Cumulative Totals for Picture

[The Elusive One]

Is there a way to find the cumulative total for a picture? How much money a picture has generated. If I find a certain subject is selling nicely I would shoot more of it. However I'm finding the information that adobe gives me is next to useless. This should be one of the things listed by a photo. 

I've done a few searches before posting this but couldn't find anything covered so far. 

-Mike

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[The Elusive One]

Also, how do you edit a post once it's posted? Adobe won't seem to let you. Maybe I'm just missing it. 

[Abambo]

Also, how do you edit a post once it's posted? Adobe won't seem to let you. Maybe I'm just missing it. 

By @The Elusive One

You can, when you get a higher level. Send me a PM, I can edit your message.

[daniellei4510]

You can't. Only moderators can edit or delete posts.

[Abambo]

You can't. Only moderators can edit or delete posts.

By @daniellei4510

Users need a higher level before they can edit the posts. Curtesy of some, who edited back the NSW comments, as fast as moderators defused them.

[The Elusive One]

ok I understand. Not that big of a deal for me, it was just odd.

[daniellei4510]

On your Dashboard, click AVAILABLE EARNINGS on the top right-hand side. Your accumulated EARNINGS will be listed on the far right of each image, starting with your top sellers.

[The Elusive One]

Yes but that's for the pay period. I want to make sure we're talking about the same thing. Your talking about totals for the pay period selected. I'm talking about gross accumulated for the picture.

[The Elusive One]

We should also be able to edit our own posts. 

[Abambo]

Is there a way to find the cumulative total for a picture? How much money a picture has generated.

By @The Elusive One

You need to export your sales figures as a CSV file and to the math in Excell. However, that number is not that important. The number of sales is more interesting. 

[The Elusive One]

There REALLY needs to be a better way to display that. There's little information listed and a special column for upload date. Who cares about the upload date. I also have to disagree with number of sales. If it really hasn't generated any money it's not really worth much more work. It's the cumulative amount that will motivate any contributor to shoot more like it. 

[Abambo]

I'm in my eight year as a contributor, and I never needed that. 

I also have to disagree with number of sales. If it really hasn't generated any money it's not really worth much more work.

By @The Elusive One

It's statistic. My bestseller generates the highest income on any periode of time. I generate around 70 cents per sale in average, my bestseller is not far away. The only time, when an asset generates more than the average is, when it gets selected for the free collection. 

The number of sales makes your asset more attractive for the search engine, and that generates more sales. 

Stock is all about numbers. 

[daniellei4510]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question, but I can do that just by clicking on the AVAILABLE EARNINGS link in the upper right corner. The top sellers are at the top, with the earnings displayed.

[Abambo]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question, but I can do that just by clicking on the AVAILABLE EARNINGS link in the upper right corner. The top sellers are at the top, with the earnings displayed.

By @daniellei4510

You can do that for a given period of time. 

[The Elusive One]

I think we're just talking in circles here and I may have addressed this but again that's just for a pay period and not cumulative.  The dashboard has very little functionality for contributors.   

[Abambo]

I think we're just talking in circles here and I may have addressed this but again that's just for a pay period and not cumulative.

By @The Elusive One

You can ask the nu:bers for a whole year. You can add years manually, that is not that much work. It's all you get for now. There are other more urgent issues to be solved currently.

[The Elusive One]

Are you one of the programers for Adobe?

Who wants to work through every year for every photo? Do you? If this was part of the funtionality it would benefit everyone. 

[Jill_C]

But it wouldn't necessarily benefit Adobe. They seem to prioritize investments on the Buyer side of the business rather than the supplier side, which is where we Contributors are. The fact is that there is a not-too-difficult way to accomplish what you're looking for, so I don't assume that Adobe will expend any resources to make it easier for us.

[Abambo]

No, why should I?

You export your 10 years of sales (or whatever you have), put them together in Excel and use a pivot table for your analysis. But it appears that you are not understanding the dynamics of stock. If in the past you had pictures of masks that sold well, you will now have zero sales on that same topic.

Whatever: What and if does not bring you forward, and if there are new things, they won't be on this side, as it is utterly uninteresting. And I say that as a contributor.

At the moment of a sale, I'm interested in the amount. But that I sold a certain picture 5 years ago for a certain amount does not bring me forward. If an asset still sells after 5 years, does. My average is 70 cents, so I assume that all pictures get sold for 70 cents.

The feature to export is there, you should use that one. There won't be a change in this anytime soon. If there is, then it would be for a need that Adobe has.

[The Elusive One]

No why should I....and that's my point. I understand clearly that you have a work around. Maybe I'm not clear myself but I have a valid reasons as well. 

I do understnad what you're saying about Excel but you need to understand that this is the only stock photography agency that I've worked with that doesn't  have this function. It tells me what sells and has good legs and where I should spend my time.  That IS valid for sales, helps contributors and THUS helps adobe. This is also important because I have had pictures that over time have done quite well and despite what you've said adobe is fully capable of implementing this sir. 

Now I've read all your responses about why this isn't important but it is a valid point. You have your functions why can't I have mine? You've mentioned that you've never used it in your 8 years. My  response is so what. I use it quite a lot and have more than 8 years in the business even if someone came in off the street and put this on the table it would have a basis for being implemented because it would be of use to contributors. 

Keywording also makes your asset more attractive to search engines of what a contributor is looking for. So there's more than one way to skin a cat sir.

Lastly isn't this the thread for stock suggestions? I thought I put that in that category when I started this thread. I don't understand why you''re taking the time to shoot down a suggestion that would benefit the community. 

[Abambo]

despite what you've said adobe is fully capable of implementing this sir. 

By @The Elusive One

Nobody said that Adobe could not implement this. I only say that the functionality is available by other means. 

Keywording also makes your asset more attractive to search engines of what a contributor is looking for. So there's more than one way to skin a cat sir.

By @The Elusive One

I don't skin cats! But I do apply keywords. And the great news is that you can keyword your Adobe stock assets. But that is unrelated to your statistics. 

Lastly isn't this the thread for stock suggestions? I thought I put that in that category when I started this thread. I don't understand why you''re taking the time to shoot down a suggestion that would benefit the community. 

By @The Elusive One

As you have surely seen, you did post in the incorrect forum. But you are welcome to submit your suggestions, I don't just agree with the utility for this. But that is not important. 

Having other stock agencies having this does it not make more useful. But it's frustrating to see payments in the cents range. I would prefer a higher share to the fancy features. 

[The Elusive One]

I ask again: Are you an adobe moderator or employee? 

[Abambo]

Adobe employees are marked as employees. I'm a forum moderator, but not an image moderator. That's not a job for me. In the contributors' interest! I've stated above that I'm a contributor (like you).

[The Elusive One]

Ah ok, I was wondering why you were taking such an interest in this thread. I'll know for next time Abambo.

Cheers.

[Abambo]

Who else should take interest in the thread? 

If anything, my answers guide others to the workaround, which you seem not to want.