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Messages - HermanM
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« on: August 27, 2009, 17:11 »
Wow, I wish I could go to something like this... Too far away for me.
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« on: August 27, 2009, 17:10 »
Very funny, indeed...
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« on: August 27, 2009, 17:08 »
With all that in your list I would stop asking and start shooting, shooting and shooooooting!!! If it moves, shoot. If you have the slightest idea that it will sell, shoot it. Lucky you!!!  I wish I was that lucky. Have a nice photographic vacation.
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« on: August 27, 2009, 00:00 »
I think that eventually all portfolios get to a baseline level (if you stop uploading). I havent uploaded anything in more than a year and my earnings are stable since 8 months ago. Now, with new challenges I know that despite the usual surge in sales in the short run I have to work with longer timetables, not weeks, but months (lot of those). Keep shooting, diversify, find a niche, keep uploading...
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« on: August 22, 2009, 22:58 »
It is sooo low that even if my country (Panama) had a treaty (it is in the works) I most certainly skip the paperwork, and all the hassles related to it.
There is actually almost no hassle to fill out the paper work, it took less than a minute.. Its all online at SS.
I was talking about having to file a request for an ITIN (originally they told us that it as required, then not), but it seems that if my country had a treaty I wouldnt net one either! I filled the W8BEN on line.
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« on: August 21, 2009, 17:04 »
Once the relevant SS tax form has been submitted, do we receive notification of acceptance from SS?
I guess not, since I dont have received anything and they already witheld my $$
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« on: August 21, 2009, 17:03 »
Many designers cannot justify the price of the subscription, but the price of the On-Demand pics is just right for many (if not most) budgets. That's why, I guess.
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« on: August 21, 2009, 17:00 »
It is sooo low that even if my country (Panama) had a treaty (it is in the works) I most certainly skip the paperwork, and all the hassles related to it.
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« on: August 20, 2009, 22:01 »
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« on: August 19, 2009, 14:59 »
This is not good news, since they are slow sellers.
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« on: October 13, 2008, 13:20 »
Sales are going to go up and then down on suscription sites... People will download everything they can out of their suscriptions and then will stop downloading... It's going to be hard the next couple of months...
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« on: October 13, 2008, 13:15 »
En vivo desde Panam, saludos.
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« on: October 13, 2008, 13:13 »
No sales here, either... I have long ago given up on them...
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« on: October 13, 2008, 13:12 »
Cada vez habrn menos ventas, por la dilucin de los portafolios. An as, pienso que hay mucho futuro, pero no esperemos crecimientos metericos como los que haban hace dos aos... Este es un negocio a largo plazo, con altas y bajas, pero definitivamente que vale la pena, si se est dispuesto a trabajar duro y consistentemente. No perdera tiempo con sitios fuera de los cuatro o cinco ms grandes: SS, IS, BigStock, DT, StockXpert y 123RF (este ltimo apesta, pero vende algo de vez en cuando). Todos los dems quitan tiempo y no valen la pena... Mtele duro, enfcate en temas y trabaja por lotes grandes, de un tema, para ganar tiempo... Calidad y cantidad, pueden darse de la mano, con resultados estupendos.
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« on: September 19, 2008, 10:51 »
I think it is a waste of time to promote your micro portfolio.
It is another different thing to promote referrals, something that can become very rewarding.
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« on: August 21, 2008, 16:54 »
As far as I know they have almost non existent sales...
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« on: August 12, 2008, 16:08 »
A sale per one thousand images online per month is not to bad... Considering the huge amount of images available and the more and more that get accepted each day. It is the average of averages that I've seen over many forums and from reading a lot of info on Alamy... Remember that many many great sellers dont even post on forums at all, they are busy shooting... Another trend I have seen in my case is that images get sold as they age. Sort of an incubation period, attributed by many to the way editorial images on books and other publications are selected, not the usual "uploaded, approved and sold in less than 24 hrs" we see at micros.. To have 27 sales for 260+ images is outstanding... There was a report on Alamy forums of someone with many many sales above the usual average, it can happen. It is the nature of distribution of events over a population, following a Gaussian curve. Most of us, well, are in the middle, average portfolios with average sales.... 
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« on: August 08, 2008, 10:39 »
Consider that you will sell about 1 out of each 1000 images (on average)... You can perform better if your images are outstanding and very well keyworded...
About distribution, I would stay away from Czech republic and Russian Federation... and lately Israel... those generate sales, but for such a low amount that even EL's at SS amount for more...
119
« on: August 08, 2008, 10:37 »
For me Photoshelter has been a complete waste of time... Until they show they can sell I'm not bothering on this issue at all.
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« on: August 08, 2008, 10:24 »
I said goodbye to StockXpert on Sunday... no regrets at all... And if you take the time to read the fine print of their EULA you will find loopholes they can use to circumvent the opt out thing... It is beginning to be discussed at yahoo groups. So, they think they are smarter, but the crowd has a brighter mind!
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« on: July 25, 2008, 14:17 »
....many think anything they shoot should be accepted.....
This is the most important problem there, that people submit anything they come across with. If one self edits each submission then the failures go to near zero (I only have had one in almost a year submitting, and it was my fault, there were dusts speckles in some photos).
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« on: July 23, 2008, 15:20 »
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« on: July 23, 2008, 15:18 »
I hate subs and this past week I saw a spike on subs at DT that really hit me hard... I have opted out wherever I could from them... They really suck.
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« on: July 21, 2008, 17:38 »
Deliciously evil genius you are!
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« on: July 18, 2008, 17:42 »
The problem that gets discussed a lot on Alamy forums is the real meaning of CTR, some people sell a lot with low values and some less with higher numbers...
Also the number of keywords is a two edged sword... Right now, less is best, but with the new annotation system in place, specific searches will show higher if they match. The problem with that is that if we wait for it to be in place the number of images to re-keyword will be huge... But if we do it now then our CTR will get a hit, since the engine still does not identify the annotations...
Play with your images, give them some time (a month, at least), under different pseudos, and get a feeling on what works and what doesnt...
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