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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: litifeta on May 28, 2008, 21:22

Title: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: litifeta on May 28, 2008, 21:22: Wondered why I was having so many sales for this and then realised it was featured on the front page.(http://69.90.174.249/photos/display_pic_with_logo/79468/79468,1209516297,2.jpg)
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Post by: vphoto on May 28, 2008, 21:50: good! nice colors!
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Post by: Snufkin on May 28, 2008, 22:27: Yeah, that's a cool one
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Post by: jsolie on May 28, 2008, 23:32: "Well there's your problem..."

Congrats on making the front page! :)
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Post by: DanP68 on May 28, 2008, 23:34: Great job Litifeta! I've got a few of those ready to upload myself, but your color pop is spectacular.

Make sure your keywords are solid, and that should sell for you for a very long time at SS! ;)
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Post by: digiology on May 29, 2008, 00:15: bravo :)
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Post by: fotografer on May 29, 2008, 00:56: Congratulations,
Being in the lightboxes also increases sales. I have 3 in at the moment and my sales have rocketed without even uploading anything in the last week.
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Post by: trucic on May 29, 2008, 03:38: ...great colors and very useful pic!
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Post by: maunger on May 29, 2008, 05:30: congrats! I'm jealous ::)
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Post by: ann on May 29, 2008, 09:04: Oh, I noticed that photo. How nice to know it's yours - Congratulations! smiles - Ann
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Post by: Microbius on May 29, 2008, 11:18: great photo, love the colors!
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Post by: j2k on May 29, 2008, 11:31: Very nice shot. Congratulations!

Out of curiosity would you mind sharing download numbers for that image? How much did it go up?
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Post by: leaf on May 29, 2008, 11:37: yeah nice shot, and well done getting on the front page.

how many sales is a lot??.. . I am curious how many sales an image CAN have in a day on shutterstock. I am not sure what my record is, but it is somewhere between 10-20... never over 20 though... but then again my images aren't super sellers either.
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Post by: oboy on May 29, 2008, 15:06: Congratulations on making the front page!
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Post by: Raphspam on May 29, 2008, 16:08: Quote from: fotografer on May 29, 2008, 00:56
Congratulations,
Being in the lightboxes also increases sales. I have 3 in at the moment and my sales have rocketed without even uploading anything in the last week.

Hi,

How do you know that your pictures have been selected for a lightbox on SS?
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: fotografer on May 29, 2008, 16:15: You have to look at the lightboxes and see if you are in any of them.
http://www.shutterstock.com/ (http://www.shutterstock.com/)
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: MicrostockExp on May 29, 2008, 16:20: I am confused ... as I submitter I cannot see the lighboxes, do you have to be a buyer?
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Post by: sharply_done on May 29, 2008, 16:47: Quote from: ldambies on May 29, 2008, 16:20
I am confused ... as I submitter I cannot see the lighboxes, do you have to be a buyer?

You have to go to the buying part of the site - not the submitting part - to see the front page image and lightboxes (which are located at the bottom of the page).

Go here: http://www.shutterstock.com
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: MicrostockExp on May 29, 2008, 17:11: ah ok on the bottom :)
Cheers!
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: litifeta on May 29, 2008, 18:41: in reply to Leaf. went from 0 sales to almost 70
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: leaf on May 30, 2008, 00:45: Quote from: litifeta on May 29, 2008, 18:41
in reply to Leaf. went from 0 sales to almost 70

wow.. thanks for the number - that is a crazy amount. congrats again :)
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: Nemo1024 on June 15, 2008, 10:06: Wonderful shot - makes me want to do something like this too :) Oh, and I must break into shutterstock - they thwarted me three times, but I am ready for more beating. :D
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Post by: Pixart on June 15, 2008, 10:56: They have a babies light box right now and - no - I don't have a baby in the lightbox, but I had to check because one of my baby shots that never caught on started to sell every day. I wonder if lightboxes bring more attention to the whole theme?

And congrats Litefida. Nice to be recognized.
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Post by: Aetherial on June 16, 2008, 01:47: Who decides which image goes to which lightbox? do you apply for a lightbox participation or do the shutterstock staff do that occasionaly when looking for new images?
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Post by: fotografer on June 16, 2008, 02:11: The images are chosen by SS staff.
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Post by: takestock on June 16, 2008, 02:54: Certainly a pic to catch the eye!

Nice one! - WTG
Title: Re: Making the front page at SS increases your sales
Post by: Mormegil on June 16, 2008, 13:12: Cool. I never knew about the lightboxes.

I've got 3 pics in the celebrity set. Nice to live in LA.