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Messages - ttart
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« on: September 20, 2020, 03:36 »
This ist not the way for me to upload more and more images. I have already closed my account at istock and Shutterstock.
My Goal ist to upload top 100 images at Adobe Stock every month. Its like in the old days of analog photography when i send every month some images to photography magazine competitions. I won't win prices at Adobe Stock. Its about a personal competition to create some top images every month.
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« on: September 19, 2020, 12:33 »
Closed my istock account months ago, still sales at istock. I don't care much about but wondering why they payout less than $1  ??
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« on: August 23, 2020, 05:09 »
8 sales at July, got $0,5 Wow  Otherwise i closed my account months ago. 
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« on: August 16, 2020, 05:12 »
I am not sure the analogy is precise but I do not see similarity neither. Epic is using the Google/Apple system and agreed that the Google/Apple system will be taking fees if something is sold through that system. Epic used their system but collected fees elsewhere, so there is clear violation of the policy. It is more like editing an already uploaded and approved image to Shutterstock with a link to alternative payment method. The image will be found with the help of SS system but paid somewhere else if a customer wishes to do so. That is basically not correct especially if Epic agreed not do so (as it is in the Play Store/App Store policies).
And even if Epic wins the lawsuit, it does not relate to our situation. It is about monopoly. SS is not monopoly at all. You have hundreds of microstock sites where you can sell your images and even though SS has a high market share, it is far far far away from monopoly. Really, no connection with SS case. Do not hope for any change at SS in relationship with Apple/Epic case.
There ist some kind of near-monopoly at microstock. Either you go exclusive at istock, or deliver the big three - istock, shutterstock, Adobe Stock. Because of this market power shutterstock is in the position to cut fees. There are no more independent microstock producers. At least for stock images. Deliver all of the big three, go istock exclusive or leave the game.
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« on: July 25, 2020, 02:51 »
And yet here you are, posting in MicrostockGroup.
Right!
How more simple and true could that be? I don't go to a special interest group website, just to tell them I don't agree. Yet people just can't stop coming to MSG and writing how terrible Microstock is? 15 years later the same good old days stories.
ps I might have shot my last roll of film, which was out of date, in 2013. Times change, the world changes, markets change. Stock photography isn't what it was and never will be again.
To answer the OP, we are producers of a commodity that the agencies mark up and market. Supply and demand, plain and simple.
I would say stock photography is still the same. Volume has changed. Produce highly volume at less costs.
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« on: July 20, 2020, 11:34 »
And you also have businesses whose overhead is a small fraction of what others pay. Work will be outsourced to areas where cost of living is low and so are labor rates (and expectations of such). If you are living in a major "western" city and expect this to be any more than a hobby, you're either exceptionally talented, hard working or you are in for disappointment.
Even for a hobby, istock and shutterstock are not sustainable.
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« on: July 20, 2020, 11:12 »
Closed my istock account some months ago. Nowadays microstock earnings depends at the luck of some larger sales.
Meaning without some larger sales every month microstock is death.
It still may work some time for exclusive contributors. But istock, or exclusivity - no thanks.
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« on: July 14, 2020, 09:42 »
Has anyone had any experience of there videos being deleted after they have been reviewed and approved? says asset missing...the most concerning thing is it seems to be the videos that being downloaded or viewed the most...
Don't worry be happy ;-)
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« on: June 06, 2020, 04:03 »
There is an oversupply of microstock images and also an oversupply on free images.
But there is no oversupply of really relevant content. All agencies are screaming for modern, loclaized, fresh work with high production value.
But at 10 cents, it cannot be produced.
Free sites have an endless stream of sunsets etc...nobody pays models, rents a location and then puts the work on free sites.
Cant talk about "for modern, loclaized, fresh work with high production value" like lifestyle. Just doing food. There are quite a few professional food photographer giving away really good food images (20 MP +) for free at unsplash to get traffic on their instagram account. Professional expensive work for free.
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« on: June 06, 2020, 02:46 »
There is an oversupply of microstock images and also an oversupply on free images.
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« on: April 07, 2020, 09:55 »
Slightly strange choice of answers. I.e. how much drop do you expect... none, 30%, 50%? And how much less content will you produce? Surely those who have a full time job... who are now working from home, have reduced hours or have been made unemployed... might be producing slightly more or a lot more content?
I have a day job and did not made much photos past 2 years. Since corona crisis i just work two days a week so i have much time for new photos. Before corona i produced 300 images a year, now i make 300 images a month.
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« on: March 24, 2020, 10:39 »
Feb stats - $ 8,26
Its OK
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« on: February 19, 2020, 13:13 »
I have some Downloads a week, but not DL every day.
Till now i have about 12 DL in February wich earned about $8.
Not so much, there have been better months.
My Port ist about 3000 images.
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« on: February 16, 2020, 04:36 »
About cheap production costs.
I have a day job and doing microstock just for fun.
My production costs are near zero.
When i come home from work at evening it is not much work to pimp up my dinner and make 5 images.
It takes me not much time to edit this images and upload it to some microsotock agencies.
This little effort generates enough money tp buy a new DSLR or lenses from time to time.
I am sorry about the pros here, otherwise i mainly shoot food and landscape / flowers.
So no directly competition for pros.
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« on: January 23, 2020, 13:24 »
Paint it black
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« on: December 23, 2019, 04:05 »
Yeeaaahhhh - BME
Just joking
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« on: September 25, 2019, 13:22 »
Money is quite cheap. If the bank gives you the money - everybody can buy Adobe for $260 billion at zero interest rate :-)
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« on: September 21, 2019, 02:57 »
I've done it. After 15 years and six months I finally gave them the boot.
With the latest earnings down to less than $30 this month (for about 6,000 files, I made more than $10 in my first month with just a few dozen shots) it's not a major loss. Maybe it will lead to an uptick in sales as Shutterstock to compensate.
Its not about the portfolio. Its all about your time invested. 6000 files in 15 Years is about 400 files a Year, or 33 files a month. I am shooting mostly food. For 33 files a month i invest about 3 hours work. For 3 hours work you get $30 at istock and maybe $ 100 from the others. Meaning you get $130 at month for only 3 hours work. Or $43 for one hours work. This isn't bad if you are doing stock beside a full-time job.
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« on: September 20, 2019, 01:11 »
Wow !!!
July was really poor. So i didn't expect August will be much better.
So i was real surprised by this good August numbers at istock.
There are alway lots of sales at istock. But sometimes ( or most times) RPD is very low. This time downloads were better than usual for August and RDP was better than usual for istock.
Didn't expect a good month at istock, but it was.
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« on: September 08, 2019, 02:22 »
I don't care about the money, its just about the fun.
I fiddle about a workflow to shoot and upload 300 food images a month with less than 1 hour work a day.
To shoot quick and good food photos with minimal effort. This is a competition. Maybe i should say its about the completion. Like it was in earlier days at photo competitions. Finding a way that works - after work one hour jogging and one hour shooting.
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« on: August 07, 2019, 12:22 »
Stock photography is about 4% of my income. Guess its impossible for me to make a living of it.
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« on: July 20, 2019, 03:49 »
Bad month 
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« on: July 06, 2019, 03:15 »
Looks great. Not doing drone footage now. Still waiting that regulations for drone of commercial use are the same for all European countries.
In Austria i would have to pay 350 a year to register a small drone thats capable for doing video. In Italy it won't bee much cheaper, i guess.
I like this drone videos a lot. I heared that 2020 should came a solution for Europe. Then i will start my "drone carrier" :-)
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« on: June 26, 2019, 11:15 »
DeepMeta is alive - istock is dead - very few sales - probably most sales are this unspectacular $0,0000000001 South Korea sales
Are these Connect? Or ...?
I have only a very few South Korea sales (not surprisingly), and they each netted me 25c.
Every one of my Connect sales is designated as Region: California and every one of my 'Rev Share Ad Based' sales, which seems to be the extremely few Connect files which have aggregated sales to over a cent is designated as Region: Washington.
Oh i was wrong. All south Korea sales (since last year) are about $0.19. Except one $0.05 and one $0.06 sale.
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« on: June 24, 2019, 12:27 »
DeepMeta is alive - istock is dead - very few sales - probably most sales are this unspectacular $0,0000000001 South Korea sales
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