Milo J Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 7 hours ago, balajisrinivasan said: Milestones don't come more generic than this but I learnt that I turned Level 4 yesterday. To commemorate this glorious event, the kind people at SS showered me with 6 consecutive 10 cent sales. Well, the good news is that you seem to have a fan in San Antonio. Maybe they'll buy with a smaller subscription plan in the future. Also, congrats on reaching Level 4. Get ready for some of those $0.10 sales to climb to the dizzying height of $0.13 and even $0.15! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Milo J said: Well, the good news is that you seem to have a fan in San Antonio. Maybe they'll buy with a smaller subscription plan in the future. Also, congrats on reaching Level 4. Get ready for some of those $0.10 sales to climb to the dizzying height of $0.13 and even $0.15! Please do not exaggerate! 15 Cent sounds like fake news. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
balajisrinivasan Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Milo J said: Also, congrats on reaching Level 4. Get ready for some of those $0.10 sales to climb to the dizzying height of $0.13 and even $0.15! Thanks! And can't wait for the 50 percent pay raise. Maybe there's a chance I'll get rich with the microstock thing after all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 20 minutes ago, balajisrinivasan said: Thanks! And can't wait for the 50 percent pay raise. Maybe there's a chance I'll get rich with the microstock thing after all. Sorry, balajisrinivasan, i didn't want to go over your milestone with my stupid remark. Congrats! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
balajisrinivasan Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 51 minutes ago, Wilm Ihlenfeld said: Sorry, balajisrinivasan, i didn't want to go over your milestone with my stupid remark. Congrats! Thank you, Wilm No apologies needed. Your remark was highly accurate! Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Just passed 1000 downloads over the life time at about $1.30 rpd. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Congrats, Steven! Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Wilm Ihlenfeld said: Congrats, Steven! Thanks Wilm! Link to post Share on other sites
Milo J Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Snapshot of my latest "Schnapszahl" ... @geogif - I assume you beat me to this one a while ago? Give me a happy emoji if you did. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Congrats, Milo! Nice Schnapszahl! Link to post Share on other sites
Reimar Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Not that I have been uploading much lately, but I just got to a round number. I think I'll leave it there for a while: 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Reimar Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I see that clicking "my image portfolio" gives 11,997. I may have to add 3 more. I guess three got lost along the way. Link to post Share on other sites
C and L Perry Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Reimar, Beautiful photos in your portfolio. NICE WORK! Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Reimar said: Not that I have been uploading much lately, but I just got to a round number. I think I'll leave it there for a while: Wow! You are hard-working - no question! For me this is an unbelievably large amount of pictures, Reimar. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that this will be reflected in your income. Link to post Share on other sites
Reimar Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 3 hours ago, C and L Perry said: Reimar, Beautiful photos in your portfolio. NICE WORK! 3 hours ago, Wilm Ihlenfeld said: Wow! You are hard-working - no question! For me this is an unbelievably large amount of pictures, Reimar. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that this will be reflected in your income. Thank you both. I was quite productive years ago when I was working and still managed two trips a year and lots of local outings. Now that I'm retired (and just bought a new house) image creation is taking a back seat. Still, when things settle down I'll get back into a picture taking rhythm because I love it, never mind the low prices. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Reimar said: Thank you both. I was quite productive years ago when I was working and still managed two trips a year and lots of local outings. Now that I'm retired (and just bought a new house) image creation is taking a back seat. Still, when things settle down I'll get back into a picture taking rhythm because I love it, never mind the low prices. Hello Reimar, you weren't just productive. As far as I remember, you always expanded your portfolio at a high level. I definitely have respect for that! Now I just wanted to have a look at what you have recently photographed, but I get an error message when I click on "my image portfolio" below your name. Something is not right there. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Ah, okay, there seems to be a problem in general. I just saw this: Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I can now also report a Schnapszahl. I just got the 6666th download for my bestseller. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Reimar Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Yes, well done Wilm. That is a mind boggling number. I'm still trying to get past the 2 digit numbers I have. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Studio 2 said: Congratulations @Wilm Ihlenfeld Very impressive number 🍻 Thank you very much, Debbie! Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Reimar said: Yes, well done Wilm. That is a mind boggling number. I'm still trying to get past the 2 digit numbers I have. Thanks a lot, Reimar! As you can see, I have uploaded the image 2012. Back then, things were very different here than they are today. And those of the contributors who were here much earlier than me know such breathtaking numbers as 30000 downloads - for a single image. Anyway: The photo is one of the best paid images I have ever taken. It did not cost me 3 minutes. Add to that the keywording and the upload. Nevertheless: converted the hourly wage is gigantic! I just had some lucky hits like that one and I am very happy about it. It would be nice if that were still possible today, but those days are simply over. Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Wilm Ihlenfeld said: Thanks a lot, Reimar! As you can see, I have uploaded the image 2012. Back then, things were very different here than they are today. And those of the contributors who were here much earlier than me know such breathtaking numbers as 30000 downloads - for a single image. Anyway: The photo is one of the best paid images I have ever taken. It did not cost me 3 minutes. Add to that the keywording and the upload. Nevertheless: converted the hourly wage is gigantic! I just had some lucky hits like that one and I am very happy about it. It would be nice if that were still possible today, but those days are simply over. Congratulations Wilm, indeed an amazing number of downloads for one image. Your post here underlines what a sad pitiful state this industry has evolved to in recent years. Link to post Share on other sites
Milo J Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Wilm Ihlenfeld said: I can now also report a Schnapszahl. I just got the 6666th download for my bestseller. Wow, that is some amazing number! By the way, it cracks me up how they translated "Performers" as "Künstler", and out of this entire worldwide community nobody ever told them that it's nonsense in this context. Nicht daß mir ein richtig guter Begriff einfällt... "meistverkaufte Bilder"? Link to post Share on other sites
chyworks Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Wilm Ihlenfeld said: I can now also report a Schnapszahl. I just got the 6666th download for my bestseller. Impressive number, Wilm! 👍 Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Thank you very much, Steven, Milo and Chy! Steven, that's right - the initial situation has deteriorated. Before I started with microstock, the circle of contributors was small and almost elitist. One contributor who exceeded the millions of downloads at AS alone once wrote that the RPD for images was a good $8 at that time. Unbelievable. At AS we get a ranking. I was once at position 1.030 in the overall ranking. In the meantime I have fallen back to position 1.660. The number of contributors has increased exorbitantly and many of them were much more diligent than me. The market is hotly contested. And that explains why certain images brought so many downloads back then - there was little competition. Today, of course, things look completely different. This image sold only 206 times at AS btw. At other agencies there are much more downloads, but much less than here. I have other images that sell about equally well at all agencies. I think that this image simply got a very good start ranking at shutterstock but not at AS. Otherwise I cannot explain the different performance. Milo, You are right - the translation is miserable. They could have simply translated it as personal "bestseller", which is a common term in Germany, too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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