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Shutterstock vs. Alamy: Where did my stock photos earn more money?
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Күн бұрынShutterstock and Alamy are both stock platforms that I have used to bring in passive income. In this video, I compare earnings between photos that I posted on both sites. Which one generated more income in the long run? Keep in mind this is my PERSONAL experience. Perhaps other people have the opposite experience.
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@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
I hope my experience was interesting to you! But again, there are definitely other people who do well on Alamy so don't let my experience deter you from anything. Here's where you can sign up for Shutterstock: submit.shutterstock.com?rid=172178900 Here's a FREE trial to Epidemic Sound (the music I use): share.epidemicsound.com/zdM3n And here's my Instagram, if you want to connect :) instagram.com/nicolesglass/ (My links are affiliate links, and using them greatly helps me out!)
@riyazahamed4036 3 жыл бұрын
how can i received money or how i connect my from alamy and shutterstock
@dav89able 4 жыл бұрын
Shutterstock used to be on the top in terms of sales, but in the last few months Adobe surpassed it. It's also interesting to see how even if i have the same images on both, a part from the editorial ones, the top sellers are totally different. I've also been uploading consistently in Alamy over the past 2 years, and i've had some sporadic sale. Personally i don't spend too much time on it, i just upload the pictures and fine tune them from time to time, luckilythe upload process is very easy. But this month something magic happened and i sold 3 images for 320$ each! That was quiet motivating, so i will def continue uploading there. Too bad i can't know who bought them!
@recommendally 2 жыл бұрын
Which platform did you sell for 320$
@carolinetelfer9603 Жыл бұрын
If they get used online a reverse image search can sometimes find them.
@mymfotosyvideos1090 8 ай бұрын
Could you tell me how to set the price for the photos, I thought that Alamy and all the stock pages set the price, what is the direct link to the Alamy prices section? I would like to set my own prices. Thank you for your help and for answering me.
@lorenbrand 4 жыл бұрын
I've only uploaded to Shutterstock so far. I've got 59 photos loaded and had 10 sales for a total of $7.26. I'm happy with that though because it's focussed my mind on improving my commercial photography in general.
@_gatsby 4 жыл бұрын
what? I get a quarter no matter what.. grrrr
@lorenbrand 4 жыл бұрын
@@_gatsby I usually get a quarter but for one photo I got $3+ and for another I got $1.88. No idea why! The first one was a London nightclub decorated for its birthday. The second was the Scottish flag flying in the wind at a harbour.
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Loren's London You’ve been lucky! I’ve sold 48 so far but all for .25, except for two images. The highest amount I got was $1.88.
@John-Shutterlyphotos 4 жыл бұрын
My first sale was with Alamy back in 2012, made $275 on 1 photo, since then I have made about $50 with several photos on Alamy. Shutterstock is consistent, little money but lots of downloads.
@svantepetersson9588 4 жыл бұрын
Witch is best
@svantepetersson9588 4 жыл бұрын
For you
@yazhassan5214 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Giovanni. Did you set the price On your photo sale of $275 or did Alamy? Or does it depend on other specifics. Thanks
@John-Shutterlyphotos 2 жыл бұрын
@@yazhassan5214 Alamy set the price.
@imajinest7379 3 жыл бұрын
Love the live news story! I was in Hong Kong during the first round of protests and I had uploaded a bunch of photos from them. Alamy contacted me requesting more info and told me they were putting them out on the news feed and they seemed excited. I did not get any news sales from them. I sold some later including a book cover, but nothing at the time. Since they have been brought out, Live News access is much more limited. But Alamy is the only agency I really make money at. I have been there 16 years and should cross $500,000 in gross sales next month (around $225k net). Outside of Pond 5, I have not crossed $1,000 with any other agency. I sometimes think i should make my own video 😂😂😂
@recommendally 2 жыл бұрын
Please do. I love your experience. It is motivating.
@philr1191 4 жыл бұрын
Good mentorship video. I have had similar experiences over 2.5 years. Of all of the sites (Alamy, ShutterStock, Adobe, IStock/Getty etc) I have found ShutterStock (SS) is the volume site. So I upload all of my images there. If I have a very special image and my gut tells me that it is worth it I will add to all sites. But I watch my performance on SS and once I see an image that is constantly downloaded I will make sure I add it to all of the others. I think the theme of what you are getting at is how to best manage your time spent uploading images. There is definitely something to that. Keep up the videos as you are really building a nice collection of stock photographer lifestyle clips.
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Phil R I upload all the same photos onto to Shutterstock, iStock and Alamy (and if commercial, I also upload it to Adobe). My best seller on iStock is NOT my best seller on the other two. What sells on one site does not necessarily sell on another. Not sure why that is.
@philr1191 4 жыл бұрын
Dazzling Deb different professional audiences. That said it keeps non sellers from taking my time Alamy is mostly outside US it seems and Getty is more traditional national media, print and graphic artists when I see them Used...istock tends toward local news and bloggers Adobe is strong graphic artist use
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Phil R Thanks for that info. It’s helpful.
@ziraiah 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this helped me a lot. I'm just starting out with stock photography to improve my skills. I'm not a pro in photography, and regular practice is something I need. I've been thinking about using SS to upload quantity of photos, and when my skills improve, start to upload better photos on other platforms too. :)
@stuartlark1032 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on shutterstock 1 1/2 year and have only uploaded 52 pictures of my dog and have made over $77 in that time. I have uploaded the same pictures to iStock and had 9 downloads totalling $12. I will try other stock sites and do more pictures of other things then just my dog 😂
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, you must have a pretty good looking dog! It's a hard category to compete in. Definitely look into Adobe Stock :)
@stuartlark1032 4 жыл бұрын
Nicole Glass thank you I will. I’m very lucky she is beautiful but very active which is the majority of the pictures sold. I have a good idea what sells now for the next time I take pictures or editing. I do like your videos by the way. Thank you 😊
@sergiyakhundov2876 4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, at present, the strongest competitor for Shutterstok is AdobeStock, the rest are not competitive
@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline 4 жыл бұрын
My adobe stock overtook my Shutterstock
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Sergiy Akhundov I have found it difficult to sell on Adobe Stock. Alamy too. I think it’s because they cost more per download when compared to Shutterstock. The one that’s neck and neck with Shutterstock is iStock. I’ve sold one more image on Shutterstock than iStock, but I’ve made more money on iStock.
@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline 4 жыл бұрын
Also, noticed that my content uploads to "graphic resources" in Adobe stock out performs my other - but that may just be the nature of my content(3d renders)
@mannyd9328 4 жыл бұрын
Hello Nicole, enjoyed the Shutterstock VS. Alamy. I actually do up load to both but have stopped uploading to Alamy because of not having a single SALE on that platform to date. Although I find that shutterstock should be paying the artist more, my work sells a lot on Shutterstock. I mainly upload commercial work but have also sold editorial photos as well. On the other hand, I do upload to Adobestock and find that I make about 50% more money with them compared to shutterstock with much less downloads. AdobeStock pay’s artist more and tends to sell my photo’s at a higher price point. I started in the game much later, My first uploads in Stock was in August 2018 with steady growth each month. Thanks for the great video 👍🏼
@mymfotosyvideos1090 8 ай бұрын
Hi Manny. I'm registering on Alamy, have you sold at least 100 dollars on Alamy or absolutely nothing? Could you help me send me the link to fill out the w8ben form on Alamy, I can't find the link.
@billrogers8453 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, I am fairly new, and therefore late, to the stock photography experience and I am an avid follower of your channel. I have more images on Alamy than I do on Shutterstock, but, out of over three hundred views on Alamy, I have not even had one person zoom in and zero sales. At least on Shutterstock I have a couple of sales. I really need to up my game so please, I know you were doing a bit of soul searching recently about your channel, please, please keep posting these videos, they really help. Bill (UK)
@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline 4 жыл бұрын
Good one Nicole. Same finding as you. What was interesting is that i sold a 3d wireframe render of a predator drone on Alamy for 175usd, and it was used in the Washington drone museum at an exhibition. And for some other news.....i found a niche in shutterstock which is not saturated at all, in fact, there were only one photo before i started uploading to it a week ago, already made some nice sales off it
@SteveAtkinsonFineArt 4 жыл бұрын
What's the niche Hubert? Wink wink, lol.
@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline 4 жыл бұрын
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt i can tell you if there is a way to private message
@SteveAtkinsonFineArt 4 жыл бұрын
@@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline Hubert, that's incredibly generous of you, but I wouldn't dream of taking advantage. I hope you sell so much. Thanks for the offer though =0)
@sbnemart238 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Hubert! Would love to check out your portfolio if it’s fine with you ☺️
@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline 4 жыл бұрын
@@sbnemart238 i don't mind but im not going to paste it in this thread this piece of turf belongs to Nicole Glass.
@sharonsnider739 4 жыл бұрын
I uploaded 500 photos to Alamy 6 months ago and haven't sold any yet :( I have the best return with Adobe Stock.
@lctrail 4 жыл бұрын
I don't have that many up only a couple hundred but I never sold one photo with alamy whereas I've done well with Shutterstock and Adobe stock
@Balconatube 4 жыл бұрын
@@lctrail Would you tell me please, what kind of photos preferred in Shutterstock vs Adobe stock ? I'm a beginner and i don't know the difference. Thank you
@lctrail 4 жыл бұрын
@@Balconatube honestly I'm still kind of figuring that out myself. One thing I've noticed is Shutterstock is much more accepting of phone images than Adobe. Another thing is Shutterstock will accept editorial submissions and Adobe will not.
@Balconatube 4 жыл бұрын
@@lctrail Thank you
@bobstringer1739 2 жыл бұрын
They probably sold them and didn't tell you
@tanalee229 4 жыл бұрын
And you mean a lot to us. Always good to see you, Nicole! Best wishes for continued (and growing) success!
@VladimirStanisic 4 жыл бұрын
I only do commercial, stock photography and of the 7 agencies I upload to, Alamy is the worst. SS brings me $ 1k per month, Alamy only $ 10-20. Alamy did a great marketing campaign and most of the authors fell for it, however, it is an agency that has no future with commercial microstock photography. Thanks Nicole.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm curious, how long have you been doing stock photography? Seems like you definitely know what you're doing :)
@VladimirStanisic 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlass I've been researching for one year, now I'm 3 years into it. This is my portfolio on SS: www.shutterstock.com/g/stanisicvladimir
@FransBlok 4 жыл бұрын
I have the same experiences with the two platforms. Lots of downloads at Shutterstock, most of them for rather small amounts of money. Only ten sales at Alamy but those brought me 5 to 20 dollar per sale. Overall however Shutterstock makes me about ten times as much money as Alamy. But since uploading to Alamy is very easy, I keep doing so.
@fsanchez4905 4 жыл бұрын
For myself, Alamy seems to be a harder to crack into. I believe that Alamy has more of a UK customer base and therefore my American images just don't seem to capture the attention. Shutterstock works better for me. I can relay on volume and repeat sales on Shutterstock. So, I am almost ready to give-up on Alamy.
@mk1photography62 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole I am a real “newbie” in stock photography but old age actually in photography terms. I only have 119 photos with shutterstock but have already had success with downloads so I plan to upload some every day
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
All depends what photos ... probably same as yours , or your skills sucks or not adding accurate keywords , title , description
@milnesrichard 4 жыл бұрын
Alamy pays 50% if you exclusively upload images to them. They sell for higher prices. They have a very user friendly site. I wouldn't bother putting images anywhere else or you risk undercutting yourself.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Why wouldn't you ??
@jamesmeyerphoto 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nicole. My main gig is real estate photography which slows down towards the end of the year so I popped on this video for inspiration. I sell on Shutterstock, Adobe, some on Blackbox and noththing on iStock. I'll be uploading more stock content over the slow months. If only keywording didn't take so long :)
@ChristianMempel 4 жыл бұрын
For me as a european definitely Adobe Stock.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Adobe Stock does relatively well for me as well :)
@alvaro_bueno 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlassHello Nicole, but, how can you upload editorial images in Adobe stock? Because currently, I can't submit images to editorial. Have you being invited by Adobe to join the editorial submission?
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
@@alvaro_bueno I only upload commercial images to Adobe Stock. Unfortunately they do not accept editorial images from individual contributors.
@shalinchaudhary2598 4 жыл бұрын
Hey guys.. can I submit same image on Shutterstock and Adobe stock?
@MrsHyde92 4 жыл бұрын
Does Adobe stock require an evaluation/approval of a bunch of photos in order to become a seller??! Thanks
@RichardOldroyd 4 жыл бұрын
I have tried so many platforms and I keep coming back to Shutterstock. It's just my workflow now. I know I should upload to as many sites as I can but I concentrate on Shutterstock and it pays off.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Other sites to time consuming ...if not create your own website and sell there
@TripHacksDC 4 жыл бұрын
This is really interesting. I've never heard of Alamy. As a buyer I just want to go to the place with the biggest volume of photos available.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
It's very UK based and news heavy. I think it's primarily used for journalism.
@TheWairarapaWildcat 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlass No there is a huge amount of worldwide images on Alamy and also archive or historical images which SS don't have so much of. They also sell live news and also editorial style images do very well.
@DanteBusquets 4 жыл бұрын
I have not sold a single image on Alamy yet. I don't have as many photos there as I do on Shutterstock, but still… On Adobe Stock I sell here and there. Definitely ShSt has been so far the best one for me. And BTW, something curious happened just last month: I had been steadily selling on average 20-30 USD a month on ShSt, but just as I cracked the 1500th upload mark, I jumped to 74 USD in Sept, and this month I already have 117 USD, and October isn't even over yet. Coincidence? I try to upload constantly, but I only do a few at once. Now I stand at 1535 images total.
@JeevesTCW 4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. It seems that I've made a huge mistake by using Alamy exclusively based on this & other videos. Thank you for sharing, Rich.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@MaManiereDEtreMaman 3 жыл бұрын
It all was true before June 2020. Now I’m refocusing on Alamy again
@IrishChippy 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nicole. I really like straight to the point video, without 'fill in'. I just started on Shutterstock a few weeks ago, and now that I got the hang of it, I will stick with them for now. I upload mixed photos taken with a prime 50mm on a secondhand 5d Mkii. Although I only made $1.50 from six downloads (editorial), I can see the type of photos that sell. Stay Safe
@msharmaravi 4 жыл бұрын
Most of my photos on Shutterstock r getting rejected due main subject out of focus
@pelajarbahasaasing4982 3 жыл бұрын
yeah it really disappointed , sometimes I really hated them
@antimatter7968 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's the same for me, can you give me some info about it that how can I get it done correctly ?
@danmccurry3810 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nicole, for posting just the information I was looking into. I will try them both, and will share my experience. The very idea of you taking off to take pictures at Alamy's request with no contract sheds light on how this industry operates. We have to be more innovative at getting paid our effort's as we are creative with the content we create!
@wahavi 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, I think there is one major thing you did not mention in this video. Alamy is a MACROstock site, while SS is a MICROstock site. It makes a really big difference. As you say, you started in 2017, so on Alamy 2 years time is not enough to judge anything. To compare a macro and a micro site is like comparing cats and dogs :-) And one more thing: I have heard that Alamy now performs better in the USA than in the UK... (reading the Alamy forum, there are several non-UK contributors that reach massive monthly income).
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
All valid points :) And yes... analysis is always better done with more time. What is your personal experience on Alamy?
@wahavi 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlass As for me, I have been uploading to Alamy for only 1 year with 3 sales (one of them is 3 digit). I read their forum very often, and I meet there a lot of inspiring experience from contributors being on Alamy for several years. Another thing that may cause low sale number on Alamy comparing to SS (or other micro) is if you upload the same collection to both micro and macro sites. My personal experience: two of my niche photos were viewed on Alamy, then on the same day bought on SS for pennies. So it is obvious that customers search for the cheapest, if it is a niche photo they want. Maybe it was the case with your Trump photo? We don't know for sure, but could be. All the best for you!
@42degreesouth 4 жыл бұрын
It should be obvious that the downloads from Shutterstock undercut Alamy's pricing ability, especially if you have the same image at both sites. In effect you are actually actively undercutting yourself. If a buyer can pick up the same photo from Shutterstock for pennies, why would they pay a fair price (to the photographer) on Alamy? It is my experience that stock photography license fees are trending down dramatically in the last 10 years. In 2010 my sales with Alamy averaged a return of $84.44 per license. By 2019 that has now trended down to $26.45. 2020 looks to be returning even less. It's a reality that stock photography is now a game for amateurs, happy to be making pin money.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Hmmm, if u uploading what everyone is uploading lol
@richardjnagle 4 жыл бұрын
I was on Alamy more than 10 years ago exclusively, and I never sold a photo. They were all keyworded, and titled. I basically decided that Alamy just sucks. So now I'm going to give Shutterstock a try.
@urbanphotolab.project2223 4 жыл бұрын
Alamy & Shutterstock have two very different business models, which is probably where the difference lies. Over a period of 7 years Alamy is lagging behind by 50% and I upload the same photos to both sites. Shutterstock is the winner! 😉 @TTStock
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Good to know ...what about dreamstime ???
@enginsezer9434 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, i sold 10 photos on Alamy last year and earned 170 $, this year i sold 7 photos and earned 236 $ but sales are rare. My best sales in 1-Istock 2-Shutterstock 3-Adobe 4-Alamy but not same amount of images and footages on them.
@alang6402 3 жыл бұрын
I have been with Alamy since a few years after it started and the cut was then 60% to the photographer. It went down to 50% (16% cut)and the other year almost went down to 40% but stayed at 50% for exclusive images but from 1st June the photographer cut will be 30% for most people and 40% for those who have an annual turnover of more than $250. Also prices have been sliding down from $300+ to an average of $15. Alamy are not pros in any sense of the word. They will encourage you to chase anything in order to stock their site.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Very deceptive practice !! Wonder if she telling the true or what ? Should've show the email if they really said that
@janetcarmo5609 Жыл бұрын
We are just getting started with stock photography. I got a lot of good information from your video. Thanks
@georgegbo8441 4 жыл бұрын
Hi nichole completely knew to the stock photography game..I been on shutterstock for 6 months and have had 23 downloads and a good many was on demand...Thanks for all the information
@BrutallyHonestStockGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, Interesting analysis. I have pretty much the same images on both SS and Alamy (in fact more on Alamy as RM exclusive) and I make on average 4x per month on SS. I pretty much just submit everywhere (10+ agencies) and RF and let the market decide. Stocksubmitter is a godsend in this case. All the best, Alex
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear your experience! Thanks for sharing.
@mahdiehsaniani2192 2 жыл бұрын
Could you please share what are the other agencies?
@peterfleming6870 4 жыл бұрын
In terms of income, I'd rank the sites I upload to in this order (1) Shutterstock (2) Adobe Stock (3) iStock (4) Dreamstime.
@BrettHondow 4 жыл бұрын
I'd have to agree :)
@Buttercup697 4 жыл бұрын
Peter Fleming are you finding certain stock agencies do well with a specific kind of photography? If so... what agency matches up with what kind of photography? Thanks!
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Cool.. dreamstime it is ....
@robertpearce7795 4 жыл бұрын
Shutterstock is repeatedly rejecting my best work. I think my equipment is just not up to the task of meeting their standards. But I have loads of photos - So I can either try somewhere else like Alamy, and maybe make a little money, or keep being rejected by Shutterstock, and definitely make nothing.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Try dreamstime or better camera lol
@majorhagar 4 жыл бұрын
Whenever it sells it pays good on Alamy! But then again the sales are rare.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s my experience too
@Damburgery 4 жыл бұрын
Do you know Nicole......If you give up on a site can you take the £7.50 you spent 200 hrs making when you close your (ones) account? If not then these corporates are potentially making big bucks out of left over peanuts that the disenchanted are unable to retrieve... Hmmm 🤔
@oldgrumpyjim5003 4 жыл бұрын
Being based in the UK Alamy was my first choice then eventually started shuttersstock as well Alamy was always slow and there has been times when I thought 'whats the point' Just as I was almost giving up Alamy would suddenly pickup and before you new it there was £100 ready to be payed out. Alamy is still very slow paying out only once or twice a year if you are lucky. For me Shutterstock is still the best payer with Getty maybe second.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear about your experience! I think you definitely still have an advantage with Alamy since you are based in the UK, and Alamy's clientele is very UK-based.
@oldgrumpyjim5003 4 жыл бұрын
Nicole Glass agree Nicole and also worth saying that their QC seem to accept anything just now while couple of years back when I started their QC was very strict. I think al lot of photographers left Alamy when they changed contributors percentage on sales . I’ll stick with them just now even if payouts are infrequent
@richcoup3770 2 жыл бұрын
I’m new in the photography world, your video really inspired me, I’m signing up for shutterstock right away, thanks Nic 🤘🏼
@helloitsmeterrykelly1944 4 жыл бұрын
I signed up with iStock in 2007. All I had was a point and shoot camera which just didn’t cut it for stock back then. Fast forward to 2017 & semi-professional gear. I signed up with Alamy SS and a few others. Within a month one of my photos on Alamy sold for $250.00, was 50 50 split back then. Sold a few more on Alamy, my take was over $400.00 in several months. Alamy was way ahead of the pack. With in 2 years SS has finally caught up and surpassed Alamy in $$$. This year my sales on Alamy are very slow. SS on the other hand, sales are increasing every month.
@viewFinland 4 жыл бұрын
What is better sold there? Not a secret? What size portfolio is needed to start sales?
@Nal2000 4 жыл бұрын
How about Adobe Stock if compared with Shutterstock?
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Adobe Stock can be great. But they do not accept editorial images. Considering the majority of what I shoot is editorial, it's hard to compare them. But for those people who shoot primarily commercial, I would highly recommend Adobe.
@BrettHondow 4 жыл бұрын
I think Adobe Stock take editorial but only if you are employed by Getty (or something like that).
@SiddharthasnOdisha 4 жыл бұрын
As always, such a nice post comparing the two stock platforms. I personally feel a photographer needs encouragement with the number of downloads. So, I prefer SS. 🙂
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful. Yes, SS is definitely the platform of quantity...
@marcinmakara9600 3 жыл бұрын
Can i upload pictures made with my phone?(samsung s10)
@TheEclecticPhotog 4 жыл бұрын
I haven't started trying to sell any of my images for stock purposes yet, but watching your videos is definitely making me consider trying Shutterstock.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
It's a tough journey but a fun one :)
@gerardferry3958 4 жыл бұрын
one is micro-stock so that really answers the question, one has a news service, one has contracts with uk newspapers
@you2loveme 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for covering this topic Nicole, it was very helpful info. Loved reading your responses which was very informative as well.
@garyculley9939 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Nicole, love your work. Question. You speak of the platform, which WAY did you upload images to Alamy. Royalty Free or Rights Managed?
@casualtmusic 4 жыл бұрын
About 8 months ago I started uploading to 5 agencies. Out of those 5, Alamy is the ONLY one on which I have not sold even a single picture. The other 4 are doing more or less alright, with Shutterstock and Adobe Stock selling the most. To make matters worse, I just had a batch of 50 pictures rejected during QC because ONE (!!) of the 50 pictures (a night shot) had some noise in it. So, one picture has an issue, and Alamy rejects the remaining 49 UNSEEN? I think I'm about done with Alamy.
@mahdiehsaniani2192 2 жыл бұрын
May I please know what are the 3 other websites?
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
@@mahdiehsaniani2192dreamstime , Getty , 500px
@mswhite1532 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, Really enjoy your videos and appreciate your sharing your wealth of knowledge regarding stock photography. I would like to get into stock photography but confused as to where to start, in particular what photos to upload for the initial screening. I have an library of over 20k photos of various subjects: landscapes, wildlife, flowers, trees, abstracts, etc. Is it better to upload beautiful images or the ones that are not so saturated and interesting but less glamorous? Or is it more important at the initial screening that they be good quality regardless of subject matter? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
@jaycee9066 4 жыл бұрын
You make great video presentations A+. I have to start looking into uploading photographs. Thank you Nicole
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@4seasonbackpacking 4 жыл бұрын
I sell no where near as many as yourself but I have made much more on alamy than shutterstock. I take snap shots from my adventures around the UK and world mostly. Richard
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I think that's because you're based in the UK - and Alamy supposedly has most of it's clientele in the UK. Clients probably don't need too many images from the US.
@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline 4 жыл бұрын
Nicole, do you get luck on your referral links? I managed to get some good blackbox referral subs but no luck on the shutterstock front.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Not really. I’ve had hundreds of sign ups but most people make accounts and never really upload much
@Thekiwis Жыл бұрын
Defiantly Shutterstock Cz the downloading frequency in more higher than the other stock agencies in the market right now
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
I have the most photos of all on Alamy (330), but I’ve only sold three photos. Shutterstock sometimes rejects pics for seemingly arbitrary reasons. iStock accepts more than Shutterstock. At first, I sold the most on Shutterstock , but now I’ve have (slightly) more downloads on iStock. iStock sure pays better than Shutterstock, that’s for sure. Most of my pics are editorial, which Adobe doesn’t accept. But at least I have more downloads on Adobe than I do on Alamy!.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Your experience is pretty similar to mine.
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Nicole Glass My guess is that Alamy is more expensive to download from than Shutterstock so more people use Alamy. Also, Alamy buyers aren’t as interested in photos taken in the USA as they are in photos taken in Europe. I just uploaded some photos of apartment buildings and had to remind myself to use the word, “flats” instead. Not sure if I had to do that, but it certainly can’t hurt!
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
@@dazzlingdeb8427different country ... stay with SS ...
@epasqualli 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing with us, good video! Guys, don't forget, this video is 2 years old, now Shutterstock pays only 10 cents per image, at that time was 25 average price
@NicoleGlass 2 жыл бұрын
Yup!
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Shutterstock just rejected two photos for the main subject not in focus and noise/artifacts. Yet these same two photos were accepted by Adobe, Alamy and iStock. This happens more often than not. I stopped adding any extra clarity or dehazing, which helped my acceptance rate, but I still get the focus rejection. I’m not the only one, apparently. Has anyone else noticed this issue?
@ucallthatatweet 4 жыл бұрын
I haven't been beyond Shutterstock yet with my work, but the rejection reasons from their reviewers have me wondering if they've hired people who are new to reading English.
@pingjockeyproductions6968 4 жыл бұрын
Shutterstock is best for me - big stock is next. Alamy is lagging way behind. Maybe cause its in the UK, different customer wants? I upload identical photos to each.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
U.k different probably ...or they strategy to put your pics out there suck . Or do person seo suck
@YoDeeDiary 3 жыл бұрын
If I buy, do I have all rights to the image?
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Depend on the license : non-exclusive or exclusive right
@sundaeurbano-hinder3489 4 жыл бұрын
How do you caption your Shutterstock photos? Thanks! Your videos are so informative.
@southeastasiagoingastray731 2 жыл бұрын
My Almay search bar dose not work!
@asifchangazi9025 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, nicole you are doing a great job, as sharing you experience, this is definitely a great help for me.thanks.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’m glad you find it helpful :)
@Carrompoll75 3 жыл бұрын
Love from Pakistan. Question is how to write metadata in alamy after passing QC .
@ADAtrips 4 жыл бұрын
As usual you are fantastic. Question, Are there any photos that you feature only on Alamy now , since you did these two in competition? IE News heavy vs other that do better in SS? Am I making sense? See you around.
@tanalee229 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not reading or watching before I guess Shutterstock. ... Now on to the video!
@99mrpogi 4 жыл бұрын
I have submitted several pictures in shutterstock and only one picture is approved. the others are rejected
@sharonmitchell2350 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nicole for sharing lime you do!-
@miamited69 Жыл бұрын
How about now 3 years later. How do they compare?
@Noealz 4 жыл бұрын
I seem to be the minority in Getty these days :3 Been eyeing Adobe Stock a bit more lately - need to give it a go
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
I am not on Getty but I am on Adobe Stock... it does relatively well for me so I would recommend it :) But they do not accept editorial images FYI
@helloitsmeterrykelly1944 4 жыл бұрын
Nicole Glass I do ok on Adobe but without editorial it’s not near as good as SS.
@josea7804 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve actually have better results in istock (Getty) than in shutterstock or Alamy or adobe. I pretty much have the same photos in all 4. The problem with istock is the steep payout amount ($100).
@dazzlingdeb8427 4 жыл бұрын
Jose A Yes, I agree about the payout price. I’ve sold 48 on Shutterstock and 47 on iStock but I’ve made so much more $$ on iStock. Once I actually get paid, that is.
@freitag07 4 жыл бұрын
What's your Shutterstock profile? Would like to see what type of pics you take. Have you heard about EyeEm.com? That's where the money is rn if you take good photos.
@iftikharahmed3624 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Nicole Glass for sharing your experience about stock photography, my most photos editorial type i earn little but earn SS.
@agungbs5900 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole it's a great video from you. I have a question, have you ever sell your commisioned photo's to microstock agency?
@romanchukanov4454 4 жыл бұрын
I uploaded to shutterstock, bigstockphoto, alamy, 123rf and istock. Shutterstock is the only agency I had sales with.
@huynhisteven 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, thanks for your sharing video. I have a question about the dimension and resolution. Can you give me the best resolution and dimension to upload on stock market? Thanks a lot
@Photerloo 4 жыл бұрын
I have had a similar experience with Alamy. I have made a couple sales on there but nothing compared to Shutterstock. I have had people tell me that Alamy is sometimes better for newsworthy photos which my photos aren't so that could be why.
@picturesquejapan5554 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, my comment isn't relevant to your question, but I hope you excuse me to write this here. Recently, most of my submissions got rejected by SS for "noise, film grain, compression artifacts and/or posterization.” It was like SS changed their criteria because most of my photos had been accepted until recently. I've been using the same camera and the same photo editor. So I almost lost interest in SS and started thinking about focusing on other platforms, then found this video. After seeing people's comments here, I learned everyone is doing fine, so I decided to struggle a bit more. But do you think SS uses AI to review photos? I did a lot of research on this matter and found quite many people struggling with the same issue. This may be a very low-level question, but I assume there are people like me who really need your advice. Anyway, I'll upload some more today! Thank you for motivating me. :)
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
I actually noticed that as well. All of my drone photos are getting rejected lately due to noise, even though all of them were previously always accepted. (And there is definitely no noise, it's a high quality drone.) Perhaps they changed something with the system, I will look more into this to see what's going on.
@picturesquejapan5554 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlass Your very professional photos were rejected!? That's super weird. I had been enjoying building up my portfolio on SS, but it stopped growing. So I started wondering "Is this waste of time??" I'm now leaning toward EyeEm.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
@@picturesquejapan5554must be , how they review every photo ? Is insane
@skyscraperfan 3 жыл бұрын
After the horrible commission cuts in the new Alamy contract, that starts on July 1st, I am looking for an Alamy alternative. If I do not find one, I will give many photos to free photo websites. I often use photos from those free websites myself and would like to give something back to others.
@FitFlow_Studio 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, I believe in you, I am a new photographer and I am very interested to learn more, you are my leader, thanks.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
aww thank you
@sergibalaguerh 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nicole, thank you very much for all your information and advice. I registered as a contributor in Alamy few days ago, and I've seen the option of "distribution" that can be activated for all the accepted pictures, in my account config (another distribution partners channels to get more sales, I suppose). Do you recommend to use it?
@Kamil-rt9tl Жыл бұрын
Great content, just useful information straightforward and I appreciate it! CRUCIAL question - you didn't need the right release to sell Donald Trump's photo? How does it work?
@mymfotosyvideos1090 8 ай бұрын
Hi nicole. Could you give me the Alamy link, so I can fill out the w8ben form, I can't find that option anywhere on the Alamy page. Thanks for your help Nicole.
@MysticalJessica 3 жыл бұрын
Why not upload on all at the same time and get whatever possible from all ?
@lyfeelai5553 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the helpful information, Nicole! I have one question - do you see the sales go down if you don't upload photos on Shutterstock regularly? Thank you in advance!
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
When I don't upload regularly, I do see my earnings decrease. But other people may have a different experience.
@PunjabiKalakar 3 жыл бұрын
I have a question about, uploading same picture on Adobe and Shutterstock. Is it possible to upload same picture on both platforms???
@NicoleGlass 3 жыл бұрын
yes you can!
@PunjabiKalakar 3 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlass wow that was real fast reply 🙂🙂🙂 thank you so much ;) have beautiful day
@lassiurs 4 жыл бұрын
Alamy is Bull! They are only connected with a few news outlets when I found out the major ones don't purchase from them. USA Today Network news and Washington Post have their own photographers and only purchase directly from them if you freelance with them. If you are in Europe you will have a better outlet with Alamy because the company is more driven in those countries not much as SS is. Alamy is for European countries not so much for USA. I found out from someone that has been in Stock for 40 years and has talked to the agencies and outlets(publishers and media). SS sells more to USA and to the rest of the world. Alamy is more for European countries. China has its own stock site which they only purchase through there because rarely SS or any other stock sites show up on their heavily controlled internet in their country. Your best bet is to stick with Shutterstock. Nicole has put it out there what the reality is.
@soubhikchakraborty6014 4 жыл бұрын
U have so nice content mam. Mam when I post a photo with logo can you tell me the catalogy ? And one more thing if I post a protest photo is it required property release or model release?
@milnesrichard 4 жыл бұрын
It usually depends how the photo will be used. For 'editorial' you don't need any releases. You only need releases for commercial advertising usage.
@PhilKoenigBrooklyn 4 жыл бұрын
Any idea what the diff between Shutterstock and Getty Images is?
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
They're completely different platforms. One big difference is that Getty requires exclusivity, while Shutterstock does not.
@PhilKoenigBrooklyn 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicoleGlass I guess them the question is really what the payoff is. Of one gets a premium over the other and or does higher volume
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhilKoenigBrooklyn I am not on Getty but I do know a few people who make a decent amount there. The pay is usually a lot better. They're also much more selective than other platforms are. Getty is considered macro stock, not micro stock.
@NuwanDFernandezNDF 4 жыл бұрын
Can you please do Adobe stock vs Shutterstock comparison regarding sales and other perspectives.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Will keep this one in mind for the future :)
@dzymslizzy3641 4 жыл бұрын
Never heard of Alamy before watching this video. Now, I know I'll just stick with Shutterstock. I'm still in the learning curve with not getting stuff rejected for what seems (to me) like stupid, nit-picky reasons...e.g. "visible trademarks," when in fact, they are NOT visible unless the image is enlarged so much that the main focus of it is too pixelated to even use! Or 'not in focus," when my camera is set on AUTO focus, so my 71-year-old eyes don't fool me, and they fail to take into consideration items with depth; things not on the same focal plane are not going to be as fully in focus as the foreground.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
There are a few people in the comments who said they earn more on Alamy. So like I said, don't let me experience deter you! Yes, the rejections can be rather annoying... you'll notice that some photos will go through on some platforms and be rejected on others. In the end, it's humans making these decisions.
@LennyYT 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video When they asked you to do work they didn’t pay for the task?
@JoReason 4 жыл бұрын
Don't like Alamy, or should I say Alamy doesn't like me, as they reject most of my uploads. I gave up there. Shutterstock does better for me.
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
A lot of people seem to feel that way...
@rcj1uk280 4 жыл бұрын
iStock is usually my biggest earner in £ and number of sales, then Shutterstock and Adobe.......Dreamtime and Bigstock usually both the same.....Alamy sits around the middle depending on how many sales, usually 2 or 3 month but each sales can be £20 to £30 after commission, I once sold an image on Alamy for £160 which sounded great and it is but I was disappointed they take 60% off that. With Alamy the sales number they show on the dashboard isn't what you get paid, it is their selling value so take 60% off it (unless you are selling exclusive images).
@UsmanYousafOfficial 4 жыл бұрын
I also had bad experience with alamy, on shutterstock and adobestock I have a good shot !!
@OleksandrZoz 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Do you upload photo video on others stocks? Do you know about stocksubmitter?
@magyar5615 4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a press pass? Can you comment on your experience with things like press conferences where you might need a press pass or some type of credential? Great video once again - Thank you !!!
@NicoleGlass 4 жыл бұрын
Check out this page to see where press credentials are required: www.shutterstock.com/contributorsupport/articles/en_US/kbat02/000006632?l=en_US For Trump I did not need a press pass, but I did however upload the photos as editorial images.
@stormbringeram 4 жыл бұрын
I have some success with EyeEm a European stock photography community of sort. I live in California, but not sure why I've joined it a few years ago:-) I've joined Shutterstock a few months ago.
@LatinGirl1993 Жыл бұрын
Nice video. I am new in the game where would you guys recommend me to sell my pictures? There are just so many sites it's overwhelmimg.
@Moodboard39 11 ай бұрын
Is editorial ...
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