The site is run by ad business people. They actively promote to
agencies. They sell discs as well, but single shots are still a good
part of their trade. Perhaps more importantly, everything on the site
is royalty free. The art directors I know appreciate that. They don't
have to deal with the disappointment of discovering that the photo in
their comp is gointg to cost $10,000 and will never fly with the
client.
On Sep 11, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Bob Shell wrote:
You're doing very well, Paul, in today's market. The bottom really
has fallen out of the stock photography business. Not too many years
ago a significant portion of my annual income came from stock sales,
but in the last few years I've been lucky to make 10% of what I used
to make in a year. Others I know in the business have similar tales.
Royalty free clip disks have knocked the bottom out of the market.
For many needs these "one size fits all" photos work just fine. I'm
surprised that the site you're working with can get $ 270 for an image
when people can go to Comstock and others and get a whole disk full
for that. I wonder what their secret is.
Bob
On Sunday, September 11, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I've been selling six or seven images a year with around 240 posted
on a royalty free stock house site. All images on the site sell for
around $270, so I make about $130 on each sale. I've heard that you
need a base of several thousand to develop steady returns. And of
course some sites sell better than others, but those are usually
tougher in regard to placing images. The site I'm currently working
with is alwaysstock.com.
Paul
On Sep 11, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
Does anybody here have positive experience (profit) with stock
photography?
It seems more and more websites are opening galleries/agencies, where
freelance phographers may sell their images.
I have heard of some people who have posted photographs, but I never
met
anyone who actually made a profit or at least had some income this
way?
Regards
Jens Bladt
