ones where they went against me.
The more your images are unique and in demand the more they will sell no matter what the agencies do or don't do.
634
« on: January 14, 2018, 13:02 »
It wouldn't connect via ftp for me, then I poked around on the P5 site and saw the ftp server had changed, so I changed that, but it wouldn't accept the password I tried to put in (nothing happened when I submitted it). I think a new browser solved that. Then ftp via FileZilla worked.
635
« on: January 11, 2018, 14:36 »
"Old images don't sell like they used to"
This is the exact opposite for me. ONLY the old images sell (and well)! No point on uploading new work anymore. New work never sees the light of day sadly ...
Even when it seems like all of the sales are of old images, they still don't sell like they used to. I went back and opened up the sales from 2012 and it was pretty eye opening how many more sales I had back then with a lot less images (and I'd like to think at least some of the new ones are better quality). I have seen no real evidence of sales capping - my month to month results vary probably +- 30%. Maybe I am too small potatoes to get capped? I have certainly seen a good sale day or a big sale followed by crap days, but saying you get 2 good days and then a crap day means that after the first good day you had another good day... I am not saying there aren't all sorts of behind the scenes shenanigans with the search - location, image size, age, possibly contributor level. I want to know how the caps are set if they exist. So many people talk about caps - but then say they are up or down a certain amount - usually something significant. If they really had a set income for you, then the people that stopped contributing would still make that amount month after month - unless it is tied to recent upload #s, in which case that would be a different story.
636
« on: January 10, 2018, 16:00 »
I'm still waiting for the doubling of sales they promised... well, I am not waiting really, but it hasn't happened.
Last fall I discovered that about 1/3 of my portfolio didn't even show up anywhere. They fixed that, but sales have still been pretty dire. Last Dec and this month are particularly weak.
2015 was my best year, followed by 2012 (when I think they decided that 50% was just too generous).
637
« on: January 07, 2018, 23:29 »
Would you be guaranteed sales or are you going up against a bunch of submitters and some might get a sale? It seems like you should just call Amex and charge 20% less than Getty and keep it all. (I'm sure Getty doesn't think that is a good idea though)
638
« on: January 05, 2018, 16:43 »
They definitely fall into the fire and forget and only when I have some time category. Their rejections seem pretty random, but I stopped trying to figure them out. There is no way I would spend any extra time trying to change something for the level of sales they have.
639
« on: December 31, 2017, 00:50 »
Since humans are apes, that will severely restrict their collection.
640
« on: December 29, 2017, 23:23 »
Nice idea, but there may not be enough exclusive contributors that are active on this forum to provide useful poll results. Best wishes...
No kidding. I think this is not the forum to be positive about IS/GI and share the positive results. It's more a forum where the same 30-40 people whine incessantly about everything and anything related to IS/GI and skin you alive if you think different.
And it's sooooo unjustified, as Getty is all Heart:
"The Culture of Getty Images
Our Leadership Principles
We want to attract candidates who embody a personal commitment to the following Leadership Principles. These principles define the kind of company we aim to be and form the cornerstone of everything we do:
Trustworthiness, Transparency and Openness. We insist on honesty, integrity and openness.
Raise the Bar. It is incumbent upon us to increase our standards of performance and strive for excellence.
Lead by Example. We are stewards of excellence and consistently demonstrate our values.
One Voice. Collective responsibility must be embraced.
Bring Me Solutions. Identifying a problem is important, but finding the solution is far more valuable.
No silos. Its not their problem its our problem.
The Obligation to Care. We must truly care about this business and our colleagues.
At Getty Images, these principles are not just slogans but deeply felt statements that identify what we value and what we practice."
http://corporate.gettyimages.com/source/careers
Once you realize that it is opposite century for Getty it all makes sense.
641
« on: December 25, 2017, 13:58 »
Are there any ways to get statistics on Adobe if you can't get into Fotolia - you know things like sales per month and that sort of thing?
642
« on: December 24, 2017, 21:03 »
As the indy contributors leave or stop uploading they need to screw the exclusives that are no longer getting propped up by the screwing of the indies. Gradually everything will go to 20% or less.
643
« on: December 24, 2017, 10:05 »
I bet most of the "many that are moving up" are mostly from the absolute bottom tier to the next to bottom tier.
644
« on: December 21, 2017, 23:23 »
Your problem is you are dealing with Getty.
645
« on: December 21, 2017, 21:37 »
I would say skip 123RF - you will start out at a painfully low percentage and even if your work sells well it will be months before your previous 12 month total gets to a point that you would make a good percentage. I started out with DT but not exclusive. After a few months I joined SS in the middle of December and the second half of the month sales passed all of the sales I had ever had on DT.
Before I would have said send them all to SS since it is so easy to upload there - but it isn't so easy to upload there anymore. If the keywords aren't in the EXIF data it is worth putting it there if you are going to send them anywhere new. You should probably still send them to SS, but it isn't a painless process anymore. #2 I'd say send them to Adobe - or a few hundred to each and see what sells. Alamy could be good, but the upload there is way more of a pain and it can be a long time before sales start, so I'd say wait on them.
DT stills sells for me - about 1/3 to 1/2 of where they were at their best.
646
« on: December 14, 2017, 12:12 »
BS is where SS gets to experiment with how to pay us less. The more sales they can move there from SS, the more they get to keep. If they can get sales from other sites it is even better for them.
647
« on: December 11, 2017, 14:41 »
If the first 7 keywords are so important why don't you show the first 7 by default - I only see 5 unless I click on show all.
I have asked it many times and I never get a satisfying answer 
On the Fotolia/Adobe they tell about 5 and Mat persists to tell about 7, so how it is really?
@Chickikov, the answer to your question is yes.
Does that solve that? 
As I'm typing this I'm sitting with the product manager for the contributor portal and he explained it to me like this. The first keyword you list has the most impact on relevance in the search. The 2nd keyword has high relevance but not as much as the first. The third keyword is less relevant than the first two and so on.
The trend continues, however when you get to keyword number 8 the % of relevance is so small it will have very little impact on search results if customers were using that word as a standalone. #7 is the last of which there is any significant relevance.
The reason there is a question about 5 or 7 is the minimum number of required keywords at Fotolia is 7 and the minimum at Adobe Stock is 5. The relevance is the same regardless.
My personal recommendation is to shoot for between 15 and 25 keywords.
-Mat
Thanks for explaining that.
648
« on: December 08, 2017, 19:57 »
From their website
"Pickit aggregates images from multiple stock providers and our own Pickit Community photographers. Then we put them all in one place. At your fingertips."
Be careful with who your agencies partner with, you might just get 60% of nothing.
more like you get 15-50% of 60% of nothing.
649
« on: December 08, 2017, 19:19 »
If the first 7 keywords are so important why don't you show the first 7 by default - I only see 5 unless I click on show all.
650
« on: December 03, 2017, 21:57 »
Most of the sales are of images that are on both, although I have had sales on the Alamy only images too - a lot less sales from a lot less images.
Also keep in mind that sales on Alamy are not all high $ for you - especially if you get distributor sales. I think I am opted out of novel use though. The few big sales (>100$ for me) are very nice though.
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