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10/06/2007 02:01:22 PM · #1 |
Blatant referral links in my blog, but its my blog and as such it serves its purpose.
Make of the stats what you will, I have a varied stock portfolio with very little people shots, my earnings are varied with the current leaderboard as follows:
#1 Shutterstock
#2 iStockphoto
#3 Dreamstime
#4 Fotolia
#5 StockXpert
#6 BigStockPhoto
#7 123RF
#8 CanStockPhoto
//pdtnc.wordpress.com/category/photography/stock-images/
I'm just starting to give 3 other sites a bash, crestock, Luckyoliver, and featurepics... I'd be interested to hear their users opinions of those 3 sites.
cheers :)
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11/11/2007 03:18:54 AM · #2 |
I have been with Lucky Oliver and Featurepics for just over a year. The upload to both sites is very easy. Sales are slow though and I have only had one payout from each site.
With Lucky Oliver, they have a sideshow that allows contributors to price their work at higher prices but at the moment you need 100 downloads to use it. I am on 94 downloads so far. They are going to update the site soon and I hop there are some good improvements to entice more buyers. They only pat 30% commission and the minimum payout is $100. This is far too high for a slow selling site.
I really like Featurepics. They have the highest commission of any site I have seen, 70% for the photographer. You can set the price of your work and choose the license, RF or RM and editorial. This is not a typical microstock site but a lot of the micro photographers are there. Unfortunately, sales are low at the moment but I hope this site makes it. Their minimum payout is $50. Here's my portfolio there
//www.featurepics.com/Authors/Images1041.aspx
I have just started using Crestock. The upload is very easy and I am starting to get sales but they have all been at $0.25. They also have a high $100 minimum payout.
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11/11/2007 01:04:32 PM · #3 |
Thanks for the run-down on those, I'm enjoying using LuckyOliver so far its a nice place with an interestingly design site, and I out of about 900 uploads I've had 800 images accepted.
Crestock on the other hand has had all the same uploads but only accepted 300 images. If it ain't online it hasn't a chance to sell, their loss I'd say, though I fully appreciate each site has its own corporate aims and standards. Crestock has rejected a minimum of 300 more images than any of my other 8 sites, I'd say that a bit too much of an Image Cull!!! :D
Good portfolio over at FP.
cheers
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11/11/2007 01:40:58 PM · #4 |
crestock, luckyoliver, and feature pics are all poor performers. I would put my money on lucky oliver though, crestock in a close second and feature pics in last.
For more peoples opinion there is also a pretty comprehensive poll on microstockgroup.com
It has gathered info from nearly 100 microstock users on which sites earn the most $$, ease of upload, user interface etc. and how they change from month to month
Microstock survey on microstockgroup
it also hosts a very active forum :)
Message edited by author 2007-11-11 13:41:47.
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11/11/2007 01:57:09 PM · #5 |
That's a nice survey  leaf, thanks for linking to it. I knew Shutterstock was leading in many respects, but I did not realize their position was this strong.
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11/11/2007 02:13:03 PM · #6 |
yeah i think lots of people are turned away by their 30 cent subscription earnings without realize the earning potential it really has.
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11/11/2007 05:31:18 PM · #7 |
cheers for the link too, it pretty much echo's my own findings :)
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