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776
« on: December 02, 2018, 14:46 »
That was a long blog all kinds of ideas, but I don't understand, where do you find the latest trending keywords on Google? Do you make them up or does Google show trending words? The reason AS has such a flat line is no editorial no news less trending keywords.
https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=US
Yes, that's a good source...but mainly it has to do with what I'm regularly seeing featured in international news bulletins.
777
« on: November 30, 2018, 14:05 »
Good comments above - thanks.
The monkey is, I suppose, is in some way related to Brexit since they're prominent in Gibraltar, which is part of the UK.
On an earlier draft I discussed "migrant caravan" and "recreational marijuana" as further potential trending keywords for the present and into the near-future.
778
« on: November 30, 2018, 07:12 »
I've just published a guest-post on using the Google Trends tool to identify potentially trending and soon-to-be trending concepts to create content. Link to blog post here: https://www.mystockphoto.org/google-trends-stock-photography/Teaser: Any technically-excellent content related to "No deal brexit" is sure to a winner imo!
779
« on: November 23, 2018, 07:29 »
2 sales this morning on Alamy for $120 and $22 may just about salvage my month.
In any case, it seems that the last week of every month is when there's usually proportionally the most sales (in my case)...
781
« on: November 21, 2018, 12:25 »
In my opinion, I don't like how they do things. I got contacted a few years ago too. The only way to see what they are all about and their message board is that I had to sign up. Then instead of having the freedom to put in your own personal info and upload your cards and enter info, they wanna do all of that for you.
So I had second thoughts and went on my way. They seemed not pleased with that and were even a bit intrusive.
So nope from me.
Thanks for your inputs. To be honest, I just can't be bothered with yet another agency at this stage. Most have been either disappointing or marginally worthwhile. I can put in the next 10 hours to upload 4,000 images and perhaps my return in 6 months will be $50 if I'm lucky...that's how low my expectations have become with new agencies, unless one can prove otherwise. Must be the low light that's also getting me down!
782
« on: November 20, 2018, 08:48 »
I realise this is a 5-year old thread but I've been recently approached by them to upload my images and would appreciate if anybody has any recent experience working with them.
Thanks in advance.
783
« on: November 18, 2018, 14:30 »
Loser for someone is a winner for someone else.
I've really struggled with Canstock, Canva, Picfair (until first sale yesterday), Creative Market,123rf but have had OK results at BS, DT. These small sites only make at most 5-10% of my total revenue. If I had to upload manually I wouldn't bother.
I think 2 months is too little.
784
« on: November 18, 2018, 08:01 »
Had my first sale on Picfair after 6 months...for $20 net so not bad.
785
« on: November 16, 2018, 04:24 »
Well, finally broke the $100 mark at $102...a milestone of sorts
786
« on: November 13, 2018, 16:25 »
Keep at it and soon you'll be able to afford a happy meal!
787
« on: November 13, 2018, 05:55 »
How much did you expect to make prior to uploading those images?
788
« on: November 09, 2018, 11:03 »
789
« on: November 08, 2018, 13:54 »
It is unusually quiet...oh well
790
« on: November 07, 2018, 06:42 »
@Brasilnut can you comment on this?
Good reading. I was just wondering is it 2018/2019 related or written years before? If it's current it really sparks hope, which is good.
I was wondering what would happen if one sets to upload 100 images a day (back catalog and new shootings, all of excellent quality and decent commercial value)?
If persistent, it would take 3 months to reach about 9000 images online. How would that compare to 6000 in three years in your opinion?
I wrote it last week. Yes, I believe it is contemporary...leaning more towards a realistic to cautious outlook, based on a strong commercial port (model-released) with few similar images. The projection also has editorials in the mix which, on average, earn less than model-released lifestyle type commercial work. If one sets out to upload 100 images/day at "excellent quality and decent commercial value" over 90 days, my prediction would be that after an initial boost as "fresh content", it would then take at least a further 3-5 months until the algos do their thing and those images reach their peak in keyword rankings to earn their peak amounts, before slowly depreciating at about 3% a month until reaching a floor (they'll never become worthless). Back catalogs related to fashion, technology, even skylines generally don't age well, save for vintage value (Manhattan pre- 9/11 for example). If those images are contemporary they may hold their own for years to rank highly for certain keywords. Best to be shooting with future trends in mind, in any case,...Virtual Reality / Augmented reality, tablets, digital displays, etc. This is all really academic so best to post a few examples to have a better idea of your archives. I recall reading somewhere that uploading slowly and consistently is better than all at once in terms of earnings, plus you wouldn't be want to do keywording for 5 hours a day for the next 3 months as you'll probably drive yourself crazy. Plus you may get a nasty reviewer who will just reject a whole batch. In the end they would probably earn about the same in their lifetime but always keep in mind that some images are more time-sensitive than others! Hope that helps!
791
« on: November 06, 2018, 12:24 »
Hi Brazilnut, thanks for a wonderful blogpost! I't inspired my to dive deeper down into subcategories.
I was wondering if there is a list of "Print on Demand agencies" somewhere?
All my Illustrations are RF. I'm not sure they would be suitable as posters, but maybe a few.
Once again. Thank you for a great blogpost.
You're welcome. Happy you enjoyed the brainstorming exercise! obj owl hit the nail in the head there with the list, but personally I tend to stick with Photo4me and Fine Art America and have had some success, although still early days! There's quite a few threads here on this forum about Print on Demand agencies, pricing, etc. Good luck and thanks again
792
« on: November 05, 2018, 18:44 »
Excellent article Alex, it is very difficult to earn good money in this business, but maybe not as bad as your article suggests?
In my limited experience (I started selling stock early last year), I earned just over $500 in the last month with a portfolio of 1,500 images and 20 timelapse videos.
Id say if you are earning $500 a month from 6,000 images then youre doing something wrong. Thanks! I painted a sort of bittersweet picture of how I see the industry going forward. Some hard-working and in-pulse contributors earning $3/4 RPI/year, such as yourself, and on the opposite end, plenty of those with a ridiculous amount of similars earning $0.3/0.4 RPI/year at best. The average and majority should be about $1 RPI/year (perhaps on the optimistic side), hence the 6,000 image-port. Speaking hypothetically can be tricky and it's become a bit academic, unfortunately. I've tried to use my port as an example but it's not the most "average", since few people travel internationally as much as I do!  RPI is only part of the equation and as mentioned above by Pauws99, need to look at the cost to produce such images. In my case, probably like yourself, not considerable since we're shooting locally or incidentally. I know some who do very well shooting from a home-studio. In my case, I use a lot of friends/relatives as models and even myself lately ha, that was fun. The 4K stuff should get you to those nice monthly amounts. I've sold only 8 videos in my life and still have a long ways to go! 4K would be nice and currently eyeing the GoPro7 to capture some urban hyperlapses and perhaps a drone soon, let's see!
793
« on: November 05, 2018, 15:53 »
Anyway i doubt its possible to live and produce images in portugal with 430/month 430euros a month is close to the 676.67 EUR per month (Jul 2018) minimum wage for Portugal, which happens to be one of the lowest in Europe. Another benefit of a low-cost country which hasn't been mentioned is the lower cost of hiring models and some quite beautiful women in Russia and Ukraine that would be all-too-willing to be models for a fraction of the cost of models in London, Paris, Milan, etc. I've looked into how much a model would cost in Lisbon and 50 euros for a daily rate is quite reasonable, otherwise students willing to do it for less! Beside the point anyway since this isn't meant to be a full-time gig (although it may turn into one since it can be quite addictive). To quote myself: To earn a living from Microstock alone is the privilege of increasingly fewer and fewer contributors in late-2018, especially for those that live in developed economies where the cost of living can be high. I keep stressing that this is just to earn enough to upgrade equipment + pay for trips only. The rest should come from working with clients in a photography-related basis or another job unrelated, such as a cozy public sector job with loads of vacation days. Helps to be in a low-cost environment but most of us aren't in Laos or Malaysia. I've spoken with some contributors in Scandinavia and it seems that, from a business point of view, it doesn't make sense to be a full-time Microstocker.
794
« on: November 04, 2018, 13:25 »
Thanks everybody for your comments
795
« on: November 04, 2018, 06:33 »
Check out my new guest post at MyStockPhoto.org on "how to earn $500/month with stock photo". My intention was to be as realistic as possible, using my own port and fellow contributors' as examples since we've been doing this already for a number of years. This is a tough game and increasingly difficult, so those want are starting out now or have just started recently should be aware of the challenges ahead...as well as potential rewards: https://www.mystockphoto.org/earn-500usd-month-microstock/Best of luck
796
« on: October 29, 2018, 17:26 »
123yearstoreviewRF
797
« on: October 24, 2018, 18:00 »
Fade out-- old song playing "Another one bites the dust" by Queen... Maybe he just wants to break free (from microstock)
798
« on: October 24, 2018, 08:23 »
I have image on Sthutterstock, Fotolia,Istock,Dreamstime,123Rf and Alamy. In all of them i have sells, but not in Alamy, why?
I would probably guess its down to insufficient keywords or inaccurate keywords
That and they are not the type of images Alamy buyers are looking for....my (sporadic) sales on there tend not to be "typical" stock images
What kinds of images could be sell on Alamy?
https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/10427-have-you-found-any-alamy-photographs-october/?page=15
799
« on: October 23, 2018, 06:27 »
Been with Alamy for several years now!
Never meet anything but really professionel and kind people there. Always helped out with problems within a super short time frame, and no questions asked bout anything. Just help!
Can't recognise the topic no matter how hard I try!
Keep it up Alamy - You are one of the good guys/girls!
Stefan Dahl +1, I agree. I deal regularly with their customer relations team, including: Amy, Corin, James, Shelley and others who have always been prompt to reply and accurate with their responses. Alamy is, in my opinion, the benchmark of customer service in this industry that is increasingly outsourced and crowd-sourced to the detriment of contributors.
800
« on: October 22, 2018, 17:27 »
It seems that SS is doing some heavy marketing in India. Loads of new contributors there shooting useless stuff with their smartphones. Nearly everyday there is someone from India on the SS forum opening threads asking "why they're few dozen snapshots aren't selling after a few weeks". Not really their fault as those pics should have never been accepted in the first place by a redundant SS QC team that were once upon a time the benchmark. Now they just reject for legal reasons, that is if they gets through without the Technical Error rejection.
Although there must be some excellent Indian contributors, I'm not seeing much quality from the new contributors. Such a pity because India is inherently beautiful.
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