Odd Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I read some place in the forum that you could expect to sell 1 image per 1000 per month. Is there any statistic on the average number of views and zoom's per sale? Just curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Thanks. I've very few images here, so I don't expect any sale anytime soon. If I get a sale or two next year with more image I'll be satisfied. Just asked out of curiosity. Yeah, I know some of my photos are to similar, but I've experienced on other stock sites (Not the same photos), that two or three similar images can sell well. But I'm planning to do a little clean-up. Some are already deleted, but as I understand it could take a few months before they disappear. I don't gout to specifically shoot stock. (Maybe I should) I write about and shoot cars as a part time job, so I was thinking since I already have the images I could upload some of them here. Instead of just have them on my hard drive. As for variety , I believe I slowly will get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hi Odd, Do you read Danish, or is it too odd for you? - thinking of a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Ha Ha. Believe I understand Danish ok. Written, I really struggle when it's spoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I do too, sometimes . It's a long time since Tordenskjold. Will PM you later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Your figure isn't a bad starting point for a mixed collection, but your effective port size is much smaller because you have few subjects and a lot of similars. Some have literally hundreds of different subjects. Even I probably have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yeah, I know some of my photos are to similar, but I've experienced on other stock sites (Not the same photos), that two or three similar images can sell well. The problem with Alamy is that too many similars will affect your rank, and then all your images will appear lower down in searches. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I read some place in the forum that you could expect to sell 1 image per 1000 per month. This is probably hocus pocus. However, I think that, for reasons unknown, one sale per 1K images per month is still a pretty good indication for many Alamy contributors with "average" collections and decent ranking. I'm averaging nine sales per month this year, which isn't too far off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yeah, I know some of my photos are to similar, but I've experienced on other stock sites (Not the same photos), that two or three similar images can sell well. The problem with Alamy is that too many similars will affect your rank, and then all your images will appear lower down in searches. Alan I have two small sets of images of the same subject which all sell regularly, but they're not what you would traditionally think of as similars- in one case there is less than a page of that subject and in the other they are unique on Alamy. The exception may prove the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Two or three similars is fine. Just make them different viewpoints. Side, front, landscape, portrait orientation. If they appear to be almost exactly alike and a buyer has to study them to see minute differences, only use one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I read some place in the forum that you could expect to sell 1 image per 1000 per month. Is there any statistic on the average number of views and zoom's per sale? Just curious... My Alamy Stock collection (does not include my 29 sales via Stockimo) is selling an average of 3 per every 1,000 so far for 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 FWIW, apart from the horrible exception of 2015, my sales have conformed pretty well to the rather strange 1/1000/mth 'rule'. EDIT: around 65% of my sales have been previously zoomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I have never seen any correlation between zooms and sales in my own work, ever. I'd need to do lots more research to address the other questions. However, if I were still a lifestyle photographer (as I was a few decades ago), I'd get right to work on the "do you understand the language?" concept. It sounds like a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainara Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yeah, I know some of my photos are to similar, but I've experienced on other stock sites (Not the same photos), that two or three similar images can sell well. The problem with Alamy is that too many similars will affect your rank, and then all your images will appear lower down in searches. Alan What rank is considered a "good" rank? Average? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yeah, I know some of my photos are to similar, but I've experienced on other stock sites (Not the same photos), that two or three similar images can sell well. The problem with Alamy is that too many similars will affect your rank, and then all your images will appear lower down in searches. Alan What rank is considered a "good" rank? Average? 1 Showing up on the first page for searches for subjects that you have images of. 2 Really good rank: showing up on the first page for just New York; Rome; London or Paris. 3 Exceptionally good rank: the same for both Relevant and Creative searches. 1 means you can have excellent rank even when just starting out, if you shoot subjects that clients want, without to much competition. Use All of Alamy on a regular basis to look for subjects and to check if images you intend to upload are at all wanted by clients. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I am seeing an average of 2 sales per thousand images per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 3.5/1000 per month on average Kumar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giphotostock Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Agency A: 1 per 1000 per month Agency B: 10 per 1000 per month Agency C: 100 per 1000 per month Real data, no microstock. Drastically different material among A, B, C. It takes more effort to create Agency C image than Agency A image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainara Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Yeah, I know some of my photos are to similar, but I've experienced on other stock sites (Not the same photos), that two or three similar images can sell well. The problem with Alamy is that too many similars will affect your rank, and then all your images will appear lower down in searches. Alan What rank is considered a "good" rank? Average? 1 Showing up on the first page for searches for subjects that you have images of. 2 Really good rank: showing up on the first page for just New York; Rome; London or Paris. 3 Exceptionally good rank: the same for both Relevant and Creative searches. 1 means you can have excellent rank even when just starting out, if you shoot subjects that clients want, without to much competition. Use All of Alamy on a regular basis to look for subjects and to check if images you intend to upload are at all wanted by clients. wim Thank you, very useful information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Checking # of my sales over past year, I was surprised to see monthly average of 1 sale per 1000. Of course, I agree with above posts that it doesn't mean anything - IF number is above 0 - for at least a couple of major reasons, including how average monthly "# of sales" is such different info from "$$$ earned." - ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHill Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 A couple of years ago, I was on nearly 4 sales per 1000 images per month. Now it's down to just over 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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