Southpole Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 3685 images 100 zooms 14 sales good or bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Forgot to look at my zooms, but I have 3708 images on sale and have sold 29 images in 2015 with December to go. I consider my number of sales pretty pitiful considering many sell 2 or 3 times that with a like number or less images. That only averages a bit over 2 1/2 images a month. I've looked at your images , anyway the first three pages, and you have some nice, well-developed images. Although I believe I counted around 14 of the same lighthouse. I would try to limit those to a horizontal, one zoomed, one backed off, and the same for two verticals. More if lighting is very noticeably different, like sunrise/ sunset. That would trim 14 shots down to 6-8. But if you are pretty much standing in one spot shooting one after the other, pick your best vertical, horizontal, closer up and distant. If you happen to have a lot of subjects in your port with many multiples, you won't get a true picture of your port total/sales ratio. For instance, if you eliminated every extra over 5 or 6 of the same subject taken the same time/day, how big would your port be? Tabletop is a bit different. Say beans. One bean, three beans, a pile of beans, beans in a bowl. Backed off a bit, macro. That kind of multiple is good. Realize this is only MHO and I have made many mistakes of my own compiling my port. My learning curve is a work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 Betty your ahead of me well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickfly Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Not sure if it's good or bad really, I have many pics which may be of use in the long term, but are multiple shots of specific events. 55 zooms (8 yesterday) 19 sales in last 12 months but had a six months gap without uploading any images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 Sorry I made a mistake 28 sales as a few sold more then once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 8 zooms in one day mickfly thats going some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickfly Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 8 zooms in one day mickfly thats going some It's not usual for me, but hopefully it will produce a sale... or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 Betty thanks for such a comprehensive reply I agree in deleting some of my images .I just haven't got round to it yet.You have a great portfolio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Betty thanks for such a comprehensive reply I agree in deleting some of my images .I just haven't got round to it yet.You have a great portfolio Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Interesting thread. And thanks to Betty for the tip to not have too many shots of the same subject, will probably now remove some of the shard pics. I have been one month with Alamy, 600+ images on sale (increasing), 85 views, 1 zoom and no sale . But it is only a hobby and I do not need to make a living of photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Interesting thread. And thanks to Betty for the tip to not have too many shots of the same subject, will probably now remove some of the shard pics. Or move them to a different pseudonym ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Interesting thread. And thanks to Betty for the tip to not have too many shots of the same subject, will probably now remove some of the shard pics. I have been one month with Alamy, 600+ images on sale (increasing), 85 views, 1 zoom and no sale . But it is only a hobby and I do not need to make a living of photography. For editorial stock it's very early days. Even if a buyer is looking at your images now it can be three months or more before any sale is reported. You also need to look at your keywording. Botanical or animal shots need the Latin name and English common name(s) if at all possible. Travel shots need the actual location not just a city or country. Buyers are often using highly specific search terms and are looking for specific images to illustrate the book, article or advertorial piece they're working on. If you don't have those keywords, your images won't be found - no matter how good they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 As far as many multiples go, I remember my early days with Alamy. I would put in a keyword or two of a subject that interested me, in a search. Clumping was going on then. I'd get a page with a huge amount of images of the same subject. Looking at them for a moment, the details of the images were lost to me and I was instantly bored with all of them. I had no interest in trying to discover slight nuances. Next page, please. Yet a well-done few images of the same subject that didn't look like carbon copies of each other caught my interest and made me zoom them, the better to study them. When you see a vertical, a horizontal, maybe a square, a closeup, a zoom-out, each somehow looks fresh. I try to do that as much as I can. Some scenes only lend themselves to horizontals since too much interest is lost in the vertical. I've learned to recognize what will work. Except for the times I get caught up in a shooting frenzy and all reason flies right out of my brain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 42 zooms, 7 sales 700 or so average number of images online during the year (starting with about half the current count) zoom to sales, 6:1 collection to sales, 100:1 CTR, 0.71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 122 zooms for 28 sales the bulk of which have come about in the last 3 months following an extensive key wording evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Just looked at my zoom-to-sales ratio for the last year. 3.4 zooms for every sale. I get quite a few through the Alamy Live News scheme, that's why it seems quite low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickfly Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Just looked at my zoom-to-sales ratio for the last year. 3.4 zooms for every sale. I get quite a few through the Alamy Live News scheme, that's why it seems quite low. What are your actual numbers though, to date? that's what we are sharing, to compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Just looked at my zoom-to-sales ratio for the last year. 3.4 zooms for every sale. I get quite a few through the Alamy Live News scheme, that's why it seems quite low. What are your actual numbers though, to date? that's what we are sharing, to compare. About 300 sales to 1000 zooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Checked zooms- 1 year 145 zooms to 30 sales. I think that averages about 1 sale per 4.8 zooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cofiant Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 In the last year 54 zooms for 22 sales, average is 1 sale per 2.45 zooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanW Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Added about 450 images in the last year to currently sit on 1916, with 30 sales and 120 zooms. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdCoffee Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I have had 12 sales and 87 zooms in the last 12 months ... so lots of zooms per sale ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Calendar year till yesterday comes out at 53 sales, 166 zooms so a ratio of 3.13:1 zooms to sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domf Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 In the past 12 months 2713 for sale (1000+ added since July) Zooms 72 and 7 sales. I am a keen cyclist and go on annual cycling trips so most of my photos are of cycling and travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffydd Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Year to date: 21 sales 42 zooms Edited: Approx 300 images uploaded during the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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