Can you tell me everything you know about the algorithm for displaying photos to potential buyers?

Is there a chance for old photos to be seen?

 

By @MliO111

Of course. There is always a chance your old submissions to be seen and sold. My personal example: recently I have sold two photos that were uploaded more than two years ago. They had 0 downloads. Now one is sold one time, the other one is already sold two times.

Everything we know about Stock's search algorithm:

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Everything we know about Google's search algorithm:

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Can you tell me everything you know about the algorithm for displaying photos to potential buyers?

I'm interested.

By @MliO111

That's a business secret.

I know the following (by experience):

• new assets get more sales
• assets with sales get more sales
• successful accounts with a lot of sales get more sales.

So all this contributes to a successful account.

Each time your asset gets a sale, it is probable that the same asset will earn an additional sale. I had assets sleeping in my portfolio for a couple of years. After the first sale, they immediately earned some additional sales. The algorithm prefers success, freshness, and some randomness.

You answered at least one question yourself: Yes, if an image is sold, it moves up in the search algorithm and has a better chance of being seen and sold again. Do old photos get sold? I just had one sell today and a couple last week. Beyond that, I'm clueless as to how the algorithm works.

Also interesting: does the total number of photos or purchases affect the account rating? Do your photos generally show up more if someone buys from you?

 

Thanks in advance!

By @MliO111

Basically, the more you upload and the more people buy it, the higher your chances are that the photo/asset will show up.

If one stops uploading, or the account is blocked for a period of time due to whatever reason, the lower down 'the list' one is.

Bear in mind also, that one should upload what the market wants.