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Messages - Tyson Anderson
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« on: February 27, 2018, 22:13 »
Sounds like it might just be a temporary thing. Surprisingly, January was my best month ever on Getty. Actually more than double my best month ever. I can't hate on that.
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« on: February 27, 2018, 21:58 »
I did some, some years ago and the main sites did except it. I think you have to add a certain keyword and title for what I remember like vertical or something?
I only tried this to test the waters and haven't as yet sold any. To be honest the subject matter wasn't particularly interesting.
I see a lot of it on Stocksy - probably the only place really?
Not sure what video sales are like on stocksy?
Hmm. I guess it might not be a good investment to do whole shoots in this format but maybe just turn the camera sideways for a couple shots here and there to see what happens. I'll check Stocksy, see what they got going on.
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« on: February 27, 2018, 17:54 »
I've recently done some freelance work filming vertically for an app. Kinda annoying to deal with in my opinion, but left me wondering if there's a need for vertical footy in the stock footage industry. Has anyone filmed or submitted any vertical footage for smartphones and apps? Will the top agencies accept this?
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« on: February 27, 2018, 15:59 »
I think the reason any of us like any stock company is how much they make us each month. I would think the overall income would far out way stats like rpd. I MUCH prefer Adobe over SS for video, I make a LOT more on Adobe then SS
This is interesting. I'd love to be in the same boat with ya on this but AS just isn't coming close to SS for me. Pretty much same portfolio.
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« on: February 15, 2018, 22:42 »
I'd just submit your info to IMDB. Couldn't hurt. I did this a few years ago for old video editing and motion graphic credits and they were added to my profile.
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« on: February 06, 2018, 18:46 »
If you go to upload and then choose stock footage from the dropdown, you should have the option to use the old or the new system. If you choose motion graphics from the dropdown then you don't get the option to use the new system.
However, something I've just found out which I wish I knew two years ago... if you select stock footage and go into the new upload page, you can then change the category from stock footage to motion graphics.
If you're still not seeing it on the stock footage option then it might not be activated on your account. I'll try and dig out the email address you need to use to request access. They'll then turn it on for you within a few days.
Here you go: https://envato.formstack.com/forms/new_vh_upload_page
Hey thanks for the info. I'm attempting to give this a try but haven't seen the option. I followed that link and requested the beta uploader but haven't had a response in over a week. Do you remember if it took a while for you?
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« on: February 06, 2018, 16:56 »
I use Easy Release. Works great when the model is right in front of you. Every once in a while I pull a bonehead move and forget to have them sign on the spot. Does anyone know of a way to email a release for people to fill out and sign electronically, then email it back?
I use Easy Release for most of my model releases since it is so convenient to keep in my phone.
Another option is to create a release using Adobe Sign from within the Adobe Stock Contributor portal. That sends an email to your model to click, sends it back to you to click and then it's automatically in your account. It's very easy to use though I'm not sure if it can be used outside of Adobe Stock so check on that before trying it if you need the release for multiple agencies. Some more information can be found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/upload-a-model-or-property-release.html
-Mat
Awesome! Thank you Mat. I'll look into that.
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« on: February 06, 2018, 16:22 »
I use Easy Release. Works great when the model is right in front of you. Every once in a while I pull a bonehead move and forget to have them sign on the spot. Does anyone know of a way to email a release for people to fill out and sign electronically, then email it back?
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« on: January 31, 2018, 00:19 »
Ya it's crazy how much better the P4P footage is. I upgraded from Phantom 3 Pro to 4 Pro almost a year ago and have no regrets at all.
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« on: January 30, 2018, 17:36 »
I'm also curious about what price to set clips. My prices are pretty high on Pond5. 4K=$200-300 HD=$100-150 wondering if that would be way to high for Envato.
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« on: January 28, 2018, 18:24 »
Sounds like some major improvement for Envato. Awesome!
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« on: January 28, 2018, 18:19 »
In my opinion, just about every comment so far is a good point. A lot of work still needs to be done. Applause for the effort. Keep at it!
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« on: January 28, 2018, 18:08 »
I like uploading to Adobe Stock but wish they'd earn more. For me Pond5 and Shutterstock are the highest and earners and then Adobe Stock and Storyblocks compete for 3rd and 4th, but earn a lot less than the top 2. Adobe Stock is starting do better each month though.
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« on: January 19, 2018, 03:44 »
I love hearing that you're trying to expand past the constant grind of shooting, processing, and uploading stock footage. I've been at it for almost 3 years and I know it can leave you wanting to do more, even after you get to point of paying all your bills with it. Over the last couple years I've been slowly building a website to act as a home base for all the multi-media content I produce. It started simple with just links to all my portfolios. I then used Nimia to embed my portfolio on different pages of my site, but saw very few sales from that. Over time it's been evolving in the direction of a production company website. The plan is to offer stock footage/photos, art prints, and video/photo services. I've started accounts in various social media sites but Youtube and Instagram have been the main focus recently. Some of this is already happening and some is almost ready to be live. I'm definitely not done making mistakes to figure this whole thing out but I thought I'd share some of my strategies on this topic. The website will continue to look more professional over time, but I don't think I'll stop the grind of submitting to micro stock agencies. Here's the site if you wanna look around: www.openrangestudios.com(Please take into consideration I am not a website designer and it's still being built)
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« on: January 17, 2018, 23:44 »
I have to agree with others... 12k clips should be wearing much more. Could be a lot of factors. Adding a link to your portfolio could bring some good constructive criticism to help you out with this. I've uploaded about 1,200 clips in less than 3 years at Pond5 and earning over a thousand dollars per month. I'm sure there's people with an even better sales to portfolio size ratio.
My Pond5 Port:
https://www.pond5.com/artist/openrangestock#1/2063
Really great work! Which camera do you use?
regards
Thanks! I use a Panasonic GH4 and Phantom 4 Pro, for now. GH4 might need a new upgraded companion soon.
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« on: January 17, 2018, 23:42 »
I have to agree with others... 12k clips should be wearing much more. Could be a lot of factors. Adding a link to your portfolio could bring some good constructive criticism to help you out with this. I've uploaded about 1,200 clips in less than 3 years at Pond5 and earning over a thousand dollars per month. I'm sure there's people with an even better sales to portfolio size ratio.
My Pond5 Port:
https://www.pond5.com/artist/openrangestock#1/2063
Really good footage. Excellent drone shots and I like the color grading too.
I haven't flown my bird for several months now, as they introduced a very unclear "rule" here in the UK: at least 150m from buildings in "built up areas" (whatever that means).
Also every single country here in old Europe has different rules, so it is getting very hard.
I have gone back to shooting mainly timelapses
Yeah it's getting tricky to keep up with drone rules everywhere. I think the main think is to just be safe.
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« on: January 16, 2018, 19:53 »
I have to agree with others... 12k clips should be wearing much more. Could be a lot of factors. Adding a link to your portfolio could bring some good constructive criticism to help you out with this. I've uploaded about 1,200 clips in less than 3 years at Pond5 and earning over a thousand dollars per month. I'm sure there's people with an even better sales to portfolio size ratio. My Pond5 Port: https://www.pond5.com/artist/openrangestock#1/2063
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« on: January 16, 2018, 19:40 »
I make edits of some of my filming adventures and put them in a youtube playlist. Sometimes it's just edited stock footage and sometimes it's a mix of behind the scenes shots and stock footy. I added a watermark but honestly wouldn't worry about it too much. Not sure if this has increased sales but it does drive traffic to my website which I eventually planning on building up, and this could increase sales. Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH5MhnIFYrc&list=PLsyA6MYLFW5BrpK4wktKIIF3__tOcrpr0
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« on: January 16, 2018, 19:23 »
In the past we too tried uploading stock files to many agencies... but we started to delete everywhere where we rarely get sales. It's waste of time uploading if it's not profitable.
Is it just me, or is it slightly ironic that you attempted to avoid wasting time doing things that aren't profitable, by actually wasting time doing something that isn't profitable in the slightest (deleting files)? Keeping them where they are might bring in a tiny bit of revenue, no matter how small... deleting them is guaranteed to not bring you in any revenue.
Yeah, I still don't understand why anyone would take the time to delete files or an account. This business requires not stop shooting and processing clips. Why halt that to delete assets that are already online making money, no matter how little. Time is money and that would literally be loosing money to loose more money.
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« on: December 13, 2017, 03:14 »
Less than 3 years...yeah, I felt the same way when I was in this less than 3 years. I was making thousands each month and every year my earnings went up. Talk to us in another 3 years.
Hey maybe you're right and I'll learn my lesson. I still think that if my sales decrease over the years, the least productive thing I could do is get on here and complain. This website has a lot of knowledge to pick up on about this industry... just so much negativity to look through to find it.
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« on: December 12, 2017, 17:50 »
Yo this microstock industry is amazing. I was introduced less than 3 years to an industry where I can shoot what I want, when I want, and make money uploading it from home. Unstable? If you say so... after 3 years of working at it part time I'm making thousands of dollars a month and that just keeps going up. Common sense tells me not to put all my eggs in this basket, but my growth and sales numbers tell me to go all in.
With all the negativity on the internet, this forum is still where I see the most complaining and negative comments. Sometimes I wonder about these people complaining and what the percentage of time spent creating new content is compared to time spent complaining on this forum about an industry that is nothing but a great opportunity to work for yourself.
Summary: Quit wasting time complaining about low sales and start creating content worth selling!
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« on: November 28, 2017, 17:58 »
Oct was my BME and Nov is getting close. Must have been some kinda Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale because I've had a surge in sales the last couple days. Last year the holiday months were bad for me so I shot a bunch of winter stuff to help this season.
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« on: November 14, 2017, 16:06 »
Some very informative responses and then there's some great rants here. I'm still with Getty/iStock after a couple years and I'll give some reasons why I'm not thrilled about them.
1) Uploading high quality 4K videos and seeing them sell for under a dollar. I don't care if it's a small res web purchase. If I put in the work to produce videos at a certain level, I can't help but be disappointed with that low of return.
2) Delayed sales reporting is ridiculous. If all these smaller companies can report live sales, it shouldn't be that hard. Probably just a strategy to hide the low payouts.
3) This is not my personal experience, but I read about a contributor receiving an email from them saying they made a mistake and payed him too much last month. Now his next couple months of earnings will be withheld until it's payed back. That would really piss me off!
Even with these points combined with all the other contributors points, I still see it as counter productive to delete my files and close my account. I don't buy into the theory that my files there are competing with my same files on other sites. I believe most customers buy content from the site they're already comfortable with and are already logged onto. I truly don't think pulling my portfolio will increase my sales on other sites.
Now would I recommend a newbie to upload there... Hell No!
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« on: October 19, 2017, 22:30 »
Thanks for presenting these features Matt. Here's my portfolio with a banner photo and 1 collection. After making the collection I with a few hundred assets, I wish I could select multiple clips faster. Maybe a select all for the page and also be able to select the whole box around the clip instead of just that small box in the corner. https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/205632562/openrangestock
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« on: October 07, 2017, 21:13 »
Is there anyone selling videos on their personal or business website that could recommend a plug in. I've built my business website with Squarespace and would like to find a way of uploading thousands of videos to a website with a customizable plug in to embed to my Squarespace website. I currently am doing that by embedding my Nimia portfolio, but I would like to cut out the middle man and sell directly. Any suggestions?
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