I am uploading images to Shutterstock for about 9 months so far and it really surprises me what is selling. Sometimes it is the most generic photo that I thought would never sell which I uploaded just to fill my gallery :), something like my sister drinking a coffee from a mug, or a view from my window at random houses around. Also my dog sells quite often, which is also a big surprise considering how saturated that field is, but yeah, I made it more specific by putting some keywords like dog is doing that and that, what kind of breed it is, what emotional state is he at the moment of capturing, sad, curious, angry, happy, cheerful... all of that contributes :)
OMG! I finally figured it out. The overbite, the dimples, the hats, the long blonde hair....You look like Rickie Lee Jones! It's been driving me crazy!
Hi Nicole, you are an inspiration, as always. Just had a model cancel a shoot, due to ill health. We had been working on a project together. Was feeling quite 'flat' and unmotivated. Watched one of your videos.. Inspired to create again, sunrises and sunflowers recharge your batteries - your videos recharge mine. Thank you for the inspiration 😁
I was browsing TH-cam to get a handle on getting into stock photography. I came upon your "Keyword" video and found it a great tip for getting your photos found. I can't wait to try it. I am also about to watch your other videos on stock photography. thanks!
Hi Nicole, that feature of finding the keywords that led to the download would be very helpful and your tip to look at "Top performers" helped me to find it. Without it, I was lost. I see actually that you have to click on "Show more" at the right side of a picture to see this keyword info. It is a pity that in the whole list this "Show more" appears only about 1 every 10 pictures. I don't understand the criteria that determines, which image has this keyword statistics.
Thank you for another great video. I’ve had a beach shot D/L many times, location was keyword, same with a flower. Also had rejection due to location keywords.
Really helpful tip. I am not a photographer but I draw vector illustrations and sell them on Shutterstock, and I'm using your concepts from the beginning. Thanks.
Great tips, be as specific as you can and you may sell a few generic shots:-) Think you're right , i've sell a few generic landscape probably for that reason.
80% (or more) of my downloads don't have any information about which keywords were searched. How are people finding these images? Can it be by the "similar images" or "same artist" links shown on any search result page?
That could be. I have some photos that don’t have that information, and I’m guessing they get found other ways. But the majority of my photos have the keyword search information.
@@NicoleGlass Thanks for your reply. Like I said, the majority of my sales *don't* have searched keyword information ... but I'm grateful for any sales, however they occur :-)
Regarding 07:55 and the issue of photos being rejected for whatever reason: I found out that simply reuploading photos does the trick sometimes. I'm not familiar with Shutterstock's internal process when it comes to accepting/rejecting photos, but in this case (waterfall and 'private property'), I'd give it a try.
Useful info. I only do stock footage and can't seem to find the keyword info for my video. Do you know if ShutterStock shows the keyword info on videos?
I tried taking some generic photos at a ticketed event, after unsuccessfully trying to obtain permission, it was a Rodeo and all the images even and image of a hat were rejected because it was a ticketed event. the other shots, nobody could identify where it was, but they were all rejected.
Hello Nicole, another great video, hey I have a few questions if you don't mind, how do you recommend frequency in uploading and does it matter if I upload but only submit a few day? What style of video have you had success with, as in using a gimbal vs not, pan or still short videos with some kind of motion, cars going by, leaves and trees blowing in the wind etc... hey thanks a LOT! I am starting to sell my images, not going to get rich but I really enjoy doing it it's all about the numbers.
Your videos are very good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. That is cool that your report shows what keywords were searched. I don't receive that on the stock photo service I use. I see that would be helpful.
Thank you Nicole, I'm learning a lot from you as an aspiring side-income stock photographer (IT person by career). I'm looking forward to catching up on all your very informative videos!
Great advice as usual Nicole. Especially the Nicoles’s Toe syndrome. I recently had surgery for trigger finger and took a few after shots on my iPhone. I think I’ll upload them now!
OK this is funny Nicole. I went to look at my files of my finger and I had a short video. One of your TH-cam vids can be heard playing in the background.
Also timely, this update on SS providing location data on your file: www.shutterstock.com/contributorsupport/articles/en_US/kbat02/Portfolio-Tools-Content-Editor?l=en_US
Thanks for the video. That was an interesting exercise. Apparently all the downloads of my Aurora photos were found by people searching for "northern" and "light" and never for "aurora". And my hiking in the mountain photos were found by people searching for "hill"! I might need to change the way I'm naming some of these photos.
Hi Nicole, thanks for the information. One question: how do you know the keywords that people use (5:42) to find out your photos in shutterstock? I don't find that option.
I have the same problem. I am brand new to stock photography and had the same question. I do not see any keywords listed when I view the Top Performers screen. Should I just assume they found it otherwise?
@@TheWonderOfLife The only photo of mine that shows keywords has a download of 6. All other images have been downloaded 3 times or less. So, you may have to have a certain number of downloads of a particular images for the keywords to populate.
@@sketchartphoto8117 Thank you for getting back to me. I really do appreciate your help. I don't see the keywords that were used to find my photos. It just shows a list of the photos that have sold thus far.
@@the1stJabneel i think not all photos are found by search words....not all my photos that were down loaded show key words search but alot do and this where to see it.
Go to "top performers" then click "view all top performers". The information is there. You can also go to your sets in the catalogue manager and click "view set stats".
@@NicoleGlass Sometimes my photos have been sold five times, but the keywords searched are still not visible. Is that normal? I thought the keywords searched should appear after a photo has been sold 5 times.
In the spring I photographed bluebells in a local wood and almost didn’t bother uploading because there are thousands of more attractive bluebell woodland shots on Shutterstock. However it became one of my best sellers and just three keywords show - new, forest and the location which is unique; also I guess with downloads it moves up the pages and gets found as you say in “similars” for buyers wanting more generic views.
Would you be willing to share by what methods you find keywords? This may already be shared in a previous video, but I need directing to a specific one, please.
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Recently watched this video. And pretty shocked by reviewing keywording results on photos. Also never thought to add exact place in keywords. After I added to some, now got a notification on photo being downloaded for the first time using the keyword of place (uploaded that photo 1.5 years ago). Thanks again for your great tip!
I have a small portfolio on SS (less then 300 images), and 90% of my downloads have been because of the location. The locations don't have a lot of images tagged / keyworded, so I 100% agree with your tip.
Nicole, you are not allowed to sell recognizable photo's of zoo animals as commercial stockphotos without a release. Adding the location will tell for sure it was taken at their zoo. you can get in trouble for that? or do you sell them as editorial? I never add the location for that reason. Or do you have a release for photographing the animals? shutterstock wont be the problem i think but the zoo might be as most zoo rules are that you are not allowed to use photos of the animals taken at their location for commercial purposes.
You may have to upload them as editorials nowadays. When I first started on this platform, I was able to get zoo animals with the zoo name through as commercial images. I believe they have become stricter since then.
Thank you Nicole for sharing the insider's tips and great useful info, much appreciated that you are open and willing to give away the info and help others to grow. This is why I watch your videos.
This is about giving the description of the photo. What about keywords to be given after providing the description? How are the description and keywords are related.
Hi and greetings from Bulgaria. I found your channel when I was looking information for Shutterstock, but I enjoy your other videos as well. I really liked the one for Tibet. It made me think how we always dream of going places, but never think about the difficulties we might face. I have a suggestion for a video- what would you suggest to photograph if you live in a small country or in a region where there isn't much newsworthy events to cover or where stock photography is not popular to operate with.
Hi Kristina, that makes me so happy that you also like my other videos! The Tibet video was very dear to my heart. And thank you for the suggestion. That’s actually a terrific suggestion and I’ll probably take that one on :)
I am an advertiser, sometimes I need generic photos, sometimes I need specific photos so I will use very specific keywords. Esp when it comes to advertising, we have to feature the actual product, location and country and not generic stuff
I don't live to far from the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa and since I'm brand new at starting ShutterStock, I was wondering if the zoo's were okay with us coming in and getting shots of their animals to put up so I was happy to see your example of the orangutan that was shot there..Thank you for your videos on Shutterstock, I'm learning so much in hopes to be successful
I started a shutterstock account sometime back with the idea of retirement jobs, I have only upload a few pix to get things started and was very surprised to see a $20 sale on one of them. I was wondering is there any way to know what it was used for? I don't see keywords on any of my sales, however the other sales were just 25 cent sales .
That's terrific. There is no easy way to see what they're being used for, but sometimes you can find your images by using reverse Google image search or Googling your name.
@@NicoleGlass Just had another sale for $1.88 not big bucks however I only have 52 pictures on the site under Allen L Improta Thanks for all the help on keywords.
Nicole, most of my downloads show no keywords used so I don’t have any idea how most of them are being found. Shutterstock only shows me the keywords used on about 10% of my downloads. Why is that?
I have 315 images in my portfolio. For a while I was getting 1-3 per day or every other day, then it suddenly stopped. Very frustrating. Maybe the downloads are coming from google searches?
Usually popular tourist locations can be commercial - as long as there are no people in the photos and they’re not on Shutterstock’s “restricted” list.
Thank you Nicole for all your guidance. I am new to stock and may be starting at a difficult time. Question: if I have the location in the title is it necessary to also add it as a keyword? Sincere thanks again. Joseph.
i've joined shutterstock for a month now. 90+ photos in my portfolio :D sorry for this newbie question. where can i find that option in 5:02 (the keywords used by the people who searched your photo)? i have been trying to find it in my shutterstock dashboard before asking it here. :) thank you! i've been following your videos on stock photography and all of the videos are of great help to me as a beginner in stock photography.
Wanted to ask if I click crowd photos somewhere...can i put it in commercial or is it compulsory for it to be in editorial in shutterstock As we cannot release a model release form for every person Thankyou
Sarfaraz Sayyed Basically it means it has to be uploaded as editorial. Recognizable doesn’t mean famous. It means “identifiable.” If the person in the photo can recognize himself, or anyone in the world can say, “Hey, that’s Joe in this picture,” then it must be uploaded as editorial. Even if you see just the back of someone, that person is still identifiable. If it’s a silhouette and there’s no means of identifying that person, then you can probably upload as commercial.
You can also see other images’ keywords when you go to your catalog manager, click on sets and “view set stats.” If the information isn’t there I’m guessing they’re being found other ways (like “similar images”)
Another question,lol, you talk about finding photos by location. Now if it is a private beach do you have to upload it has editorial? What if it is a state, national or other type of park? Thank you. Again! How are you getting away with selling zoo animal pics?
When you are in your contributor panel, look on the right side at your recent downloads. Click to see more and then scroll through and see what keywords people use
Yes keywords are important. That's why I always try to put as many keywords as possible (more than 40). Btw I notice something strange in my sale lately. My photos that were often sold (almost everyday), nowadays become seldom sold. On the contrary, photos that usually never been sold (like I uploaded them last year and never sold), lately are sold once or twice. Do you notice this trend too in your sale?
Yes, but I can explain it. Photos that were my top sellers are no longer my top sellers because I talked about them in my videos 😅 which means lots of people went out and took the same photos. But yes... I do notice the top sellers changing all the time. It seems they have seasons.
@@NicoleGlass Apparently everyone has different opinion. I think it is because SS now introduce "random" feature. So my photos with no sale, that shoule have been burried under hundreds of other photos, are discovered through that feature. But I am not sure ....
Do you use a drone? Do you mainly shoot video, or some stills also? I can see a drone still getting some downloads simply because of the difficulty of getting the shot. What do you think?
If I have the name of the beach in my title or caption, will that suffice? Also, is it better to separate key words such as "santa" "monica" "beach" or will "santa Monica beach" as one keyword be just as good?
I have a beach photo which was downloaded 14 times on Shutterstock. In terms of performance, I thought that was quite reasonable but another microstocker actually said that's really bad and that I should give up and quit microstock. My gosh, there are so many naysayers in microstock. Well, I'm not quitting. I'm staying in the game regardless of what that guys thinks or says. Plus I'm happy with all the payouts Ive made from different agencies so I don't really see a reason to quit.
Did someone say that to you in the forums? Beach photos are very difficult to sell so I would say that’s quite good for a photo in a highly competitive category.
@@NicoleGlass Thankyou for the good words. Yes, the negativity was expressed on a microstock forum. Nevertheless, I was quite pleased with that photo's performance. And in my keywords, I was very specific about the beach's location and noted that a website used the image to promote that particular geographical region.
Hi Jim - yes very easy :) Just go to your catalogue manager, select an image, edit it and add the keywords and modifications you'd like to add. You can also change the set privacy settings in the catalog manager.
Hello, Nicole! Kudos for your photography and TH-cam channel work, it really helps people get faster into the subject matter and short cuts of stock photography! I was wondering if you have your photos and footage copyrighted in the Copyright Office in the US? I know the copyright exists since the moment of the creation of the work of art, but I wanted to know what are the trends among the popular freelancers like you, especially the ones engaged in journalism? Thank you in advance!
Hi nice to meet you here, I'm also new to here and happy to discovered your channel for stock photo contributors. I thins just makes me very confused about is that could I sent the same photos to different stock photo platforms for make money? and the copyright belongs to contributors or belongs to the stock photo platform? I watched a lot of the KOLs talk about how to make money from upload photos to the stock photo platform but no one described about it or just ignoring it. I'll be very appreciated that you tell me could I do that? Thx very much!
Loved your video thanks, Question: if I haven't yet sold any footage on shutter how can I get info regarding more popular keywords (as you mentioned in your id) thanks!
There's no tool that will tell you "this is what people are searching for on Shutterstock that has no competition". If it was that easy we'd all be millionaires. ;) It's a combination of following the news / what's trending, browsing the platform to see what's saturated or not and trial and error.
Nicole Glass of course not. And that is not what I was saying. You said in your video that there is an option to see within the vids that were already sold, what keywords people were looking for in order to find your vid, true ? If so, what I asked is how can a beginner who has not yet sold any vids, know what are considered “stronger” key words. Is it possible to see it on videos sold by others? Or go to a popular video and check what we’re the most popular words used by people to find it ? Your reply made it seem as if my question was stupid, yet, although I don’t have a lot of experience in this field I tend to think that knowing what keywords are stronger, more popular or most relevant for your specific vid, would not stop competition or make us all millionaires... competition would still relay mainly on quality and choice of the footage one makes. Am I correct ?
@@DanPun Ah okay, I didn't quite understand your question. Unfortunately this tool is only available on your own contributor panel for your own photos. So once you have some photos up and some sales behind you, you'll be able to analyze why the successful ones did well. You can't see this data for anyone else's photos.
Hi Nicole. I submitted a Weeping Angel in a cemetery with Corona engraved on it. I did submit as Editorial. It was rejected as “Non licensed content” for both commercial & editorial. Can you explain why ? Thank you
Hi Nicole - I'm new to the stock photography market and I've only been doing this for less than a week, but I've managed to sell 3 shots already! How and where do you find the keywords the buyer used to locate those shots?
Agree with your advise to use location keywords to give uniqueness to your photo. 2 Qs: 1- do u think it is better to put the location in the description or in the keywords or both? 2- some downloaded photos of mine don’t show the used keywords used for download. Any idea of the reason?
@@NicoleGlass Thank you so much! I am learning so much from you! It's been years I photograph around the world never knowing how to make a profit from it and today I uploaded my first 3 photos in shutterstock. Fingers crossed! wish you the best of luck in these uncertain times.
I came across with a user who is using long tail keywords. He has a large portfolio and using very different keywording technique such as maths teaching, speeding car. He never use single keyword. What do you think about this?
@@NicoleGlass thanks :) be great to see a video about how to do the video if you have one. I'm guessing short clips in 4K or so. I am doing pretty good with Alamy still.
I am uploading images to Shutterstock for about 9 months so far and it really surprises me what is selling. Sometimes it is the most generic photo that I thought would never sell which I uploaded just to fill my gallery :), something like my sister drinking a coffee from a mug, or a view from my window at random houses around. Also my dog sells quite often, which is also a big surprise considering how saturated that field is, but yeah, I made it more specific by putting some keywords like dog is doing that and that, what kind of breed it is, what emotional state is he at the moment of capturing, sad, curious, angry, happy, cheerful... all of that contributes :)
OMG! I finally figured it out. The overbite, the dimples, the hats, the long blonde hair....You look like Rickie Lee Jones! It's been driving me crazy!
“Winners dont do different things,they do things differently”
Truth.
Hi Nicole, you are an inspiration, as always. Just had a model cancel a shoot, due to ill health. We had been working on a project together. Was feeling quite 'flat' and unmotivated. Watched one of your videos.. Inspired to create again, sunrises and sunflowers recharge your batteries - your videos recharge mine. Thank you for the inspiration 😁
I was browsing TH-cam to get a handle on getting into stock photography. I came upon your "Keyword" video and found it a great tip for getting your photos found. I can't wait to try it. I am also about to watch your other videos on stock photography. thanks!
I cant find the place which states where the keywords are used to find my images. Can anyone help please? A link would be cool too!
Hi Nicole, that feature of finding the keywords that led to the download would be very helpful and your tip to look at "Top performers" helped me to find it. Without it, I was lost. I see actually that you have to click on "Show more" at the right side of a picture to see this keyword info. It is a pity that in the whole list this "Show more" appears only about 1 every 10 pictures. I don't understand the criteria that determines, which image has this keyword statistics.
Thank you for another great video. I’ve had a beach shot D/L many times, location was keyword, same with a flower.
Also had rejection due to location keywords.
Yes, I've had rejections due to location information in the keywords too. In that case I sometimes just upload them as editorials.
Really helpful tip. I am not a photographer but I draw vector illustrations and sell them on Shutterstock, and I'm using your concepts from the beginning. Thanks.
Great tips, be as specific as you can and you may sell a few generic shots:-) Think you're right , i've sell a few generic landscape probably for that reason.
Great advice -- I had no idea
Thank you Nicole !
80% (or more) of my downloads don't have any information about which keywords were searched. How are people finding these images? Can it be by the "similar images" or "same artist" links shown on any search result page?
That could be. I have some photos that don’t have that information, and I’m guessing they get found other ways. But the majority of my photos have the keyword search information.
@@NicoleGlass Thanks for your reply. Like I said, the majority of my sales *don't* have searched keyword information ... but I'm grateful for any sales, however they occur :-)
same here . i am new wid only 3 downloads but under the keywords information its just nil
Where do you guys find the keywords information? I cannot find it in any of my downloaded pictures. Thanks!
Regarding 07:55 and the issue of photos being rejected for whatever reason: I found out that simply reuploading photos does the trick sometimes. I'm not familiar with Shutterstock's internal process when it comes to accepting/rejecting photos, but in this case (waterfall and 'private property'), I'd give it a try.
Yes, in that case I would definitely reupload it first and try that before resorting to editorial.
Hi, where can i finde ther download for keyword panel on my shutterstock dashboard? I cannot find it in my downloaded content list... Thanks
Useful info. I only do stock footage and can't seem to find the keyword info for my video. Do you know if ShutterStock shows the keyword info on videos?
your videos maam is very helpful because i was thinking uploading photos on shutterstock to
You are simply amazing. Perfect teacher.
could you please tell how to see used keywords by buyers for downloaded files?
just found your channel and subscribed. I'm new to the stock game and this has been so useful! Thank you Nicole!
Can’t tell you how much you’re helping me.🙏🏻
I tried taking some generic photos at a ticketed event, after unsuccessfully trying to obtain permission, it was a Rodeo and all the images even and image of a hat were rejected because it was a ticketed event. the other shots, nobody could identify where it was, but they were all rejected.
Hello Nicole, another great video, hey I have a few questions if you don't mind, how do you recommend frequency in uploading and does it matter if I upload but only submit a few day? What style of video have you had success with, as in using a gimbal vs not, pan or still short videos with some kind of motion, cars going by, leaves and trees blowing in the wind etc... hey thanks a LOT! I am starting to sell my images, not going to get rich but I really enjoy doing it it's all about the numbers.
Wow - I've been doing stock photography for over a year now and I've seen keyword search data on other sites but I never knew it was on Shutterstock!
Yep, it's there :) Super valuable stuff.
I knew that was Lowry Park, but I wasn’t expecting that at all.
Your videos are very good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. That is cool that your report shows what keywords were searched. I don't receive that on the stock photo service I use. I see that would be helpful.
Thank you Nicole, I'm learning a lot from you as an aspiring side-income stock photographer (IT person by career). I'm looking forward to catching up on all your very informative videos!
Great advice as usual Nicole. Especially the Nicoles’s Toe syndrome. I recently had surgery for trigger finger and took a few after shots on my iPhone. I think I’ll upload them now!
OK this is funny Nicole. I went to look at my files of my finger and I had a short video. One of your TH-cam vids can be heard playing in the background.
Also timely, this update on SS providing location data on your file: www.shutterstock.com/contributorsupport/articles/en_US/kbat02/Portfolio-Tools-Content-Editor?l=en_US
your videos are so educating. thanks.
how do i find which keywords were used for my photographs ?
Thanks for the video. That was an interesting exercise. Apparently all the downloads of my Aurora photos were found by people searching for "northern" and "light" and never for "aurora". And my hiking in the mountain photos were found by people searching for "hill"! I might need to change the way I'm naming some of these photos.
Hi Nicole, thanks for the information. One question: how do you know the keywords that people use (5:42) to find out your photos in shutterstock? I don't find that option.
Look under your top performers and click “view all top performers”. Or in the catalogue manager, view a set and click “see set stats”
@@NicoleGlass thank you so much. Have a nice day and keep selling!
When i do that i cant see any keyword :-(
I have the same problem. I am brand new to stock photography and had the same question. I do not see any keywords listed when I view the Top Performers screen. Should I just assume they found it otherwise?
@@TheWonderOfLife The only photo of mine that shows keywords has a download of 6. All other images have been downloaded 3 times or less. So, you may have to have a certain number of downloads of a particular images for the keywords to populate.
in my account it doesnt always show the keywords,.
Great video. I'm on shutterstock as well, but I haven't seen where you can find the keywords that were used to find the photos?
look under insights and top performers tabs
@@sketchartphoto8117 Thank you for getting back to me. I really do appreciate your help. I don't see the keywords that were used to find my photos. It just shows a list of the photos that have sold thus far.
@@the1stJabneel i think not all photos are found by search words....not all my photos that were down loaded show key words search but alot do and this where to see it.
@@sketchartphoto8117 That explains it. Thanks again for explaining it.
Great tips! I have been getting a lot of downloads lately based on a lot of your tips! Thank you!!!
That's awesome, I'm happy to hear that :)
Nicole, where on Shutterstock's site do you find the % numbers for keywords searched? I am not finding that information.
Go to "top performers" then click "view all top performers". The information is there. You can also go to your sets in the catalogue manager and click "view set stats".
@@NicoleGlass fantastic, thank you!
@@NicoleGlass Sometimes my photos have been sold five times, but the keywords searched are still not visible. Is that normal? I thought the keywords searched should appear after a photo has been sold 5 times.
@@HaniSantosa Perhaps they've been discovered other ways, like through "similar images".
@@NicoleGlass Oh ok thanx for your answer
I always wonder if I should include the name of the beach in the description... I live in a small town...
If the beach is famous, yes, if it's not that famous, on keywords. You can also try to similar photos and name them differently to see what's better
Hello Nicole, useful as usual
Hi David! That's cool that your river photo is getting discovered that way. I have a lot of similar situations to yours :)
In the spring I photographed bluebells in a local wood and almost didn’t bother uploading because there are thousands of more attractive bluebell woodland shots on Shutterstock. However it became one of my best sellers and just three keywords show - new, forest and the location which is unique; also I guess with downloads it moves up the pages and gets found as you say in “similars” for buyers wanting more generic views.
That's awesome! That just validates this even more :)
Would you be willing to share by what methods you find keywords? This may already be shared in a previous video, but I need directing to a specific one, please.
Recently watched this video. And pretty shocked by reviewing keywording results on photos. Also never thought to add exact place in keywords. After I added to some, now got a notification on photo being downloaded for the first time using the keyword of place (uploaded that photo 1.5 years ago). Thanks again for your great tip!
I have a small portfolio on SS (less then 300 images), and 90% of my downloads have been because of the location. The locations don't have a lot of images tagged / keyworded, so I 100% agree with your tip.
Nicole, you are not allowed to sell recognizable photo's of zoo animals as commercial stockphotos without a release. Adding the location will tell for sure it was taken at their zoo. you can get in trouble for that? or do you sell them as editorial? I never add the location for that reason. Or do you have a release for photographing the animals? shutterstock wont be the problem i think but the zoo might be as most zoo rules are that you are not allowed to use photos of the animals taken at their location for commercial purposes.
You may have to upload them as editorials nowadays. When I first started on this platform, I was able to get zoo animals with the zoo name through as commercial images. I believe they have become stricter since then.
Thanks Nicole, you're videos are very helpful.
Sure thing! Glad you enjoy them 😊
Thank you Nicole for sharing the insider's tips and great useful info, much appreciated that you are open and willing to give away the info and help others to grow. This is why I watch your videos.
I'm glad you enjoy them! :)
Thanks for a great reminder on how important keywords are Nicole! I might have to revamp some of my portfolio. Cheers from Alberta!
Glad you enjoyed this one. Have a great evening!
can you please also give links to background music that you use.
All of my music comes from Epidemic Sound: share.epidemicsound.com/zdM3n
This is about giving the description of the photo. What about keywords to be given after providing the description? How are the description and keywords are related.
I just uploaded some files and didnt realize that the file name is the title on shutterstock????? WHY? is there some way to change that?
Your videos are really great. Thanks a million.
Sure thing:)
I use to go to Solomon’s Island all the time in MD
It’s a pretty little area!
Thank you 🙏
You have the best videos. I really like them.
Aww thanks! :)
This is a good idea. I'm going to try location based keywords and see if that drives more downloads.
Let me know how it goes!
From Egypt 🇪🇬 God bless you
Hi and greetings from Bulgaria. I found your channel when I was looking information for Shutterstock, but I enjoy your other videos as well. I really liked the one for Tibet. It made me think how we always dream of going places, but never think about the difficulties we might face. I have a suggestion for a video- what would you suggest to photograph if you live in a small country or in a region where there isn't much newsworthy events to cover or where stock photography is not popular to operate with.
Hi Kristina, that makes me so happy that you also like my other videos! The Tibet video was very dear to my heart. And thank you for the suggestion. That’s actually a terrific suggestion and I’ll probably take that one on :)
@@NicoleGlass Great, I will be patiently waiting :). And happy birthday with a delay.
I am an advertiser, sometimes I need generic photos, sometimes I need specific photos so I will use very specific keywords. Esp when it comes to advertising, we have to feature the actual product, location and country and not generic stuff
Thank you, Nicole, for this information. I am interested in trying out Shutterstock and your videos have been very helpful.
I'm glad you enjoy them Alan :)
I don't live to far from the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa and since I'm brand new at starting ShutterStock, I was wondering if the zoo's were okay with us coming in and getting shots of their animals to put up so I was happy to see your example of the orangutan that was shot there..Thank you for your videos on Shutterstock, I'm learning so much in hopes to be successful
I like your shirt 🌴 Good topic. I need to get busy but I am going to Anchorage soon. I guess I will try to take photos
Thank you! And yes, I’m sure you will get some AMAZING photos in Anchorage :) have fun
Nicole...you rock. Great video...
Thank you Ken!
I started a shutterstock account sometime back with the idea of retirement jobs, I have only upload a few pix to get things started and was very surprised to see a $20 sale on one of them. I was wondering is there any way to know what it was used for? I don't see keywords on any of my sales, however the other sales were just 25 cent sales .
That's terrific. There is no easy way to see what they're being used for, but sometimes you can find your images by using reverse Google image search or Googling your name.
@@NicoleGlass Just had another sale for $1.88 not big bucks however I only have 52 pictures on the site under Allen L Improta Thanks for all the help on keywords.
Nicole, most of my downloads show no keywords used so I don’t have any idea how most of them are being found. Shutterstock only shows me the keywords used on about 10% of my downloads. Why is that?
It could be that they're being discovered in other ways, like through "similar images". Do you get a lot of downloads?
I have 315 images in my portfolio. For a while I was getting 1-3 per day or every other day, then it suddenly stopped. Very frustrating. Maybe the downloads are coming from google searches?
One question...if we clicked the photos of famous tourist landmarks...in which section to put it... commercial or editorial
Eg: Taj Mahal
Usually popular tourist locations can be commercial - as long as there are no people in the photos and they’re not on Shutterstock’s “restricted” list.
Nicole,
What's the best way to get Celebrity Photographs discovered ?
Thank you Nicole for all your guidance. I am new to stock and may be starting at a difficult time. Question: if I have the location in the title is it necessary to also add it as a keyword? Sincere thanks again. Joseph.
Have you views on Wirestock? My apologies if you have covered this before in another videos.
I have a ton of photos that i could stock out so to speak. Thanks for this 👍
i've joined shutterstock for a month now. 90+ photos in my portfolio :D sorry for this newbie question. where can i find that option in 5:02 (the keywords used by the people who searched your photo)? i have been trying to find it in my shutterstock dashboard before asking it here. :)
thank you! i've been following your videos on stock photography and all of the videos are of great help to me as a beginner in stock photography.
Wanted to ask if I click crowd photos somewhere...can i put it in commercial or is it compulsory for it to be in editorial in shutterstock
As we cannot release a model release form for every person
Thankyou
If there are recognizable people and you don't have model release forms, then you'll have to upload those photos as editorial images.
@@NicoleGlass recognizable means famous recognized people or someone we can see clearly the face of general people who are not famous or known
Sarfaraz Sayyed Basically it means it has to be uploaded as editorial. Recognizable doesn’t mean famous. It means “identifiable.” If the person in the photo can recognize himself, or anyone in the world can say, “Hey, that’s Joe in this picture,” then it must be uploaded as editorial. Even if you see just the back of someone, that person is still identifiable. If it’s a silhouette and there’s no means of identifying that person, then you can probably upload as commercial.
@@dazzlingdeb8427 thanks for clearing the doubt
does this advice work on pond5 as well?
Only about a quarter of my images have keyword search information in the "Top Performers" category, the rest have nothing.
You can also see other images’ keywords when you go to your catalog manager, click on sets and “view set stats.” If the information isn’t there I’m guessing they’re being found other ways (like “similar images”)
@@NicoleGlass Thanks Nicole, I didn't even know you could access them from there, cool. :)
Thanks for the insight. Makes a lot of sense
As always your tips are very useful, thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoy them!
Hello nicole...your videos are great help for me....thanks.
Glad to hear that!
Another question,lol, you talk about finding photos by location. Now if it is a private beach do you have to upload it has editorial? What if it is a state, national or other type of park?
Thank you. Again! How are you getting away with selling zoo animal pics?
So, for the very specifically-keyworded photos, how many keywords do you put up with the photo?
Thank you for another useful vid, Nicole! Btw, how do you look at that keyword search stats like in 4:05 ?
When you are in your contributor panel, look on the right side at your recent downloads. Click to see more and then scroll through and see what keywords people use
@@NicoleGlass Awesome! Thank you
Tim Argentum I was wondering the exact same thing! I’ve been on Shutterstock for a year but never knew this info was available.
Yes keywords are important. That's why I always try to put as many keywords as possible (more than 40).
Btw I notice something strange in my sale lately. My photos that were often sold (almost everyday), nowadays become seldom sold. On the contrary, photos that usually never been sold (like I uploaded them last year and never sold), lately are sold once or twice. Do you notice this trend too in your sale?
Yes, but I can explain it. Photos that were my top sellers are no longer my top sellers because I talked about them in my videos 😅 which means lots of people went out and took the same photos.
But yes... I do notice the top sellers changing all the time. It seems they have seasons.
@@NicoleGlass Apparently everyone has different opinion. I think it is because SS now introduce "random" feature. So my photos with no sale, that shoule have been burried under hundreds of other photos, are discovered through that feature. But I am not sure ....
Do you use a drone? Do you mainly shoot video, or some stills also? I can see a drone still getting some downloads simply because of the difficulty of getting the shot. What do you think?
If I have the name of the beach in my title or caption, will that suffice? Also, is it better to separate key words such as "santa" "monica" "beach" or will "santa Monica beach" as one keyword be just as good?
I usually put them together so I can fit even more keywords into my submission. :)
Titles and keywords are both searchable.
I have a beach photo which was downloaded 14 times on Shutterstock. In terms of performance, I thought that was quite reasonable but another microstocker actually said that's really bad and that I should give up and quit microstock. My gosh, there are so many naysayers in microstock. Well, I'm not quitting. I'm staying in the game regardless of what that guys thinks or says. Plus I'm happy with all the payouts Ive made from different agencies so I don't really see a reason to quit.
Did someone say that to you in the forums?
Beach photos are very difficult to sell so I would say that’s quite good for a photo in a highly competitive category.
@@NicoleGlass Thankyou for the good words. Yes, the negativity was expressed on a microstock forum. Nevertheless, I was quite pleased with that photo's performance. And in my keywords, I was very specific about the beach's location and noted that a website used the image to promote that particular geographical region.
That looks very helpful but I can’t find it. Where should I look?
Under your top performers, as well as "set stats" when you look at your sets in the catalog manager.
Thank you. You have helped an old man supplement his pension 😊
Is it possible to re-visit pictures already submitted, and add keywords? And, how do you mark a set for either public or private?
Hi Jim - yes very easy :) Just go to your catalogue manager, select an image, edit it and add the keywords and modifications you'd like to add. You can also change the set privacy settings in the catalog manager.
@@NicoleGlass Thanks very much! I watched a few videos of yours yesterday again, and got much more out than I did the first time!
Hello, Nicole! Kudos for your photography and TH-cam channel work, it really helps people get faster into the subject matter and short cuts of stock photography! I was wondering if you have your photos and footage copyrighted in the Copyright Office in the US? I know the copyright exists since the moment of the creation of the work of art, but I wanted to know what are the trends among the popular freelancers like you, especially the ones engaged in journalism? Thank you in advance!
Hi nice to meet you here, I'm also new to here and happy to discovered your channel for stock photo contributors. I thins just makes me very confused about is that could I sent the same photos to different stock photo platforms for make money? and the copyright belongs to contributors or belongs to the stock photo platform? I watched a lot of the KOLs talk about how to make money from upload photos to the stock photo platform but no one described about it or just ignoring it. I'll be very appreciated that you tell me could I do that? Thx very much!
Loved your video thanks, Question: if I haven't yet sold any footage on shutter how can I get info regarding more popular keywords (as you mentioned in your id) thanks!
There's no tool that will tell you "this is what people are searching for on Shutterstock that has no competition". If it was that easy we'd all be millionaires. ;)
It's a combination of following the news / what's trending, browsing the platform to see what's saturated or not and trial and error.
Nicole Glass of course not. And that is not what I was saying. You said in your video that there is an option to see within the vids that were already sold, what keywords people were looking for in order to find your vid, true ? If so, what I asked is how can a beginner who has not yet sold any vids, know what are considered “stronger” key words. Is it possible to see it on videos sold by others? Or go to a popular video and check what we’re the most popular words used by people to find it ? Your reply made it seem as if my question was stupid, yet, although I don’t have a lot of experience in this field I tend to think that knowing what keywords are stronger, more popular or most relevant for your specific vid, would not stop competition or make us all millionaires... competition would still relay mainly on quality and choice of the footage one makes. Am I correct ?
@@DanPun Ah okay, I didn't quite understand your question. Unfortunately this tool is only available on your own contributor panel for your own photos. So once you have some photos up and some sales behind you, you'll be able to analyze why the successful ones did well. You can't see this data for anyone else's photos.
Can add new keywords to an existing picture?
Yes definitely. You can do that in your catalog manager.
Hi Nicole. I submitted a Weeping Angel in a cemetery with Corona engraved on it. I did submit as Editorial. It was rejected as “Non licensed content” for both commercial & editorial. Can you explain why ? Thank you
Strange. Not sure why. Try submitting it once more - maybe the rejection was a mistake.
As usual another great video with great advice!! 👍🏼
Glad you like it :)
Hi Nicole - I'm new to the stock photography market and I've only been doing this for less than a week, but I've managed to sell 3 shots already! How and where do you find the keywords the buyer used to locate those shots?
Great tips. I almost always search with location keywords. Also is that a new bumper?
I actually don't have an intro (something I should probably work on), I just make different ones for each video.
Very informative thank you. One questions please, which payout method is best to use?
Whatever is best for you - personally I use PayPal
@@NicoleGlass thank you
Can you make a video of details how photos with logo approve?
I already did :) Check out my video on Commercial vs. Editorial photos
I like your Lens/Coffee Cup just right of your laptop 😇
Thanks! :)
Agree with your advise to use location keywords to give uniqueness to your photo.
2 Qs: 1- do u think it is better to put the location in the description or in the keywords or both?
2- some downloaded photos of mine don’t show the used keywords used for download. Any idea of the reason?
As always, great information!
Thanks :)
Hey thank you for the great tips. Very useful for me 👍
Awesome!
I have a question though. What if that place I photographed is not very much known and not many people even know of its existence?
In that case maybe no one will search for it. But maybe someone will! You never know unless you try
@@NicoleGlass Thank you so much! I am learning so much from you! It's been years I photograph around the world never knowing how to make a profit from it and today I uploaded my first 3 photos in shutterstock. Fingers crossed! wish you the best of luck in these uncertain times.
Great advice!!!!
It’s been long time since I been on Shutterstock and found out that I made $1 for 4 download in Oct 2019. The photo was McDonald Touchscreen stand.
I came across with a user who is using long tail keywords. He has a large portfolio and using very different keywording technique such as maths teaching, speeding car. He never use single keyword. What do you think about this?
Do you still recommend Shutterstock, or who would you recommend? I've always been with Alamy. Thanks
I'm mostly doing video these days. Pond5 is great for video, Shutterstock is ok for video - but I wouldn't recommend SS for photos anymore.
@@NicoleGlass thanks :) be great to see a video about how to do the video if you have one. I'm guessing short clips in 4K or so. I am doing pretty good with Alamy still.