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Messages - luissantos84
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« on: June 04, 2014, 19:03 »
Odds are that ODDs will make the difference between an average and a good month, but they swing suspiciously from month to month and not at the same time for everyone, ain't it odd?
This is the absolute truth for me. This month I think I have only 3 ods. I am currently at $25 deuces, last month at this time I was four times more.
yeah not a promising start here as well, again not much we can do right?
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« on: June 04, 2014, 06:31 »
I don't believe everything I read, I just believe it is interesting for this topic
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« on: June 04, 2014, 05:54 »
Yuris Numbers
With his original Yuri_Arcurs collection Yuri hit 1.5 million career downloads on iStock sometime in the first half of 2013. He is still listed as having 1.5 million plus downloads which means that he has had something less than additional 100,000 downloads in the last more than one year. When he went exclusive he had about 18,000 images in his non-exclusive collection on iStock.
After going exclusive iStock created a separate Yuri collection. His 1,257 best selling images from the Yuri_Arcurs collection were moved to the Yuri collection. All of them have been downloaded from iStock more than 200 times and 294 of this group have more than 1,000 downloads each. Currently the Yuri collection has had between 54,000 and 55,000 downloads since it was established. It is not clear why there are two collections as all the images in both collections are exclusive.
Yes. All his "original" work he had already submitted while being non-exclusive was moved to a new account, first called "Urilux" and then renamed to "Yuri". Ever since the move of those images (including all his prior bestellers) the new downloads on those images are added to the profile page of the new account. So to me it reads: "With his 70,000 images he generated 54,000 new downloads within about a year"
The original "Yuri_Arcurs" account still gets fed with new images, though. The oldest image in that account is dated February 2013, so there was an overlap when his team had probably sent 60,000 images to iStock/Getty directly - those were added to the Yuri account - and at the same time maybe newly produced images continued to be uploaded to the existing account. That is my thought why the old account has so many pictures again.
In the new account, you can see that just 100 out of his 45,000 new images have generated more than 10 downloads. Roughly 8,000 images have had exactly 1 download, and about 4,000 images had more than 1. Using some guess work and statistics, you could assume that the downloads on this portfolio would add up to about 8,000 * 1 + 4,000 * 4 + 100 * 40 = 28,000 downloads. Give or take, maybe 30,000.
So my guesstimate would be that in total he had about 80-85,000 downloads on 115,000 images within the past year on iStock itself. Far from the download numbers we used to expect in microstock but considering that the average royalties paid to iStock exclusives are more in the range of $12-$15 these days plus IS exclusives are making an additional 10-30% of their royalties through the GI Sales, it's still more than a million dollars in revenue.
He made a million on Shutterstock as well as I believe, not counting his other 23 agencies. If thats the case, he might actually be making the same or less after his move to IS. Seems like a case of shooting himself in the foot.
its way below than what he has doing, he was already at 3M back in 2012 (the year before going "exclusive") Income way higher than $3 Million a year, 8 figures in sight Yuri licenses over 10 million individual images each and every year (which works out to about 5000 per day). http://hunchmag.com/interview-yuri-arcurs-the-top-selling-microstock-photographer/
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« on: June 03, 2014, 21:24 »
Any updates, I don't think we should let this fall off the front page.
the newest update from my FT account: 1 download this month 
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« on: June 03, 2014, 19:08 »
Does any microstock veteran have a different experience?
I can think of one that starts with a D and ends with V (from previous discussions here at MSG)
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« on: June 03, 2014, 18:59 »
Whose is it, then?
Somebody by the name of Logos? Is that Yuri?
haven't you seen the avatar? ok he was slimmer before 
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« on: June 03, 2014, 18:55 »
maybe you need to join Yuri's team loop
he had 4k sales a day from 60k files at SS which is much less than 350 a day from 1000 files
anyway Yuri continues to be a funny guy, after reading his forecast I decided to quit SS and join iStock!
I think you'll find that BT's calculations for Yuri's port were based on 350/1000 sales per YEAR, not per day.
yeah I read that but I was talking about loop's numbers which he now have changed to year
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« on: June 03, 2014, 16:46 »
maybe you need to join Yuri's team loop he had 4k sales a day from 60k files at SS which is much less than 350 a day from 1000 files anyway Yuri continues to be a funny guy, after reading his forecast I decided to quit SS and join iStock!
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« on: June 03, 2014, 16:30 »
so, after one year there isn't any responses thus telling me that the program wasn't successful...
I have contacted him just to kill the curiosity and he replied saying they aren't accepting more applications which is a pity
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« on: June 03, 2014, 16:27 »
But I have no RM, so its useless for me. I might as well close my account again.
I am always going/leaving RM, this might be a great opportunity to try it again (RM) or maybe not...
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« on: June 03, 2014, 16:10 »
I noticed we can go way before 2014 when adding a new story so I would say they are willing to get past events, anyway I will see how it goes
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« on: June 03, 2014, 11:37 »
very interesting, thanks for sharing this! 
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« on: June 01, 2014, 20:58 »
THAT explains a ton better the exclusivity scenario, I just have a thing with numbers and I couldn't resist haha
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« on: June 01, 2014, 20:23 »
I know, I know, it's really up to me, everyone's portfolio is different, but maybe my situation has a slight twist to it...even though my situation is small potatoes...I hope to be a bigger spud someday!
I have about 450 pics up on iStock, 241 downloads. I suspect I will be eligible by the end of June, the way things are going. Despite all the negatives voiced on this site, iStock is easily my best agency; 4 payouts in 2.5 years.
451 pics on Dreamstime about 260 downloads. I tried exclusivity on Dreamstime for a bit but then the downloads dried up and went back to Indie. Haven't uploaded anything in a year so that I could deactivate my portfolio when the time came. 3 payouts in 4 years. I only had 3 downloads in May so am definitely not holding my breath on Dreamstime
218 pics on Shutterstock and have only made a payout once in 3 years, ~$65 in the bank after a large sale in last year of $14. And it's not for lack of trying to upload more, just kept getting the rejections.
I am definitely going to give iStock exclusiveness a try but I wonder about the timing of it. Should I wait until I reach a payout on Shutterstock?
Another question I have always had: Is it worth it? Will I reach a payout per month+ in the foreseeable future? The enticement page says that I will see a difference in the number of downloads...Did those of you who are now exclusive / went exclusive with a similar size portfolio see a jump?
lets talk about numbers because I would never jump at iStock's exclusivity (but looking at your situation perhaps) iStock - 400$ - 241 downloads - 30 months - 13.33$ / month Dreamstime - 300$ - 260 downloads - 48 months - 6.25$ / month Shutterstock - 165$ - whatever downloads - 36 months - 4.58$ / month from the previous discussions here at MSG regarding iStock exclusivity I would say you would make 8 times more you are now doing 13.33$ x 8 = 106.64 13.33$ x 4 = 53.32 that said there are a few (maybe a ton) other things like portfolio size/quality, best match changes, agency situation/buyers etc that can change that number considerable, I also believe that your portfolio is too small to draw many conclusions but it would get you certainly more exposure
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« on: June 01, 2014, 19:14 »
Well, I think the period when you could opt out of this scheme is now over - either you are in or out.
The question is, if we now opt back in to the partner programme, will we remain opted out of the giveaway scheme? Does anybody know?
I would say "you" would be out If you are interested in participating, there is nothing more for you to do. The selected images from your library will be included in the pilot program unless you do not wish to participate. If you choose not to participate in this beta test program, you may remove your images from the program by disabling your participation in the Dreamstime Alliances program within the next 5 days ( http://www.dreamstime.com/alliances).
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« on: June 01, 2014, 19:12 »
Sounds like they wanted to hand pick hi-power images specifically for this test.
4 from the 11 pictures they have picked from my portfolio have 0 downloads so I would say they are looking for subjects instead of downloads
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« on: June 01, 2014, 18:53 »
not that it changes anything but if you do the following (below) you will keep the awesome 10%, just did it (now I will add it to my calendar so I don't forget)
Have you logged in to CafePress in the last three months?
Have you uploaded at least one design in the last three months?
Have you gained a follower on CafePress.com in the last three months?
Have you followed another designer on CafePress.com in the last three months?
Is your designer profile at least 80 percent complete?
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« on: June 01, 2014, 18:40 »
I think it is, it seems so! You can reach 10% with their promotion tools and such things, which is mainly good for them...
I am done with CP!
too bad I wasted 2 weekends on them, I am done there!
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« on: June 01, 2014, 05:57 »
yeah just read it, another perfect deal!
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« on: June 01, 2014, 05:41 »
+20% comparing to May 2013
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« on: June 01, 2014, 05:29 »
ok that is fine!
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« on: June 01, 2014, 05:26 »
what it so special about April? doesn't make any sense, I believe we should opt in or out anytime!
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« on: June 01, 2014, 05:22 »
sorry Tyler but was I the one offending other members? all my posts were removed
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