The 57p club

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Just thought I'd share this with you all as its your help and advice thats got me the sale. I placed 5 of my 'Robin' pics I took a few weeks ago onto Fotolia and I had them approved on Monday and I just sold this one for 57p!!! So can I join the 57p club???:D

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nice one Glen, i joined there the other week and have had 9 of my Duck shots approved now, haven't sold any though :hissyfit:
 
Well done Glen....it's a very special club you know ;) LOL

Come on Whitewash, share your sales avenues ;)
 
Thanks everyone

Well done Glen....it's a very special club you know ;) LOL
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That's good DJW...can't afford to let any rif-raf in you know:whistle2:
 
Well done :)

We have all got to start somewhere and 57p may not be much but its certainly a start on the right path.
 
I registered with fotalia a short while ago, and last night actually got round to uploading something.

Having a look through the images already there, there are some really good shots there, but also a couple of donkeys has slipped through :D

I was looking at the 'competition' so to speak (similar shots to mine), and it was of quite a high calibre.
 
I think the same can be said for most image libraries, I had a look at Fotalia a while ago and agree with your conclusion however I also had a detailed look at Alamy too, which is very well regarded and to my surprise I also found a fair amount of rubbish on there as well, mixed in amongst some stunning photography though. ;)
 
I always though photo libraries were quite expensive to buy from, why is fotalia so cheap? Or is that a complete misconception?
 
good work that man! That's 570% more than I've made out of stock so far!

I think basically there are two types of stock libraries 1) micro stocks like fotolia, mostly deal with royalty free images and are very cheap and 2) larger agencies like getty, alamy, acclaim etc who charge more for the stuff but also provide a certain amount of exclusivity if required.

I think what's happened is that some people have cottoned onto the fact that there a lot of amateur/semi-pro 'togs out there who'd like to make a few quid to pay for their gear etc and have plenty of shots that would be considered good stock stuff. They've then looked at the bigger agencies pricing and decided to undercut them based on the economies of scale. The theory is that if people only have to pay a few pence for a shot you're likely to sell a lot more. It's caused quite a bit of controversy from those who make a living from shooting stock for the larger agencies as they feel it's taking their living away. I've been doing quite a bit of reading on this recently.

Alamy are supposedly very tight about image quality, but I've also seen some very rough stuff on there. They QC your first batch of ten images you send them, but only spot check after that, so I think a fair few people are abusing this system. At the end of the day though they are only harming themselves because no client wants to trawl through thousands of shots to find a useul one only to find the quality is below par. They're then unlikely to use Alamy again and they'll certainly avoid anything with your name on it!


/rant mode: off ;)
 
Well Done, a good pic so definately earned it:)
 
DJW said:
Come on Whitewash, share your sales avenues ;)
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2 friends weddings, one at £30 beer money, the other at £50. one band photoshoot at about £70-80 (cant remember)


blew the whole lot on beer and had one hell of a hangover to prove it!
 
COuld be a new concept for Stock agency...pay in beers only ;)
 
Hey Hey, just sold my 4th photo this morning on Fotolia..... this time the B&W version of my 40mph sign. After deducting the sites commision I'm sitting on a fat £1.77 :laugh1:
 
Oooh well done! You're going up in the world lol..... seriously though good on ya mate. I've got millions of hours shooting before I get to that point where someone actually wants to pay for my pikkies. :banghead: It must feel great. :woot:
 
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