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08/11/2012 08:24:19 AM · #1 |
I am asking:
- How many active photos do you have on these sites?
- How much do you earn (on average) each month?
- Which stock sites bring in the most revenue?
I am new to this whole stock thing, but not new to photography. I have been accepted into Fotalia, Bigstock, and Shutterstock 3 weeks ago. I have not had any photo purchases on Fotalia and Bigstock; but I have had photo purchases on Shutterstock. I have 239 active photos on Shutterstock; and I am waiting to see what happens. So far I have made $7 on Shutterstock; but I am wondering if Shutterstock sales are mostly off of new photos and nothing else; because all of my purchases have been off of recently uploaded pictures (within the day).
So, I figured I would ask so that I could have some insight on what to do next. Any help you can give would be great!
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08/11/2012 08:42:38 AM · #2 |
I've been very lazy with contributing for the last year and my sales had dropped a lot. Shutterstock has dropped less than any of the other sites I belong to. It's definitely been the best for me.
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08/14/2012 07:20:24 PM · #3 |
Shutterstock is the best for me too. When I started with Shutterstock, only my new image were selling. But now also the older images. The making change from time to time to their search algorithm, that change thinks up.
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10/08/2012 11:39:51 PM · #4 |
On Alamy contributors agree that sales average out to 1 sale per month per 1000 images @ $80 per sale.
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10/24/2012 02:39:10 AM · #5 |
A pretty common average is $1/picture/month spread over all the agencies (the top 6-10 agencies). If you're not submitting to iStock and Shutterstock you'll have a very hard time reaching the $1.00/month/file
If you are getting more than $1.00 you can pat yourself on the back for a job well done. Less and you should figure out why your images aren't selling as well as other's images.
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