Almost a year after, with more portfolio at YAY than other agency's, including same editorial content, top sellers and who knows what... 0 is the number.
Now, soon i will analyze what types of photos I will work in bigger scale. This means that small portfolio could grow faster than 1st year.
Should I keep YAY until reach more 500 files and see results if accepted on 3th party program?
I know almost of people will say : "Is a small portfolio..." But, even PM, that is a german agency , that I start months after YAY, with less 100 images.. have some sales!
You should keep because royalty percentage is acceptable AND submission is one of the easiest.
If your workflow is optimised (ipct, ftp), it means zero work.
Direct sales from the yaymicro site seem a bit more frequent now. The 3rd party sales have fallen though. If you're in this for the long term and will eventually have a big portfolio, I don't see much point in dropping them.
Thank for the reply!
Not as "first income source", but I'm in this for long term ( or be "fired" by agency's :D )
Keywording and upload workflow was something that I optimise on my first steps @stock, always foreseeing the possibility of increasing the number of photos uploaded and/or agencies. For this reason was "easily" put actual port on low earners, chosen for their potential.
After a year, looking for current 12 agency's i'm working, almost of my "low earners list" give me a clue about to do in nearly future. DT is a good example: 29 donwloads only, but are always the same images i've been talking about on some topics likely "agency rejections": Images that only DT accept. So, in future, to get more results on DT I need to think about "special batchs" for them.
Ok, i could give many examples how each agency give me a clue about future, exception made to YayMicro ( and other ) . 356 Images, 7% Editorial, and looking to "views" I don't understand what content could work best for Yaymicro.
I've read somewhere that be on 3rd party sales could improve sales, thought that 500 images ( ok 100 of the best.. that could means more than 500 ) but if PP don't produce any sale ( talking about PP "someone" put my worst images on one partner... but that is another discussion ).
Maybe is better include it on next year "work line" ( boost number of images online too 4x or more, over best rpd images ).