I�ve just made a sale on Eyeem via Getty, I got $5. I know I get 50% on sales on Eyeem, but, how much do Eyeem get on Getty?

Thank you

I've just made my first sale on Eyeem via Getty. I also got $5.
It's funny because it is an old photo with a canon s90 point and shoot that I really like and would never been accepted by a classical microstock agency.

Anyone not based in the US noticed a large drop in US sales? Normally avg about 25-50% but for the last 4 days it's been around 5%.

My US sales are always very small: around 7%. Too small to be able to see a drop.

I didn't get that email too (yet).
 Is that retroactive? (The photos already in the eyeem getty collection become non-exclusive or non-exclusivity is only for the new images?)

I don't understand why their reviewing is so very slow if they really want to offer sales. I have uploaded 235 images there from November 3 to 19th, all marked for sale. 5 have been approved (2 prime and 3 core) and the rest are in that limbo that says they can be requested. They do show up in searches, but I'd imagine it'd be off-putting to a buyer to think they'd have to wait to make the purchase versus just be able to pay and download the file.

The reviews used to be relatively fast... I have images uploaded in late august that are still in review. The introduction of the core and prime collections is quite recent (August I think) and they had to review a second time all the images already accepted. I guess they have a large backlog.

Quote from: Deyan Georgiev on November 21, 2015, 02:17

I upload all images in bulk(in high resolution) and all is done automatically on the site after that.

   Is "Marketplace" the same as "Prime"? 

Originally the marketplace was called Prime. Then 500px created two collections in their shop, the core and prime collection, and changed the name of the shop to Marketplace to avoid ambiguity. But many user still call the shop "Prime", and it is possible that Prime is still used at some place on the website instead of Marketplace.

Things move fast at 500px marketplace, they are still searching the best formula, experimenting, it seems, and it is not always easy to follow. For the moment, it is always for the best to my opinion and I have confidence in them. I hope this will not change as they try to develop the marketplace.

Nuno, could you please answer the question above?

I hope that likes and favorites don't play a part in the marketplace search results because I've found it to be a very fickle thing. I can upload an image and get no "likes" or "favorites" then delete the image and upload it again a couple hours later and get a bunch of "likes" within a few minutes. With likes/favorites timing is everything and I'd hate to think some of my best images fall through the cracks in the marketplace because I'd uploaded them at the wrong time.

Thanks!

I've been on 500px for a long time, well before the market, and now I have a lot of followers (the selection on an image in the editor choices brings a lot of followers for example), and now the timing does not matter anymore for me. But it is true that at the beginning it mattered a lot, and it was much better to submit images the sunday...
It's a question of point of view, and for 500px to decide whether they want to be a community that also sells images or a classical "professional" stock agency. It seems to me that the recent evolution is toward the latter, but it is not that clear.
In any case, no matter our opinions, it is useful for everybody to know the rules of the game, especially for someone who consider to begin today.

Quote from: cobalt on November 11, 2015, 11:49

It sounds really complicated.

I'd say that's an understatement.  Just for starters - is there a single, clear, comprehensive document on the site, explaining all this and giving the big picture?

It actually sounds like 500px might be an opportunity for me, but anytime there's 'curation' there's inevitably a certain style and look that's desired.  The problem for a lot of us is that getting anything up there takes a serious amount of time and effort vs. a completely unknown probability of being 'curated' let alone making a sale, and we've all been down that road before.  Is there an audition process i.e. submitting a portfolio link to at least get a reaction?

The curation is not really important, it seems to me. Basically, 500px accepts virtually everything I submit. Then there is 2 collections: core and prime. The images in the core collection are a little less expansive (35$ versus 50$ for the cheapest licence), that's all. I have sales from both collections.

Then it is not obvious for me why an image is in the core collection or the prime collection. I would say that my images in the prime collection have more an authentic feeling, a "stocksy look", but there is a lot of counter-example.

I have been thinking of joining for a  long time ...  500px is different from the usual microstock agencies, so I don't think "dumping" my whole portfolio would be a good move - or if I did, I don't think it would sell very well? 
What kind of selection should I submit?  Only artsy stuff?  Everything except "isolated on white" ?  Any other limitations?

Yes I don't think that "isolated on white" and old-school businessman stock works well... I don't think that the key word is "artsy", I think it is more "authentic" (yes, buzzword...). And I think one should remember that originally 500px was not a stock agency, it's was (and still is) a social media, with followers, likes etc. I don't know if it matters anymore for the market (for example if the "likes" are still factored in the search results etc.). But in doubt I prefer to maintain a well curated galery on 500px (and not to put my entire stock portfolio).

Just to complement, to me it's not coincidence as i have regular sales there.

Yes, me too. Over the last four months, 500px is my 2nd earner (better than Fotolia, dreamstime and 123rf). But I think at least one of the last sales is from distributor: the image is not in the prime collection and there is no $50 license in the core collection I think.

Thanks Cobalt for the motivation to submit on eyeem. i have been experimenting the last few days. Many images are selected for the Getty collection, old point and shoot and dslr images not good enough technically for classical stock agencies but that I really liked, real smartphone snapshots that capture a moment.  I'll see if something sales, but in any case it's very fun to play with filters, it is somewhat liberating to focus on emotions and composition rather than technical perfection and supposed commercial quality, with very fast editing and keywording. It'll be a good break from classical stock from time to time I think, a good reminder than photography should also be about fun.