Author Topic: One particular file that sells like gangbusters? (Read 5761 times)

guy · « **on:** May 12, 2013, 18:09 »

I have pretty healthy sales on Shutterstock overall, but I have one file that I sell the bejeezus out of. I usually sell it on a daily basis, sometimes 2 or 3 times daily. It's this one:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=99042737

Not that I'm complaining, I'm just wondering what might have shot this file to the top of the charts. Does anyone else have one file in their portfolio that does significantly better than all of their others?

pvg

Poncke v2 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2013, 18:31 »

There has been a lot of activity around the royal houses in the UK and the Netherlands for the last year. And the abdication of the Queen of the Netherlands has just been completed and we have a King now.

daveh900 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2013, 08:14 »

Your file is high on the first page of results for the search term "crowns". That is a pretty awesome result, especially with over 800 pages of results for that term.

From my experience, if a new file gets several sales right away, it has a pretty good chance of making it towards the top of the popular search.

It's likely that you had great timing, and great luck when you uploaded that design... as well as a well designed desirable image.

Carl · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2013, 06:36 »

This one of mine sells almost daily; occasionally two or three times daily:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=77165905

It has sold 212 times so far. My next most popular file has sold 61 times:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=77029147

But my third most popular file, sold 48 times to date, is the one I had the most fun doing:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=80524903

ppdd · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2013, 10:59 »

Quote from: paulvg on May 12, 2013, 18:09

I have pretty healthy sales on Shutterstock overall, but I have one file that I sell the bejeezus out of. I usually sell it on a daily basis, sometimes 2 or 3 times daily. It's this one:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=99042737

Not that I'm complaining, I'm just wondering what might have shot this file to the top of the charts. Does anyone else have one file in their portfolio that does significantly better than all of their others?

pvg

This is probably from people making versions of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster - copies and variants are everywhere right now.

morning.light · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2013, 14:07 »

I have a picture like that as well - it's an image of corn, nothing special, but for some reason it had many sales after uploading it and now it's on the first page! And that is something, considering there are 1241 pages for the "corn" keyword. So yeah, it's sometimes just about luck. This picture sells almost everyday, sometimes even 4 times a day. And it's even more funny because I was really close to not uploading it. I wasn't expecting it to sell because there are thousand of corn pictures...

Edit: btw, this picture makes around 15 dollars a month. If it continues to sell like this it will make almost 200 dollars an year, which I don't think is bad for just one picture! A CORN PICTURE

JPSDK · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2013, 15:54 »

Picture luck is actually annoyingly important.

guy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2013, 16:14 »

Thanks for all the input! I hadn't thought about the "Keep Calm and..." posters. That's probably a big part of it.

Turns out that crowns file is a best seller for me across all of the sites that I submit to. Past 500 downloads on Shutterstock after a little more than a year!

Now if only I could think of a few more images that would perform that well...

riffmax · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2013, 12:22 »

Yeah, although it has dropped off significantly in the last few months, but this one has had 4800 sub downloads (and many more El's and OD's) since January 2007.

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Next up? This one with 488 subs Since November of 2007.

And, like you, I wish I could re-create whatever was lined up correctly for me the day I shot those candles.

I almost didn't upload it, as it was a departure from my comfort zone at the time and it has visible flaws - but they accepted it and it was the #1 photo for "birthday candles" on ss for several years.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2013, 12:27 »

and 900 at iStock, that cake have paid for all the cakes in all your life time

riffmax · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2013, 12:35 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 14, 2013, 12:27

and 900 at iStock, that cake have paid for all the cakes in all your life time

And a few at BS as well - funny thing is - it's not even a cake! It's shaving cream on a cardboard box! Shot in front of a green piece of paper in my laundry room.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2013, 13:19 »

Quote from: riffmax on July 14, 2013, 12:35

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 14, 2013, 12:27
and 900 at iStock, that cake have paid for all the cakes in all your life time

And a few at BS as well - funny thing is - it's not even a cake! It's shaving cream on a cardboard box! Shot in front of a green piece of paper in my laundry room.

ahahahahahahah hilarious!

Dan · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2013, 17:21 »

I got one like that that has sold over 60 times in a year but over 4 different agencies.

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