Author Topic: How to find stock photography ideas that sell (backed by data) (Read 5441 times)

ribtoks · « **on:** July 24, 2020, 03:21 »

Hi everybody

I published a study how to find actual data (in number of searches per month) what customers are searching for in Shutterstock and Google so you could produce the content that is actually needed.

https://xpiksapp.com/blog/stock-photography-ideas/

Any comments are welcome. I'd be happy to hear if that was helpful!

blue · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2020, 04:47 »

Very useful blog post, very informative, thanks !
Too bad you got the header illustration on Freepik...

pancaketom · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2020, 15:02 »

Interesting different source of data. It was nice when you could actually see the SS search data and it would have been interesting to compare these 2 different ways of getting at what people search for on SS. I wonder if clickstream is running on the corporate computers that do a lot of the buying on a site like SS. Then again - since the huge corporate accounts yield 10cent subs, who wants to cater to them anyway.

I think you need more than to know that there are a lot of searches for something to make images that will appear on the first few pages of a search and thus will be seen - especially for anything that has over a quarter of a million results on SS already. Still, if there are that many images and they aren't searched for, there is no point in making more images.

rinderart · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2020, 15:52 »

Ya Might have a laugh at this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpAPDc-JbHk

Mantis · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2020, 10:47 »

Quote from: rinderart on July 25, 2020, 15:52

Ya Might have a laugh at this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpAPDc-JbHk

Have you deleted your port at SS?

pics2 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2020, 04:10 »

Quote from: rinderart on July 25, 2020, 15:52

Ya Might have a laugh at this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpAPDc-JbHk

Thanks for sharing!

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2020, 07:29 »

Quote from: blue on July 24, 2020, 04:47

Very useful blog post, very informative, thanks !
Too bad you got the header illustration on Freepik...

OP has a long history of promoting Freepik for referral fees, see:
https://xpiksapp.com/blog/freepik-review/
https://www.microstockgroup.com/software/xpiks-open-source-software-for-microstocker/msg543499/#msg543499
https://www.microstockgroup.com/software/xpiks-open-source-software-for-microstocker/msg546844/#msg546844

and so on.

I suggest not giving OP links clicks until he/ she dissociates themselves from these parasites.

Quote "It is the ultimate resource for any designer...you simply cannot afford to miss!" gee whiz

ribtoks · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2020, 12:39 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on July 27, 2020, 07:29

OP has a long history of promoting Freepik for referral fees, see:
https://xpiksapp.com/blog/freepik-review/

Mr. Critique, again you. I don't have any referral link to Freepik, please check facts before posting. And I never had and also they are not paying me in any way. And I don't promote or endorse Freepik, this is just a blogpost among many others.

I wrote a blogpost with a cool research I did and I shared it. Why wouldn't you create a blogpost where you will tell the world about the unjustice and shame Freepik has brought to your life to balance things in the universe?

Shelma1 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2020, 13:28 »

Quote from: ribtoks on July 28, 2020, 12:39

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on July 27, 2020, 07:29
OP has a long history of promoting Freepik for referral fees, see:
https://xpiksapp.com/blog/freepik-review/

Mr. Critique, again you. I don't have any referral link to Freepik, please check facts before posting. And I never had and also they are not paying me in any way. And I don't promote or endorse Freepik, this is just a blogpost among many others.

I wrote a blogpost with a cool research I did and I shared it. Why wouldn't you create a blogpost where you will tell the world about the unjustice and shame Freepik has brought to your life to balance things in the universe?

Just search freepik here and you can read all about the unjustice and shame Freepik has brought to my life.

ribtoks · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2020, 23:22 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on July 28, 2020, 13:28

Just search freepik here and you can read all about the unjustice and shame Freepik has brought to my life.

My blogpost is how to research Shutterstock traffic with SEO tools and get real insights into what buyers are searching there and on Google. I'm sorry for your troubles with Freepik, Shelma and I hate corporations too, but it's nowhere near what I'm "promoting" or "endorsing".

Freepik was brought into this topic by Mr. PutFreepikIntoEveryTopic critisizing me for what I did not do so my comment was related to them.

ribtoks · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2020, 23:48 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on July 27, 2020, 07:29

until he/ she dissociates themselves from these parasites.

How about doing something real: I offer you to collect information about what bad Freepik did to contributors and to write a blogpost. And I will help you to organize it and I'll publish it on Xpiks website and will link and mention it when I mention Freepik?