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I don't seem to be selling any pictures? Can't find my own pics.


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Hello,

I am very new to Alamy, meaning I joined three days ago.

I am very confused with it so far and I would appreciate some help.

 

I have already tagged the passed test submission photos and when I look at My dashboard, it says they are on sale. When I look at them in the Image Manager, it says that they are indeed on sale with only half discoverability, but everyone says not to worry about that.

 

I tried searching my own photo in the search engine, using my three supertags "girl" kissing" "butterfly"

I found only ten pictures with these tags, none of which was mine.

 

I then tried to look at my own profile and it says I have no pictures at all, but those three are supposd to be on sale.

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/5B325752-5100-43BE-A688-E4E2783D807C/1/Hana%20Losertov%C3%A1.html

 

I will be grateful for any responses.

Thank you very much.

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In the search girl kissing butterfly - eleven images appear - yours is the first. Probably you haven't waited until after the server update. 

 

Sales - get a few thousand more images  - with only three images it could take years before you will see any sale.

 

Edited: And work on your keywords - there is more to learn than you would imagine. Search the Alamy forum for posts about this by a Google search including the search words   ->  alamy forum  <-

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Read Alamy's instructions for contributors, and be more aware of you lighting techniques. It will be hard to sell badly lit photographs like the one below.

 

a-blackbird-sitting-on-a-pile-of-wood-HXKD9M.jpg

 

It takes time to sell, and patience, and learning. Just go with the flow, but absolutely, read all of Alamy's instructions. 

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You need to work on some of your captions. For instance, I don't see an old lady or a cupboard in HXKD77 captioned "Old lady's china cupboard."

 

If you are coming from microstock, don't confuse titles with captions. Alamy needs captions, which are longer and more descriptive than tiles -- i.e. captions describe exactly what is seen in the image.

 

Good luck.

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