Author Topic: Finally Got A Sale!! (Read 13600 times)

cybernesco · « **on:** March 04, 2012, 18:50 »

I am totally happy!! after 3 1/2 months, I finally got my first sales from my own website. Four medium size photos, royalty-free standard license, $5. each for a total of $20. One coyote, one boat, Brienz Lake in Switzerland and one model posing, bought by someone in Atlanta.

Although this is not much, I am getting the same feeling I had on my first download with SS in 2005.

Denis
denispepin.com

Equus · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2012, 18:55 »

Congratulations! So pleased to hear about your sales, may they be the first of many.

CardensDesign · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2012, 18:58 »

Congrats! That's always exciting to see people buying your images directly from your site. I started selling my images directly from my site about 6 months ago, and I've had pretty good luck (about 10-15 images per month, with most of them being religious images). I'd say Google Image search gets about 95% of my traffic.

Congrats again! Hope you have many more buyers in the future!

Kevin
CardensDesign.com

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2012, 18:59 »

Congratulations. Onwards and upwards.

cybernesco · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2012, 19:10 »

Thank you Kevin, Sue and Equus!! Google is still indexing my keywords as I see my number of links increasing everyday. I presumed another two-three months before they are all indexed afterwhich I should get a bit better ranking and a bit more sales.

cthoman · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2012, 01:26 »

Congrats! I've enjoyed running my own site, but it's definitely a challenge to get a steady stream of buyers in each month. I'm happy with the initial results, but there is still a lot of work to do.

I've just launched an affiliate program and hope to ramp up some advertising this year. But, it's all a daunting task for a one man army. Maybe, I need to join some kind of small businessman support group.

Good luck!

cathyslife · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2012, 13:41 »

And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

thesentinel · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2012, 13:53 »

Quote from: cclapper on March 05, 2012, 13:41

And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

But what was the Cost Of Sales for that?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2012, 14:33 »

Quote from: thesentinel on March 05, 2012, 13:53

Quote from: cclapper on March 05, 2012, 13:41
And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

But what was the Cost Of Sales for that?

don´t know but I do remember a post from cybernesco showing October IS royalties for 60$

cybernesco · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2012, 15:13 »

Quote from: thesentinel on March 05, 2012, 13:53

Quote from: cclapper on March 05, 2012, 13:41
And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

But what was the Cost Of Sales for that?

I am not making money yet. It is costing me $30.00 a month for the use of Photodeck interface to maintain my site the way I want it and spent about $300.00 in advertising so far.

I realized a couple months ago that unless you have a zillion dollars that you better forget about spending money on advertising as only time will tell you if it works or not. I figured another three months before I make enough sales that will cover my monthly expenses. I soon realized that it takes about 4-6 months for google to fully index all your keywords after which you have a better chance of being found. In 3 months, I'll make a decision then to terminate the site or not.

cybernesco · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2012, 15:19 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 05, 2012, 14:33

Quote from: thesentinel on March 05, 2012, 13:53
Quote from: cclapper on March 05, 2012, 13:41
And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

But what was the Cost Of Sales for that?

don´t know but I do remember a post from cybernesco showing October IS royalties for 60$

Doing much better with IS now.

cathyslife · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2012, 15:23 »

Quote from: thesentinel on March 05, 2012, 13:53

Quote from: cclapper on March 05, 2012, 13:41
And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

But what was the Cost Of Sales for that?

Doesn't matter. That wasn't my point. My point was that he didn't have to give away 80% of his sale to an agency. But then you knew that.

cybernesco · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2012, 15:32 »

Quote from: cclapper on March 05, 2012, 13:41

And the best news of all is that you get to keep ALL $20!

That is exactly my point!! and hopefully more to come....

click_click · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2012, 15:53 »

I do agree that it feels terrific to keep 100% of the sale price, no doubt about that.

However, you already had your expenses for the site and as you said, time will tell if it was worth it.

Still though, being in a <20% bracket at IS for example, I do make a lot more money at the end of the day with them than selling my images on my own web site. It's what shows up in the TOTAL line at the end of the month that shows me where my $$$ is coming from.

Keep us posted how things pan out.

cybernesco · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2012, 16:05 »

Quote from: click_click on March 05, 2012, 15:53

I do agree that it feels terrific to keep 100% of the sale price, no doubt about that.

However, you already had your expenses for the site and as you said, time will tell if it was worth it.

Still though, being in a <20% bracket at IS for example, I do make a lot more money at the end of the day with them than selling my images on my own web site. It's what shows up in the TOTAL line at the end of the month that shows me where my $$$ is coming from.

Keep us posted how things pan out.

I couldn't agree more, at the end of the day it is the sum of all of what you can get that counts. I don't plan leaving IS,SS,DT,FT,BS and all the others anytime soon....If my site can eventually bring positive revenue than it will be that much more to add with the other micro revenues.

lisafx · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2012, 17:16 »

Congratulations on your sales! I know what you mean about feeling excited. One or two measly sales on my website are more exciting than hundreds on the agencies. It's a whole different sense of accomplishment

cybernesco · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2012, 18:35 »

Quote from: lisafx on March 05, 2012, 17:16

Congratulations on your sales! I know what you mean about feeling excited. One or two measly sales on my website are more exciting than hundreds on the agencies. It's a whole different sense of accomplishment

Thanks Lisa!!

Elenathewise · « **Reply #17 on:** March 06, 2012, 14:15 »

Congratulations! Hope you'll get many more:) My site (www.elenaphoto.com) has been around for a year, and it's paying for itself and even bringing in some profit. Of course, the money are not comparable to what we get on "big" agencies, but it's my own sales and my own clientele and it really feels like my own business. I am very grateful to people who buy directly from photographers, it's a bit more work I guess to find what you're looking for, but it's kinda similar to "fair trade"

cybernesco · « **Reply #18 on:** March 06, 2012, 20:34 »

Quote from: Elenathewise on March 06, 2012, 14:15

Congratulations! Hope you'll get many more:) My site (www.elenaphoto.com) has been around for a year, and it's paying for itself and even bringing in some profit. Of course, the money are not comparable to what we get on "big" agencies, but it's my own sales and my own clientele and it really feels like my own business. I am very grateful to people who buy directly from photographers, it's a bit more work I guess to find what you're looking for, but it's kinda similar to "fair trade"

Thank you Elena!! I feel the same as well. And you are right, within the foreseeable future, I don't think any microstocker owned website will be able to make more than the "big" agencies combined.

cthoman · « **Reply #19 on:** March 06, 2012, 21:00 »

Quote from: cybernesco on March 06, 2012, 20:34

Thank you Elena!! I feel the same as well. And you are right, within the foreseeable future, I don't think any microstocker owned website will be able to make more than the "big" agencies combined.

I don't know about combined, but I don't think it's unrealistic to be competitive with individual agencies. Maybe, even being my top earner.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2012, 21:11 »

Denis sorry not wanting to enter your business, sure you know what you are doing but you have EL for 28$?

cybernesco · « **Reply #21 on:** March 06, 2012, 21:23 »

Quote from: cthoman on March 06, 2012, 21:00

Quote from: cybernesco on March 06, 2012, 20:34
Thank you Elena!! I feel the same as well. And you are right, within the foreseeable future, I don't think any microstocker owned website will be able to make more than the "big" agencies combined.

I don't know about combined, but I don't think it's unrealistic to be competitive with individual agencies. Maybe, even being my top earner.

I agree

cybernesco · « **Reply #22 on:** March 06, 2012, 21:30 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 06, 2012, 21:11

Denis sorry not wanting to enter your business, sure you know what you are doing but you have EL for 28$?

Thanks for visiting my site!! Yes I know, 28$ for an extended sound a little cheap, however photodune have them for 25$. I had them marked for 100$ couple weeks ago, but I figured that, for the moment I need as much attention as I can get. As soon as the site pays for itself I'll put those extended prices back up.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 06, 2012, 21:33 »

Quote from: cybernesco on March 06, 2012, 21:30

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 06, 2012, 21:11
Denis sorry not wanting to enter your business, sure you know what you are doing but you have EL for 28$?

Thanks for visiting my site!! Yes I know, 28$ for an extended sound a little cheap, however photodune have them for 25$. I had them marked for 100$ couple weeks ago, but I figured that, for the moment I need as much attention as I can get. As soon as the site pays for itself I'll put those extended prices back up.

I see, thanks for the explanation, actually PD has a XS EL for 8$

cybernesco · « **Reply #24 on:** March 06, 2012, 21:46 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 06, 2012, 21:33

Quote from: cybernesco on March 06, 2012, 21:30
Quote from: luissantos84 on March 06, 2012, 21:11
Denis sorry not wanting to enter your business, sure you know what you are doing but you have EL for 28$?

Thanks for visiting my site!! Yes I know, 28$ for an extended sound a little cheap, however photodune have them for 25$. I had them marked for 100$ couple weeks ago, but I figured that, for the moment I need as much attention as I can get. As soon as the site pays for itself I'll put those extended prices back up.

I see, thanks for the explanation, actually PD has a XS EL for 8$

Yes, I guess they monetized their extended on various sizes, in my case, extended is one size, the original size and therefore one price.

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