- Hey, guys.
What's going on?
In this video, we're talking about the
different clips that I sell online as stock footage
and what out of my library actually sells.
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So I've been getting this question a bunch recently.
And that is: What footage of mine sells as stock footage?
So as a lot of you know, I run a stock footage course.
I sell a bunch of my shots as stock footage
from Rachel and I's travels around the world.
I also shoot stock footage for the sole purpose
of uploading it to make some money.
It's a great way for us creators to make some
additional income on the side.
Once you've already done the work,
it becomes a passive income where it just
makes money, and you don't have to do anything with it.
So it's something that I have been doing
for a few years now,
and I definitely want to pass on to you
because I think it's a great way
for creators and filmmakers to be able to
have another revenue stream coming in
'cause that allows us to do more things,
shoot more content, and go explore
and go travel if that's what you're into.
So before we get into the clips that sell,
I'm gonna show you just a batch of all the clips
that are selling on my account right now.
I wanted to share with you a couple things.
A) If you're interested in selling stock
and you have no idea where to go,
I do have a course on that.
I'll put it in the description below.
But secondly, I wanted to share with you
this new site that I just came across this week.
It's called BlackBox.
And basically, this site is streamlining
the entire stock footage process.
And I'm super-excited about this
because one of the biggest hassles that I have
when I'm doing stock footage is the uploading
and all the metadata.
So you have to do keywords.
You have to create titles, all that metadata.
And each site is a little bit different
in the upload and submitting process,
and it becomes a hassle.
As a shooter, you don't want to be bogged down
by dealing with the computer and going through
and figuring out how to upload each service
and just spend all your time dealing with the upload.
So BlackBox, what they've been able to do is
basically give you one back end,
and they submit your clips to a bunch of stock agencies.
At the time of shooting this video,
they submit to four so they submit to
ShutterStock, Pond5, Story Blocks, and Adobe Stock.
So basically, you upload to BlackBox.
You put your metadata in there,
and they distribute it out to all the
other stock agencies.
And then on top of that, you have one dashboard
where you can see your earnings.
You can see what clips are selling.
All the data that you need to know is in one place
in BlackBox.
So as a stock shooter, this site is revolutionary
because it's basically allowing you to shoot
more content, focus on just shooting content,
and not so much the computer work.
And then beyond just the being able to submit
to multiple agencies, the site is now
allowing you to collaborate with other people.
And this is huge.
So for me as a shooter, I don't always necessarily
want to edit and do all the keywording myself.
Well, with BlackBox, what you can do is
basically assign a curator.
And that curator can edit and do all the keywording
for your stock clips.
Now, instead of having to pay someone out right,
basically how it works is that you can
split the commission based on who's working on the clip.
So if you have a curator, basically you can assign
them a percentage of every sale of the clips
that they worked on.
So say you know someone that's an editor
that just wants to edit and do metadata
but doesn't necessarily want to shoot.
Well you can team up with them
and basically split the stock clip 50/50.
So you go out and shoot.
They take care of the rest.
They upload it.
The only thing that you have to do on your end
is approve it, and then BlackBox will send it out
to all the stock agencies.
And they automatically split the payment
between you and your buddy.
This is huge.
And this is the reason why I wanted to
bring this to you guys is that
I personally get bogged down with the editing
and the upload process.
So I've actually been talking with a few people,
and now I'm going to start handing off the
editing and the metadata to different people
when I don't have the time to do it.
If I have the time to sit down and do stock,
then that's great.
I can do the whole process.
Obviously, I'll make more money off of each clip.
But because I'm traveling so much,
because I have so much content that I'm creating,
I don't always have time to sit down
and do my stock.
And I have hard drives just full of footage ready to go.
So it's a great way to be able to get the footage up,
start getting sales because there's no use
in having footage just sitting around doing nothing.
It'd be much better to have this footage
online and making money.
So guys, I put a link down in the description below
to where you can register.
It's completely free to register.
They take 15 percent of your sales.
That's how it works.
I mean, they're cutting out a lot of the work
so they take a percentage.
It makes sense.
So go down in the description and check that out.
Click the link.
And the team that works at BlackBox is super-responsive
so if you have any questions, anything at all,
they put you in a Facebook group.
And it's probably the least toxic Facebook group
I've ever been a part of.
Everyone's just helping each other
and making sure all of us as creators
are successful in selling stock footage.
And one more thing before we get into the clips,
if any of you are interested in working
on my stock footage, just shoot me a message.
I'm always looking for new editors and new people
to do keywording and all that.
I can get you up to speed on my stock.
And basically how it works,
I'll just send you a dropbox full of clips
and then you go through, edit, do the metadata,
and you get a percentage of every sale
that comes through.
So it's a win-win for everyone.
So let me show you the top shots out of my stock library
that are selling.
I'm gonna go through.
I'm just gonna let these play,
put a little music under it so it's more entertaining,
and I'll also put in the corner
the type of camera that I'm using to shoot these.
And I'm doing this because I'll show you that
stock can be shot on virtually anything,
and it will still sell.
All right, so these are the clips
that are selling out of my library.
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So what do you guys think about those shots?
I'd love to hear from you.
Go down in the comments down below.
Let me know.
Do you sell stock?
Or are you interested in selling stock?
I'm really curious to see how many people
are out there in the stock world
and how many of you are on this channel
'cause I'd love to connect and collaborate
on some future stock shoots.
One more thing before I go:
Office, this whole setup, is amazing.
I can just come over here, turn on the camera, and go.
I can't stress this enough
but when you have things set up and they're simple
and things are just working,
it makes it so much easier to shoot.
Before I had this setup, I had to set up this light.
I had to set up this light.
I had to reset all this.
But I've completely reconfigured the office.
It's taken me a long time to get to this point,
but now I can just come over here, flip on the camera,
and go.
And it is...
I can produce content in between edits and shoots
and all this.
And I'm glad I finally got it to this point.
It's pretty cool.
Okay, links are in the description.
If you want stock footage course,
if you want to sign up for BlackBox,
both of those are down there.
And if you're new to this channel,
make sure you hit that Subscribe button.
I've got a lot of awesome filmmaking tutorials.
I've got some camera reviews.
I've got a lot of travel vlogs,
and there's just some really cool stuff
coming on this channel.
Vietnam is around the horizon.
That's where I'm heading next,
and I'll definitely need some editors to help
me with that stock footage.
Also, come find me on Instagram @jevendovey.
And, guys, I will see you on the next one.