Nobody can become financially successful over night. They put in background work but we tend to see the finished part. Fear is a dangerous component, hindering us from taking bold steps we need in other to reach our goals.
I love this guy. Because he tell the truth. He show and tell about struggle. Don't pose with his "greatness" like many other people. And this video contain great amount a information and experience. Thank you:)
Hey Michael, just subscribed your channel because I think you videos are helpful and great and I have one question for you since you know more about selling stock footage: I have noticed that I've started to accumulate clips and can't upload them with the same pace online. Any tips how to know what to discard and what not? It feels so hard to discard clips because I almost want to edit every one of them and upload on Pond5, but it's impossible. It's like going through your drawers and not be able to throw anything away. Thanks in advance if you find the time to answer!
Pond5 has let me down, they are worried about hurting peoples feelings, Pond5 is worried about words that hurt! You are giving out OLD INFO that is not current.
hey buddy, thanks for sharing this video, its great, i watched all video, its really great, BUT 1 thing you mentioned that you will make another video to share the knowledge that how to fill the bulk metadata title and keywords ETC. i tried to find it in your videos, but unfortunately i could not find it, can you please send me link for the video where you are sharing details how to upload and keywords ETC onto pond5, i am really keen to know, because pond5 site makes me so much confuse. as compare to adobe, shutter and other sites. thanks
I've sold stock video on Pond5 since 2013. Q4 aka 4th quarter is the lowest as most production companies are winding down for the year by October. Usually picks up mid-January again. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I've sold some pretty basic footage that wasn't shot in the best light. So you just never know!
Thanks for watching! When editing on Pond5, the same place where you click to SUBMIT a clip, if you scroll down you can choose to "Batch Edit Footage." If you have multiple files selected you can edit them all the same time to save lots of time. If this video gets 100 likes, I'll make a separate video showing my entire Pond5 editing process including how I batch edit clips!
@@MichaelShatravka OK. Thanks for explaining. I have never tried it as I submit my clips to both SS and Pond5. So, I might not benefit from it. My sales at SS are more successful than at Pond5. I tend to submit in ProRes so the file size is hefty in 4K, something like 1Gb for a 15 sec clip. May be that’s over the top! What is your export format?
@@nikonfan76 Ever since I upgraded my gear I been exporting everything High Quality H.264, Render at Max Depth, Use Maximum Render Quality, and for Target bitrate for 1080p I put it at 25mbs, 4k 50mbs, 4k Drone, 100mbs. Clips vary from 150mb up to 2-3gb. However, majority of my sales have come from the low bit rate clips.
@@MichaelShatravka yes, it’s been very revealing that most of your sales have come from lower res clips. You obviously have sussed out the market and are meeting customers requirements. So, the bit rate is not so crucial, the sales are content driven. This is very enlightening. Thanks for mentioning it. I really appreciate your openness and honesty. I have learnt a number of things from your very helpful video.
@@MichaelShatravka great tips. Its a new language to me but my clips on my Nikon 4K Camcorder still sell. I think it's important for newbies to realise that the buyers know exactly how to edit and improve any clips, so they often prefer not highly edited.
Did you do the batch edits? Would love to see this process! ....and how many clips do you throw up at one time? I heard if you do not upload daily then it can hurt your sales?
Thanks, this is a great video, treating honestly all the different aspects of it! And I guess we'd all love to see this detailed video of your whole workflow, with screenshotsand and all... Please please please, because we ALL LOVE POND5, and you reach more than 100 likes now ; )
Question, I have drone shots way back when drone regulations weren't really a thing.. do I still need a drone license to sell the footage? I also recently got the DJI Mini 3 Pro (249g) Do i still need a drone license to sell the footage?
hi , thank u for all amazing tuts, i want to ask some questions about dji mini 2, because of my budget limits, i can buy just mini 2 but my aim selling footages on stocksites, so if u say me, mini 2 not enough for stock sites , i will wait and save some money for mavic air 2 :/ ((i wont shoot evening videos ...just daylights and nature...)) thanks
As long as you keep your shots straight and expose them properly wouldn’t see why not. Deff get a good ND filter, I have this one, makes your shots like cinematic AF. Skytreat ND32 amzn.to/3otIfK9
You don't have to do anything. Pond 5's curators will determine whether your clip needs to be editorial and will set it as such. You can always leave a note for the curator at the bottom of the clip fields that "there's no model or property release, so this'll need to be editorial" before submitting the clip for review and even while it's in review.
Hi, great video! Quick question, I am just getting started with all that stock market. If I go exclusive with pond5 can I still produce differnet clips for other stock companies? Or does it bond me with them somehow?
Thank you! Going Exclusive with Pond5 means you'll get paid 60% commission instead of 40%, but CANNOT sell your footage on other stock websites. However, YOU ARE ALLOWED to sell that stock footage directly to people and can sell it on your own personal/business website.
Seems like subject matter is more important than anything. When I'm editing commercial stuff or for a RU-vidr, they rarely care much about the quality. They just want a variety of shots that are relevant to whatever they are talking about. Were any of the COVID shots you did released as commercial? I feel like some of those could have done well that way (obviously with proper releases, so just the ones with people in it that you knew).
Less than 5k for 1500hrs of work? That’s roughly $3/4 per hour. Not to mention the overhead fees you mention with commuting to the shot, logistics etc. you are losing money.
Valid point! If you’re looking at 1500hrs strictly Pond5 earnings, yes you’re at a big loss, make more at McDonalds. However that same batch of time was also shooting editorial footage for news stations which turned into a very nice income stream during corona, gotta make a whole video on that if I get enough people interested!
@@MichaelShatravka I think a vid on how to translate one project into multiple revenue streams. That’s a good point, if that’s the case and those work hours are also spent on other things then that’s not a bad extra income stream 🤙🏻
@@MichaelShatravka 1500 hours is not exactly part time and for only 5000$ this seems insane but do you hope to be paid forever on the clips and eventually it be worth it ?
Hey Michael, thank you for the content, those are valuable ideas! If it's possible, make a video about your best seller footage, that would be helpful... greetings from Brazil!!
I noticed Pond5 offers enhanced licenses at quite a bit over the list price you set. Do you get a portion of these licensing fees as well, or just your percentage of the list price?
Not sure what their exact fee structure is but YES I have noticed some of my clips sold for more and I got paid more money with enhanced licensing. also same goes for the reverse, sometimes clip will be sold at a reduced promo rate and I'd get a smaller commission (think it was part of an extra global program thing you can choose to join or not).
wait? your talking client? and pond5 .editorial is not the only footage that sells.pond5 will list what's trending .this leaves room for many types of subject mater .
Hey, Michale. I gonna make a Video about "How hard is it to start with Stock Videos" and i would like to take You as an example. Is that ok for you? i will link you in the description! Thank you for that video bro =)
