Stock Photography. Things you didn't know.

[@JagdpanzerV]

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]

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]

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

[@mattfowlerkc]

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

[@wollertz]

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

[@mattfowlerkc]

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

[@manishashrotriya]

Thanks for making these videos, I m glad I found you

[@wollertz]

Glad you like them! 😁

[@RonaldBrown59]

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

[@wollertz]

Absolutely! Best of luck!!

[@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle]

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

[@wollertz]

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

[@MimSun]

Informative and helpful as always!

[@wollertz]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment!

[@HomeWithDrew]

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]

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 😅

[@kevinjack5184]

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

[@wollertz]

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🤷‍♂️

[@aegir5198]

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]

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

[@kennyb556]

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]

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!

[@NMoltchanoph]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@planetlenz]

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

[@wollertz]

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

[@amithanuradha2874]

thanks for the encouragement and tips. ❤🎉

[@wollertz]

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

[@Haoxama]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

Yes! Best of luck! @@Haoxama

[@lambmaster]

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]

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 KZbin 🤷‍♂️ very similar

[@chrisenglish1922]

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]

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

[@chrisenglish1922]

Thank you! @@wollertz

[@Miguelgarcia11341]

Gracias por toda esta informacion Charlie!!

[@wollertz]

Con gusto! Saludos

[@thegreeklife2854]

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]

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]

@@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

[@JWhyte123]

Very professional video! Great job.

[@wollertz]

Thank you very much!

[@KitchenStudioVN]

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]

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]

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

[@MaiEkMusafir]

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

[@wollertz]

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

[@EzyYoutube]

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]

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 KZbin 😅) I’m bringing in anywhere from $500 to $1k a month depending on which agencies are ready to send payments

[@EzyYoutube]

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

[@yehudabergstein210]

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

[@wollertz]

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

[@Moodboard39]

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

[@snehitphoto]

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

[@wollertz]

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

[@kevinjack5184]

Have you looked into Microstock Plus /Stock Submitter?

[@wollertz]

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

[@kevinjack5184]

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

[@wollertz]

@@kevinjack5184 thank you!

[@lemyabouss8895]

Can we epload the same image in adobe and shutterstock ?

[@wollertz]

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

[@michaldziekonski3162]

Great content! Thank you🙏

[@wollertz]

Im glad you enjoyed it!

[@pauldarville3843]

Very informative!, Thanks

[@wollertz]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comments!

[@Findingfloraandfauna]

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]

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 🤷‍♂️

[@lisah1991]

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]

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

[@xantureo]

How is stock photography now?

[@wollertz]

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 🤷‍♂️

[@tedbrown7908]

I shoot craw- it's a light raw

[@wollertz]

Perfect!

[@SpeedRick]

Nice!

[@wollertz]

Thanks!

[@DMTGAMEHUB]

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

[@wollertz]

Congratulations! Best of luck!

[@99.YamanKumar]

Thank you for the video sir 🙂🙏🏽🇮🇳

[@wollertz]

You are welcome!

[@triplewinlin5576]

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

[@wollertz]

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!

[@SebastianDavidPB]

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]

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

[@SebastianDavidPB]

@@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

[@jasons373]

What is the average revenue per a month

[@wollertz]

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 KZbin it’s been around $500

[@jasons373]

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

[@wollertz]

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]

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[@fponceg]

Hola, pasaba por aquí

[@wollertz]

hola! y muchas gracias!