Comments on: Added ClusterShot to my list of Stock Photography Agencies https://www.brandonseidel.com/added-clustershot-to-my-list-of-stock-photography-agencies/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:39:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Brandon https://www.brandonseidel.com/added-clustershot-to-my-list-of-stock-photography-agencies/#comment-21 Brandon Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:25:02 +0000 http://www.brandonseidel.com/?p=203#comment-21 I have had a few more sales at ClusterShot, and even more offers. It seems like traffic to the site is picking up well. I have had a few more sales at ClusterShot, and even more offers. It seems like traffic to the site is picking up well.

]]> By: Brandon https://www.brandonseidel.com/added-clustershot-to-my-list-of-stock-photography-agencies/#comment-18 Brandon Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:36:05 +0000 http://www.brandonseidel.com/?p=203#comment-18 I figure ClusterShot will mainly be just a checkout system. It would be nice for it to become a powerhouse stock site, but probably not. Getty is a monster, and sells very well. The problem is you don't pick them, they pick you. It’s that locked down traditional mindset that helped bring microstock to where it is today. I figure if I want sales from ClusterShot, I will have to send them there. Which I have, and it seems to be working fine. I figure ClusterShot will mainly be just a checkout system. It would be nice for it to become a powerhouse stock site, but probably not.

Getty is a monster, and sells very well. The problem is you don’t pick them, they pick you. It’s that locked down traditional mindset that helped bring microstock to where it is today.

I figure if I want sales from ClusterShot, I will have to send them there. Which I have, and it seems to be working fine.

]]> By: Dave Wilson https://www.brandonseidel.com/added-clustershot-to-my-list-of-stock-photography-agencies/#comment-17 Dave Wilson Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:20:21 +0000 http://www.brandonseidel.com/?p=203#comment-17 I've been using ClusterShot since they started and, from a photographer's perspective, like the site. As you note, uploading is easy and managing your images is straightforward. I'm funneling license enquiries from my main site there and have a pro account which allows me to limit searches to only my shots as well as offering me a "storefront". One the negative side, I get the impression that the site doesn't get a lot of traffic compared to the other large stock agencies. I've sold 3 times more images from a catalog of a couple of dozen on Getty in 3 months than I have from a catalog of 350 on Clustershot over 10 months, for example. I would really like to be able to hook the Clustershot account into Google Analytics to get some feel for the traffic, though - currently there's no statistics available as far as I am aware. I’ve been using ClusterShot since they started and, from a photographer’s perspective, like the site. As you note, uploading is easy and managing your images is straightforward. I’m funneling license enquiries from my main site there and have a pro account which allows me to limit searches to only my shots as well as offering me a “storefront”.

One the negative side, I get the impression that the site doesn’t get a lot of traffic compared to the other large stock agencies. I’ve sold 3 times more images from a catalog of a couple of dozen on Getty in 3 months than I have from a catalog of 350 on Clustershot over 10 months, for example. I would really like to be able to hook the Clustershot account into Google Analytics to get some feel for the traffic, though – currently there’s no statistics available as far as I am aware.

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