vicky allum Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Congrats everyone on here that are making sales, i am still waiting for that magic moment to happen,but i quess i will have to upload more photos , and look up what is selling more ,hope everyone has a lovely day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 36 minutes ago, vicky allum said: Congrats everyone on here that are making sales, i am still waiting for that magic moment to happen,but i quess i will have to upload more photos , and look up what is selling more ,hope everyone has a lovely day. And look carefully at your captions and keywords Vicky Allum - Image KCTRH8 is a case in point which I suspect has been captioned/keyworded in error! Kind regards Kumar (the Doc one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky allum Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Doc said: And look carefully at your captions and keywords Vicky Allum - Image KCTRH8 is a case in point which I suspect has been captioned/keyworded in error! Kind regards Kumar (the Doc one) Hi Kumar,I have made a mistake on that one,i forget to de select photo when adding tags,will have to upload it again,vicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, vicky allum said: Hi Kumar,I have made a mistake on that one,i forget to de select photo when adding tags,will have to upload it again,vicky You don't have to upload it again. You can change tags in the Image Manager, though it certainly isn't easy if you have a lot of tags. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 3 hours ago, vicky allum said: Hi Kumar,I have made a mistake on that one,i forget to de select photo when adding tags,will have to upload it again,vicky As Paulette says, you dont need to upload it again - just delete the caption and tags in Alamy Image manager (AIM) and redo them. Unfortunately this is one of the irritations with the new AIM is that it is very easy to have more images selected than you think you have and therefore get captions and tags completely wrong Cheers Kumar (the Doc one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I’m thrilled with October. If I make no other sales this month, my statement stands. This is already my best month ever as it is by several sales. The nice thing is nearly all of these images were zoomed. My zooms are healthy, not quite as good in October as previous months, but still good. Whats even better is that only two are lower value, $12-13. The rest are decent to really nice. I don’t know if I’m having my end of month “surge” early, or if....drum roll...it is yet to come! Be nice if it is yet to come! Betty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: I’m thrilled with October. If I make no other sales this month, my statement stands. This is already my best month ever as it is by several sales. The nice thing is nearly all of these images were zoomed. My zooms are healthy, not quite as good in October as previous months, but still good. Whats even better is that only two are lower value, $12-13. The rest are decent to really nice. I don’t know if I’m having my end of month “surge” early, or if....drum roll...it is yet to come! Be nice if it is yet to come! Betty Congrats Betty. I'm on the opposite shore this month with my worst month in a long time, but hey this is the positive thread right? Still 6 days left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 27 minutes ago, Sultanpepa said: Congrats Betty. I'm on the opposite shore this month with my worst month in a long time, but hey this is the positive thread right? Still 6 days left. I’ve been working very diligently on my legacy images, fixing tags and captions. In another thread, I mentioned I recently have had some old images zoomed, more than have ever been normally zoomed that close together. Now I’m getting the sales ramping up. I’m not done fixing them all, yet, but I can’t help but believe straightening out the mess is paying off. I haven’t checked, but I might have only a year’s worth of image uploads to fix. Having an iPad is great, because in the evenings I can do that busy work while comfortably sitting on my sofa with one eye on the television. With my back issues, I could never sit at the computer for that long, nor would I want to spend an hour or two at my desktop after dinner. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 7 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: I’ve been working very diligently on my legacy images, fixing tags and captions. In another thread, I mentioned I recently have had some old images zoomed, more than have ever been normally zoomed that close together. Now I’m getting the sales ramping up. I’m not done fixing them all, yet, but I can’t help but believe straightening out the mess is paying off. I haven’t checked, but I might have only a year’s worth of image uploads to fix. Having an iPad is great, because in the evenings I can do that busy work while comfortably sitting on my sofa with one eye on the television. With my back issues, I could never sit at the computer for that long, nor would I want to spend an hour or two at my desktop after dinner. Betty I've not been so disciplined but I do re-keyword as I come across them. Still got a long way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I'm now above last year's downloads and gross $$s. That makes 2017 my highest downloads year ever with 9ish weeks to go (though several of these are unreported DM sales from previous years). It would be very surprising if I topped 2013's $$ total though, that's a one-off spike on my chart - due to high RPD, rather than high download numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I have also joined the this-year-more-sales-than-last group by one sale. This is my best month-best year ever. I haven’t checked $$ amounts, though. 2013 was a very good year, wasn’t it? Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman t Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Oct 2017 is my best month ever so far. Five sales for $313 gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) BME here too, nearly double the year's average by volume, even the average gross is nearly back to normal. Still jogging to stand still, but no need to run this month. Edited October 31, 2017 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 My October should just beat September once the dust settles. I've just had a three figure amount drop in from The Times for an image which was in the printed and online editions, and which is more than I was expecting even for News. It's still early doors on this last day of the month too. There's still time for further treats to pop in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Checking net revenue, I see a $187.52 sale. That’s nice this early in November. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Just matched last year's sales total, though total revenue down by a few hundred dollars. Clearly the exponential growth in sales and revenue over the last few years has stopped, at least (for the time being) for me. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I spoke too soon - had one refunded, so I'm back to one short of last year's total . . . Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWatkins Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Two $125 sales yesterday. Sales this month are up to 60% of the whole of last year. I'm hoping this is an ongoing trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Just realised- I've had 40% of this year's revenue since October 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 52 minutes ago, spacecadet said: Just realised- I've had 40% of this year's revenue since October 2nd. Wow! Congrats. As this is the +I've thread, I'll stop at mentioning my %! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Don't know how positive this is, - had a $580 sale on 6/11 which was refunded on 8/11 😟 - now had a different image sell for $390 on 10/11 - frankly I am not holding my breath! Reimar - I know how you felt last month!! Kumar (the Doc one) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marb Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I am positive that I have had no sales for months. I am positive that the more work I upload, the more sales diminish. I am positive that I am finding it a waste of time submitting here. Sorry but that's how I feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efk11 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 46 minutes ago, Marb said: I am positive that I have had no sales for months. I am positive that the more work I upload, the more sales diminish. I am positive that I am finding it a waste of time submitting here. Sorry but that's how I feel oh no don't lose the faith. You have some fabulous photos. Perhaps a few are dark, as someone advised me recently about mine and I see now what looks too bright or overexposed to me seems to be more acceptable! (Does anyone have a rule of thumb?) Also my views and zooms have greatly improved since I was advised here to improve keywords using compound ones so before I just had "child, eating, ice cream" now I've added "child eating" "eating icecream" etc Also I've added 50 tags to some photos, some say no need but Im showing up on page 1,2,3 of results now Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marb Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 15 minutes ago, efk11 said: oh no don't lose the faith. You have some fabulous photos. Perhaps a few are dark, as someone advised me recently about mine and I see now what looks too bright or overexposed to me seems to be more acceptable! (Does anyone have a rule of thumb?) Also my views and zooms have greatly improved since I was advised here to improve keywords using compound ones so before I just had "child, eating, ice cream" now I've added "child eating" "eating icecream" etc Also I've added 50 tags to some photos, some say no need but Im showing up on page 1,2,3 of results now Elaine Thanks Elaine, I have put a lot of effort into submitting more exclusive editorial images this year but it seems to have had a detrimental effect. Love your donkey images, they are adorable animals. usually sales increase on the run up to Christmas but not so it seems. It's hard to be positive and I feel I have made all the effort I can with keywording before it becomes spamming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Marb said: I am positive that I have had no sales for months. I am positive that the more work I upload, the more sales diminish. I am positive that I am finding it a waste of time submitting here. Sorry but that's how I feel I know exactly how you feel, it absolutely sucks. Nothing wrong with your pictures, they're very sellable. You've maybe got a handful of similars, but nothing majorly bad. Keep the faith and keep doing what you're doing - the sales will come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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