Withnail Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Hi all, New user with a question already....I can't work out why my pics are not for sale yet. Uploaded a week ago, annotated, payment details filled in.....is there something I'm missing? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Did you add a caption? It is easy to miss that. It might take 24 hours for them to appear after everything is filled in. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Hi Withnail. On Alamy Image Manager (AIM), select one of your images. It will tell you in the top right, just under '1 image selected' whether or not your image is on sale. You need to fill out all the mandatory information. As Paulette says, it will take 24 hours for the database to update once AIM says the image is on sale. See also: https://www.alamy.com/contributor/how-to-sell-images/captions-and-keywords-for-images/?section=8&_gl=1*g1gzam*_ga*MTg3ODgwNjkzMi4xNjg4MDQyMzI1*_ga_M5V9H9N7G8*MTY5ODY2Mjc0Ni4zNjkuMS4xNjk4NjYzNTY5LjAuMC4w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 Thanks guys, but all the above is already done. Captions + tags + payment info. And I've filled in all the boxes in both mandatory and optional info. That was 2 weeks ago so I don't know what's going on. I'll send a mail to Alamy and see if I can sort it out 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Does AIM say the images are on sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 It says they're not on sale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) Can you post us a screenshot of AIM, mandatory information? Use e.g. imgbb.com You can copy a link to the image on your next post here Edited October 30, 2023 by Steve F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 https://ibb.co/828GCjX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, Withnail said: https://ibb.co/828GCjX Expand the caption, increase the number of tags... then wait 24 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 45 minutes ago, John Morrison said: Expand the caption, increase the number of tags... then wait 24 hours... Ok thanks, I'll try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin L Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 From the link Steve posted: If you embed information within the image file with a caption and at least 5 tags the images will automatically go on sale using the defaults set in your account. Even though that is with tags embedded in the file, I think you also need to add at least 5 tags in AIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 12 minutes ago, Martin L said: Even though that is with tags embedded in the file, I think you also need to add at least 5 tags in AIM It is automatic if there are 5 tags. I don't usually embed, but when I've done so by chance from LR, as long as there were at least 5 they have gone straight on sale. In fact for me it's not helpful to have an inadequately tagged image slip through like that- I may be a minimal tagger, but 5 is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 You only have one tag. You need at least 5. I'd suggest doing a lot of work on captions and tags if you want to have your work seen by buyers. Steve F, bless his heart, always has lots of advice for that.... so I am copying from previous advice by him... Pay attention to it ... Good advice.. Captions are searchable by clients. Your captions are too short. Try to make use of all 150 letters available to you in the caption. You should include what you can see in the image and any extra wording to try to make an image more saleable, e.g.: https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/16942-images-sold-in-august-2023/?do=findComment&comment=344625 Include the Latin as well as the common name of plants, insects and the location (including the country). Some helpful links: https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Captions-and-Tags-checklist.pdf https://www.alamy.com/blog/tips-for-your-captions-from-the-sales-team https://www.alamy.com/blog/captions-and-tags Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 I see, the captions and tags are probably too minimal then. OK, I have some homework to do 😉 Thanks to you all for pointing this out 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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