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Old 01-02-2007, 06:14 PM
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So I had my pictures (72 approved) on FeaturePics for about 2 months already, all are set at 1 $ at full size. Same pictures do every well on other sites. Did I forget to check some box or something? I can understand what is good for one stock site isn't necessarily good for another, but is 0 a normal number for two month?
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Old 01-02-2007, 06:54 PM
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There are less sales there than with at a lot of sites. I haven't uploaded many photos to them but have only had 3 dowloads. That is nearly as bad as Lucky Oliver.
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Old 01-02-2007, 11:02 PM
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It takes a while to get going at FP, but I've reached two payouts. You have all your images set at $1? That seems a litle low - I've a couple of images sell regularly that are piced at $10. The balance of mine are priced between $2 and $6 and I've hit payout twice.
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Old 01-02-2007, 11:39 PM
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When i just started uploading I set prices form 1 to 10 , nothing happened so I thought I overprized my pictures. I'll change them again since apparently price isn't the issue.
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Old 01-03-2007, 09:34 PM
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Ive had two downloads at FP so far in a month. I didnt expect to sell anything as I dont have alot there. Both were people images, one a portrait of my one year old son eating an apple in the garden lol, something I would never consider putting on SS on BSP. As for the pricing, I tend to do this depending on the content of the image. If its just general stock then I seldom price above $5. But the people images etc I price at $10. I dont think its anything to do with pricing why downloads dont happen. For instance the baby shot I sold had a motif of winnie the pooh on my son's t-shirt so I put editorial use only. So I think it just depends on the clientele and if they want the image bad enough they will pay the price. perhaps its just that FP are quite new like LO and it takes a while to become established and draw traffic :roll:
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Old 01-12-2007, 12:21 PM
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I'm also with Crestock for 2 months now and NO SALES at all.
With 99 aproved pictures I really do not understand, as those images are selling really nice elsewhere.
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Old 01-12-2007, 12:50 PM
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Miguel seems crestock is a bit of a non-goer according to other posts in this forum. Ive only had one sale there as well, their rejection reasons for me were ludricous and it seems they set their standards even higher than SS.

As for featurpics, I really cant fault those guys, even with my small portfolio at least I can say I have sales
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Old 01-13-2007, 08:53 PM
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I've had 4 sales on FP since joining last October.

It's encouraging and also a good site to be part of.
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Old 01-23-2007, 03:32 AM
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Miguel seems crestock is a bit of a non-goer according to other posts in this forum. Ive only had one sale there as well, their rejection reasons for me were ludricous and it seems they set their standards even higher than SS.
I had 2/3 of my recent portfolio (sells well at SS) rejected at Crestock with the remark "this is not what we are looking for".

I just replied with a short email "if that is not what you are looking for, you are not what I am looking for, so please cancel my account and all photos" ;-)
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Old 01-24-2007, 07:59 PM
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I have not been here long and have not had any downloads of yet, but I have lots of patience and know my time will come......... :lol:
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