No sales. No views. what is going on here?!

You have 11 animations and Pond5 is the problem?
That must be it.

Upload a few hundred more. Then see if the views and sales come.
Remember, this site has millions of videos for people to choose from, You have 11.

JHDT is pretty blunt about it, but... yeah, you don't really have much to offer on Pond5. The reason you have no sales is because you have nearly no content here. Heck, I have more than 550 videos here and typically get 2-4 *views* per day. Sales come a lot less often than views.

To be successful, you have to keep at it, keep posting new material and stay with it for the long term. No stock site will make you money fast -- it's an investment in your future, not a lottery win.

Good luck!

You are the exception, johnnybd -- those are fantastic numbers. What is the "competitive website" you used? If it is not Pond5, why are you hanging out here?

You made $150k with 11 videos?
Yes, I’m curious about this other site as well.


Remember every site has different clients. If you don’t sell why is it always the sites fault.

@ JHDT +10

You made 150k with 11 files?

Yeah it's not rocket science - upload more than your current 11 files, (50% of which are an obscure niche - that money dude.) But given you've already made $150k on another site you should already know this - unless of course you're using Zimbabwean dollars as a reference...

I have a lot of views now, after 4 years as a Contributor, like 10-20 views per day, but sales are coming much less :) I can get $50 per month but next month it could be $300, so there is no logic, it's like a Lucky i think :) My collection have 1700 clips on various topics, here is few:

Many have said it's a marathon, not a sprint. That's a good way to look at it. But it's also kind of part sprint. More and more people are producing material of all kinds. So you do need to produce a lot of content, and also not give up right away. No success is guaranteed, but it certainly will not happen if we give up. Good luck and do your best! :)

I have just 16 animations (After Effects templates actually) here yet, but getting about 6-8 views per day and some sales per month. I've been on Pond5 since the end of 2016, as far as I remember. I've noticed that views and sales enlarge with geometric progression to your added works. I also agree quantity plays a big role on Pond5, but I'm glad people are already finding and choosing my works. One guy here once said here he was pretty content with selling his AE templates, and I looked up at his portfolio and found 50-60 works. So, my closest goal is to make at least 50 AE templates, while having my full time job at the same time :)