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Messages - damseremie
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« on: February 06, 2016, 15:13 »
YIPPPEEEE!!!!  SO I just sold my first ever stock footage clip and it was VB, which mean I get $33 after tax. It's a small amount of money I know... but I thought I should share... took over a month and I currently have about 70 clips on VB and SS. Time to step it up I guess
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« on: December 11, 2015, 17:01 »
I think you'll find most people would be very satisfied with $1 per clip/month. I fall shot of that however I'm fairly sure I'm well above the average of what contributors make per clip/month. I have almost 4000 clips of large variety so have plenty of figures to go off.
Care to share any in detail?
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« on: December 11, 2015, 08:55 »
Email pond5 support directly on the verifying your ID issue just to make sure they got it and all is in order, expect a long wait time for clips to be reviewed at P5 right now, they are swamped and it's been posted by their admin on their forums to expect delays into January before they catch up, even SS reviews have bogged down a bit....keep uploading 24/7 to all three sites, you want 50,000 clips up there not just 50 
Thanks for the heads up... I'll keep uploading ... and i'll email them as well
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« on: December 10, 2015, 09:05 »
It somewhat related news...
It's been about 2 weeks, pond5 still haven't verified my ID ?.
Is their support typically this slow?
I'm still uploading via ftp though I can't see the clips since my ID hasn't been verified.
By the way, I have now uploaded about 50 clips to SS,P5 and VB...
Havent gotten reviewed yet... So fingers crossed
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« on: December 07, 2015, 08:49 »
Very well said.
In the last 3 years, 1 of my video files made almost %50 of my all footage sales in SS. I have 500 videos there.
Search placement is everything and I think it is mostly related to luck.
Wow! Interesting Must be a really popular clip
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« on: December 07, 2015, 08:43 »
That's an interesting observation, and does seem to be approximately true for me, too.
However, looking back, 3 years ago it was more like 2:1, $:clips. 2 years ago and last year, more like 1.5:1.
So while my portfolio size has been increasing, the ratio has been decreasing. My overall, average income has increased only about 10% over the last 3 years, while my portfolio size has just about doubled. So running hard just to stay in place.
Hmm... Probably as a result of consistently increasing Competition... So it will only get tougher... Well, , lets see how this goes...
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« on: December 07, 2015, 08:38 »
Actually a LOT of luck, i find that to be more important than hard work and quality.
This is a lottery in a way.You can create hundreds of clips fairly quick and easy that wont necessarily be of low value, but the one that will make you money is the one you will have shot in the right place at the right time with the right light,subject,duration,lens,upload date,keywords,and it will make up for most of your forever unsold clips.And many times it will catch you by surprise and propably piss you off because it sells and the next best similar clip that you put time and money (and sometimes love) into isn't being noticed at all.
That doesnt mean you cant research what these clips will be and try to create them,im saying that things rarely go the way you hope.
The more you go out and plan the more the chances to capture these clips.
There are more details to these,thankfully a lot of people have discussed and written them down over the years and given time and reading you can demistify this business to a degree.
But you will be forever in the dark like everyone else,with a little candle shining some light every now and then.
And i dont believe for a second that someone has a formula to know what to shoot.Only experience, which saves a bit of time and effort.
Well said ... Verrry It's never straight up mathematics  , there's a lot of luck involved. Similar to the App Business, which I have a little foot in as well I'll be documenting how this goes for me though. Maybe I'll make a new thread just for that
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« on: December 07, 2015, 08:29 »
Of course, there is a law of diminishing returns... if you have 250 clips and make $250/month, say, then you add another 250 clips of similar subjects, it's not likely that your income will double. You have to have variety too.
True words... Naturally due to competition, one cannot expect to keep making the same amount of money from the same clips over time. I besides my location, I don't plan to stick to any particular niche (Create as much variety as possible) So today I could be shooting Food... and Tomorrow Hilltop Establishment Shots
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« on: December 07, 2015, 08:25 »
1800 clips on SS and pond 5 usually I make about 1000$ on SS and 600$ on pond5 more or less every month
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Hmm.. Thanks.. That kind of goes with the weird pattern
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« on: December 06, 2015, 08:11 »
I have a little more than 200 clips on each of SS and P5, about 100 on iS (stopped submitting there) and a few on VB recently (just started there, no sales yet). All very basic.
During 2015, I seem to have averaged somewhat more than $200/month overall; it's been about $1.20/clip/month across all sites, though most income is from SS and P5.
Based on that, I'd guess you'd need about 500 clips on those two sites at least to make $500/month.
But my stuff is very simple and not the kind of thing to be in much demand, you could do much better.
Nice observation.... Let's hear from others but it seems a pattern is forming It seems for an average contributor, (without any insanely popular clips and if clips are posted on the 3 sites) Number of Clips ===is approximately equal=== to monthly Income
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« on: December 06, 2015, 08:05 »
November:
SS: 534$ (~1460 clips)
VB: 297$ (~1200 clips)
P5: 552$ (~1650 clips)
December: till now (same number of clips)
SS: 207$
VB: 66$
P5: 423$
Interesting... I really appreciate you sharing...So for November ,your income was (534+297+552) is $1383. For about the same average number of clips(1300) across the major income sites. December will be larger but December is never an average month 
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« on: December 06, 2015, 08:01 »
Here are my numbers:
Number of clips in SS: 35
Duration: more than a year
Total income: $0
Number of clips I need to get $500 per month: Infinity
Ouch! Though the clips are few... I think you should have made more Why didn't you submit to other sites? What niche are you in?
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« on: December 05, 2015, 20:37 »
Hi Everyone I am pretty new to stock footage. Just started yesterday. I do have some old footage that I am cutting up though Looking to create a side income besides regular the camera work and editing which I freelance on. I have looked through the forum and I see right now most people are on SS,P5 and then VideoBlocks. I have decided to go with those 3 for now. I know this varies based on subject matter and the sheer quality of the clip but.... What I would like to know are your average clip numbers for each site and your equivalent monthly income? , if you feel ok sharing. I am hoping i can get any average from different people and estimate how many quality clips (and how much time) I would need to put in to achieve my income goals. I'll like to estimate for example, how many clips might I need to achieve a 500 dollar income monthly? I have currently submitted about 30 clips. Awaiting approval on all 3 sites mentioned.I am based on Africa so they are mostly African themed.. (I don't know if that's a disadvantage or otherwise). I hope to continue sharing my experience as the weeks and months pass.
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