Author Topic: Nine days without sales (Read 6987 times)

fauxware · « **on:** December 02, 2007, 11:42 »

HI everybody
I had 9 consecutive days without any sales on fotolia. I was having sales almost everyday till november 23. Then suddenly nothing.
Maybe becouse i have no christmas images?
Someone had the same drop in sales?

maunger · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2007, 12:00 »

funny, i've gone for about 9 weeks without a sale

ok, a stretch, but it was almost 4 weeks between sales for me... i wish their upload process was as easy as LO or StockXpert because i'd upload more there to try to improve my sales.

Peter · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2007, 12:05 »

I have sales every day. Even on weekends few.

how big is your portfolio?

sharply_done · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2007, 12:12 »

I have DLs every day, too.

fauxware · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2007, 12:14 »

Just 150 images, quite small I know and not of great quality as yours, but usually with regular sales in the last two month

Pixart · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2007, 12:19 »

Ever since V2 I cannot predict. I have more days without sales than those with. Then last week I had several days in a row with several sales each day. It seemed that something was fixed that had been broken and then it stopped again.

vphoto · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2007, 14:09 »

My guess is at FT one has to have at least a thousand pics or more to make a $100 a month.

vphoto

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2007, 14:18 »

Sales at Fotolia are so unpredictable I think but overall the $/image of portfolio compared to other sites like IS is very low. Sites like StockXpert,CT,123RF will catch up soon I think.
I calculate that I will need 1500 images to make $ 100 a month...
I have 560 at the moment..... still a long way to go

Laurent

sharpshot · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2007, 15:14 »

I have sales there most days and a lot more EL's than on some sites. I sell more with StockXpert and DT but haven't had an EL on those sites.

ff · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2007, 07:52 »

I had a bit of a slowdown in momentum the last 3 weeks of november, but managed to squeak through with a 4 photo difference from october.

On the other hand, I had two ELs which was great.

(total portfolio of 590, quite a few of which I'm ashamed about...

)

michealo · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2007, 08:12 »

US Thanksgiving holiday?

tdoes · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2007, 08:42 »

Quote from: vphoto on December 02, 2007, 14:09

My guess is at FT one has to have at least a thousand pics or more to make a $100 a month.

vphoto

My experience with Fotolia is that you can make $100 a month there with less than 1000 images. I still don't have that many images there and have been able to get a few $100 monthly payouts there. I have a diverse portfolio which seems to be the key!

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2007, 09:01 »

I maybe wrong but I think that FT is doing better for people who started recently (after V2)...

tdoes · « **Reply #13 on:** December 03, 2007, 09:10 »

Quote from: ldambies on December 03, 2007, 09:01

I maybe wrong but I think that FT is doing better for people who started recently (after V2)...

For me V2 is just starting to get to the V1 levels in sales since the quirks are being corrected.

jsnover · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2007, 17:29 »

Quote from: ldambies on December 03, 2007, 09:01

I maybe wrong but I think that FT is doing better for people who started recently (after V2)...

That's not my experience - downloads have been good there lately (I started there in September 2005). The only complaint I have is fewer extended licenses which has reduced the $$ total a bit compared to other sites.

There has been a lot of Christmas stuff selling lately, so for those without any seasonal images perhaps there's a slow patch?

madelaide · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2007, 18:04 »

FT used to perform much better for me. It's been quite slow these past two weeks. No ELs in months.

Regards,
Adelaide

vonkara · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2007, 18:08 »

Very slow for me. Since the last month???

anonymous · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2007, 23:26 »

been a strange 2 mos, but FT has been my saving grace in the last 30 days. sales have finally caught back up to pre-V2 era.

lathspell · « **Reply #18 on:** December 08, 2007, 23:40 »

Funny, my first batch of 8 pictures was approved today, and 2 hours later I had my first sale at FT ...

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