Comments on: Which pros make sales?

By: convert mts

convert mts — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:44:54 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:48:00 +0000

Can you please update your list of successful sites? It looks like two of them are no longer in business.

thanks…

By: E Kilbourne

E Kilbourne — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:07:13 +0000

I checked out the list that you gave and found it impressive. I have had smugmug for three years and only last year did I allow pics to be purchased directly from the sight. I have had fair results. Wish I had done it earlier.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:46:17 +0000

A big thank you Smugmug for allowing me a (small) window to show the world the horse shows in my (expanding) area. If money was no object I’d own a lot of these pics myself! Beautiful animals!
Jim

By: Administrator

Administrator — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:33:15 +0000

Duly noted about the desire to know who the top 5 is. I’d love to post away, but I somehow cringe a little, hoping I’m not violating anyone’s sense of privacy.

So I’ll post a few here who do well, but not necessarily the top 5 in order or anything like that.

We have a few who sell thousands of dollars/month, hundreds who sell in the hundreds/month range, and a few thousand who have set prices but get occassional sales. Here are some semi-random examples from the first two categories:

(Note that for some of these they have many more galleries than are showing because they place photos in private galleries.)

http://bodley.smugmug.com/
http://polaroidpat.smugmug.com/
http://expressive.smugmug.com/
http://leebrubaker.smugmug.com/
http://savannahga.smugmug.com/
http://erv613.smugmug.com/
http://markus.smugmug.com/

Amazing how quickly they’ve picked up on themes!

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:09:57 +0000

So the request to list the top 5 “earnings” sites on SMUGMUG was made on June 26th of this year…We are moving up on the fth month since the request was made and there seems to be absolutely NO RESPONSE to the request…not even an acknowledgement of the request having been made!

Why such a delay in a response to such a completely simple and straightforward request – it cannot be because the information is so difficult to obtain, because it just can’t.

Post the information requested. It would serve everyone.

Jay Sigal
mgbjay@mailsnare.net

By: K

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:41:43 +0000

I have the same request as Erik.
Could I get site of any of the top 5 please?
I would like to see what kind of shots are popular.

By: Terry Straehley

Terry Straehley — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:50:00 +0000

I tend to agree that there is an element of “presale” in taking pictures of an event and then directing folks to your web site to buy the pictures. The people who come are already conditioned to want a memento of the event and so the sale is a done deal if the photos are halfway decent. Conversely, I random surfer, is really not planning to buy anything, just to be a lookyloo, so they are not the big spenders. IMHO.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:41:08 +0000

I’m sure that everything you say is entirely accurate. I guess I’m an oddball. I’ve purchased 2 pro photos from the site. Both landscapes.

You’ll know I’m an oddball, too, when I tell you that I read an article on decorating the door to one’s fridge in appropriate feng shui style. So… I needed a photo of the sun for the upper right hand corner. Got it, too. It’s a beauty.

By: Erik Olsen

Erik Olsen — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:43:53 +0000

How about listing the top five selling smugmug sites, just to see how they may be set up, and look.

Thank you,

Erik