It really amazes me what kind of stock photos clients from around the world buy.
I guess all pictures as good for stock, as long as their quality meets the stock agency requirements.
Moreover, it seems uploading more photos make an author more popular with the agency pic engine...
What's your opinion and experience, with that regards, if you have any?
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Oh yeah, there's no rhyme or reason to stock photography that I can tell. The photo I've made the most off of is just a pistol mag with a bullet sitting in front of it in a lightbox. Ones I think will do good do nothing and the ones I throw up just for shits and giggles get the downloads.
I have definitely noticed a correlation between uploading stuff and getting more downloads/traffic on Shutterstock but not so much with Adobe or Alamy.
Neat :)))
I couldn't agree more. My stuff that I think would be most sold, some of them have zero downloads, LMAO.
I've been boycotting shutterstock since they decreased the contributor cut a couple of years ago, I don't upload new stuff and once they start selling a particular picture too often for a dime, a remove it :) I believe their search engine is more like "upload new stuff and we push your shit up the visibility ladder" as I barely reach the payment threshold twice an year ;) and it was different when I was uploading new photos regularly.
With Adobe and Alamy I think it's more realistic, you sell what people really need, I love how Alamy shows you the purpose. I think I already have a few hundred of my visual set for sell exclusively there. Their contributor's cut looks fair, still.
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