Yeah i think the "legaly cleared" and "real from a real human" arguments are valid. One of the few points as to why use stock photos instead of AI. But when it comes to money and cost, isnt that the biggest deal for most customers in the end? So if AI is just as good and cheaper, will the market share stay good for old school stock photos...

How much is AI taking away from "normal" stock photo sales? - As much as every other "normal" image uploaded additionally to the Adobe Stock collection.

Except that any 16 year old with some promt-talent, can sit in front of his computer all day mass producing stock photos. Compare that to old school stock photos where you need to get out and about with expensive gear and have photography+Photoshop skills.

It seems today its not a huge issue, but as these tools get way better every 6 months, and more and more people learn how to use them. You would think that normal stock photographers, that do not use AI in any way, would be in big trouble in say 2-3 years and especially in 5-10 years.

"I am to late, look for threads when AI-content was first introduced". So If I want to know how things turned out i shall look at the speculation 2 years ago, rather than asking you now when months/years have passed. Seems very resonable.

Some say sales are unaffected, but does not distinguish if it is the normal non-AI photos that are unaffected or if its unnafeffcetd sales because you have added AI-stock that is compensating a down-tick. This was one of the two questions i asked.

If AI is great and can be used as a tool, then yes, AI has replaced a little piece of the traditional stock photo sales. Putting together clues about the direction.

You guys dont seem to get what i ask somehow, or are reluctant to give me your qualified guesses....?

Im not stupid, its not black and white, stuff is complex, but by now we should be able to guess the direction if how AI affects the sales of Stockphotos.

But i can see that the trend seem to be "not so much yet". Or "not if you embrace it and upload AI photos".  I have not seem any replies that says their sales are down "more than usual/expected" after the intoduction of AI. I would like to hear from those that do not upload AI content and have worked in a similar way the last years. So trends can be spotted in sales. Maybe those people just quit and are not here anymore. Only survivors and those that embrace AI is still active on the forum and positive/neutural about the whole thing.

Hi! I bet this has been discussed a lot but, i cannot find any threads using the search function. I just want to know your opinion, maybe there is almost a consensus by now. Is AI cutting away a huge portion of the need for stock photos, since many potential costumers can use AI tools to get the photos they need. Have you noticed a down tick in sales corresponding to the use of AI-generated images that have grown a lot the last year or two. How much of the sales on the agencies are from AI-generated content, this would also take away from the old school stock photos. Are many of you all submitting AI-photos now to compensate for this? If so, can you give some rough numbers of how much of your income is from AI sales and compare that to the number of photos uploaded. It also depends on how long they have been up, if they have taken off or not etc. Hard to compare like that, I just wants some broad picture opinions, and numbers if you have any.

Stock photos has been on a down slope for many many years, i stopped uploading 2 years ago. Number of sales was steady for me, but the pay for each sales was dropping drastically each year or two. Now AI is here too, to make matters worse i guess. This is why i want to know where we sit and were we are likely going. Reality is not always what you think and Im asking you to get the reality behind this directly from the source.

Best Regards.

I got a notification on Dreamstime that a buyer wants to buy the Rights for my Photo.

"This notification was sent by a potential buyer, who would like to purchase one of your files with exclusive rights license (SR-EL). If you are able to sell exclusive rights license for the image, please use the "ENABLE LICENSE" button to enable the exclusive rights license and set the price. The buyer will be automatically notified. Only the lifetime Sell the Rights license can be enabled. Keep in mind that this request is for SR-EL. Please check the table to see prices for SR-EL."

What is a normal price to set? I haven't done this before but I would like to go ahead with it. I have not made that many sales on this one and removing it from all marketplaces wont be an issue.

When ticking to sell rights box there is a another box right under it that says:
"Use recommended price ($250 - $5000)" is this for SR-EL and what is a good price in this case? When I choose "set your own price it says $700 is the recommended price.

But must i remove the photo from marketplaces before I set the price? Or can i go ahead and do that after they buyer actually buys it. I mean, i dont want to remove it if the buyer wont go with it or doesn't like the price..
 
I see no option chatting with the buyer directly, it seems i just add a price and then he or she will get notified.

Need some input here...

If i get 0,36 dollars per image now. How many percent does that correspond to? How much does a subscription download cost to the customer? Need the basic strait before I can judge this!

Hi!

I sell stock photos and have done on small scale for many years. However a lot of my photos tend to be Nature Photos, Travel Photos, Photoshop Art etc...

I was looking into POD (Print On Demand) sites a few years ago. I ended up giving FineArtAmerica a shot. Since then i had 4-5 sales with not so much marketing. I has involved in the community there for a while and had other members look at my stuff but that definitely didn't help. I think the few sales came from plain Searches on keywords etc.

So i want to give it another go now, but need to know what websites i should be giving my focus? Is there a better alternative to FineArtAmerica? Im interested to know what sites that have the most potential for sales, and if so, what does it take from me to get going on that site? Do i need outside marketing? Is there some site that can generate some sales with only good descriptions and keywording like stock photo sites?

Any new up-comers or big sites i ignored last time I should aim for? Just some pointers where the biggest potential lies in 2020

Anyone selling at EyeEm that can tell me roughly how much that comes from the getty partner sales?

Yes I mean Istock. I was an non-exclusive istock contributor + some partnersites of theirs like thinkstock etc. before they was bought up or whatever. Then it all moved to getty? I dont know really what happened, but i log into ESP-portal and get earnings from there now instead. No idea how uploads to getty/istock work now, someone can enlight me if they want.  I cant upload new content to istock/getty as non-exlusive anymore?  Is it through the old istock-site?

The poll to the right is not as detailed as it once was. I see numbers on the highest 6 sites. I get that the lower ones preform worse now than they did a few years ago, but they could still have a numbers? And the ones without a number, does the order of them really corresponds to the earnings?

Otherwise, regarding testing a new site. I have not gotten any response from that, i take it there is no new site other than the ones i alraedy submit to? The only one I get curius about, also looking at other threads, is EyeEm? How is your experience with getting sales from uploading to that site? Or do you have any other suggesions of a site that might be underestimated or so?

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