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When do Microstock Photographers Upload Images?
[Translate] For at least as long as I’ve been involved with microstock I’ve been running into forum posts and being sent emails asking when should microstock images be uploaded/submitted for two specific reasons: 1) The best time for reviewers to be ‘generous’ with acceptance. 2) The best time for accepted images to appear in front [...]
Also posted in Tips Tagged contributors, distribution, microstock, schedule, stock photos, time, timing, upload, weekly, when 5 Comments
Filesize and Resolution of Images Distributed for Microstock
[Translate] Just a quick reference post to share some charts showing the most common file sizes and resolutions of images (photos and illustrations) distributed by Microstock contributors through picWorkflow. File sizes of JPEG images distributed to microstock agencies Interesting to see that 80% of files are 10meg or less, and on a steep curve. Whereas [...]
Posted in Research Tagged distribution, downsizing, files, filesize, images, microstock, photographs, photography, photos, resolution, size, sizing, stock photography, stock photos 3 Comments
Upload Speeds for 47 Microstock Agencies
[Translate] I’ve been putting together a dataset to estimate wait times in the picWorkflow upload queues, and pulled out some data about the rates of agency’s FTP server receiving speeds. As expected, the agencies who accept footage have much faster connections than those who don’t, though a shameful showing from the networks of some of [...]
Also posted in Microstock Tagged chart, comparison, distribution, fast, ftp, graph, images, info, infographic, information, microstock, photography, rates, speed, stock photos, uploading Leave a comment
How long does image keywording take on picWorkflow?
[Translate] One of the most common questions I get about picWorkflow is how long keywording of images takes… since it’s a ‘natural system’ (because keyworders are crowd-sourced, subject to QA, and they choose which images they want to work on, and how much they wish to earn), it’s a difficult question to give a definitive [...]
Also posted in Tips Tagged cost, how long, keyworders, keywording, keywords, performance, photo, photo keywords, picworkflow, quality, research, service, time, time taken Leave a comment
Understanding Microstock in a Mature Industry
[Translate] Everyone lately seems to be talking about dropping RPIs and the increased efforts to be a successful microstock photographer. Well I recently put together this presentation for StockInRussia microstock conference (It was a fantastic event, if you weren’t there, you really missed out), so I thought I’d screencast it (ended up with a full [...]
Also posted in Interviews Tagged charts, competition, conference, data, graphs, guide, help, image, industry, info, information, licensing, mature, microstock, microstock industry, presentation, research, sales, shape, stock photo, stock photography, stockinrussia, tutorial, video, what to shoot 1 Comment
Where do Independent Microstockers Submit?
[Translate] Just a quick post today to take a look at some stats from picWorkflow on which Microstock agencies are commonly used (and in what proportion) by microstock photographers. (using Google Docs interactive charts so if the spaces below are blank, wait a few seconds and refresh) First up… the share of all picWorkflow accounts [...]
Posted in Research Tagged agencies, agency, analysis, contributors, istock, microstock, microstockers, photography, proportion, research, share, statistics, stats, stock photography, submission, submitters, transfers, upload 7 Comments
Top 2000 Image-Buyer’s Searches vs Keyword Popularity