Author Topic: Woohoo... first real SymbioStock sale. (Read 54719 times)

cathyslife · « **Reply #150 on:** August 12, 2013, 17:43 »

Quote from: guigaamartins on August 12, 2013, 15:39

CONGRATS! I can't wait for my first sale!

www.stocklabb.com

Nice site and images!

marthamarks · « **Reply #151 on:** August 12, 2013, 18:01 »

Quote from: guigaamartins on August 12, 2013, 15:39

CONGRATS! I can't wait for my first sale!

www.stocklabb.com

Very stylish site. Great images. You'll do well, I'm sure!

Pilens · « **Reply #152 on:** August 12, 2013, 22:49 »

Quote from: gemmy12 on August 12, 2013, 15:23

do you guys get sales from buyers coming from Google search or these are your own customers referred by yourself ? I have my photoshelter basic account and many of my pages come in 1 or 2 pages for my keyword so i do get many viewers daily. But the sad thing is, just 20-30% turned into buyers or enquire me about images. So how is your symbiostock sites performing in general ?

This buyer came from Google search (although it was a local small business).

You turn 20-30% of your google search traffic into sales/image inquiries?

And you're sad about it?

- I think that's awesome! Your images must be absolutely stunning.

gemmy12 · « **Reply #153 on:** August 12, 2013, 23:23 »

Quote from: Pilens on August 12, 2013, 22:49

Quote from: gemmy12 on August 12, 2013, 15:23
do you guys get sales from buyers coming from Google search or these are your own customers referred by yourself ? I have my photoshelter basic account and many of my pages come in 1 or 2 pages for my keyword so i do get many viewers daily. But the sad thing is, just 20-30% turned into buyers or enquire me about images. So how is your symbiostock sites performing in general ?

This buyer came from Google search (although it was a local small business).

You turn 20-30% of your google search traffic into sales/image inquiries? And you're sad about it? - I think that's awesome! Your images must be absolutely stunning.

not stunning but some of them belong to niche i guess. I should have written more correctly that those 20-30% of traffic includes those who buy or sign up for my newsletters or enquire me about some images (particularly my RM) or do any kind of interaction. So this 20-30% of my traffic is some kind of fruitful traffic. And yes i am definitely not sad but just little disappointed because my FAA website of same or even lesser size port does better than my photoshelter port even though i dont try to promote my FAA port that much comparing my PS images. Just wonder how are symbiotic sites doing in turning traffic to buyers as all(or probably most) sites are interconnected networks.

Pilens · « **Reply #154 on:** August 13, 2013, 00:01 »

I had my Photoshelter site for 3 years and had 2 measly photo sales. VERY disappointing. I definitely had to bail out and try something different. Organic search traffic on my Symbiostock site is already by far outpacing what I had last seen for my Photoshelter site. If that continues to grow with uploading more photos, with the network becoming bigger and reaching a point of "critical mass", and with the continued joined effort of this great community, then the sky is the limit. The hard part is that it needs some (on-going) work and patience.

gemmy12 · « **Reply #155 on:** August 13, 2013, 00:33 »

Quote from: Pilens on August 13, 2013, 00:01

I had my Photoshelter site for 3 years and had 2 measly photo sales. VERY disappointing. I definitely had to bail out and try something different. Organic search traffic on my Symbiostock site is already by far outpacing what I had last seen for my Photoshelter site. If that continues to grow with uploading more photos, with the network becoming bigger and reaching a point of "critical mass", and with the continued joined effort of this great community, then the sky is the limit. The hard part is that it needs some (on-going) work and patience.

thats great if your symbiotic site outperforming your 3 years PS site in gaining traffic. For me photoshelter has been performing best as far as SERP is concerned. Probably i should also come to join this network, just that i am not tech expert and afraid to tackle site related things and its hard to spend time with them. How ever i believe i should try. If not i can get my personal blog platform. Can anybody suggest if bluehost is still best or there is any other equally good option ? (just last probably off topic question)

Pilens · « **Reply #156 on:** August 13, 2013, 02:19 »

Yeah...off topic...but what the heck:
The whole WP/self hosting thing was new to me. It has been an interesting, if not sometimes bumpy ride. With some dedication and the kind help of the community here I think everyone can setup and run a Symbiostock site. - It is rocket science at Leo's end, only

Bluehost works well for me. Yes, it is sometimes slow and yes, it has been down a little too often lately. Hope that's just temporary. But it's cheap and goes well with the Symbiostock theme. However, you'll find threads here where alternatives and even the technical details of migrating to a different host have been discussed...

gemmy12 · « **Reply #157 on:** August 13, 2013, 03:26 »

thank you pilens for the helpful talk. Hope to join you guys soon and also wish to see a much lengthy this woo ya thread.

Ron · « **Reply #158 on:** August 15, 2013, 16:55 »

Just had another sale. Wonderful. Buyer managed to get the image, but she said it was constantly downloading as an HTML, how do I fix that again?

Anyhoo, she bought the large version, so thats 17.50 euro, about 23.50 dollar. Again outperforming at least 4 sites. If I can get 2 / 3 sales per month, I am a happy camper.

picture5469 · « **Reply #159 on:** August 15, 2013, 16:57 »

Quote from: Ron on August 15, 2013, 16:55

Just had another sale. Wonderful. Buyer managed to get the image, but she said it was constantly downloading as an HTML, how do I fix that again?

Anyhoo, she bought the large version, so thats 17.50 euro, about 23.50 dollar. Again outperforming at least 4 sites. If I can get 2 / 3 sales per month, I am a happy camper.

well done!

ShazamImages · « **Reply #160 on:** August 15, 2013, 17:03 »

Quote from: Ron on August 15, 2013, 16:55

Just had another sale. Wonderful. Buyer managed to get the image, but she said it was constantly downloading as an HTML, how do I fix that again?

Do you know if she was using a Safari browser on a Mac?

Anita Potter · « **Reply #161 on:** August 15, 2013, 17:05 »

Here's a link to another thread about html instead of jpg

http://www.microstockgroup.com/symbiostock-technical-support/file-downloads-as-html-but-not-jpeg-after-symbiostock-sale/

Sounds like it's a browser issue from reading that thread.

cathyslife · « **Reply #162 on:** August 15, 2013, 17:38 »

Since there are now two threads going on about the html/jpg issue, and this thread is about sales on SY, maybe you guys can check the other thread (Anita posted the link). That way answers can be found in the thread that is properly named for the problem.

LesPalenik · « **Reply #163 on:** August 15, 2013, 18:02 »

Quote from: Ron on August 15, 2013, 16:55

Just had another sale. Wonderful. Buyer managed to get the image, but she said it was constantly downloading as an HTML, how do I fix that again?

Anyhoo, she bought the large version, so thats 17.50 euro, about 23.50 dollar. Again outperforming at least 4 sites. If I can get 2 / 3 sales per month, I am a happy camper.

Congratulations, Ron! That's just the start, keep adding more images.

Pilens · « **Reply #164 on:** August 15, 2013, 22:19 »

Quote from: Ron on August 15, 2013, 16:55

Just had another sale. Wonderful. Buyer managed to get the image, but she said it was constantly downloading as an HTML, how do I fix that again?

Anyhoo, she bought the large version, so thats 17.50 euro, about 23.50 dollar. Again outperforming at least 4 sites. If I can get 2 / 3 sales per month, I am a happy camper.

Congrats, Ron.

- How many people with regular sales on their SYS sites will be required to see "Self-Hosted" on the right rising to middle tier, I wonder...

easybuyphotos.com · « **Reply #165 on:** August 16, 2013, 08:45 »

Quote from: Ron on August 15, 2013, 16:55

Just had another sale. Wonderful. Buyer managed to get the image, but she said it was constantly downloading as an HTML, how do I fix that again?

Anyhoo, she bought the large version, so thats 17.50 euro, about 23.50 dollar. Again outperforming at least 4 sites. If I can get 2 / 3 sales per month, I am a happy camper.

Congrats very encouraging...............back to uploading and Yoasting!

Ron · « **Reply #166 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:43 »

Just had another sale, a bloggee for 2.50 euro. Thats a second sale in the same month. 3 sales total. Between user registration and sale confirmation was 7 minutes.

jsfoto · « **Reply #167 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:47 »

Congrats :-) Which image did you sell?

Ron · « **Reply #168 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:51 »

Quote from: jsfoto on August 25, 2013, 12:47

Congrats :-) Which image did you sell?

The Belgian flag.

picture5469 · « **Reply #169 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:53 »

Quote from: Ron on August 25, 2013, 12:51

Quote from: jsfoto on August 25, 2013, 12:47
Congrats :-) Which image did you sell?
The Belgian flag.

Well done!

jsfoto · « **Reply #170 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:54 »

So great ... things getting started

Do you have wordfence installed could you see whether the buyer came from google or another symbiostock site?

CrackerClips · « **Reply #171 on:** August 25, 2013, 12:56 »

That's great, congrats!

Ron · « **Reply #172 on:** August 25, 2013, 13:03 »

I dont have Word Fence installed, I do have Jetpack, and it seems the search came from Google.

Pilens · « **Reply #173 on:** August 25, 2013, 13:14 »

Great news! Congrats, Ron

ShazamImages · « **Reply #174 on:** August 25, 2013, 13:29 »

Congratulations!

Hopefully I'll get my first sale soon.

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Author Topic: Woohoo... first real SymbioStock sale. (Read 54719 times)

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Ron

picture5469

ShazamImages

Anita Potter

cathyslife

LesPalenik

Pilens

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jsfoto

Ron

picture5469

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Ron

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