Reasons for low earnings on stocks

 

Only 1% of registered authors make good money on the stock. All the rest leave the stocks disappointed and tell everywhere that stocks are a scam and you won’t earn money there.

Stocks are a full-time job. Stocks can make money. Stocks are not passive income, you have to work hard and produce a commercially valuable product.

Let's look at the reasons why many stockers have low earnings.

Reason one: laziness and inefficiency

Loading 20 jobs into a portfolio and waiting for millions in fees is not a money-making strategy, it is a misunderstanding of the market.

Stocks are a full-time job. You need to consistently and regularly upload new work to your portfolio. Don't sit around refreshing the ShutterStock page while waiting for sales. Go take pictures, draw, scan. Look at the sales statistics when you upload a new batch of works.

Reason two: poor quality of work

Quality in photography and illustration is subjective, so you may not always be able to adequately assess the level of your work. The buyer votes with a ruble for quality work, if your earnings on stocks leave much to be desired, then you should take a closer look at your work.

You can seek advice from a more experienced stoker or expose your portfolio to public criticism. Also, do not forget to train observation, be interested in the work of famous photographers and artists, take training courses.

Reason Three: You've Chosen a Highly Competitive Topic

There are very highly competitive topics on the stocks, usually the most profitable topics, but at the same time, these topics have the most photos and illustrations. To make money on a highly competitive topic, you need to produce a product of very high quality and in very large quantities, for beginners this can be an overwhelming task.

Try your hand at different topics, try something new in search of an unoccupied niche. You can also experiment with style and presentation, new angles.

Reason Four: Too Many Sims

Proper use of similars is very good, it allows you to get the most out of one photo shoot or one illustration.

Similar busting makes your portfolio boring, monotonous, and creates the illusion that you have a lot of work in your portfolio. If your similars look like the picture above, then this is one job. All these works respond to one request of the buyer. Diversify your portfolio and don't load all the similars at once.

Reason five: you work with one stock

Low earnings may be the reason that you work with only one stock or with several, but very small stocks. The whole point of the stock industry is that the same work can be sold many times. Your task is to make sure that as many buyers as possible see your work. Sign up for all stocks that generate tangible income, at least you must be represented on ShutterStock, AdobeStock and iStock.

I am currently cooperating with 10 different stocks and I calculate the monthly income from stocks as the total income from all stocks for a certain month.

Reason six: you have recently registered

Stocks are a long game. Uploading 100 works and getting $1,000 next month will not work. You need to understand how all parts of this system work.

After you have uploaded the work to the stock, it is checked (on some stocks this may take 2 months). Then the title and keywords are indexed by the internal stock system and enter the stock search base. Also, the same data is indexed by the Goggle and Yandex search engines and gets into the global search databases. Then we wait for a buyer who needs this particular job.

Don't give up if you like working on stocks. Redouble your efforts or ask more experienced stockers for advice. Good luck!