the point is to see the sales before they actually happen, because you follow how certain files from a series get picked up and move up because they are being lightboxed.

also watching the surrounding files of the genre move.

this then makes production more tailored and efficient.

waiting for the sales to actually happen means you are always working with the past.

the idea of test searches is to monitor buyer behaviour and watch how trends develop long before the sales come in.

having live information of seeing your individual files being lightboxed would be better, but adobe does not give us this statistic.

it is also helpful to monitor the trends to discover what content is maybe missing and would be beneficial for this trend.

i then often get sales of both the first explorative series series and the second trend series at the same time because buyers can recognize i am offering more of the solution.

i like to work with an eye on what is coming looking forward not looking back.

by the time the sales actually happen the accumulation period of a trend is often over.

also now you have very long queues, so if i saw a trend in my christmas sales based on the sales this week i could not add more to the trend, it would arrive too late.

and the trends next year will be very different, so for optimal sales of seasonal content you have to diligently watch how trends develop and are lightboxed by customers over the year.

looking backwars is one of the reasons many people don�t make a lot of money with seasonal images.

they are basing their production on last years sales. but seasonal content has a lot of yearly trends, if you don�t recognize them early you can�t make money.

customers also recognize if somebody is just offering what was popular last year.

it can still sell but you will never get the same volume if the trend is over.

same for people working with food trends, fashion etc�you can have thousands of downloads if you know what is  the theme of the coming season.

Compared to last year I have now improved a little bit selling around 5 images more than last year per day. But still on track to around 1200 dollars which would be zero growth yoy.

The rank looks nice, but I have a lot more and much better files now.

pos 1100, 7000 files.

I do have very widely distributed sales which is good. Just the volume I expected for the season is missing. But to not be dependent on individual bestsellers is an improvement, also better protection from copy cats. Even if they copy my files they will get just 0-5 sales a year and quickly move on to a place with more regular bestsellers. But for me a long tail port is now a more healthy strategy.

I will probably also not land on the bestseller lists this way.

Compared to last year I have now improved a little bit selling around 5 images more than last year per day. But still on track to around 1200 dollars which would be zero growth yoy.

The rank looks nice, but I have a lot more and much better files now.

pos 1100, 7000 files.

I do have very widely distributed sales which is good. Just the volume I expected for the season is missing. But to not be dependent on individual bestsellers is an improvement, also better protection from copy cats. Even if they copy my files they will get just 0-5 sales a year and quickly move on to a place with more regular bestsellers. But for me a long tail port is now a more healthy strategy.

I will probably also not land on the bestseller lists this way.

Good work and smart thinking. I'd say one thing that you are looking at that you should be happy, not unhappy about. You don't want or need to be on the best sellers list and for the copy cats, that's where they will look for ideas.

There seems to be nothing about making that list that means anything for personally improved sales. People on Adobe and other sites have said the boost in being popular, doesn't seem to make any difference. Just like being a featured artist on some other sites. Sure, you can feel good and have some bragging rights, but it won't buy lunch.

Downloads up, $ up and running steady... ebb and flow as expected. Just less than 20k images... no AI. Total covering a 6 day period. Mon - Sat

Great! Good job!

Downloads up, $ up and running steady... ebb and flow as expected. Just less than 20k images... no AI. Total covering a 6 day period. Mon - Sat

Nice stats!
What's your return per download in $? <1 or >1?
I would guess ~ 0.75.

Quote from: HalfFull on November 25, 2024, 12:06

Downloads up, $ up and running steady... ebb and flow as expected. Just less than 20k images... no AI. Total covering a 6 day period. Mon - Sat

Nice stats!
What's your return per download in $? <1 or >1?
I would guess ~ 0.75.

Thanks. I average between 0.87 - 0.94. As with most things, this will swing one way or the other but annually, that's what it is.

Made it into the inner 1k. Happy day

At the moment my attention is like 95% Adobe because I have been learning about ai for the last 18 months.

But I am slowly starting to process my normal photos and videos and also have smaller shootings planned.

I need content that can go everywhere, plus I really miss using a camera.

It might sound strange, but I think if I had spent the last 18 months doing normal photo video work I would be making more money overall. Not sure about the weekly rank, but I see a lot of opportunities in video.


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my rank will drop back down brutally in January...but for one month I know what it feels like in the higher levels...

Made it into the inner 1k. Happy day

I am really happy to see this!!
Congrats and Herzlichen Gl�ckwunsch :-)

Cobalt,
You did a great job, congratulations! 
Can I ask you with what platforms you generate those AI videos?

Thanks!

Slow week.

Sofar 37 Downloads (Rank 9.280). Last week I had already more than 45 Downloads with Rank over 12.000.
Last week < 3000 files, currently 3.118 files and 700 pending in review.

I just love this time of the year

pos 856, files 7050

Is the position based on the number of downloads or on earnings? For example, someone might be in position 15,000 and have $300 in earnings�how does that work?

Quote from: cobalt on November 29, 2024, 01:06

I just love this time of the year

pos 856, files 7050

Is the position based on the number of downloads or on earnings? For example, someone might be in position 15,000 and have $300 in earnings�how does that work?

the weekly rank is only based on downloads, not money.

especially the large video ports will be having a lot more money at lower ranks. or someone might get a lot of extended licenses then they would have more money than you would expect.

Next year I want to do a lot more video.

The rank is also very dynamic, in January I will be crashing down drastically.

Last December I had a similar rank and the. by May I fell down to around weekly rank 8000.

So it can swing up very fast and also drop down very fast.

@justanimage

It is thanksgiving week, basically just half a week in the US because many people take Thursday Friday off.

And we just have until 15th of December until the general vacation season starts and many smaller business close until Jan 6 or even Jan 15th.

I am enjoying every moment for as long as the fun lasts.

I really wish I could get this income all year round.