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« on: April 01, 2024, 03:30 »
There is a loz of content that works for both. Beautiful landscapes, holiday and tracel destinations and probably pretty people with a sense of fashion and style.
Flowers, food for the kitchen, sensual images for the bedroom.
The main challenge will be to get followers.
So a website and blog, insta for promotion will be usefu.
77
« on: March 31, 2024, 19:15 »
very low sales but still a great rank, i guess when it is this slow I jump up again.
pos 1750
don't worry, next week I will go back down
78
« on: March 31, 2024, 15:27 »
No
banning is for theft, criminal activity and copyright violations
they want good ai and every content.
and obviously don't upload 500 images of the same abstract colored string abstract backgrounds with minor variations. they won't ban you, but you will probably get slowed down a lot.
be selective, upload good stuff, enjoy the money.
79
« on: March 31, 2024, 14:13 »
yes, for newbies it can take up to 8 weeks. the delay is intentional because of the mass spamming
don't worry about it, just keep uploading, you will get there
check the discord for the latest info
80
« on: March 31, 2024, 12:17 »
the rank is based on volume, not money, so you are probably earning a lot more than many others with your 5 sales
still, it is fun to see how it develops.
81
« on: March 31, 2024, 12:15 »
Thank you for sharing Steve!
Will upload more to faa and we will see what happens.
82
« on: March 30, 2024, 22:13 »
Same here, another last minute sale from an old file. so 5 sales in march with 1100 clips.
I sincerly hope this is some kind of turnaround and things are improving at p5.
83
« on: March 30, 2024, 18:42 »
sales slowing down drastically, still moving up a bit
pos 1930
84
« on: March 30, 2024, 06:58 »
"AI content can certainly be sold but in my opinion it cannot represent the basis of a portfolio,only real content can make the difference." What about ai that looks completely real? 
85
« on: March 30, 2024, 06:37 »
very interesting discussion. I keep paying the 30 dollars but never upload. Must change that.
I will probably start an extra twitter and insta account for FAA promotion
86
« on: March 30, 2024, 05:42 »
You are generating content for professional commercial use that you want to make money with.
Of course you have to pay for a commercial use license.
Alternative: take good pictures and videos with your camera and phone. But you will still need to pay for software etc..
For ai you will also need good upscaling software like Gigapixel ai.
87
« on: March 30, 2024, 05:40 »
Welcome buyer! Unfortunately this place has mostly producers. Some are graphic designers that also buy content for projects. But if you post some examples what you need i am sure people will be happy to help.
88
« on: March 29, 2024, 14:51 »
"In other words, what a creative director would have photoshopped manually from standard stock material in the past"
Exactly this.
eta
just a brief moment in time, hopefully one day a normal value, maybe when I have 12 000 files on Adobe
89
« on: March 29, 2024, 12:15 »
the numbers don't tell you anything about how much money you can make with a theme.
there are millions of files of everything - people, flowers, food, business, landscapes, tech, with or without ai.
and yet there are people who make reliable money every year.
the majority of content is just duplicates of duplicates, the number of people who actually make the effort to drill down into themes is tiny. they just sort any search by downloads and copy the first 3 pages.
i have seen people make reliable money just taking images of their garden and gardening work. but they do it reliably, add latin names to everything, their videos are very nicely done, the postprocessing is professional.
and while it is not a full time living, it is enough to pay the running costs of gardening equipment, seeds, earth...
others do that with their pet. first they create enough content so the pet literally feeds itself, then they expand what they do, also add family interacting, get pets from friends and suddenly they make a reliable add on income for the household.
etc...
the goal is to learn what customers like to buy from you, what you can reliably produce and then to just keep doing it until you have a few thousand good, very diverse files.
then your port will get bookmarked as a resource.
if you don't understand fashion, there is no real point to create fashion content just because a youtuber recommends it. or business people and high end teams if you don't understand the latest trends.
what sells best and very reliably, is authentic content.
either because it was taken with a camera on a specific location by someone who actually works in that field or it is ai but done by someone who understands the subject well.
for instance i spent many years working in traffic technology, so one of my ai projects will be to create useful content for that highly specialized market.
i also love good warm soups, so there is a recipe book ready and i am looking to team up with friends for small cooking shootings
etc...
the flood of ai is just like the flood of normal photos that comes in anyway.
it doesn't worry me.
90
« on: March 29, 2024, 01:50 »
That is just the holiday/spring break
You will move back up when they are back at work, I will fall down because the holiday is over.
But again, it shows how dynamic the system is.
There are people with 60 000 fies who have never seen anything near your current rank. You are doing exceptionally well.
91
« on: March 28, 2024, 19:31 »
Those are both lovely images and very good sales. Congratulations!
Not everyone wants to rebuild a full time stock income. In a different life I would probably enjoy the journey a lot more if I was doing stock more as a hobby.
I am sharing my results because I know many people are considering doing stock again more seriously and wondering if it is still possible to rise in ranks with the current flood of incoming content.
So I think it is encouraging that the Adobe system is very dynamic. Frustrating when it all drops back down of course, but once I have a port with 12k files it will be more stable.
92
« on: March 28, 2024, 16:04 »
my last rise before the steep fall, next week I will be back down to 4200
pos 2340, 4280 files
but I like that the adobe system is so dynamic. if you have what clients want there is no barrier to moving up.
93
« on: March 27, 2024, 16:01 »
That is great news and confirmation, thank you for letting us know.
94
« on: March 26, 2024, 14:41 »
Currently pos 2780
Thank you for explaining how unpublishing works. Now I do it every day.
Will probably also downgrade midjourney to the 30 dollar plan next month and then toggle between intensive use months and relaxed use months.
I still find it very difficult to get what I want from any of the ais I am using. Which perhaps is a good thing, if I struggle so will many customers.
95
« on: March 26, 2024, 14:38 »
they don't take ai
96
« on: March 23, 2024, 14:08 »
I agree. I just think for people content midjourney has the best.
But doing it for one month, unpublish everything after prompting, should e enough. then a one or two month break.
will try to get better with firefly. at least then we are supporting our own files.
97
« on: March 23, 2024, 12:43 »
thank you both, really very useful info!!!
will certainly always unpublish and drop my costs by doing a monthly switch in plans.
I am now mostly using the archive page instead of discord.
98
« on: March 23, 2024, 12:12 »
you think my income in 2023 is bad? 550 usd for 450 files?
well, everybody has different expectations.
obviously also depends on the content you send. if the content sells rarely in the normal p5 port, it will probably not sell better with bb.
99
« on: March 23, 2024, 11:53 »
They are very different to wirestock. I stopped supplying wirestock, I still supply BB.
But everybody has to find their own way.
I also know people who are very happy with wirestock.
100
« on: March 23, 2024, 11:26 »
that is quite sneaky, thank you for pointing this out.
you think you are safe in stealth mode, then you still need to unpublish manually every single file.
I think I might start deleting completely
Can we delete completely??
eta: cannot find a delete button...
next question: do the files stay unpublished if I downgrade?
that would open the option of doing one month hardcore midjourney in stealth mode, next month downgrade to 10 dollars, then again one month in stealth mode etc...
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