Krakenimages.com Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Many years ago, I read a post in this same forum written by Yuri Arcurs. It was a post in which he shared that he had reached 1000 sales a day in Shutterstock. Wow! It was incredibly motivating for me to know that there was someone out there capable of achieving such high numbers. I promised myself that one day I would reach that level as well. I reached that level many months ago, but I had not shared it with anyone. So today I share with you the sales of September 30th: My best day ever š. I hope it will be an inspiration for many, just as it was for me.Ā I am currently doing several interviews about my story, in different blogs. If you have a website or blog and are interested in interviewing me, it will be a pleasure. Contact me via Instagram Just for fun, how about turning this post into a "screenshot party"? Share a screenshot of your best day ever hereĀ š Aaron Ā 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Shultay Baltaay Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 I do not understand, members of the forum! It's been 2 hours already. Why isn't there a queue for interviews and congratulations? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Krakenimages.com Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 Hi Shultay! Maybe they are sleepingĀ š“ Link to post Share on other sites
David A Litman Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Congratulations, nice work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Shultay Baltaay Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 18 minutes ago, Krakenimages.com said: Hi Shultay! Maybe they are sleepingĀ š“ No, they scoredš 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ImageHatch Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Congrats ... hard work paid off almost 1 million image in ur portfolio..i wouldn't have doubtĀ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Philip Armitage Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 well done, those are awesome numbersĀ - how many were $0.10 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Awana JF Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Congratulations!!! Just finish reading your interwiew with @Alexandre Rotenberg That is really impressive... 1M pictures... 1000 dls/day... Well I hope I'll get close to 100k before the end of microstock time (or evolution as you said). But that is a pretty nice achievement. It is both motivating and depressing to be honest. It means that we can reach for the stars but in the mean time it's harder to do something new when there is contributors with 100k and more images! Ā 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Linda Bestwick Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Well done Aaron! It is inspiring to know these figures are achievable. Unlikely by me lol, but for people who treat this like a full time job and focus on it like a true business, it's good to see it'sĀ still possible. Thanks for sharing Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Krakenimages.com Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 Thank you all very much for your kind words! @Studio 2Ā Yes, you are right, maybe this is not the best section for this kind of post, I am quite new to the forum, hahah @Philip Armitage, lots of 0.1, still the average is not bad @Awana JF, the stock still has many years left, surely the agencies will end up reconverting, even so we must always be prepared for the future. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
paula french Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Wow - if I had 10 downloads a day these days - I'd be happy - though not all at $0.10!!!! Well Done -Ā fantastic work 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Krakenimages.com Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 Thank you @paula french! In the past I also sold 10 a dayĀ šŖ Link to post Share on other sites
Benedek Alpar Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Truly impressing, CongratulationsĀ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Krakenimages.com Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 Thank you @Benedek Alpar Link to post Share on other sites
LecartPhotos Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Congratulations but I actually feel a little demotivated by this. All that effort and in the worse case scenario 1300 dls a dayĀ could earn $136!Ā Ā Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RaviNepz Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Congratulations, your portfolio is amazing , even worth more to be honest. More success to you š 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexandre Rotenberg Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Impressive!Ā Would love to see a timelapse of the sales map during say, a 4 hour period withĀ cash rolling in Ā Of course a lot of (socially distanced) blood, sweat and tearsĀ went into making this all happen! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
McOwenLevi Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Wow, that's a lot! Congratulations... Meantime, I only have 1 DL this monthĀ šĀ And my camera just broke recently..Ā dispirited right now.Ā I'm contemplating to stop...or still continue this hobby. I like photography, but seems like photography don't like me.Ā šĀ Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Kuhlman Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Many congratulations!Ā Mighty fine numbers there, like pre-2012 numbers!Ā A testament to your and your partners'/employees' hard work, building up such a massive port of useful images! Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 This is indeed a proud and impressive sum! Congratulations, Aaron! But it is certainly deserved, because you are very active and invest a lot of time. It's nice to hear that this investment is obviously being rewarded. If I would post a screenshot here, you would start laughing. So I don't. All I can say is that, even in my best days here, I couldn't get it done in one month. I've scraped the four-figure mark by a hair's breadth several times, but never exceeded it. My best days were those with 60 downloads. But that was a few years ago. Currently I can't even manage 1361 downloads per month if I add up the 7 agencies where I offer. I am a good 10% below that. Ā Link to post Share on other sites
Awana JF Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 On 10/15/2020 at 1:29 PM, LecartPhotos said: All that effort and in the worse case scenario 1300 dls a dayĀ could earn $136!Ā True but I don't think his RPD is 0.1... Mine is around 0.4 as a level 4 and I imagine that with his talent, his impressive PF and being a level 6 should increase his RPD...Ā Plus SS represent just a % of his revenue thanks to the other microstock agency (50%?)... Am I right @Krakenimages.comĀ ?Ā I would love to know your RPD just out of curiosity and how did it change since the new earning structure... I'm still trying to reach 10 dls a day and have consitent dls from one day to the other so 1000dls/day is really impressive!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Krakenimages.com Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 If you are interested in knowing more about our story I share here links to some interviews that I have been doing: https://www.microstockguru.com/sell-photos-online-interview-aaron-amatĀ (ENGLISH) https://supermicrostock.ru/kraken-images-interviewĀ (RUSSIAN) https://backyardsilver.com/interview-with-aaron-of-kraken-imagesĀ (ENGLISH) https://fotodinero.com/krakenimages-aaron-amatĀ (SPANISH) https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2020/10/06/interview-with-aaron-amat-super-microstock-producer-1-4m-imagesĀ (ENGLISH) Most of the questions you ask around here are answered in those interviews. I hope you find them interesting Aaron 1 Link to post Share on other sites
McOwenLevi Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 On 10/16/2020 at 11:43 PM, Studio 2 said: Don't give up. Microstock is a very particular type of photography. I don't think I am terribly good at it but for me it's been the journey not the destination. Also my number of downloads isĀ very low too this month.Ā Keep on doing what you enjoy šø Decided to continue with micro stock and give it a try one more time.Ā AppreciateĀ the encouragementĀ šĀ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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