Yash Lucid Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 If so, would like to find out more...specifically, which forum I can discuss other questions. I'm primarily intrigued to know how it works. That is, if there is a video brief on getty for example, how you go about getting the process started. Risk vs reward. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aapo lettinen Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I sell some leftover documentary footage on Shutterstock, mainly nature shots like landscapes and such. I also tried to register to istockphoto couple of years ago but they had a very awkward registration process which required samples of the types of clips I would like to sell via them, and the service rejected literally all my sample clips saying that "we already have this type of material" ("not interested about your stuff") which was very frustrating because the idea of the samples was to just evaluate the technical quality of my footage, not the content/subject matter :ph34r: Shutterstock had better royalties percentage at the time so I just started to use their service and did not bother with the istockphoto <_< they may have changed their service though because this was couple of years ago so you may see if they have made it easier. I think the Business Practices -forum is about right for this type of thread. Shutterstock has been very good for my needs and it was very easy to start and to add large amounts of clips per batch. If you want to create material specifically for stock footage use then you need to investigate more about which type of footage sell best ( high quality aerial and slow mo shots for example) , you need to sell a clip multiple times if you want to specifically create stock footage from the start and not to just dump the leftover material from various completed projects to the stock ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yash Lucid Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Thanks!! What about stock briefs? For example... Travel and beach photos. Do people find a lucrative income source from taking on the briefs instead of uploading what they already have that is similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakesh Malik Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I've tried to take on some of the briefs, but not many yet, mostly because the majority of them require being in other parts of the world, and I didn't have the budget for travel. I have a collection on Nimia (https://app.nimia.com/profile/WhiteCrane/videos/?page=1&limit=20) that I'm gradually growing, but I haven't made any sales yet. I don't think that I'm doing a good job yet of making my stock collection visible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) but I haven't made any sales yet. I don't think that I'm doing a good job yet of making my stock collection visible though. Put it on Youtube in garbage quality with watermarks and have a buy link in the description. I know I personally do the majority of my stock video/audio searching on that site, as do many others without the budget to go out and shoot things themselves. Edited January 30, 2017 by Macks Fiiod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakesh Malik Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Put it on Youtube in garbage quality with watermarks and have a buy link in the description. I know I personally do the majority of my stock video/audio searching on that site, as do many others without the budget to go out and shoot things themselves. That sounds like a very good idea. I'm going to start doing that. Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabyasachi Patra Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I get more stock enquiries based on my youtube footage. Put it on Youtube in garbage quality with watermarks and have a buy link in the description. I know I personally do the majority of my stock video/audio searching on that site, as do many others without the budget to go out and shoot things themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakesh Malik Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I've started using YouTube to promote my stock footage... let's see what happens. I'm just getting started at it, so I expect that it will take a bit to get things going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cooper Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) Not long ago, I sold one video through Shutterstock (my first video sale there.) Ive got a bit over 30 videos and 123 photos on SS so a very small portfolio. A lot of contributors on SS say that video sales are generally very infrequent compared to still photo sales. That's been my experience too. I refuse to sell videos on iStockphoto because they only pay a few dollars for HD clips (and pay exactly the same amount for 4k clips.) Ive had a few requests for my footage from TV shows etc through youtube but they generally want my content for free or are only prepared to pay me peanuts. Edited February 27, 2017 by Patrick Cooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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