Author Topic: Who has had sales at YayMicro ? (Read 33097 times)

mwp1969 · « **on:** December 13, 2009, 14:28 »

I am curious ... who has had any sales at YaMicro?

I have 292 images online there currently and I am in the process of uploading another 800 or so to them. I am still waiting on my first sale there ...

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

Snufkin · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2009, 14:43 »

I had one sale for 1 € (only 190 images online).
Who has had multiple sales?

ibogdan · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2009, 15:47 »

I had 10 sales in almost one year with a portfolio of circa 800 images. Total revenue 34.5 euros which brought me one payout. I stopped uploading because the lack of sales and I think seriously to delete my account there. Not worth!

mwp1969 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2009, 02:28 »

Quote from: mwp1969 on December 13, 2009, 14:28

I am curious ... who has had any sales at YaMicro?

I have 292 images online there currently and I am in the process of uploading another 800 or so to them. I am still waiting on my first sale there ...

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

I checked back in at Yay and see that I had my first sale this month. It was 1 Euro for a subscription sale on a portfolio of 309 images. Easy upload and I will continue to upload there and hope for some of those higher Euro sales I've seen people getting on this thread for their sales ...

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

FD · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2009, 03:50 »

I had about 11 sales there, but I was not as lucky as Ibogdan: RPD was slightly over 1 euro. Projected payout in 2012. Although I was in front of the search results for my (limited) nice subjects, I found out that my best Editorial seller (level 3) on DT had only 1 view on YAY.

I quit last month since I want a much tighter selection of sites to upload to.

cascoly · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2009, 14:35 »

i've had total of $40 or so, a sale every month r 3 -- i'd have dropped them long ago but for

they're easy to submit to
royalty is high
they're pleasant to deal with

FD · « **Reply #6 on:** December 24, 2009, 14:55 »

Quote from: cascoly on December 24, 2009, 14:35

they're easy to submit to
royalty is high
they're pleasant to deal with

Sounds like my grandma

studioportosabbia · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2009, 07:34 »

568 files online at the moment and ONE sale in november. I made one whole euro so far! Merry Christmas!

jsolie · « **Reply #8 on:** December 27, 2009, 16:14 »

804 images online with two sales: One in July 2009, the other in October 2008.

corareed · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2009, 14:32 »

I have had 2 sales there on about 200 images on line. Each was 5 Euro.

mwp1969 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2009, 21:28 »

Quote from: corareed on December 28, 2009, 14:32

I have had 2 sales there on about 200 images on line. Each was 5 Euro.

I want some of those 5 Euro sales :'(

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

mantonino · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2010, 01:29 »

Up to 8 Euros now. Well worth the time spent uploading. </sarcasm>

CCK · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2010, 04:20 »

I tried to check, but forgot my password.

XPTO · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2010, 06:08 »

Yay is just another flop. Almost two years in the business and I don't see any activity from them.

I also had several sales there until I've decided to delete my account.

I prefer to focus on the agencies that work harder (the big six) and where the payout is a regular thing. It must be us, the photographers to weed-out the agencies that are serious about this business (and this is a business not a payed hobby) and not keep feeding wanna-be projects.

Agencies must show commitment with contributors, live to the promises they make both in site development and marketing and we should give them a deadline. After almost two years of nothing Yay failed in all accounts.

sharpshot · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2010, 09:03 »

I get a payout every 3 months from them, they are doing some things right. It is so effortless to upload, I will stick with them. If we all just stuck with the big 6, they would be the only sites left. It looks like 2 of the big 6 are being gobbled up after takeovers, so that leaves 4. How many decent sites would we end up with?

Randy McKown · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2010, 17:41 »

25 images in my portfolio with just under 700 sales ... LOL yeah right I don't even have an account there.

I will consider uploading to them after they pull that entire site down and do a complete redesign from the ground up .. My thoughts are the functionality and layout probably does not make much of an impression on a buyer if any at all. It reminds me more of a hobby blog with a generic photo script slapped in the middle of it or maybe a turnkey website you would buy off ebay for $50.

leaf · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2010, 03:33 »

they recently made a post on their site about sales.

http://blog.yaymicro.com/2010/01/26/statistics-from-the-sales-department/

qwerty · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2010, 04:34 »

ah I like the thing about targeting more customers in China but more contributors is something they don't need to encourage

1 billion more competitors ?

Do people think China is a market that microstock agencies should be targeting ?

gaja · « **Reply #18 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:19 »

Quote from: Randy McKown on January 25, 2010, 17:41

25 images in my portfolio with just under 700 sales ... LOL yeah right I don't even have an account there.

I will consider uploading to them after they pull that entire site down and do a complete redesign from the ground up .. My thoughts are the functionality and layout probably does not make much of an impression on a buyer if any at all. It reminds me more of a hobby blog with a generic photo script slapped in the middle of it or maybe a turnkey website you would buy off ebay for $50.

The design is very well adapted to the scandinavian customer. There is a big difference between Scandinavian and American websites, I find most american stockphotosites horribly messy and difficult to navigate.

FD · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2010, 15:42 »

Quote from: qwerty on January 27, 2010, 04:34

Do people think China is a market that microstock agencies should be targeting ?

No. The Chinese in general don't buy but sell. If they buy, there has to be a clear profit in for them. Stock photos are a commodity. On 1.3bn Chinese, "anybody" can do it there, cheaper. There is also still a huge IP problem in China and a large cultural and language divergence with the West. The real emerging market is India: English-speaking and culturally closer much to the West.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #20 on:** January 27, 2010, 17:02 »

I pretty much agree with your take on Chinese, FD, but, the biggest selling car in China is a Buick.

Sion · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2010, 02:45 »

Quote from: sharpshot on January 25, 2010, 09:03

I get a payout every 3 months from them, they are doing some things right. It is so effortless to upload, I will stick with them. If we all just stuck with the big 6, they would be the only sites left. It looks like 2 of the big 6 are being gobbled up after takeovers, so that leaves 4. How many decent sites would we end up with?

I am happy with my regular payouts from YayMicro.

I guess maybe the more people stick with the big 6 and stay away from contributing to new sites such as YayMicro the less competition there is for smaller players like us.

FD · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2010, 03:04 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on January 27, 2010, 17:02

I pretty much agree with your take on Chinese, FD, but, the biggest selling car in China is a Buick.

Don't forget Volkswagen. Even though there is very huge import "luxury" tax on foreign cars, there are long waiting lines. The ultimate status dream of a Chinese manager is to drive around in a European car even a Golf that in Europe is a plain People's Car. The American cars lost a lot of karma lately. For genuine luxury items, China is becoming the largest market, just like it happened in Moscow. That is, for things that you can show off, not for commodities. Pictures and movies are commodities.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2010, 10:13 »

I have just 2 sales in September 09! 3 euros!

kjorgen · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:17 »

I had 4 in one day a couple of weeks ago

Hope it will happen again....but I guess I was just lucky

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