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12/01/2004 11:15:18 AM · #1 |
Hey everyone who's using sites like istock, dreamstime, and shutterstock, what's your best stock photo seller so far? for me it's this one:
//www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=288512
on istock, the business stuff sells the most i think.
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12/01/2004 12:00:33 PM · #2 |
Have uploaded some pics do Dreamstime and Isockphoto. Get much more downloads on Istock but the earnings are similar (get more for each download on Dreamstime). My images are not very stock-oriented (and maybe not very good) so it´s hardly worth the trouble for me. Also loaded 2 or 3 images up on CanStockPhoto some months ago but they haven´t had a single download.
Here are my portfolios at
IstockPhoto and Dreamstime |
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12/01/2004 12:04:36 PM · #3 |
For me I stock is slow but constant. The best one though is Shutterstock and by far!! :-)
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12/01/2004 12:07:31 PM · #4 |
I started about a month ago but haven't been real zealous with my uploads...
Istockphoto - 16 uploads - $2.10
Best photo: Heart-shaped leaf (4 downloads)
Shutterstock - 18 uploads - $5.57
Best photo: Hand with keys (5 downloads)
Dreamstime - 9 uploads - $1.00
Message edited by author 2004-12-01 12:09:11. |
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12/01/2004 12:07:36 PM · #5 |
my shutterstock sales in the last month are getting up there fast. they must have some good marketing going for them :)
garlic,
the key with stock is volume. only having a couple pics up isn't gonna generate much sales unfortunately.
i think these sites are great, they serve as a great learning tool. hopefully some day real soon (once i get up to a couple hundred stock ready images or so), i can start working with a bigger rights-managed stock agency.
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12/01/2004 12:16:27 PM · #6 |
My best one at iStock is Building site.
My most popular one taking iStock, dreamstime and shutterstock into account is Colourful pens.
And this one:
is doing pretty well. I have it available in two version - with the self-portrait or a blank page.
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12/01/2004 12:18:29 PM · #7 |
By far.
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12/01/2004 12:20:46 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by jxpfeer:
my shutterstock sales in the last month are getting up there fast. they must have some good marketing going for them :)
garlic,
the key with stock is volume. only having a couple pics up isn't gonna generate much sales unfortunately.
i think these sites are great, they serve as a great learning tool. hopefully some day real soon (once i get up to a couple hundred stock ready images or so), i can start working with a bigger rights-managed stock agency. |
I know, jxpfeer.
I´ve just have got a lot to do for the last months and dont have time to shoot and upload as much as I would have prefered. Actually I never ment to go into some stockphotography, just uploaded to try and make something out of what you got. And as I said before than my images aren´t very stock oriented (pretty girls typing on a labtop etc., LOL).
Sometimes I also feel that I´m being riped of when I´m getin $0.10-0.30 for each download like it is on Istock. I mean $0.50 as it is on Dreamstime isn´t very much either. But of course this is a question of quantity (and large quantity) if it´s going to be worth it.
Maybe I try this shutterstock. |
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12/01/2004 12:23:58 PM · #9 |
I only sell at shutterstock but these two are tied for my top sellers.
 
Just goes to show you that selling stock really can be a good outlet for the crap photos you aren't going to otherwise use. That taxi photo is one I snapped out the window while driving through downtown. |
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12/01/2004 01:22:19 PM · #10 |
I mainly uploaded images from my portfolio to find out what is in demand. And I made two types of images specific for stock, one selfportrait of business man with pda, and one of a note with tag.
My topseller by far is :
 from the "all alone" challenge here at DPC.
My other two bestsellers, at approx. half the volume of the first one :
 a random forest image, one of my first digital images (nr 176) and
 , one I specific made for stock. |
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12/01/2004 01:43:56 PM · #11 |
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12/01/2004 02:05:09 PM · #12 |
I am keeping most of the stock images I shoot until I get a decent sized portfolio, then I will talk to some of the better stock sites out there such as Alamy.
But I do periodically submit my rejects and some misc shots just to see how they do to Istockphoto, I've made $43 so far, I really just use that to convert into download credits when I need quick and cheap photos for use in my web and print designs.
My best so far is //istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=295237 which has gotten 77 downloads in a little less than 3 months.
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12/01/2004 02:17:56 PM · #13 |
This is my best seller on istock and dreamstime.
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12/01/2004 02:37:08 PM · #14 |
@ VisiBlanco
the intro text on your website has a typo.
...we are commit ourselves to...
Originally posted by :
Illustrious Photo specializes in portrait, wedding, and event photography. We are commit ourselves to providing our customers with superior images and complete satisfaction. |
Message edited by author 2004-12-01 14:37:24.
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12/01/2004 02:40:15 PM · #15 |
| This one on istock. It was an outtake from the bookcover challenge. |
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12/03/2004 06:37:25 PM · #16 |
Slightly off topic questions:
Are a large proportion of your sales on iStock large size files? Just wondering whether I'm being seriously handicapped by lack of a high resolution camera.
And what are people's views on iStock's plans to reward contributors who submit exclusively to them in the new year?
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12/03/2004 06:44:29 PM · #17 |
I just started a couple of days ago in shutterstock...only got 2 downloads so far...the 2 are the parrot and the apples (link in signature)
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12/03/2004 06:57:06 PM · #18 |
//www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?&id=36083
//www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?&id=39467
These two are doing very well for me on all four sites, probably because not many people out there are shooting this type of stuff.
edit: I lie. They're doing very well for me on shutterstock, okay on istock, marginal on dreamstime, and I don't have a single download yet from canstock. They've rejected almost all of my photos for being too noisy.
With any luck a new d70 will help that :D
Message edited by author 2004-12-03 18:59:13.
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