Do you upload to all the sites you find?
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11% |
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55% |
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33% |
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Lee
MicroStock Newbie
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
Posts: 3
Location: South Africa
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 Soo many sites, how do you choose?
Wow, I haven't been by your site in ages. Its good to see a few people posting!
One of the things I always wonder is, do other photographers post to all the sites they can find, knowing that some will not make money for a long time? After looking at the listings page I realized that I only sell on less than half of those. Even then, I don't sell me whole port. Its so hard to upload and categories them all.
Do you upload to all the sites you find?
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| Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:07 am |
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rbs
MicroStock Newbie
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Posts: 2
Location: Taos, NM
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Re: Soo many sites, how do you choose?
Lee wrote:Wow, I haven't been by your site in ages. Its good to see a few people posting!
One of the things I always wonder is, do other photographers post to all the sites they can find, knowing that some will not make money for a long time? After looking at the listings page I realized that I only sell on less than half of those. Even then, I don't sell me whole port. Its so hard to upload and categories them all.
Do you upload to all the sites you find?
I dont submit to many just because of the time. I stick to Shutterstock and iStock mostly. I am looking into gettin on dreamstime more, but I used to get a lot of rejections from there and stopped uploading.
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| Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:55 am |
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StockMan
Site Admin
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Posts: 62
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Sad to say, but I upload to basically everyone I find. I guess I am hoping the whole market for micro-stock explodes and I get a house in the bahamas.
I hope for the success of each site because then I will come out on top. Down with Corbis! 
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| Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:29 am |
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brisk
MicroStock Newbie
Joined: 20 Jan 2006
Posts: 9
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most, don't waste to much time....
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| Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:43 pm |
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John
MicroStock Rookie
Joined: 21 Jan 2006
Posts: 15
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I upload to a lot of sites. I actively upload on a regular basis to the main ones but don't discount the newer ones that aren't getting you lots of sales just yet. At some point they may well take of and having a good start there with a decent sized portfolio could be a good advantage.
Even the very slow selling sites I upload around 300 images and will wait to see what happens with them.
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| Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:49 pm |
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xmasbaby
MicroStock Newbie
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 4
Location: New York
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I upload to quite a few sites (about 11 I think). I religiously upload to about 6 of them and the others when I have the time or inclination. I leave about 200 images at the slower sites, just in case the explosion occurs .. I don't want to miss it!
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| Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:53 pm |
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eendicott
Guest
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I upload to 18 sites and have eyes set on two more. My thoughts are microstock success is based on volume so I'll take it where I can!
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| Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:49 pm |
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absolut
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Now the fundamental question is what do you people mean by slower sites. To me any site that earns less then 30 dollars a month on a portfolio of 100-150 photos is not worth wasting your time on. I upload to 3 most popular sites bringing me total revenue over 500 dollars monthly. Therefore it is good to spell out what you mean by saying "good", "decent" and "ok" site.
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| Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:28 am |
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starz
MicroStock Newbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 3
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I submit to about 6 regularly. I have 5 others that have a portfolio of 100-150. If they start selling I'll finish uploading to them
This business is not a good one for hourly wage. But if you crazy anyway, why not make some money at it.
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| Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:44 pm |
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Yonner23
MicroStock Newbie
Joined: 06 Oct 2006
Posts: 2
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I went mad when I started and submitted everywhere but now I intend to stick with Istock and SS and remove from the others. Maybe it's just me but I've only had feelers at others.
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