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Agency Based Discussion => Yaymicro => Topic started by: Paulo M. F. Pires on October 01, 2011, 16:45
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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 ).