first post in donkey years
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been in and out of microstock since IS SS dt ft and some good ones that died with IS acquisition, and also editorials with dt, alamy. was there with Alamy since day 1 and had 100% approval where i had my editorials. but deleted my account after 4 years i noticed zero views. i wrote Alamy why certain portfolio get listed while others even with 100% approval are having zero views, got no answer so i closed my portfolio.
i know, from my own sales, that fotolia (before dpc) and dreamstime had the best sales with editorials.
ironically, they were RT commercial images that were used in editorials, which i googled and found..
used by named newspapers (NYTimes,Washington Post,etc)
today, my shift as i said is Events Photography. i have PhotoJournalism and was a stringer on spec in my 35mm days across the country. i only touched with micro because i travel alot and a painter told me i have nothing to lose to try SS,IS, and i got in and was pretty much happy with it, what little time i spent giving them images.
but i am thinking , by consensus, lifestyle micro is more or less saturated, and from what i hear,
my own peers are losing money with clones of their work. luckily for me, i did not depend on micro nor lifestyle.
still, we all profit with diversity and passive income. i like to hear from all their views of where editorials sell. i do not want to hear where xxx pays 90% or better % . 99% of zero is zero, and to me and you will all agree no doubt a waste of time when i can just go to say IS , SS, where sales are regular and leave my stuff there.
but there is really no site that excels in editorials. not the paporazzi stuff of movie stars, but editorials.. events, sports,celebrities making surprise appearances,etc..
bread and butter stuff that we used to make during the 35mm days.
i know, from my own experience here, newsmedia no longer pays anyone , ie. we get it all free from wire (Reuters,etc), and whatever left, we take smartphones from readers. actual quote from several editors i had while traveling across country.
but i firmly believe other papers still take stock photos, as i said, i have several stock photos that are still being used every year for the same contents (taxation, sporting event, awards,etc).
but ft, dt,is, ss, do not really sell editorials . Alamy say they do, but you don't sell NFA is they don't get your images viewed. i know it was not seen, because the history said ZERO VIEWS.
i cannot see how that is even possible with any site. unless my port was not visible,
which could be possible too. who knows.
anyway, this is not an Alamy thread. so please don't tell me about Alamy.
please do tell me about where i won't be wasting my time uploading editorials.SS take editorials too, but lately they have been wacko with credentials. not every sporting event concert festival etc requires credentials. what is held in public open to public do not require credentials, and i got this from many organizers across the country. you only require credentials when it is a paid entrance event or an event closed to only the press .
outdoors festivals,etc do not require credentials because you are giving them free advertising if your editorials sell as stock photos and are used worldwide.
then again, this is not about Shutterstock. so please do not waste Tyler's webspace talking about Shutterstock credentials on MY THREAD HERE, CHEERS !!! I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INSIGHTS.
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