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Rather than add this comment to one of the existing positive threads ("Increase in BigStock ...", "Rise of BigStock"), I thought it more appropriate to create a new one.

I just checked to see how BigStock fared for me in April. After a decent March (for BigStock), downloads dropped 50%, and revenues an amazing 2/3. It was my worst month there since December 2007 (when my portfolio was roughly 10% of its current size).

RPD dropped to $0.65, which is down 40% from my average of $1.08, and the lowest I've seen since my second month there (when I had TWO sales!), Feb, 2007.

Is this an anomaly, or is BigStock dying?

Hey Larry,
That is not fair.

@ KB
Yeah, BigStock is down about 15% for me too.

I don't know if it's fair or not, but I'm sure it is true. We are all each other's competition, whether we like it or not. 

Down 15% is bad. Down 50% (and a 2/3 revenue drop) is awful.

I just finished my overall April tally, and it was pretty disastrous across the board. Every agency was down month over month, and all but FT was down year over year. None as bad as BigStock, but it does seem to indicate that the problem is more my portfolio than BigStock. 

For me is almost dead...

Not quite dead.  I finally reached a payout.  It took just over 22 months.  



This $3 sale took me to $50.50.  Now, just wait the seven days for the sale to clear.  Seven days is nothing after a long, very disappointing, nearly two years.

Long live Big Stock.  

Still can't figure out how to post an image :'(
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-4587304/

This site (once quite lively) has been totaly 'dead' for me in the last few months.

Great shot!


Click once and paste the image location on an external site between the two brackets you'll get in the message. You obtain this image location on the clipboard by right-clicking on the image and click Save Image Location.

It will look like this in the message:

BigStock slowed down for me along 2009 and early this year, but has recovered in the past months.