Things I Learned After My Photo Hit #1 on Reddit, and Why I Probably Shouldn’t Have Posted It

July 29, 2014 Marco | Editor

Outstanding! 20,000 people visited my site! Some people even messaged me asking if they could buy a print!… I have not heard anything more. I did not sell anything.

Oh well, at least my other images got exposure…? Not really. As you can see, nearly everyone who visited my site came for the original image, maybe scrolled once or twice through others in that set, then left. The shop page didn’t even make it into the top ten most-visited.

via petapixel.com.

Via: A Photo Editor

Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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