Wirestock- The Good, Bad & Ugly aspects for STOCK PHOTOGRAPHERS - March 2022

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0:00 Intro
1:47 The "Good" Aspects of Wirestock for Stock Photographers
2:04 Wirestock is Free to sign up and Use
2:24 Multiple individual stock agencies
2:37 One account
2:45 Portfolio Page
3:05 Assets types
4:01 Easy Releases
4:25 Easy uploads
4:49 Mobile iOS app
5:04 Metadata
5:43 Easy Submission Tool
6:19 Tiered Commission Agencies
7:23 Earning Higher Commission Rates, Sooner
8:43 Payout
9:38 The "Bad" Aspects of Wirestock for Stock Photographers
9:50 Notifications
10:12 Sorting of Assets by acceptance
10:38 Personal Branding
11:14 Credit line
11:59 Abode stock Bonus
12:29 Video Pricing
13:02 Instant Pay Program
14:17 More Instant Pay
15:06 Analytics
16:16 The "Ugly" Aspects of Wirestock for Stock Photographers
16:28 Stock Agencies
17:11 Processing and review times
17:39 Keywording
18:39 Editing submitted assets
19:12 Asset Sorting
19:47 Portfolio Pricing
20:12 Dashboard
22:05 Print Sales
23:17 Print Partners
24:01 Conclusion - Should you use Wirestock?
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@egyptiansphinx Год назад

I appreciate your time to point all of those points out. I think I'll just continue uploading to my accounts on stock photography agencies :)

@RandomHartz Год назад

Absolutely, do what works best for your workflow!

@JWhyte123 2 года назад

Great video. At the end of the day, these sites are only what you make of them despite the good and the bad.

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Very true Jeff! One has to see if something like wirestock or what have you can help you in YOUR workflow and fit your needs.

@ChristianGutierrez Год назад

Sounds good for 2nd-3rd tier images, great review 🎉🎉🎉

@RandomHartz Год назад

Thanks. Yeah it's okay. A bunch has changed since this video was filmed. But most of it is still relevant. I am not as excited about wirestock as I was. They have really stripped the easy submissions down making it harder. I would only recommend 2nd and 3rd tier now.

@danneukirch4486 2 года назад

Thank you! Very informative :) Just uploaded my first images to Wirestock.

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Glad it helped you! Wishing you sales!

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Info as of March 2022. WIrestock has made a TON of changes since I made this video. Please watch my latest videos about wirestock for a better understanding of wirestock in 2023. ru-vid.com/group/PLkmCjA4A3Tj1m90GBrW9y63LEsUF6Ix3B This video is not sponsored by wirestock or anyone else. The research and options are my own. But I will earn a small commission if you sign up with my referral link. Wirestock wirestock.io/?ref=joel.hartz Have a drink with me and Buy me a beer! www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=GAYC5BB7962Y6

@the1andonly Год назад

Hi and thanks for explaining this so well. I have just started contributing to Wirestock for selling some of my drone footage. I already found out about and unchecked the "instant pay" option. What I'm not sure about is the "extra channels" option, which I checked in order to boost my chances of distribution. It also seems to recheck this "instant pay" option for me, even though I changed it in my settings.

@RandomHartz Год назад

Your welcome! The extra channels option is a way to get your images and footage to POD, ad agencies, API integrations, etc. randomhartz.com/wirestock-adobe-stock-exclusive-instant-pay-extra-channels/ or you can watch my video about it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iYsvb_UNlOw.html I have had a couple of sales this way with images but not with video as of yet. If you end up with a selection that you don't want you can email support to have them remove the agency or channel from your images/videos. It might take a few months to go through like with most agencies FYI. best of luck!!

@Valhalla.Studio 2 года назад

Cheers, nice summary! Also I cant seem to find a way to remove files properly, I have a bunch of photos that got rejected which I removed from "not accepted" section, but they still showing up in my Portfolio for some reason. When you click on the photo in the portfolio it fails to load just goes blank, unless I click on those that got accepted then it opens up. But makes no sense why all the thumbnails of the photos that I removed are still showing on portfolio with no way to remove them completely, there also seems to be double ups in the portfolio, some photos showing twice wtf! So the portfolio is basically a complete mess right now with no way to sort, remove and clean things up. The system seems very dated and clunky, with very little freedom to do anything. I guess simplicity is also nice but at same time I feel like even some of the basic features don't work very well. Had hopes for Wirestock, sounded great on paper but in reality not enjoying it so far.

@RandomHartz Год назад

I have noticed some doubling of assets as well on my portfolio page. They here are some glitches that get a bit annoying. Try refreshing the page or opening it up in afresh browser window. Otherwise I would reach out to Customer service to see if they are aware or can offer insight.

@dylanwinter3484 2 года назад

Hey Joel, WS says on the site a maximum of 1GB, but when I upload a video of max 60 sec and above 500mb to 1GB it is not processed on the upload page, with SS I never had this problem. Now I have to shorten the videos and lower the quality which I'd rather not do. What is your experience with uploading video material?

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

I understand there are some issues with multiple video files uploading through the dashboard. I have experienced a few that i had to reupload. Mine haven't been over 250GB though. Have you tried uploading via FTP? I would try that first. Here are the specs: Accepted formats: Mov, MP4 Maximum size: 1GB Maximum duration: 60 seconds Minimum Duration: 5 seconds Audio: No Accepted resolutions: 1920x1080, 2048x1080, 3840x2160, 4096x2160, 4096x2304, 3996x2160, 4800x2700, 1080x1920 Framerate: 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60

@JasonTheZoologist Год назад

Great video. Under your perspective, BlackBox or Wirestock and why?

@RandomHartz Год назад

Hmm.. that is a tough one. They both have advantages and some of the same disadvantages. Black box submits to Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Pond5, VimeoStock, DepositPhotos, Videvo, Envato Elements and VideoHive. But I am not sure if you can choose which of those agencies your files are submitted to. Wirestock gives you the option to select which partner sites you want to submit to. Currently those are Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Deposit Photos, Pond5 (just like blackbox) as well as istock/Getty and the extra channels program. So if you are focus on video then Black box might be your best bet, but you will have to do all of your keywording, descriptions yourself or share a percentage of your commission with another blackbox member to "curruate" it for you. That looks be cost between 15 and 20% of any Potential sales through Black box. WIrestock can handle a lot of the keywording and descriptions but may not be the most detailed or specific. I don't know if that would affect sales. I imagine that it likely would not since they ONLY earn a commision if you sell something. They both take a 15% commision of sales. Black Box is video only. Whereas WIrstock is both plus vectors Remember also that on both platforms you dont get any feedback as to which agencies your footage actually ended up getting accepted to. You have to search each stock agency yourself. I have not used Black box yet but maybe i need to give it a try soon. So to answer your question... I don't know yet. So far I have been trying out wirestock but it's probably time to try Black box out as well ( for video)

@kimberlylewis3130 2 года назад

Thanks for the informative video. Can you tell me is there a way to not take part in the Instant Pay Program? It doesn't sound like it a positive aspect of Wirestock. Also, I currently have some photos on some of these stock websites. Will I then have a possible duplicate submission on a site? Thank you!

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

You can opt in to the Instant Pay program when you are ready to submit your files. Just like all of the other stock agencies or the wirestock programs. Like I said it is an optional aspect of wirestock. I personally dont like it because I dont want my images on freepix. It is for those interested in earning a one time upfront price for their images. I am more interested in earning money over time from image licences. When you are submitting images on wirestock that you have on other agencies just select the individual agencies you wish to submit those images to. This way you can minimize any duplicate submission issues. Thanks for watching and I hope it helps! Check out my other wirestock videos for more.

@kimberlylewis3130 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz Thanks for the detailed information. I greatly appreciate it!

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Glad I could help!

@ciprianandrus1544 Год назад

Hello! can you put a link to the wirestock page on Shutterstock? thank you!

@RandomHartz Год назад

Here is the link to wirestock creators on Shutterstock www.shutterstock.com/g/WireStock+Inc

@ryan__dcosta Год назад

had a question, so i have few pictures already uploaded on my instagram page, can i upload those same pictures on wirestock?

@RandomHartz Год назад

Sure, as long as you took the pictures and own the rights to those images you can submit them to stock agencies. If they have people or identifiable property you will need to submit releases if your uploading as commercial otherwise you can usually subas editorial.

@seemak2916 2 года назад

Instant pay program is optional right?

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Yes it is. You can tick a box to select which agencies/programs you wish to submit to.

@frvideography7758 2 года назад

Thank you for the video. Helped me out a lot. I was wondering if it was normal for my videos to be submitted to the agencies and not beeing accepted after almost 3 weeks. How long do i think it takes at the maximum to get a answer from the different agencies? Have a good day!

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Glad it helped you! It seems to vary how long it takes for an image to show as accepted at some agency's. After a few weeks you can try searching the wirestock account at the agency for your image. I have found my images accepted and online but it doesn't always show in wirestock.

@frvideography7758 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz i mainly submit videos, do you know if there is a difference between pics and vids?

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

@@frvideography7758 I haven't seen videos process any faster, possibly even slower. A lot also depends on how much information is provided whan submitted. The more meta data filled out, they quicker the processing in my experience.

@frvideography7758 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz so fast easy submission will take longer to get accepted?

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

In my experience yes. You can turn off easy submission and fill out whatever info you have then turn it back on, that seems to help a little. I just saw that wirestock is adding an upgrade option for "guaranteed processing in 48 hours". It's like $10 a month and not worth it in my opinion. Most stock won't sell immediately anyway so a week or two processing anit a big deal to me. If it is time critical then wirestock is not your best option.

@dausdaus2185 Год назад

thanks for the explanation. My question is can I upload more than 500 vectors in 1 day? I noticed that the upload is limited to only 500 per month.

@RandomHartz Год назад

As far as I'm aware you can upload a lot if files in a day, but you are limited on how many you can submit via "easy submission". I think you can upload as many manually (you do all of the titles, description and keywords) as you like. Bit I've never tried uploading that many personally. Since this video came out they have lowered the number of "easy submissions" per month. I think it's 300 a month if you have 80-90 acceptance rate and 500 if your above 90%.

@dausdaus2185 Год назад

@@RandomHartz thank for replay Sir. Better upload manual, imo u can add max keyword, or relevant. ill sub you 🙏🙏🙏

@RandomHartz Год назад

@@dausdaus2185 For maximum submissions that would be best if the Easy submitting is not as important to you. Thanks for the sub!

@dausdaus2185 Год назад

@@RandomHartz welcome

@mnpopa 2 года назад

Great video, thanks! Any details about this new Premium option for faster keywording and review? I am disappointed with the delays in reviewing the video content, some of my clips have been waiting since January 21st, although they assure me in an email dated March 23rd that they are working to reduce the review time. I really hope this option we have to pay for isn't the only solution they are working on for faster keywording and review.

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

I just saw the premium button right after I uploaded this video. Unfortunately I dont have any info as of yet, but from what I have seen on the site I am not pleased with it. It seems to run counter to their marketing for the last few years. I would not recommend it especially since they are taking a 15% for their service already. I have found quicker review times when I add metadata to the files and upload in at least small batches. I am wondering if the premium might be for creators who are uploading massive amounts of assets, it could be that is what is holding up the review times, volume, as it gets more popular.

@fascinatingfacts330 2 года назад

Same, I have Christmas stock still pending review. I have used WS since last July, and review times were never fast, but now they seem to have stopped completely. I am wondering if this was a run-up strategy to charging for review times. Either pay or have stuff sitting there for months.

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

@@fascinatingfacts330 I just had some video clips go through in like 24 hours, but others from the same batch still waiting. The ones that went through had full titles, descriptions and at least 30 keywords. That seems to be the quickest way i found to get stuff reviewed, it is just kind of sporadic 🤷‍♂️ I don't think it is, but you never know? I want to think it is simply due to the growth they are seeing and maybe photogs bringing on hundreds of images each week rather than the paltry few I manage to get uploaded. But I don't know.

@fascinatingfacts330 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz Well I bit the bullet and paid it. I can imagine if they have 1000s of people uploading 1000s of photos they are not going to cope. I make short motion graphics which average around the monthly cost per sale so hopefully it will be worth it. Also started doing some of my own keywords which I think will result in a few extras sales as they are more targeted. Thank you for the info!

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

@@fascinatingfacts330 I would be curious to see how it goes for you. I am considering it myself to test it out. Do you upload your motion graphics videos in vertical and horizontal? They just posted an article about the demand for vertical video 1080 x 1920.

@houseofbraxtonwoodworking Год назад

now that you have to pay for this service ... do you still feel its a good deal?

@RandomHartz Год назад

The service is still free. You can pay for the premium but it is not required to submit or have your assets keyworded. There have been a few recent changes I don’t like as well as a few that I do like. I am still assessing wirestock overall and specifically for the premium, giving it another month or so.

@houseofbraxtonwoodworking Год назад

@@RandomHartz Ah I misunderstood the annoying banner asking me to pay to keep selling stuff from my shop on there. Well hopefully in 11 more days it goes away once it expires. I have been uploading some of my travel photos as well as my woodworking photos just to see how it goes.

@RandomHartz Год назад

@@houseofbraxtonwoodworking I have been seeing the same annoying banner too. Yikes! Have you had any luck selling from your shop? Do you mean selling prints from your portfolio?

@houseofbraxtonwoodworking Год назад

@@RandomHartz I have not sold anything from the shop side, although I dont have 100's or 1000's of photos/videos uploaded there yet. Also, not uploading the most exciting photos with my main focus being woodworking and posting things from that and a few family vacations we have taken. However, I will say, the processing time for approval has been really quick for me, I would say on avg, 2 days to approve/reject. Now as far as how long it takes them to push to the other sites and all that, I have no clue about. Is there a way to check that easily? Or it is just searching out wirestock profile and seeing if your photos/vids are there?

@mroblige1018 2 года назад

I was thinking about it. But I have no idea where to start

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Do you mean your not sure where to start uploading stock photography/video?

@mroblige1018 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz yes I wanna try wired tick. I have thousands of unused content(portraits) but is wirestock worth it when nobody gets paid until a month has passed?

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

@@mroblige1018 Are you on any other stock sites? In my experience it takes time for images to sell, it's a long game. No matter the site. So I'd say pick an agencies or two and get images uploaded. or find an aggregator like wirestock or an uploader app to do the bulk of it for you to save time. One more thing... you mentioned portraits, I assume you have (or can get) Model releases for those images as you will need them for stock agencies.

@mroblige1018 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz I think an aggregator site for me is better. I do have model release forms but I don't mind having a new format

@georgeuche915 Год назад

How can i get my money withdraw I'm from Nigeria

@RandomHartz Год назад

You might want to contact wirestock.

@ronspi 2 года назад

Thank you very much for this video. You may remove the " " from the "Bad" and "Ugly". They are bad and ugly. Goodness, you get updated after weeks???? The word hours is nearly outlawed these days from many services which work instantly, so waiting weeks is crazy. You did mention the words 'over a month', which is way beyond what I want to hear. You gave me the easy decision to not join the platform based on their readiness. I'll try again in a year. They might update their services. I'll follow your channel. Thanks again.

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

Wirestock has had a lot of growing pains! The last couple of months have actually been a lot better though. I am seeing sales populate within the week and submitted files process in a few days to a week. The premium of course speeds that up but that is more for power users. WS has been par for the course compared to the other stock agencies like pond5, ss, adobe, etc. They are even faster than 123Rf and Depositphotos now! LOL Thanks for your thoughts! Thanks for following, I hope the videos help!

@ronspi 2 года назад

@@RandomHartz Thank you for the quick update.

@RandomHartz 2 года назад

@@ronspi no problem!

@luckyangels3098 Год назад

I think this video needs an update.

@RandomHartz Год назад

It sure does. I can't keep up with all of the massive changes wirestock keeps making. You can check out my more recent stock earnings video and the last wirestock update video for my latest thoughts and suggestions. I also have another video about the Premium Subscription plan coming out very soon.

@hemantakakati1103 Год назад

the biggest problem i think is that I dont have control over my images, they can deactivate my account any time and all my years of hardwork will be gone, so its not a good idea, and we are earning in pennies from these micro stock and now give them 15% too per sales lol

@RandomHartz Год назад

Those are good points. I am not too worried about losing 15% on pennies, that is nothing if it in fact pennies. You are saving time at the very least with wirestock uploading to multiple sites at once. Granted, your assets may not get on to all of the sites you submit for, but it is likely the same if you upload directly to each of those sites. Personally I use wirestock and upload to each site. I am seeing how it goes sales and earnings wise. I have earned more pennies as you say on individual commissions even after the 15% cut with sites like shutterstock and depositphotos since wirestock is in the highest commision tier with those agencies. Of course any agency can go belly up and or deactivate your account as well. It has and will keep happening. What do you do now? Upload to individual sites? Use any kind of uploader or keyworder?

@hemantakakati1103 Год назад

@@RandomHartz @RandomHartz thanks for the insights, im not a pro im just starting out, Im uploading videos now on pond5, ss and adobe, i dont have a good camera just bought a pocket 2 and uploading everything i shoot lol on each site individually, last year i tried vector images on ss, i uploaded 3 vector art and 1 was sold 2 times (the vector was based on covid vaccination) total i made $1.37, i could hv continued uploading vector images but i felt its too time consuming i mean creating art and uploading took me 2 days for 1 vector art. So I decided to focus on videos, recently im also keeping an eye on stock music, I have got little music theory knowledge so I may also produce music and upload in these sites, so my main focus will be videos and music for now. I think earning $100 a month will be enough for me to buy few used gears and continuing learning the staff, improving the skills and staying motivated thats all i want.

@RandomHartz Год назад

Video is a good way to go. Just remember stock is a numbers game, meaning the more assets you have online (on stock sites) the more opportunity to sell. I have found you need a lot of assets online in order to make enough consistent commissions. Only 20% of your assets are likely to produce 80% of your earnings. Wish you the best!