This week I reached a total of 500 uploads at Dreamstime. I am extremely proud of that. As an amateur photographer it is very rewarding to meet the high quality criteria of a professional organization like Dreamstime. It is rewarding to get your pictures accepted and even more rewarding to sell them.
By reading and practicing a lot, by participating in the Dreamstime community, and by trying to match my own ambitions and the preferences of the buyers, I have learned a lot.
In the first year my acceptance rate was 47% and this year it is 100%.
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Sept 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance | 47% | 51% | – | 71% | 70% | 87% | 91% | 100% |
And in the same period the sales, in terms of numbers, have almost quadrupled.
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Sept 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 22 | 35 | 41 | 33 | 49 | 66 | 85 | 52 |
Here you can see all my pictures at Dreamstime: in chronological order, categorized, and the ones that are sold.
