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5 Things you may not know about Stock Photography, Things I wish I Knew but I didn't when I started 12 years ago. From strategy to time and what agencies I recommend.
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@JagdpanzerV Год назад

I just love your content, man :) They are so helpful in starting stock, I have learned so much from them, so keep up the good work, I hope youtube gets to be a great income for you. I just wanted to leave a comment to help with the algorythm, but I actually got a question I had in my mind today: When someone buys a photo, do I see it immediately, or I only get a monthly report in batch at the end of the month?

@wollertz Год назад

Thank you very much for the support and good wishes! I have a list of videos to make that should help when It comes to stock photography. to answer your question it totally depends on the agency, shutterstocks mobile app I can check every 5 minutes if I want and it will show fresh sales, most other sites tell you right away and you even have the ability to request an email each time a file sells, the only one that I find I have to wait a month is Getty, I never know what sells or when, I just get a check 😅, for the most part they make it easy to see what sells and when, now If you use a uploader like wirestock or some of the other ones that take your pictures and upload to multiple agencies, this limits your control over the images, I believe they show your sales right away, but not as detailed as going directly thru the agency, and you wont find information on the images you upload it thru wirestock if you try to go to shutterstock per say, it all has to happen thru wirestock. I know that was a mouthful, i hope it makes sense 😅 Thanks again

@JagdpanzerV Год назад

@@wollertz Thanks for the detailed answer, I mostly understood it, I guess :D

@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle Год назад

Awesome video! The animation you're using is next level. Great info

@wollertz Год назад

Thanks Paul! I bought the program 2 years ago just now learning how to use it 😅

@MimSun 10 месяцев назад

Informative and helpful as always!

@wollertz 10 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment!

@lifeladderpodcast Год назад

Great video. Really appreciate your content and relate to your experience. I got heavily into stock photography before trying out RU-vid as a platform to share that. Thanks for taking the time to share!

@wollertz Год назад

Thanks for the comment! Stock was a great way to learn photography, RU-vid is much more difficult 😂

@lifeladderpodcast Год назад

There is a lot of trial and error with both. You're doing a great job and inspire me to create content as well!

@amithanuradha2874 Год назад

thanks for the encouragement and tips. ❤🎉

@wollertz Год назад

It’s a long game, and I feel we all need a little push from time to time 😅

@Miguelgarcia11341 Год назад

Gracias por toda esta informacion Charlie!!

@wollertz Год назад

Con gusto! Saludos

@JWhyte123 Год назад

Very professional video! Great job.

@wollertz Год назад

Thank you very much!

@RonaldBrown59 3 месяца назад

Thanks for all the tips, I'd like to do more with stock photography this year.

@wollertz 3 месяца назад

Absolutely! Best of luck!!

@pauldarville3843 Год назад

Very informative!, Thanks

@wollertz Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comments!

@michaldziekonski3162 Год назад

Great content! Thank you🙏

@wollertz Год назад

Im glad you enjoyed it!

@SpeedRick Месяц назад

Nice!

@wollertz Месяц назад

Thanks!

@99.YamanKumar Год назад

Thank you for the video sir 🙂🙏🏽🇮🇳

@wollertz Год назад

You are welcome!

@thegreeklife2854 Год назад

Great video Charles pretty good insights there, couple questions i use Afiinty on iPad Pro for photo editing (still learning) thoughts on it and have you used photerloo for uploading to multiple sites ? Thanks and keep up the fantastic videos Charles Cheers

@wollertz Год назад

Thank you! I use affinity pro desktop for the more complicated edits, the main reasons I like lightroom is for SEO and organization, I used to have lightroom classic and upgraded every few years, when they came out with the subscription based it bothered me 😅, now im so used to the options I cant go back. I haven't used photerloo, but in reality any agency willing to upload to multiple sites is going to save time, and time is the biggest thing when doing stock, so to streamlining in my opinion is definitely a big plus, wirestock, photerloo, Microstock Plus /Stock Submitter, all will save time, the only difference might be in the percentage they take as a commission, but it shouldn't affect sales

@thegreeklife2854 Год назад

@@wollertz i have adobe photoshop & premier elements on my iMac and totally agree with you the subscription thing, haven’t used then as I’ve been away for a long time anyway Thanks Cheers

@HomeWithDrew Год назад

Thanks for the great video. I would like to know how many images you have on stock photo sites please? To get an idea of how many images you need to be looking to have available to make a decent paycheck

@wollertz Год назад

A decent income starts at about 10 thousand photos, I have about 30 thousand most of mine aren’t very good 😂 I used stock to learn photography and most of my images are test shots 😅

@triplewinlin5576 Год назад

I definitely would like to see how to do stock videos. Thanks for another helpful video here on YT :)

@wollertz Год назад

Im working on it! Tagging is the worst part 😅 I’m searching for the he mosu efficient way out there! Thanks for sharing he comment!

@MaiEkMusafir Год назад

I continuously follow your videos Please make regular videos on Your Stock photography earning with Selling assets. Thank you . Love from india 🇮🇳

@wollertz Год назад

I’ll try and include more of that in future videos! Thanks!!

@planetlenz 7 месяцев назад

Great video, what program did you use for your animations?

@wollertz 7 месяцев назад

Thank you this is doodly, its older now, they have color versions that look great 😅

@snehitphoto Год назад

Good insights, I am in same boat with you, not on Alamy and Getty images.

@wollertz Год назад

Thanks! Albany was great a couple of years ago, now it’s so so… Getty I can’t figure out 😅

@kennyburkhart3543 Год назад

Charles, I have a question regarding uploading to multiple agencies. Is it okay to upload the same images to the different stock agencies? Are there any agencies that require exclusivity of some images to just their platform? Or is it safe to upload all my images to whatever agencies will take them? Furthermore, is that a good or bad idea? What are your thoughts on this?

@wollertz Год назад

This can be a bit confusing, Some agencies will want you as an exclusive contributor, I believe Getty asks this, getty took over iStock and they have esp by getty where you are not required to be exclusive, but the payout is 15% for exclusivity it is 40% other agencies allow you to sell exclusive images and not necessarily make you only exclusive to them, so if you have similar images you can upload some exclusive to Dreamstime and some to Alamy and other to the rest than dont offer that like shtuttertock or Adobe, this way you can benefit from exclusive images selling for more $$$ but not be tied to one agency. I've noticed that different agencies sell different type of content so I do recommend branching out and using multiple, or using wirestock, they upload to a bunch and take 15% when an image sells, this might sound like a lot but some agencies like shutterstock have payment tiers and the more you sell the more they pay, a large group like wirestock is going to be int he higher tier way faster than any individual 🤷‍♂️ hope this helps!

@aegir5198 9 месяцев назад

All these years I just realized how my hobby in riding motorcycles and photography might be an opportunity for me as a stock photographer. My photography prof back in college did mention that my style of 'hit and run' photography gives raw and real feel to my pictures. Plus, as a graphic designer, I find a lack of specific stock photos, i.e. spareparts and roadsigns.

@wollertz 9 месяцев назад

Awesome! If you have a need for specific images, others will too! Best of luck!

@chrisenglish1922 4 месяца назад

Thank you for this informative video. What is the simplest way to copyright your photos and videos? Are they automatically protected when you set up your accounts?

@wollertz 4 месяца назад

Yes, the agencies are supposed to monitor and protect your and their interests

@chrisenglish1922 4 месяца назад

Thank you! @@wollertz

@lambmaster Год назад

If I upload Xmas photos during Xmas, they may got get any action for the current Xmas but they'll do better in future years, right?

@wollertz Год назад

Most agencies algorithms feature new uploads, so that t you wait and upload Christmas pictures for the following year, say September/October they will do much better We work with AI and computer algorithms that either hide or showcase our content, stock or RU-vid 🤷‍♂️ very similar

@fponceg Год назад

Hola, pasaba por aquí

@wollertz Год назад

hola! y muchas gracias!

@kevinjack5184 Год назад

Should I wait for next August to upload this year's Christmas footage?

@wollertz Год назад

I have done that and in my experience I do sale more than if I upload now, you might get a couple of sales this year, but by next year it will be “old buried footage” it’s totally a personal choice, but my experience has been to use strategy and wait🤷‍♂️

@NMoltchanoph 9 месяцев назад

Some stock photography platforms ask for technical data of the image. What is the correct way to do that? And what if the image was taken long ago so you don't remember much about it? Do you have a video about this issue? Thank you for your time.

@wollertz 9 месяцев назад

I've never encountered that, the technical data is stored on the exported image . As long as the dimensions met requirements, thats should be enough, or at least it has been my experience

@NMoltchanoph 9 месяцев назад

@@wollertz Thank you, sir, but Alamy is asking for the "EXIF camera data". How do I get it, and how do I attach it to my images?

@wollertz 9 месяцев назад

It should be an option when exporting from lightroom or whatever software you are using

@KitchenStudioVN Год назад

Can I upload the same photo/video to different stock agencies? Or is there any agencies that get our photo/video to major stock agencies to sell? Thanks!

@wollertz Год назад

You can absolutely sell the same photo on different sites, or if we something like wirestock to upload to other agencies, wirestock takes a commission and limits it je amount of images you can upload based on acceptance ratio, also check out imstocker studio

@KitchenStudioVN Год назад

@@wollertz thanks so much. I'll check them out.

@Findingfloraandfauna Год назад

Thanks for sharing valuable information. Could you please throw some light on Video Licensing Websites like Jukin Media, Viralhog, Newsflare, etc as I had earned a good amount of money just by uploading my wildlife videos in one of the website. These websites come with exclusive model, meaning, if you uploaded video A on that website, you will not have right to give permission to other third party websites to use video A. What if, mistakenly, one give permission to other website to use video A, then, what will happen, I just want to know this thing.

@wollertz Год назад

Each agency works similarly but are all a little different, exclusive agencies all have different contracts that you agree too, so its difficult to say what happens as each agency is different, you might open yourself up to a law suit or maybe they just kick you off their agency 🤷‍♂️

@kevinjack5184 Год назад

Have you looked into Microstock Plus /Stock Submitter?

@wollertz Год назад

I haven't, Ill look into both. thanks!

@kevinjack5184 Год назад

@@wollertz It's the same company. You can put the metadata once and upload to a lot of agencies at once.

@wollertz Год назад

@@kevinjack5184 thank you!

@lemyabouss8895 9 месяцев назад

Can we epload the same image in adobe and shutterstock ?

@wollertz 9 месяцев назад

Yes! As long as you don’t select the option you of being an exclusive photographer with any agency or upload individual images as exclusive to any agency you can upload the same photo to as many agencies as you like

@Ezra_PX 10 месяцев назад

Hey Wollertz I sold a few images through 500PX and i was wondering what reveneu to expect for a single image, my lowest income for an image was 0.80 cents and my biggest sold for $2.56 i have heard some people talk about 500px not paying enough per image. My expectations where 0.50-1.00 on average but im pretty new to selling stock.

@wollertz 10 месяцев назад

Hi! Im not sure about 500px, I have a very old account with them and I’m not active. But on average across all my agencies I bring in about $.75 per download, right now with not being active (because of RU-vid 😅) I’m bringing in anywhere from $500 to $1k a month depending on which agencies are ready to send payments

@Ezra_PX 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for such a quick response! really enjoy your videos!

@yehudabergstein210 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the awesome video! I was wondering, how many photos do you have in your portfolio on stock agencies?

@wollertz 7 месяцев назад

On average I have about 30 000. Thanks for the comment! @@yehudabergstein210

@Moodboard39 4 месяца назад

Is rip off dude... Post your on your own site... Keep all the profit minus paying for transaction fee.

@Haoxama 10 месяцев назад

Hi, about wirestock was it always pushing you to buy premium membership for 12$ monthly? Do you think it is worth to pay that amount annually? I'm thinking to upload hundreds of contents there

@wollertz 10 месяцев назад

Hi! If you plan on uploading more than 500 images a month I’d say yes, do it for a year and after that decide based on your results. 6000 images a year is a good start, if you want to do 300 a month for a year which is a lot. That’s what you can do for free right now, but it is also a very good starting point and after a year figure out sales to subscription price, I haven’t had enough time to upload as much as I’d like to, but with only a few hundred images I’m making enough to cover the subscription 🤷‍♂️

@Haoxama 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for detailed answer, I'll try it for free now. Can I upload my same pic on different platforms? Or I should make different variations do you think?@@wollertz

@wollertz 9 месяцев назад

@@Haoxama You can absolutely upload the same file to different platforms, the thing with wierestock is they are licensing the file for you and uploading that file to multiple agencies, so I wouldn't upload the same file to wirestock and then again to other agencies

@Haoxama 9 месяцев назад

@@wollertz Thank you! you're so helpful about this. I'm going to try it then other platforms with different photos. So basically they do the selling for us and get commission for that and I'm so okay with it

@wollertz 9 месяцев назад

Yes! Best of luck! @@Haoxama

@DMTGAMEHUB 7 месяцев назад

I just sold my Motor bike weeks ago for $400 and i invest it to buy 2ndhand cannon 600D and gopro 😊😊😊

@wollertz 7 месяцев назад

Congratulations! Best of luck!

@SebastianDavidPB Месяц назад

Due to the increase in AI and composit images, I shifted towards editorials. But the damn review takes so long that the event already is past due after the images get approved... so in the end is a waste of time lol

@wollertz Месяц назад

🤔 Some agencies prioritize editorials, and even give you an option for newsworthy editorials to be reviewed assap!

@SebastianDavidPB Месяц назад

@@wollertz 🤣😂 Try that with dreamstime, and see how it goes, if you try to upload the event asap it gets rejected for no apparent reason with a complete bs motive but I guess it saves them from giving 5$ per image to the contributor, so in the end it goes thru regular editorial submission and I still have at least 1 image stuck from 2 days ago there. It's still a step up of how it was years ago when they took 1 week or more for the reviews but still... been with them since 2010 and seen a lot of scummy practices in the industry

@xantureo День назад

How is stock photography now?

@wollertz День назад

Same as it has for the last 10 years. Maybe a little more opportunity with AI, but sales are still up so long as you upload consistently 🤷‍♂️

@lisah1991 Год назад

Can we sell car photos…I have the front of a Toyota shown in one of my pictures on South Beach…so I need permission from Toyota?

@wollertz Год назад

Most cars are fine if you remove the logos, some are too recognizable so the only way to sell these is to sell them as Editorial RF and not commercial, the only difference is in the usage of the image nd no permission is needed

@jasons373 Год назад

What is the average revenue per a month

@wollertz Год назад

It depends on how active you are, when I was posting weekly I was at $1500 / $2000 now that I haven’t posted much since I started RU-vid it’s been around $500

@jasons373 Год назад

What sells most ..? And i appreciate for reply ❤️

@wollertz Год назад

It totally depends on your portafolio size, I made a video talking about my best sellers about a year ago, and I sell concepts, objects, drinks and small things the most. Some people sell portraits or people pictures it depends on the amount of pictures of a specific subject, it’s really a numbers game

@wollertz Год назад

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