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« on: August 29, 2014, 01:25 »
Ironically DT was okay for me this month - relative to it's normal performance. I have found that my exclusive editorial files do well with them. Also, I'll have a surge of sales and it'll be quiet again for weeks. Anyhow, I get a payout once a year more-or-less from them.
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« on: July 30, 2014, 03:26 »
SS hasn't been good for me the last year. Still the best of my agencies, but have seen a remarkable reduction in earnings following the whole search algorithm change a while back. I'm at 60% what I used to earn, yet I've increased my portfolio considerably.
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« on: June 19, 2014, 02:25 »
I think, if I can be so bold as to extrapolate on what someone else said, that the person probably alluded to the fact that to have a shoot and upload rhythm is important to build a good portfolio of images. Your rhythm might be different from mine, but I am a commercial photographer who tend to use redundant images and quiet days to shoot. However, consistently uploading helps a hell of a lot to get your images digested into the system. Having it there is worth more than not having it there in my opinion.
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« on: June 02, 2014, 01:25 »
Mine was about half of previous months. Definitely a bad one.
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« on: April 02, 2014, 06:42 »
You'll find some here: I'm based in South Africa, and we have an issue with finding black guys who look South African, and not African-American. (Trust me, to the native South African, the difference is obvious) I have a bit. Check it out: http://shutterstock.com/g/danienel
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« on: February 21, 2014, 04:27 »
February and January both down on last year.... The biggest concern is probably the low amount of new material that is selling. I mean like scary little. I suppose it's just business cycles, though. What I'm selling might not be it right now, but later it might get a bit more popular 
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« on: February 12, 2014, 02:15 »
Ok, I'm gonna make you all cry foul... I use the touchpad on my laptop, and I deep-etch etc at the same speed as most on Tablets. However, I don't illustrate, which would be a nightmare on a touchpad. I just had to learn. I never had money for a Wacom, and by the time I.did, I couldn't be bothered. And I hate a normal mouse or even track-ball.
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« on: September 11, 2013, 03:45 »
Dreamstime is nr 4 or so out of the 12 I submit to. I find a strange phenomenon. Just before I reach $100 every time, like at $98, suddenly my sales stops for weeks! I know it sounds very conspiracy theory, but very weird... A nice way to save cash-flow for them....
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« on: July 23, 2013, 04:01 »
To answer one of your earlier questions:
I sell mainly subscription, but the on-demand ones make up about 40% of my income, so ....
I sometimes swallow hard on getting 19c for an image, but considering that it's a license and not a tangible, I suppose it's economies of scale that determines my happiness.
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« on: July 23, 2013, 03:58 »
Of my people images, it still makes up about 30% and sells regularly, but not outrageously. I think there will be a market for it always, but not as top-selling imagery.
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« on: July 23, 2013, 03:51 »
Yes, it should only be USA sales. South Africa has a tax treaty with the US, so I've had to fill out those IRS tax form and register for tax (sort of) in the States, but worth it!
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« on: July 23, 2013, 03:50 »
I supply about 14 microstock agencies and 1 RM agency in South Africa, who are the master delegates for Getty for Africa/Middle East, so I have my images on Getty too. My portfolio is small on there, as they are very particular about what they want etc, and I sell about an image a month, mostly for editorial, but what I make on that one image is normally more than what I do on DT per month. Another thing is that the submission process is so so laborious!! DVD's, spreadsheets, documents etc etc etc. What stops me is the hassle sometimes.
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« on: July 23, 2013, 03:42 »
Anything from a couple of hours to close to a month, lately.
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« on: July 23, 2013, 03:40 »
I think it's safe to say that by now there is no exact science of prediction here. I get the sense that exclusive vs independent has more to do with your worldview, personality and workflow than anything else.
I "Like" multiple agencies, simply because I naturally lean towards avoiding single baskets of eggs. I can't prove that it's better, it's just better for me, quite honestly. And I have my own little site that earns even less than what I do at Canstock, but who cares if I dig it?
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