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« on: February 28, 2017, 05:12 »
So it's not so much quality or quantity, it's something that we can't affect. Luck and search engines.
Luck is not independent of quantity.
Indeed, the more lotery tickets you buy, the more chances you have to win it...
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« on: February 28, 2017, 01:44 »
I believe that it is quantity. Assuming that, when you consider yourself to be a photographer, you already have a certain standard of quality that you use.
So don't go uploading technically trashy pictures, but don't go waiting for that one "Wow" pcture, and upload only that, because you will end up selling nearly nothing.
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« on: June 18, 2016, 09:05 »
What about footage? Do agencies accept the quality from a phone?
I'm don't upload too much iphone clips as I love using my professional cam but in some instances mobile clips are great. Must have it in manual mode to stop the aperture from flickering and I also put it in manual focus. One of my best selling clips on Getty was filmed on my old iphone 4s quite a few years ago. Still sells today. As long as you use the equipment to its full advantage the content will sell the clip and do all the hard work for you.
Just wondering, what camera software do you use on iPhone for stock? Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk
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« on: May 15, 2016, 15:26 »
Mobile sites like 20twenty and EyeEm but not Snapwire, I don't get them. I have the feeling they don't want any new photographers and always have the same people getting nominated.
Westend61 for macro, they distribute to Offset, Getty, Fotolia and others as well and accepts mobile.
I always find keywording too troublesome at Alamy, my portfolio there is tiny and sales are almost absent. Not sure if they change the keywording procedure at Alamy nowadays.
In order of importance for me at the moment: Westend61, Getty, mobile, microstock agencies with Westend61 getting my best images and microstock my worst.
Nah... Key wording for alamy is still a pain... Which is the main cause for my portfolio there being stuck at 900, which I reached about 5 years ago...
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« on: May 15, 2016, 14:01 »
Good question! Does eyem and 20twenty and the likes work for you?
I'm also seeing a good increase in mobile stock. But macro stock isn't really working anymore. Which one works well for you? I'm on alamy and used to be on photographersdirect.com
Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk
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« on: May 15, 2016, 03:10 »
I started uploading mobile stockphoto's while commuting, or during bored moments at work. And, I was surprised that sales started flowing in! Not big sales, I won't be selling the 5D yet, or quitting my daytime job yet, but it's fun to see sales coming in.
I'm using, in order of sales:
Shutterstock
Fotolia
iStock
Dreamstime
123RF
Stockimo
Twenty20 (no sales yet)
Thinking of using Eyeem too...
Weird thing about DT: I have between 100 and 200 on each agency (except Twenty20). But DT used to be my bigtime winner in sales, so I put all my effort in that portfolio, and uploaded about 450 at them. Sales (and views) were coming in regularly (not enough, but fun). So I made an extra effort and pushed my portfolio above 500 (37 now). Since then (2 months now), no sales anymore, and almost no views. Anyone else noticed this strange kind of behavior?
Luckily my iStock, FT and SS portfolios kicked off, so I put my effort there now.
Awesome stuff... What mobile are you using? I have a one plus 2 and am trying to figure out if it's me are the phone that's causing all the rejections
I use An iPhone 6. Although, I must say that Alot of them are rejected too. Especially if I process them (using enlight).
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« on: April 18, 2016, 01:54 »
I started uploading mobile stockphoto's while commuting, or during bored moments at work. And, I was surprised that sales started flowing in! Not big sales, I won't be selling the 5D yet, or quitting my daytime job yet, but it's fun to see sales coming in.
I'm using, in order of sales:
Shutterstock
Fotolia
iStock
Dreamstime
123RF
Stockimo
Twenty20 (no sales yet)
Thinking of using Eyeem too...
Weird thing about DT: I have between 100 and 200 on each agency (except Twenty20). But DT used to be my bigtime winner in sales, so I put all my effort in that portfolio, and uploaded about 450 at them. Sales (and views) were coming in regularly (not enough, but fun). So I made an extra effort and pushed my portfolio above 500 (37 now). Since then (2 months now), no sales anymore, and almost no views. Anyone else noticed this strange kind of behavior?
Luckily my iStock, FT and SS portfolios kicked off, so I put my effort there now.
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« on: April 13, 2016, 07:58 »
Mostly I track Sales and Dollars per Agency. This helped me figure out the best working agencies (for me), and prioritize my focus on those. recently (that is, a week ago), I've discovered https://www.stockperformer.com and Microstockr (the OSX app, I already used the iOS app for the first part), which will give you stats over many different agencies, and breakdowns per downloads/dollars per image. I hope this will help me figuring out which types of pictures to focus on too. Microstockr iOS app comes with a small price per year, and as far as I've seen so far, the OSX app is free. Stockperformer is an online tool, and thus available everywhere (which I like), but has quite a price, 9/month (but with 1 free trial month, which I'm using right now).
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