Hello,

Just found this one. I don't know if it works great or anything about it. Just found it : https://alttext.io/

So adding to the list

Hello guys, great that the topic ios going further with new propositions like Payhip which looks great. It a great variant for peoples who doesn't wanna dig into the hosting.

As I said, I'm a videoguy. Managing BIG files. That payhip, if they host my file, can be great option, especially that they say, the host the files. But as said, you still give your creations to someone for them to sell it. Security issue there for me.

I would love to ask to those hosting there own files : how do you connect the download button to a storage place ? Are you using an S3 type drive ? VPS système or at home selfmade ?
That part has not been detailed yet.

I don't have anything on my side, just trying to be able to do it

I guess, a hosting, it's important, but for video, we're speaking about 2 to 5Go per clip.
That would cost a lot for a paid service.
There is tones of system. But today, we have those fantastic technology for self-hosting which I think is the answer for an data owner (sociological & ecological issue).

It's like food. If you know what it means to grow or if you know the guy who grow vegetable, you'll likely do less throwing.

The only problem for me, it's how to manage the downloading / commercial process.

Hello !

Thank you for sharing this story.
I'm actually more about going to wordpress & woocommerce that I read.
I'm selfhosting a server, and trying to do something using a raspberry Pi, Yunohost and Peertube. That could be the way to go for not using a big server. More traffic means more sharing in peer2peer. And if you need more bandwitch and some stuff, you can still go for a VPS, make an other yunohost and share hosting like the top 100 view per clips. (I'm a videographer)

If I can do something like that, then it would be a killing concept from a good open source product I guess.

I don't know if something like that is online for photos. but could use Piwigo or similar.

So I don't know if that would be enough. But I would not sell 100 per day, that mean bandwith is not that important at the end. 

Hello,

First post here on that forum  . Use to deal with Blackbox Guild (got 1500 shots), but I understand that's really bad for me as wirestock could also be. Loosing a lot of money and my power as contributor.
I'm a filmmaker from France, and like @cobalt I'll try to make a living out of it. As he said basicly in each of his message, I think that stock is not dead. May be stock photography is way to hard. But in video you can still make a living if you're good and produce content on a regular basis.

My idea is not to rely on 1 plateform. Basicly I'm on subscription plateform (artgrid got around 400 shots) and I'll try to get to filmsupply, storyblock also in the subscribed world. Stocksy would be great also.
My purpose is to go on P5 (yeah ballzy haha), videohive, and a lot more like dissolve, filmpac... Using Xpiks app. Because if one plateform close, then buyers will go somewhere else, and I should not lose much incomes.

So from what I read here and there, the biggest mistake is to think that SS, Adobe are still the biggest and the one to be. I guess that's not true anymore. The thing is I even considere going on plateform like freepiks. But that's making me cry somehow, I guess I'll never do it because I'm a creator and I don't want to devaluate my job. But I'm thinking about this kind of new business models anyway (I've seen that blackbox is uploading on freepiks, so I already have some stuffs on it), as some are using AI.

The idea is this also :

Quote from: cobalt on September 02, 2024, 06:29
it is not about the bottom line, it is about customer reactions.

again, if you beliebe ai will destroy the stock market, you can and should readjust income streams.

personally i see huge opportunities and i am trying to improve my skills every day.

I also want to get better at shooting. And stock footage would help me achieving that goal with the possibility to write documentaries and to shoot video clips for friends, for crraftsmen/women which couldn't have a pro filmmaker without my stock incomes.
I'll live with a low income at the beginin. But I still rely on some other gigs that I don't want to lose anyway.

The final world for me here is : diversifying  . That's not only applying it to stock, but to other shooting type.

I guess to succed, we need to shot exclusif and non exclusif content, to upload on subscription / per clip... we need to get some jobs externally, like shooting for travelling company, or any company out there... Always in video for me.

Thank for your words here, it's really helpfull to begin into the business.

Ahh and btw, I got around 6 or 7K$ yearly already for the last 3 years. I haven't uploads much.  really big mistake !

Hello,

First post here on that forum  . Use to deal with Blackbox Guild (got 1500 shots), but I understand that's really bad for me as wirestock could also be. Loosing a lot of money and my power as contributor.
I'm a filmmaker from France, and like @cobalt I'll try to make a living out of it. As he said basicly in each of his message, I think that stock is not dead. May be stock photography is way to hard. But in video you can still make a living if you're good and produce content on a regular basis.

My idea is not to rely on 1 plateform. Basicly I'm on subscription plateform (artgrid got around 400 shots) and I'll try to get to filmsupply, storyblock also in the subscribed world. Stocksy would be great also.
My purpose is to go on P5 (yeah ballzy haha), videohive, and a lot more like dissolve, filmpac... Using Xpiks app. Because if one plateform close, then buyers will go somewhere else, and I should not lose much incomes.

So from what I read here and there, the biggest mistake is to think that SS, Adobe are still the biggest and the one to be. I guess that's not true anymore. The thing is I even considere going on plateform like freepiks. But that's making me cry somehow, I guess I'll never do it because I'm a creator and I don't want to devaluate my job. But I'm thinking about this kind of new business models anyway (I've seen that blackbox is uploading on freepiks, so I already have some stuffs on it), as some are using AI.

The idea is this also :

Quote from: cobalt on September 02, 2024, 06:29
it is not about the bottom line, it is about customer reactions.

again, if you beliebe ai will destroy the stock market, you can and should readjust income streams.

personally i see huge opportunities and i am trying to improve my skills every day.

I also want to get better at shooting. And stock footage would help me achieving that goal with the possibility to write documentaries and to shoot video clips for friends, for crraftsmen/women which couldn't have a pro filmmaker without my stock incomes.
I'll live with a low income at the beginin. But I still rely on some other gigs that I don't want to lose anyway.

The final world for me here is : diversifying  . That's not only applying it to stock, but to other shooting type.

I guess to succed, we need to shot exclusif and non exclusif content, to upload on subscription / per clip... we need to get some jobs externally, like shooting for travelling company, or any company out there... Always in video for me.

Thank for your words here, it's really helpfull to begin into the business.

Ahh and btw, I got around 6 or 7K$ yearly already for the last 3 years. I haven't uploads much.  really big mistake !

Hello,

First post here on that forum  . Use to deal with Blackbox Guild (got 1500 shots), but I understand that's really bad for me as wirestock could also be. Loosing a lot of money and my power as contributor.
I'm a filmmaker from France, and like @cobalt I'll try to make a living out of it. As he said basicly in each of his message, I think that stock is not dead. May be stock photography is way to hard. But in video you can still make a living if you're good and produce content on a regular basis.

My idea is not to rely on 1 plateform. Basicly I'm on subscription plateform (artgrid got around 400 shots) and I'll try to get to filmsupply, storyblock also in the subscribed world. Stocksy would be great also.
My purpose is to go on P5 (yeah ballzy haha), videohive, and a lot more like dissolve, filmpac... Using Xpiks app. Because if one plateform close, then buyers will go somewhere else, and I should not lose much incomes.

So from what I read here and there, the biggest mistake is to think that SS, Adobe are still the biggest and the one to be. I guess that's not true anymore. The thing is I even considere going on plateform like freepiks. But that's making me cry somehow, I guess I'll never do it because I'm a creator and I don't want to devaluate my job. But I'm thinking about this kind of new business models anyway (I've seen that blackbox is uploading on freepiks, so I already have some stuffs on it), as some are using AI.

The idea is this also :

Quote from: cobalt on September 02, 2024, 06:29
it is not about the bottom line, it is about customer reactions.

again, if you beliebe ai will destroy the stock market, you can and should readjust income streams.

personally i see huge opportunities and i am trying to improve my skills every day.

I also want to get better at shooting. And stock footage would help me achieving that goal with the possibility to write documentaries and to shoot video clips for friends, for crraftsmen/women which couldn't have a pro filmmaker without my stock incomes.
I'll live with a low income at the beginin. But I still rely on some other gigs that I don't want to lose anyway.

The final world for me here is : diversifying  . That's not only applying it to stock, but to other shooting type.

I guess to succed, we need to shot exclusif and non exclusif content, to upload on subscription / per clip... we need to get some jobs externally, like shooting for travelling company, or any company out there... Always in video for me.

Thank for your words here, it's really helpfull to begin into the business.

Ahh and btw, I got around 6 or 7K$ yearly already for the last 3 years. I haven't uploads much.  really big mistake !

Hello !

That mean that for videographer shutterstock is still relevant ? I'm quitting blackbox guild to upload on my own name. I realized that plateform wasn't good at all for the business.

I'm originally videographer, but would like to become hybrid shooter like 80% video / 20% photo.

Do you think Shutterstock is a go to ?