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For a guaranteed 1 million, I would do 1 a month, why do more :)

Sorry I rewrote the original message. Idea was that someone would say if you can upload for example 120,000 pictures by yourself in one year and get all them approved with reasonable variation. Here is 1 million dollar for you.

What you think would be limit for yourself as single contributor doing all the work alone? I just saw those few contributors who can do 2000-10,000 new pictures monthly but they have more than 1 people working so those would not be counted.
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I'm sorry but it's a silly question  :o No one can reach 120 000 images accepted ,over the year.    
I'm happy if I manage to upload 200 clips per month and not talking about pictures (where the rate of rejection is huge).

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock payment mail?
« on: January 06, 2016, 04:45 »
I also  ???

103
A link to u're blog it would be useful ....

104
Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime End of the road
« on: November 25, 2015, 03:27 »
Strange agency, lately I have noticed ten types of income for clips with same lvl, same license....etc
I do not bother to understand Dreamstime :(

106
Where do they mention the no payment part?

Where do they mention the payment part ?

107
Unfortunately, there is never a good time to end a business, especially one that has been around
almost 10 years as RevoStock has. I started RevoStock in 2006, excited about bringing the
microstock idea to the world of video. Along the way, Revo brought many firsts including the
first site to succesfully ofier both audio and video, the first site to sell Alter Eflects Templates
and the first site to offer FlexFile custom encoding. We stayed a small company but were able to
grow fast in spite of the fact that we did not have any outside funding.

However, staan in 2012, our struggle with a Patent Troll (a company that buys or acquires
broad patents they can use to sue as many companies as possible) was the beginning of a very
difficult period our small company simply was not able to rebound from. While the lawsuit was
dismissed after 2 years, the scars left from this struggle made it equally difficult to get the
funding we needed to recover and thus continue growing and innovating. Ifyou are not familiar
with the unfair damage Patent Trolls are causing to small companies like ours, I encourage you
to watch John Olivers (HBO) recent piece unmasking the ways Patent Trolls kill small
businesses and stifle innovation.

I am deeply grateful to our talented producers who, following this suit, gave us a chance at
recovery and I am very sorry we were not able to see it through Thank you so much for your
talent. I know how much time, effort and trust you have put into me and RevoStock and while I
labored until the end to deliver a solution, I deeply regret that it wasnt possible. I am also
thankful to all of the customers who have supported us all these years and come to us for your
stock media needs. Thank you so much for choosing us. It has been an honor to serve you and

interact with you. The last few months have been rocky for us and I hope our reputation might
stand on our previous nine years of service.

We are currently working on securing a partnership for both our RevoStock producers and
customers with one of the many other quality media marketplaces that will honor your current
relationship with RevoStock in the best way possible. We will be sending out an email to this
effect as soon as there are more details to be had.

- Craig Lillard (Founder, RevoStock)

108
I thought I had a decent computer.  It's an 6 core i7 3.3Ghz with 16GB memory.  It is choppy reading these files off an SSD or RAID5.  I'm trying to view them in Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5, QuickTime or even the built in Windows 10 viewer.  It starts off choppy, but not too bad, then gets worse, leading me to think the disk read is the problem.

Any suggestions?  Do people still use RAM drives?  Better or newer software?

Thanks for any help

U're 4k clips should run  smoothly !? that's something wrong with u're PC. I have the same config with 32 GB memory  not a desktop but a laptop ( Asus Rog i7 2,5 Ghz, 32 Gb memory, Gtx 860M ,SSD and Premiere Pro 5.5) and all my 4k clips r running fine. Maybe a memory upgrade will help u a lot and check if you activated Mercury playback engine for u're video card...

109
For the first time videoblocks has surpassed Shutterstock and P5  in september :) and the differences are huge. But maybe I had better luck, who knows !?

110
General - Stock Video / Re: Anybody heard of Nimia?
« on: September 09, 2015, 01:50 »
I got an e-mail from a company called Nimia today. Has anybody heard of them?
They say:
With NIMIA, selling your video masterpieces is easy!
"Freedom - YOU dont sign a contract
Direct sales - YOU control the price $$
One place - YOU can store your entire video library, transfer files and license online
Save time - YOU can do mass uploading, downloading and editing

NIMIA is a community of filmmakers our footage was not for stock the quality and culture make us different from video stock agencies. "

They also included this link from 2013, so they have been around for a few years.
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/nimia/


I've got the same e-mail last night, they want u to join them ...I haven't found out too much info about them, but from what I've seen there are already a few big contributors who have joined.

111
Keywording is still a bit of a mystery to me. What I have noticed is that you need sales to increase sales. I have made improved versions of my best selling clips but the old ones still sell better.
I did add a few keywords for the new ones so that didn't help, probably the search engines rank sales (and views?) above keyword matching.

CCBCC, think u're right, the old ones sell better...my new approved clips (witch r better clips)  have no views  for almost 2 months. I've noticed that on all agencies.For a clip to be seen needs a sale at least. I want to mention that I have 50 keywords at all clips.

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: Selling video direct?
« on: September 07, 2015, 10:21 »
Best I've seen so far is Photodeck.

Do u know any website built on Photodeck ? I'm curious to see how well it integrates clips, response times....etc
I would like to build one to support around 5000 clips.

113
General Stock Discussion / 123RF (Refund for another download)
« on: August 05, 2015, 01:04 »
Today 123RF refunded someone who bought one of my clips, five days ago. For the first time it happens to me and and I want to know how it works !?
So, someone buys a clip use it and after 5 days, realizes that it doesn't fit with his/her project and ask for a refund (for another download).

114
Better than Pond 5 not Shutterstock " yet " ...something's wrong with P5

115
Yes i love their business model and it is really working :) hope not to disappoint me in the future...second earner for me in June.

116
DepositPhotos / Re: review time getting longer
« on: June 01, 2015, 02:29 »
DP works better with video than DS , so i'm gonna support them  :P (review time 5 to 10 days)

117
jeepers creepers , yes it works perfectly with any mail account ....better gmail  :o

118
In order to access Google Webmaster Tools u need a gmail account. They r linked, so when google send u a msg through Google Webmaster Tools, that message is redirected to your gmail account too.

119
ShadySue for the beginning try google webmaster tools, add a property(website) if u have one...Google will verify if you are the owner of the property and it will give u details about u're property(site layout,indexing status,etc) and also other messages :)))))

120
Google Algorithm Change History

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For search marketers, knowing the dates of these Google updates can help explain changes in rankings and organic website traffic and ultimately improve search engine optimization. Below, weve listed the major algorithmic changes that have had the biggest impact on search.

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121
Dallas , i don't know if u have a site of u're own or if u manage one....but i do and it has just one problem : it is not mobile friendly.
Do u want to know when google announced me that I will be penalized ?
18.03.2015 i received that msg from google...not in 2014 or 2013, and I felt on my skin what that means.

122
I think this guide tell you everything (the importance of Google/search engines) :

" SEO on Shutterstock: How to Help Customers Find Your Images on Google

Having people discover your images through Shutterstock is great, but potential customers often start their search in a search engine rather than on our site. By following these tips, you can ensure that your images have the best potential for being found via online search engines. "

See the Guide ShadySue and discover the importance of google/search engine rather than waiting for " serious microstock buyers" :) 

123
This is my last comment to ShadySue and others who got it totally wrong. When i said "entire stock market" I have not referred only to photography, there r various artists selling video clips, audio clips, vectors, AE & motion templates, CG and so on ...not all these artists sell through subscription program (or any other program),many of them opt out. I personally sell my clips and CG directly at a rate of 60 %, the other 40 % coming from subscription programs.

That's why I said that many of us depend on Google/search engines, even agencies. I have friends who have created all sorts of demos (clips, Ae templates ,CG's) and uploaded them to youtube for a greater visual impact and to attract direct clients.
I don't believe in the phrase " serious microstock buyers " for me r just buyers and they are all over the world.

124
Well, I'm cleared with your knowledge of SEO... When you'll show me an agency (or any other site) that is not dependent on search engines and doing sales...
i'll believe u.

125
ShadySue , and if it is not so important "the search engine"  ... how can u explain the new look of those from fotolia and depositphotos,
once Google announced new changes to their Search Engine ?? - all the people knew they were not mobile friendly.

And by the way not all the people,newspapers,magazines,studios...etc, in the world know about stock agencies (know about the word "stock")
Many of those people r searching as simple as posible "businessman or cat or europe" and are well-intentioned and potentially.

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