Author Topic: How Was Your October? (Read 24036 times)

Uncle Pete · « **on:** November 01, 2017, 12:06 »

Actually my Oct. was pretty good, but that was a bunch of ODs and SOD on SS. While IS wiped thousands of my files in the new improved ESP version, because they were competing editorial with Getty. AdobeStock is climbing and steady. (or actually stock.adobe.com)

Desintegrator · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2017, 12:52 »

Finally something good, best month in 2,5 years on Shutterstock, 2nd best ever. I don't have exact account of this data, but I'm pretty sure it was the highest RPD ever. $1.12 for only photos, $1,55 overall including video sales.

Fotolia, my 2nd earner, doing fine.

On other sites I don't really check monthly stats, just yearly...

derek · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2017, 13:33 »

Microstock total Adobe not bad. SS not all that!. DP. brilliant close to 4 figures. Traditional-agencies close to 6K they totally outshine Micro-stock! and I would probably do wise in deleting some 6000 files from micro and shove them into the traditional agencies as RF's.

pancaketom · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2017, 13:38 »

Amazingly my BME too beating Oct 2012, (unless you count the month I got a big payout for Veer's Dash for Cash)

Sadly it was mostly due to a number of big sales at Alamy, so probably not part of a trend. P5 and Canva also contributed nicely and Adobe had a decent showing. It was an ok month at SS for the new norm, but 1/3 of they heyday there and unlike in the past when it was reliably my highest earning site, it was #3 this month.

It was my BME for 4 different sites and none of the decent earners were super low.

zebra007 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2017, 14:11 »

The same as SEP

Brightontl · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2017, 14:55 »

Decent month, but nothing to write home about.
Adobe/Fotolia made all my income of this month in one crazy day with a deluge of 4k sales, absolutely nothing the rest of the month (I had the stupid idea of uploading photos there and it killed my sales)
Shutterstock was below par, but as always in these case, a huge day on the 31st put me exactly at my allocated monthly income
Pond 5 quite good
VB missing in action

akaza · « **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2017, 14:58 »

October was gooddd

istock BME, ss and adobe 2nd BME

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2017, 15:21 »

Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33

DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.

Zero Talent · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2017, 16:17 »

4 figures on SS, but below expectations.
Interesting to observe that SS is only accounting for 30% of my total revenue, down from more than 50%, not very long time ago.

Minsc · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2017, 17:30 »

SS - 2nd BME. A great month boosted by a number of large SODs.
Adobe Stock - BME. They have become my best earner and I'm loving the consistency. Though I do feel like I'm close to hitting my ceiling.
123RF - A good month. Still a big drop from earlier in the year.

Mantis · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2017, 18:17 »

Quote from: Zero Talent on November 01, 2017, 16:17

4 figures on SS, but below expectations.
Interesting to observe that SS is only accounting for 30% of my total revenue, down from more than 50%, not very long time ago.

$.0000 or $0.000 or $00.00 or $000.0 or $0000? LOL just joking. But technically mine was five figures

Zero Talent · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2017, 21:34 »

Quote from: Mantis on November 01, 2017, 18:17

Quote from: Zero Talent on November 01, 2017, 16:17
4 figures on SS, but below expectations.
Interesting to observe that SS is only accounting for 30% of my total revenue, down from more than 50%, not very long time ago.

$.0000 or $0.000 or $00.00 or $000.0 or $0000? LOL just joking. But technically mine was five figures

Funny! To use your numbering standard: 6 figures with 1 comma and 1 dot

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2017, 21:59 »

Best month of the year, second best month ever.

Artist · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2017, 22:49 »

it was my BME in SS, fotolia still the same.

ITsME · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2017, 23:47 »

Worst month since 2015. Strange as all my other months have been much better than before.
Anyway, new month, new sales !

Pauws99 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 02, 2017, 01:28 »

A fairly mediocre month SS doing quite well but no big sales, fotolia suffering from periods of going AWOL RF123 coming back from the doldrums. For the first time in years big fat zero from Canstock. If Istock is in line then pretty average kind of month.

derek · « **Reply #16 on:** November 02, 2017, 01:53 »

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on November 01, 2017, 15:21

Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.

You made 50 quid?? haha! are you serious and with your content?? so how many files have you got there? I been there since their start maybe that helps but yes they can also produce crappy days thats for sure.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 02, 2017, 01:56 »

Quote from: derek on November 02, 2017, 01:53

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on November 01, 2017, 15:21
Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.

You made 50 quid?? haha! are you serious and with your content?? so how many files have you got there? I been there since their start maybe that helps but yes they can also produce crappy days thats for sure.

You know who that is?

alijaber · « **Reply #18 on:** November 02, 2017, 02:02 »

It was a BME due to very good sales at Pond5 (80% of total income)

derek · « **Reply #19 on:** November 02, 2017, 02:47 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on November 02, 2017, 01:56

Quote from: derek on November 02, 2017, 01:53
Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on November 01, 2017, 15:21
Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.

You made 50 quid?? haha! are you serious and with your content?? so how many files have you got there? I been there since their start maybe that helps but yes they can also produce crappy days thats for sure.
You know who that is?

Yeah its Sean! known him since Bruce started Istock!! some 15 years back! so??

Pauws99 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2017, 02:54 »

Quote from: derek on November 02, 2017, 02:47

Quote from: Pauws99 on November 02, 2017, 01:56
Quote from: derek on November 02, 2017, 01:53
Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on November 01, 2017, 15:21
Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.
Misinterpreted your post whoops
You made 50 quid?? haha! are you serious and with your content?? so how many files have you got there? I been there since their start maybe that helps but yes they can also produce crappy days thats for sure.
You know who that is?

Yeah its Sean! known him since Bruce started Istock!! some 15 years back! so??

Misinterpreted your post whoops

Zero Talent · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2017, 04:23 »

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on November 01, 2017, 15:21

Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.

Maybe he made 4 "Mantis" figures

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2017, 04:37 »

Pretty, pretty good

qunamax · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2017, 06:02 »

Tiny port, very good on SS, just a bit shy of excellent September. Even FT picked up a bit, since I have very sporadic sales there.

Brasilnut · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2017, 07:10 »

Below par, but still managed a somewhat reasonable 350 downloads from SS and AS picking up, especially with the passport composites I've been putting together.

Anyway, most of my best stuff going to my Stocksy application (all in).

Still pending sales report from Robert Harding...bunch of sales on there.

Mantis · « **Reply #25 on:** November 02, 2017, 07:46 »

Quote from: Zero Talent on November 02, 2017, 04:23

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on November 01, 2017, 15:21
Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
DP. brilliant close to 4 figures.

That's incredible. I made $50, lol.

Maybe he made 4 "Mantis" figures

LOL good one.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 02, 2017, 08:04 »

Poor overall. BS worst in five years, CS worst in two years. SS, DP and 123 equal to what they averaged in 2012. Alamy OK, Canva about 20% of what they were 1.5 years ago but still number 2 after SS. DT and FT both above average. This year I have been getting lots of runs on DT with the same buyer downloading 10-12 images of the same subject, often quite similar images - too bad they had all those years of rejecting similars because those seem to be what buyers want, at least on DT these days. Don't usually get that many like that on other agencies.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #27 on:** November 02, 2017, 08:13 »

SS had a very good month - buoyed by strong SODs. Best month since November 2015; best October since 2013 (November has always been my top month). Compared to either of those earlier months, the SODs this month were a lot higher - which is both good and bad news. The bad part is it shows how the other mainstays (subs and on demand) have weakened.

Adobe was a BME (but I've only been back there since mid-December last year, so that's not really a surprise). In spite of that it was half of SS, so there's still room for them to grow a bit.

DT was pathetic - just over half of October 2016 and 13% of October 2013 (and yes, I do mean just over one tenth of the earlier total).

Alamy had only two small sales - I was beginning to think I'd accidentally deleted my portfolio

I have only a handful of files left at iStock so nothing that happens there is meaningful (variations on tiny)

kjekol · « **Reply #28 on:** November 02, 2017, 14:23 »

October was the best month ever for me. (FYI: started in 2011).

ShadySue · « **Reply #29 on:** November 02, 2017, 17:07 »

About average in Alamy; apparently average (for this year!) #dls on iS (according to downloads YTD), but three weeks to know if I hit the jackpot or if my rpd continues to decrease.

jjneff · « **Reply #30 on:** November 02, 2017, 17:19 »

For video SS-Strong, Pond5-Strong, VideoBlocks-Average, Adobe-Very Strong, Dissolve-weak, Getty-Don't Know

Not bad over all!

Jogga0 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 03, 2017, 03:32 »

Encouraging results at FT with BME 2 months in a row now. Pretty good at Canva and 123. SS and DT seem be on new consistently lower levels.

Open_ · « **Reply #32 on:** November 03, 2017, 03:50 »

Fat zero for the first time at 123rf, what the fak is happening there. Everywhere else almost 4 figures each. bme.

Semmick Photo · « **Reply #33 on:** November 03, 2017, 03:51 »

So everyone doing well on SS again as it seems. I am still 50% down on the months before my portfolio crashed. All other agencies are insignificant as well. Overall decline. But I am not adding any images, no time, no motivation.

photorobot · « **Reply #34 on:** November 03, 2017, 04:38 »

Same here, Semmick Photo. Strange failure with SS, AS, and IS in October. Perhaps it's due to an error transmitting rejection of the whole bunch of files.

Mantis · « **Reply #35 on:** November 03, 2017, 08:14 »

Quote from: Semmick Photo on November 03, 2017, 03:51

So everyone doing well on SS again as it seems. I am still 50% down on the months before my portfolio crashed. All other agencies are insignificant as well. Overall decline. But I am not adding any images, no time, no motivation.

No. $12 days with almost 5k assets is not good.

angelawaye · « **Reply #36 on:** November 03, 2017, 08:18 »

Nothing like last year for me. I'm down hundreds of dollars compared to last October 2016.

Glad everyone is doing well though. I just don't feel like it will ever return to the "8/10" acceptance days. They seem to accept anything and everything now. I can't compete.

motionguy · « **Reply #37 on:** November 03, 2017, 08:20 »

BME

But so far a bad start into november.

niktol · « **Reply #38 on:** November 03, 2017, 08:36 »

BME. October was always very good for me.

sarah2 · « **Reply #39 on:** November 04, 2017, 07:12 »

Mediocre.

OM · « **Reply #40 on:** November 06, 2017, 09:19 »

Quote from: Semmick Photo on November 03, 2017, 03:51

So everyone doing well on SS again as it seems. I am still 50% down on the months before my portfolio crashed. All other agencies are insignificant as well. Overall decline. But I am not adding any images, no time, no motivation.

Dreadful Oct for me. Barely scraped payout. Last time it was this bad was 5 years ago, except then it was great because I'd only just started and had around 20% of current port.

jonbull · « **Reply #41 on:** November 06, 2017, 09:32 »

Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33

Microstock total Adobe not bad. SS not all that!. DP. brilliant close to 4 figures. Traditional-agencies close to 6K they totally outshine Micro-stock! and I would probably do wise in deleting some 6000 files from micro and shove them into the traditional agencies as RF's.

4000 dollar in depositi photos...i stopped reading at this point.
not even if you show me the bill
. the rest come forward.

jonbull · « **Reply #42 on:** November 06, 2017, 09:35 »

till 16 superb months with 4 90 dale dollar and many other 15 and 45....then the dead and still going on in first week of november. sure it has to do with search engine and ss not customer. is not possible from days one to days two to disappear completely from seller radar...despite uploading quality content.
the problem is i still sold only my files who are in great position. everything new is buried.
personale i hope they will eliminate best and popular from search engine.

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #43 on:** November 06, 2017, 09:36 »

Quote from: jonbull on November 06, 2017, 09:32

Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
Microstock total Adobe not bad. SS not all that!. DP. brilliant close to 4 figures. Traditional-agencies close to 6K they totally outshine Micro-stock! and I would probably do wise in deleting some 6000 files from micro and shove them into the traditional agencies as RF's.

4000 dollar in depositi photos...i stopped reading at this point.
not even if you show me the bill
. the rest come forward.

"Close to 4 figures" = $900 something.

MysteryShot · « **Reply #44 on:** November 06, 2017, 12:33 »

As a noob October was "good" , absolutely no sales since November stuck at 32$ $:-\$

rogut · « **Reply #45 on:** November 07, 2017, 07:30 »

Another noob with a reasonable October, but totally dead November. No sales at all for 5 days now :-(

Mantis · « **Reply #46 on:** November 07, 2017, 21:52 »

Quote from: increasingdifficulty on November 06, 2017, 09:36

Quote from: jonbull on November 06, 2017, 09:32
Quote from: derek on November 01, 2017, 13:33
Microstock total Adobe not bad. SS not all that!. DP. brilliant close to 4 figures. Traditional-agencies close to 6K they totally outshine Micro-stock! and I would probably do wise in deleting some 6000 files from micro and shove them into the traditional agencies as RF's.

4000 dollar in depositi photos...i stopped reading at this point.
not even if you show me the bill
. the rest come forward.

"Close to 4 figures" = $900 something.

Or $90.00 something

leaf · « **Reply #47 on:** November 08, 2017, 01:49 »

Quote from: Semmick Photo on November 03, 2017, 03:51

So everyone doing well on SS again as it seems. I am still 50% down on the months before my portfolio crashed. All other agencies are insignificant as well. Overall decline. But I am not adding any images, no time, no motivation.

I can't say I did well on SS this month. 2014 was still my top year, and I have to go back to 2010 or earlier to match the earnings of last month. Demotivating is how I would classify it.

Chris Kelleher · « **Reply #48 on:** November 08, 2017, 08:46 »

My 4th month into sell stock, my October was excellent with almost 250 downloads. DT came in first, with SS and BS both performing nicely as well. Sold lots of pumpkin pictures!

Johnski2015 · « **Reply #49 on:** November 09, 2017, 16:53 »

utter shag for me SS down again 50% for last three months running, the rest rubbish, iS may pull in a payout this month - seems to be the best performer for me ATM