Humm!! I guess someone read my book "How to make $1000 selling books teaching how to make money with stock photography" 

Well ... I allready apply, I am in the "hands of stocksy curator gods"

But, to all Stocksy contributors, please give me your oppinion/criticism to my selection

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nphotospt/albums/72157655947776632

What happen if SIM never reach 1.000$ royalties in sales?

Believing in microstock Success is quiting your job, good luck 

I once believe that, and almost quit my job ... I am glad I didn't take that step.

Quote from: 60D on July 13, 2015, 17:16

Quote from: hjalmeida on July 13, 2015, 17:15
You can contact the contributor help and ask them to do that ... but prepare yourself to wait a very long time for them to answer.

Already contacted, 3 weeks ago... still waiting... 

LOL ... I say that no less than 3 months

Quote from: 60D on July 13, 2015, 16:55

Quote from: hjalmeida on July 13, 2015, 16:24
You can delete all of them, canceling your contract.

I just want to edit my copyright notice, but it seems not possible. 

You can contact the contributor help and ask them to do that ... but prepare yourself to wait a very long time for them to answer.

Quote from: 60D on July 13, 2015, 15:24

Thanks a lot for replies.

It's bit scary to hear that I cannot delete my own images once they got accepted. 

You can delete all of them, canceling your contract.

Quote from: 60D on July 13, 2015, 13:13

Is it possible to delete or edit details of already accepted image?

What sort of images they sell most? Most my my images are travel images.

Are you get notified when an image is downloaded?

No.
One million dollar question.
Yes.

I am an early begginer at Canva, I send them my portfolio before Canva start doing business.

Now I have 5253 images at Canva (decreasing every day), vs 8994 at SS ... my sales at Canva are steady since August 2014, with an exceptional December ... at SS sales are decreasing every month (now I made half than one year ago).
Even so, Canva is 1/4 of what I made at SS ... I think soon they will meat in royalties, but because SS will decrease even more.

If any one want's to get out of Stocksy I can take his place there 

And if they have "bad" photos there, good for me, I have some good ones 

I believe that Microstock is dying ... for photographers.

Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on May 20, 2015, 15:22
No difference to me since I'm not with them.

I am with them, and also there is no difference.
Rarely the photos sell for the price annouced at the site, ...,  it more like some illegal market where each client bargain theire own price.

I think is not about filters or even the style ... we all have photos that match some of the ones we see at Stocksy.

I think the way to be accepted at Stocksy now is showing them the type of images that they are looking for ... and that is the gold question. For us, that don't have access to the Stocksy foruns is hard to know that.

For my aplication this year, i need a mentor someone to guide me into to the right path ... any one there to help? 

Quote from: Semmick Photo on May 05, 2015, 08:59
Fair enough, but still people make good money on Getty and they are traditionally not seen as a penny for stock agency.

The problem with Getty is that they don't have volume sales, for the few sales they make they have to lower theire prices close to micro. Sometimes they do a better sale, at normal price, and that saves the month.

In the next years all the big agencies will want only the best stuff and will pay less and less.

Photography is a commodity product.

It was fun and profit some years ago ...

I don't care if Getty is added to the Poll or not ... those numbers don't tell me mutch.

But, ..., putting Getty (or any macro agencie) in the Microstock Group is looking to the future, all of them sell or will sell in the near future photos at microstock prices.

This forum is about selling photos.

Contibutors from the Flickr/Getty deal can directly submit.

New contributors have to apply to House collections (very difficult) or to Moment collections in some of there regular competition.

They select the images they want, the collection and licence, the images are exclusive (and similar), we do the keyword, and they demand theire model release template.
From my experience, they sell few images and most of them not at the regular prices, 80% of my sales are sell at micro prices. Sometimes I have a good RF sale.

The word is that Stone and Taxi collections (all RM licence) is where the money are, but is very difficult to be accepted to that collections.

I only keep uploading to Getty because the bad performance of microstock agencies, they are also selling less and giving less royalties.

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Quote from: Lee@Canva on March 20, 2015, 20:14
For files in the backlog, the date you uploaded them has no impact on when they get reviewed.  If they're not all reviewed by next Friday, email me and I'll look into it for you.

Lee, I submitted around 6000 files months ago, and I have about 4000 approved files, and probably a lot of "to be cut out" files.
Please don't ask me to check if the difference of about 1900 files are ALL to be cut out, or also non-approved ones.  How can I check this?  It would mean to browse 300 pages, one by one ...

Thanks Anna, I've just emailed you your full portfolio stats.

Hi Lee, when you can also send my full portfolio stats, please ;-)

Now, I hate microstock ...
I love microstock when I make money from my efforts, creativity and work. Those days are gone.

I like to congratulate CANVA and all their team for the excellent work.

In the last years almost all the new agencies that I have join were a failure, that I have regretted some months later.

CANVA, have some problems yet, but I agree with their priorities, even that they must find a way to work the long time for "Pending cut-out" images.

CANVA is a success agency in this bad times at microstock industry.
For me CANVA in now number 3 in profits (only with half of my portfolio, the other half are "Pending cut-out" images), and with the latest changes at istock and the performance at CANVA this month, soon CANVA will be number 2 only beaten by Shutterstock.

Lee: I am happy the he have that Skype talk ;-)

Quote from: jrwasserman on November 18, 2014, 16:21
I'm in Canada and we pay too much. On the other hand, we have great health care, highways, schools ....

I'm in Portugal and we pay too much. On the other hand, we don't have health care, highways, schools ....

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Quote from: Mark Windom Photography on October 23, 2014, 21:07

Quote from: jen on October 23, 2014, 17:07
I'm sorry Jodie and hjalmedia!

I didn't get in the first time I tried....keep at it.

I will prepare myself for next year ... until then Stocksy is loosing my best work

Our best work is not obligatory the best for Stocksy, I mean they look forward not just for good sellable and well done job, but something new and original

Thats my best work ;-)

Quote from: Mark Windom Photography on October 23, 2014, 21:07

Quote from: jen on October 23, 2014, 17:07
I'm sorry Jodie and hjalmedia!

I didn't get in the first time I tried....keep at it.

I will prepare myself for next year ... until then Stocksy is loosing my best work

Also decline. At this time I was expecting that.

So sad I still have to look at Getty as my first agencie.

Well ... one year to build a new portfolio and apply again.

Can we still submit? I think the application to stocksy is closed.

As for the "waiting", happen to me also. I think is not good news ... but we will see.