Micro Tricks & Tips         Comments Off

So, you?re using Image Manager to upload to IStock?
1) Shoot yourself in the head because it?s less painful.
2) Go to http://www.deepmeta.com and download the program.
There?s a reason I hated uploading to Istock – it was plain & simple a pain in the butt.? With a 20 per?whatever?limit, you never had a good way to know when to submit more, how many slots you had free, etc.
Deep Meta changes a LOT about the way IStock will work for me.? I can simple add images (not simple in IM – you had …

 Micro Tricks & Tips,The Microstock World         Comments Off

So I read about this program, Cushy Stock, on Microstock Diaries.? I had heard the name in the past but thought it was just another agency (Shutterstock, Canstock, Bigstock, CushyStock) so I never investigated.
Well Cushy Stock is an application that will drastically speed up my workflow.? The gist of it is this:
1) You can navigate to your edited photos, keyword, describe & title them, set the status as ready to upload and then upload them to as many agencies as supports FTP at once.? Yep!? No more watching your FTPs …

 Micro Tricks & Tips         Comments Off

We have currently setup EIGHT model shoots in the next seven days.? Tues, Wed, 2 Thurs, 2 Sat, Sun, Mon – at least.? We may end up with 9 or 10 this week.
We get our models from a couple of sources – you have to diversify how you get your models in case one place dries up/flakes/no use.
1) ModelMayhem – this site is the new OneModelPlace.? OMP is good but not free – thus a lot of models & photographers skip it, especially NEW models, the type you want.? Go …

 NiltoMil News         Comments Off

April is so far all about the pending images.
123RF – 39 pending
Bigstock – 42 pending
Canstock – 99 pending
Crestock – 65 pending
Dreamstime – 65 pending
FeaturePics – 65 pending
Fotolia – 32 pending
FotoMind – 11 pending
IStock – 20 pending
LuckyOliver – 65 pending
Shutterstock – 48 pending
StockXpert – 109 pending

 Monthly Results         Comments Off

March was an all around Best Month EVER. Shutterstock was BME and double last month?s sales on 94 new images. Dreamstime was almost 4x my BME. The new sites got into the act late in the month – Crestock, SXP, LO and FotoMind all pulled their first sales. Slightly down month on Bigstock and 123RF.

Agency
Portfolio
Earnings

Shutterstock
255
$125.23

IstockPhoto
68
$9.46

Dreamstime
200
$44.16

Fotolia
228
$5.93

Crestock
49
$1

Bigstockphoto
160
$1

CanstockPhoto
163
0

123RF
232
$1.16

StockXpert
25
$1.2

Lucky Oliver
163
$1

FotoMind
221
$1.5

FeaturePics
170
0

Month total – $191.64
Last month?s total portfolio – 657. This …

 Micro Tricks & Tips,The Microstock World         Comments Off

Microstock is a fairly new and thus still growing industry, especially on the net.? So right now I?ve found few ways to stay on top of what?s going on, but I wanted to share some with you in case you found me and didn?t know what *else* you needed to be reading.
Forums

Microstock Group – 1200+ members, lots of forums specifically directed at each agency.
TalkMicro – 550+ members, simpler forum structure, but basically one big ?category dump? for MS.

Blogs

Microstock Diaries – Lee Torrens – his personal goal to get microstock earnings …

 NiltoMil News         Comments Off

In the beginning, there was nil.
Ok, that?s not exactly true.? My microstock journey began in 2004 – in fact April of 2004 if you ask IstockPhoto.? IStock was the first agency I signed up with following recommendations on a website I frequented at the time.
So where is Nil?? That?s where we need to get to.? Where are we now and where are we headed?
Now – I have 68 files and 1073 downloads on Istock and I?m signed up with another 9 agencies.? I have 2 applications pending as well (Lucky …