Have you signed up as a Shutterstock contributor and want to try your hand at vectors?
Often we are confused about what vectors we should create and doubt whether they will sell well.
Don’t worry, there are ways to find out what vectors sell on Shutterstock.
Check out the tips and tricks below!

Check out M-Rank

M-Rank.net is a website that contains the ranking index of each vector and its author.
If you want to check what vectors are selling, you can open it at New hits in the top.
If you look at the picture above, the vectors that are selling well have COVID-19 themes such as hand washing icons, masks, virus illustrations, stayhome slogans and so on because when the author opened the web there was a global COVID-19 pandemic.

By looking at the New hits in the top, surely you already have an idea of what vector you should make next, right?
However, the hit vectors should not be copied raw, please be creative with the instructions that already exist.

Besides New hits in the top, you can also see Portfolios top by rank which contains authors who create vector designs whose works sell best on Shutterstock.
You could say, these authors are selling their vectors well!
Now please try to browse the M-Rank.net website first, because there is still a lot that can be researched from this one website.

If your account has been indexed on this website, you can also see your account statistics!
Just write your username in the search bar and you can see your statistics and rank globally.

Check it out on Shutterstock

If you check through M-rank, and apparently the vectors that sell are not in accordance with our niche, don’t be sad yet.
You can still find what vectors sell according to the niche you usually make.
The method is quite easy, namely by acting as a customer who wants to download your niche vector.

For example, if you’re used to making e-sport themed logos, try searching on shutterstock’s customer page and write “e-sport logo” in the search bar.

From the search results, you will see vectors that are top downloads.
Next, you can research what types of e-sport logos appear on the first page.
For example, from the shape type, a lot of them take illustrations of wolves, tigers, and so on.
For style, most are in the form of strokes with two color shading and so on.

From the results of this research, you will be able to decide what to make for your next e-sport logo design, right?
But please don’t copy or plagiarize from the logos you find!
Aside from violating designer ethics regarding copyright, your Shutterstock account can also get banned!

Source: silvianatalia.com