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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 [...]
Posted in Microstock, Research Also tagged chart, comparison, distribution, fast, ftp, graph, images, info, infographic, information, photography, rates, speed, stock photos, uploading Leave a comment
Welcome to 2012 – picNiche State of the Union
[Translate] Here we are heading into 2012, and with picNiche heading for 4 full years it’s looking like an exciting one to come To mark the new year, I figured it would be a good time to talk a bit about what makes up the entire suite of ‘picNiche’ now, to brag a bit about [...]
Posted in Featured, News Also tagged 2011, 2012, agencies, agency, benefits, change, coming soon, events, features, improvements, new, new year, news, photographers, photos, picNiche, picworkflow, services, stock, stock photography, upcoming, workflow, year 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 [...]
Posted in Interviews, Research Also tagged charts, competition, conference, data, graphs, guide, help, image, industry, info, information, licensing, mature, microstock industry, presentation, research, sales, shape, stock photo, stock photography, stockinrussia, tutorial, video, what to shoot 1 Comment
Caption and Keyword your Microstock Images from 20 cents
[Translate] Do you hate taking the time to fill out your title and description fields for microstock submissions??? I know I do! I’m delighted to announce that you can now have your photo and illustration title and description fields expertly filled out on picWorkflow for just 20 US cents! All titles and descriptions are validated [...]
Posted in Featured Also tagged agencies, caption, captioning, cost-effective, describe, description, keywording, picworkflow, preparation, preparing, relevance, submission, time-saving, title, titles, upload, workflow Leave a comment
Is there still money in microstock photography?
[Translate] I’ve been asked the question “Is there still money in microstock?” three times, by three different people in the last week alone; and have had very similar questions over the last few months so I figured what a perfect time for a blog post. If you’re one of those ‘pro’ photographers who has a [...]
Posted in Tips Also tagged advice, earning, earnings, fundamentals, income, laws, macrostock, micro, microstock gravity, money, money in microstock, question, rules, sell, selling, suggestion, tips, trad-stock, traditional 5 Comments
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 Also tagged agencies, agency, analysis, contributors, istock, microstockers, photography, proportion, research, share, statistics, stats, stock photography, submission, submitters, transfers, upload 7 Comments
Filesize and Resolution of Images Distributed for Microstock