Author Topic: I just requested my first ever microstock payout (Read 2360 times)

yuriy · « **on:** August 07, 2023, 08:56 »

... and I'm pretty excited. It took months of effort but I learned a lot about shooting and editing. I also learned its near impossible to make any real money doing this but at least its fun.

Unamas · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2023, 13:28 »

Improving my shooting and editing skills was a good part.

fotoVoyager · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2023, 02:09 »

Congratulations!

cobalt · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2023, 07:47 »

Welcome to the addiction!

Your journey is just beginning...never in a million years did I think when I started in 2005 that I would still be doing this now. And still enjoying it!

yuriy · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2023, 10:04 »

Quote from: fotoVoyager on August 09, 2023, 02:09

Congratulations!

thanks, still no clue what i'm doing but i sold a few images so i'm doing something right

yuriy · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2023, 10:05 »

Quote from: cobalt on August 09, 2023, 07:47

Welcome to the addiction!

Your journey is just beginning...never in a million years did I think when I started in 2005 that I would still be doing this now. And still enjoying it!

that's a long stock career, did you ever branch out into video? i've uploaded a few dozen and haven't sold a single one so not sure what the secret is there. do older images that sold well still sell after a decade or do they fall off after a while?

cobalt · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2023, 11:48 »

Yes, I am trying very hard to do more videos. Only have 1500 at the moment.

If you do video, I can only recommend to also do editorial. I started much too late with that and missed out on a lot of money.

On pond5 there is thread where people share their latest sales. There is a lot of editorial there.

And please also occasionally share your sales as well. Not any bestsellers, but try to give back.

I took a ten year break from stock, now I am back to uploading. It will take years to get back to a full time income, but unlike all the doom and gloom here I see so many gaping holes in the agency collections, especially also with editorial, so I am optimistic to make it work.