Photos never get sold...

romancephotos9 13 Oct 2021 23:11
I posted a good 5000 or so images , romance indoor, solo warrior, gladiator themed stock... not a 1 has been sold yet.. been well over a month now... any suggestions or is pond5 not popular like some of the other stock photo sites?
Worldtraveler_1 14 Oct 2021 11:44
It will take time. Usually 6 months for the first sale. I have close to 1000 and I have sold 12 photos and my first sale happened almost after an year. However the amount you earn is much higher and is worth the wait
Madvideos 15 Oct 2021 02:50
yeah it's not really a photo site. However you can get pretty silly with pricing, you don't have that control elsewhere. I would have to sell 70 images on shutterstock to make $7, assuming they all sell for 10 cents, most do, one single sale here is far better than any other agency. I have sold images on Alamy for quite a bit $50, my cut was like $20 but like here those sales are spread apart. I imagine maybe 20k images you could make some decent cash after your metadata is indexed. I do sell images tho, on my exclusive account also but video is where the money is. I am a Stringr also and that my man pays well. If you had video of your shots, wow... you would make some nice money especially on Storyblocks. It will come. If I were you I would raise those prices. I have all of mine at $20, that is what they sell for, remember, pricing is the name of the game. Don't get bogged down in how Pond 5 displays pricing, just focus on selling and uploading.. it's all I do bro.
Drummer_vn 15 Oct 2021 15:24
Pond 5 more about video