How large was your port and why did you close it?

Preview system in FT is much better.

Quote from: Dumc on October 17, 2015, 07:21

Quote from: anathaya on October 17, 2015, 06:32

Quote from: PROStalkFatagopher on October 17, 2015, 06:00

I did it! I pulled all of my ports. No complaining about getting screwed over by these thieves. I will not be give my work out for free (that's sure how it feels) any longer.

I wish many others will follow you.

Me too. Less competition is always good.

Hmm, dear Dumc I sold last month only one image for $1,000 how many times I must sold this image on SS or any other micro stock  pages? If is for $0.35 it is over 2, 850 times,  hahahahaha enjoy less competition and support rich people in luxury Manhattan offices ;( ;(  I do not think you have lunch, drink, fun time, gym, snack, coffee and many others extras for free in photographers position ;( ...or maybe???...... ....good luck anyway

For me, it's a matter of consistent monthly income. I'll be happy if that number goes high...

and buying 50.000� bmw is not too much?

Different people/cultures/countries have different priorities.

...find something more rewarding to do with my time.

I have the same feelings. Forget about the production cost, this cannot even compensate your time now. So it is definitely the time to find something more rewarding to do with our time.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/worth-to-put-hi-res-on-adobeft/

Hello everyone. I'm Alex from Serbia and I'm newbie on this forum, but not new to stock photography.

The question is next:

Over a time of almost 3 years, I've been uploading stock photos to 5-6 different agencies, but I haven't put much effort into it, so on every of those sites, I have approx. 200 images in portfolios. Over that time, I have earned about $600 totally, which is ok for how much effort i have put into it.
- Now I want to put it to the next level and start serious uploading. One thing I learned from not being frequent is that on some agencies (Istock, Dreamstime, Fotolia), the earnings stop increasing as soon as I stop being frequent in uploading new photos, and agencies like Shutterstock, Photodune still keep going even if I don't upload for months, by Shutterstock being the best at it.

What I was wondering is, will my photos maybe be seen better by buyers if I cancel all of my accounts and start from beginning, or should I just keep on with this accounts and be more frequent? It may seem crazy, but I don't know their philosophy of showing your pictures to buyers, as that definitely changes by how frequent you are, more on some sites and less on other...

Thanks in advance!
Alex

If you have some files which generate regular sales, there is no reason to delete them. They have already made a good progress in search rankings. There is no guarantee they will be seen by customers even if you upload the same file to same site. Search position is some thing very important, IMO. There are so many excellent work that never being discovered.

If you really need to delete files, delete those low quality files which never generated any sales. However, there is always a better chance to get them downloaded when they are online, compared to lying on your HDD. So, my advise is don't delete any, just keep uploading.

My RPD at istock, including subs it's about 4.7 dollars/image.

Seems this is an averaged value rather than the lowest value...

Dropbox offers extra 25GB for university people.

https://www.dropbox.com/campuscup

I was running out of space and finally I got more space to backup my photos.

I recommend you post the full resolution file for a couple of reasons. As mentioned, the credits sales at Fotolia become more expensive the larger the file. What I think is possibly more important however is that customers search based on the size of the image and will not purchase a file if it is not large enough for their project. I can't tell you how many times I've spoken with customers asking for larger versions of a file. When I tell them there isn't one available, they move on and find one that fits their specifications.

If you upload at too low a resolution you could be costing yourself.

-Mat

Thanks for  your explanation Mat.

One more thing. Can you explain how FT decide sub-royalties? (mostly I get 0.25 credits, but sometimes more, even 3.30)

I don't see what you gain, if you submit only minimum size files.

It hurts when I see someone download XXL size and I just get 0.25 

How can you have XL sale, if you upload minimum required size? I checked one of my photo, size 3000 x 1993px and the maximum size one can buy is L.

When I submit images to SS and 123RF, I normally submit minimum possible size as majority of the sales are coming from subs and they pay same royalties regardless of the size.

So far, I uploaded highest resolution to FT. That's why I'm asking whether it's worth to do so.... because most of XL sales are subs only 

When I submit images to SS and 123RF, I normally submit minimum possible size as majority of the sales are coming from subs and they pay same royalties regardless of the size. Do you think it's worth to submit highest resolution images to Adobe/FT?

I noticed that sub-royalties are not fixed on FT, anyone understand how it is decided? (mostly I get 0.25 credits, but sometimes more)