Russellreno

"HAPPY PAYDAY! That's right - the first payout of your Photrade.com ad-revenue. In your balance on your dashboard you'll see your first Ad Revenue deposit. Photrade.com shares ad revenue on the first of each month based on the number of views of your photos. If you have any questions please let us know at support@photrade.com Thanks and Happy Photrading! Tuesday, Jul 1, 2008 at 07:09:19 PM" - Russellreno via Bookmarklet

I got $0.01 Ya beauty! - Chris Nixon

Wow. I really should get started posting photos there. I already have an account and everything. - Morton Fox

@Chris: That's .01 more than I got ;) - Holger Eilhard

w00t! $.20! - Dawn M. Armfield

Welcome to the club, said by a guy who has sold exactly one photo. - Dave Roth

I got $0.13. Now if I can just get 10,000x more views, I can start thinking about upgrading some of my equipment! - Jeremy Brooks

Well, we know who's buying drinks now - Kirk Kittell

Don't spend it all in one place! :) - Morton Fox

I've got a whopping $0.51. If we pool all our money, we can buy a Coke! - Henrik Johansson

I'll chip in my $0.08 http://www.photrade.com/portfo... - Andy Roth

so it's about as lucrative as Amazon Associates then - do you get paid only when you hit $x? Do you feel your hours spent setting up your account are worth it, and do you see an upward trend in the site? I ask because I'm intrigued to join you - maybe - Phill Price

@Phill - if you have your photos tagged locally, then it is just a matter of uploading and organizing into galleries. So - not too much time getting going. Of course for the small amounts of $ most of us seem to be seeing thus far, may not be worth it. - Andy Roth

Just after I joined (did not upload any photos) they upgraded to a new UI. I doubt this site ever gets to critical mass. - Russellreno

I don't mean to brag but I have a $0.41 payment from Photrade. :-) - Mike Doeff

Mike: You rock! - Russellreno

How do you find friends on Photrade? Looked for ya Russell but could not find. - Vox

Anyone got more than $1? - Roberto Bonini

Is that $.05 before or after taxes? :-) - Jeff P. Henderson

Not familiar with how Phototrade.com works. So you get paid for views? Where does the money come from, ads on the photo pages? Sounds like WAY too much work for absolutely no return if people are only making pennies after spending time uploading their images. - Jeff P. Henderson

@Jeff - Photrade is a site that helps people share, protect and make money from their photos - ad revenue (we share all of our ad revenue) is only one of the ways that photographers can make money.... on a side note, I made $7.41... and YES I do work there, but the math is calculated the same for me as everyone else (other non-employees have made more than I have). It just depends on how many views you get and I have lots of pics and use my photos in 3 different blogs :) - Krista (VP Marketing at Photrade) - Krista Neher

Vox: I do not know. I am id=831 try this link http://www.photrade.com/portfo... - Russellreno

Your profile is www.photrade.com/username (it just isn't displayed that way on the site).... we're fixing it, but the link will work in the mean time. I am www.photrade.com/kristaneher - Krista Neher

Krista - I checked out the web site and it is not clear how much money one can make. It looks like their are a couple of mechanisms but it is very sparse on details. It looks like they indicate you can make money from stock sales & prints, but it also looks like they 'give' photos away for free and use ad revenue to cover the cost/payment to the photo's owner. Can someone who is using the service provide more info on how it works? - Jeff P. Henderson

i couldn't even make $.05 when i was using Adsense. lucky - Outsanity

Thanks Russell and Krista. Added ya both as contacts @ Photrade - Vox

Hi Jeff - You can sell photos at any price (prints, merch or licenses). For ad revenue we pay out based on # of views for onsite and offsite ads.... so if someone uses your photo there is an ad on it and you get paid for every view... Email me if you have more questions (krista at photrade dot com). - Krista Neher

Krista any timetable on the Flickr to Photrade function? - Vox

Krista - Putting my photos on your site is all well and good, but I won't make any money unless people who actually buy stock images on a regular basis know about the site. What kind of marketing are you doing and what is your long term commitment to ongoing marketing to try to draw professional photo buyers to this site. i.e. what is my incentive to use your site instead of the many other well known stock sites that photo buyers already know about? - Jeff P. Henderson

Just joined, any one care to add me as I contact? http://www.photrade.com/gbierm... - Grant Bierman

@Grant - added. Here is me: http://www.photrade.com/duckbr... - Andy Roth

@Vox - We had a solution working but had to pull it back as we couldn't verify accounts... (which is why there is a space for it). We are working on a different solution which will take some time (not a quick fix). @Jeff - We are creating a new stock model where image owners have control over their prices (vs. microstock) and buyers have access to greater breadth. We have had some stock buyers on the site already, and as our content grows we will market to buyers. If you don't make $, we don't make $. - Krista Neher

Grant: got it. - Russellreno

Thanks for the adds, I've added you back everyone. - Grant Bierman

@Krista - how about releasing your API so the likes of Migratr can add you to their list. - CJPhoto

For those who have earned money, is tehre any indication of how many views you had, and what the coversion ratio is. ie. 100 views = 1c? - CJPhoto

@Krista: All the ads on the photos appear to be "fine more ads like this on amazon". Isnt that taking buyers away from your site rather than to it? - CJPhoto

@CJPhoto - We will release our API (not sure on the timing)... have to make sure it is secure etc. In terms of the ads, we earn money from Amazon Affiliates on those ads, and we use the revenue to pay our photographers for every view of their images. We are looking to switch out the ads this month (due to our format we are slightly restricted in ad options).... Thanks for your interest in the site :) - Krista Neher