Hello my dear microstock colleagues. I have a "possible strange question" for all of Microstock Veterans that are on this topic.
Let's assume that i'll upload 1 000 000 good shots today. YES! Also let's assume that all of them are accepted in the same day.
My question is: How long does it take to make a decent income from 1 000 000 photos? How many months/years must pass with that million photos already accepted to start earn a living?
I'm asking this because i spoke with a few people and i got to this odd idea that no matter how much you upload, it must take a while to really start earn something serious. And besides the fact that i spoke with others in this business about this fact, i made a sort of test a year ago when i started my MS account on SS.
I got 12 shots accepted and then i just watched them how they act. Strangely, they were earning more and more with every month passed. 12 shots reached to a $4/month from 2015 'till 2016.
My guess is that if you're starting right now in MS business, you won't be satisfied unless you manage to gather around 6000 photos in... let's say 2-3 years.
Might be an file indexing factor in the middle that causes this thing, or it's something else?
I'm really trying to figure it out the "behind the scenes" of Microstock because it really can't be that simple to upload a lot of good shots today and start earning tomorrow.
Also tell me if i'm wrong or not because i want to dig further for the "behind the scenes" of Microstock. Am I on the good path here or not?
Also if somebody figured out how the algorithms works on a specific agency, leave a comment with your thoughts, formulas etc

Good day to you all

Hy there,

I thought of starting a topic who can motivate the people without talents and not only. People who are following the first instinct on making random outdoor shots could be motivated by this one too. So how this should be going?
Write your opinion (based on your experience) on how many images you need to have accepted per day on SS, followed by the number of images you must already have in your portfolio on SS for your predicted earnings per month and last of course, the earnings per month you think you'll make with random shots on SS if you respect the numbers mentioned before.

For example: 10 APD (accepted per day) -> 6000 PORT (Portfolio) = $1000/month

I hope this will be a great help for many of us not only the beginners !

Have a great day everybody! Let the predictions roll