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Historically, it looks like August should offer a slight uptick in sales, and, thankfully, no US holidays... Thoughts?
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idk
August 2015 was great when I joined DT, last year was not...who knows
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Whatyall think about september and october sales. Should we open new topic?
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Whatyall think about september and october sales. Should we open new topic?
Is that for 2018?
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I think I will get either more or fewer sales in August unless of course they stay unchanged.
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I predict that some folks will make more money, some will lose money and some will stay the same- the great Oracle has spoken... 8)
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I would like to know about May 2023. That's an important month for me.
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I would like to know about May 2023. That's an important month for me.
The Oracle predicts that Micro-Stock will be gone by then with only free images from cell phones by teenagers... :-\
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I check my crystal balls and I saw August was worse than July :o
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So far it's the worst August ever!
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August may be a BME, but I could be right or could be wrong
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My calendar must have stopped. Guess I will have to take it to the shop for a new battery.
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Lol I'm with istock so I won't have any idea about August almost the end of September !!!
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The Ghost Month starts on 22 August (the seventh month in the lunar calendar) and the
Hungry Ghost Festival (盂蘭節) is on 5 September.
During this month, the ghosts and spirits leave where ever they are based, and visit the earth.
Watch out in particular for dead relatives. They like to visit their descendants.
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Historically, it looks like August should offer a slight uptick in sales, and, thankfully, no US holidays... Thoughts?
If worst than July, I will start to think about to take a long vacation…
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If worst than July , I will start to think about suicide…
I know you are probably joking, but please don't joke about suicide. Others may think you're actually considering it and it plants a seed in their minds that it's somehow an answer to problems. As someone who has experienced suicide in my family, I can tell you that everyone must constantly be on the lookout for warning signs that someone close to them is thinking of it as an option, and even if you hear someone mention it in a half-serious way, you have to take it seriously and find ways to help.
If you are actually thinking about it, I would beg you to talk to someone who can help. There are many hotlines and major hospitals should have people on staff to hear you out if you just stop in. Things are NEVER hopeless.
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If worst than July , I will start to think about suicide…
I know you are probably joking, but please don't joke about suicide. Others may think you're actually considering it and it plants a seed in their minds that it's somehow an answer to problems. As someone who has experienced suicide in my family, I can tell you that everyone must constantly be on the lookout for warning signs that someone close to them is thinking of it as an option, and even if you hear someone mention it in a half-serious way, you have to take it seriously and find ways to help.
If you are actually thinking about it, I would beg you to talk to someone who can help. There are many hotlines and major hospitals should have people on staff to hear you out if you just stop in. Things are NEVER hopeless.
You are right. Sorry. I will edit my post.
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Historically, it looks like August should offer a slight uptick in sales, and, thankfully, no US holidays... Thoughts?
Nope long weekend coming up over here. But in the end it really doesn't matter.
Got downloads any how. :)
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I've so far made 1/17th of what I made in July, and we're less than 1/30th of the way through the month. However, the microstock gods often play this cruel prank on the first few days of the month... giving us hope that this may be the best month of all time, before taking our hopes and dashing them against the rocks.
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Whatyall think about september and october sales. Should we open new topic?
Thanks for getting to what I was thinking, before I could. :)
I predict that some folks will make more money, some will lose money and some will stay the same- the great Oracle has spoken... 8)
I'm seriously looking forward to 20/20 so I can have a perfect vision of the past. ;)
For now, my August is about 1/30th of any other month. Just terrible, or maybe BME? I don't know yet. Maybe tomorrow.
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Today is my best day ever for August 2017 so far
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Already made 50 % of my July sales...who is gonna be rich this month? ;D
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Today is my best day ever for August 2017 so far
I've doubled my sales from yesterday already at that rate I will be making over a million by the last day!
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3 download at 16.00...something i never see apart some bad weekend....any hope for august maybe in september last batches i have uploaded will kick in.
i will spend my next time in rm and my real photo career. micro will be good just to pay for some photo project nothing more.
with this mess of search millions of files is totally useless upload content.
i'm sure for a year or 2 i will have the same money from now even if i ask peter lindbergh to shoot some portrait for free for me and i upload them...in 2 nanoseconds they will be buried by zillions of tomato photos coming from russia ukraine belarus.
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Thanks to a few big sales August is already totaling a third of July's sales after 2 days :o. Feeling optimistic for the month but still a long way off the totals from a few years ago.
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Good start! 2 RM sales in one of my macro agencies and already three times more then yesterday in the micros. Hope it continues!
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Good start! 2 RM sales in one of my macro agencies and already three times more then yesterday in the micros. Hope it continues!
so far appalling month in all agency. it's holiday i know but expected much more.
time to focus in september and other photography activity.
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It's Frunday today ;D
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Four sales at Videoblocks last night.... happy days!
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shutterstock down 80% of my BME at this rate. very alarming. its getting worse after i thought 50% was bad enough. august is even worse than july, much worse.
edit down 80% not down t0 80%
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Still pretty OK! but my overall observations are that being an Emerald ranking at Adobe is worth absolute crap! SS is wobbling around some days good others lousy but IStock is up and coming.
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At this rate, I'm projecting 36% more than July... which is still about 5% less than June. Although that's not far off how it worked out for me last year... and then September was my BME. Hoping for a repeat performance.
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ss e fotolia recovering after an appalling first week...dreamstime 7 days without download totally dead, i stop upload anything, totally useless cause only old files sell. 123rf improving but it sells only old files already sold.
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ss e fotolia recovering after an appalling first week...dreamstime 7 days without download totally dead, i stop upload anything, totally useless cause only old files sell. 123rf improving but it sells only old files already sold.
I'm finding FT much more patchy than in the past.
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Agree! patchy isnt the word haha! this so called made.-in- heaven merger between Ft and Adobe was just a flash in the pan. I much more prefer the old Ft with Oleg or no Oleg at least the money was great! now its like penny pinching every cent.
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Important insider news from an insider in inside of SS:
Sells will start on August 29th.
And it will be GREAT month!
FOR SURE BME !
As I already mentioned, VERY important news!
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Important insider news from an insider in inside of SS:
Sells will start on August 29th.
And it will be GREAT month!
FOR SURE BME !
As I already mentioned, VERY important news!
LOL....
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Important insider news from an insider in inside of SS:
Sells will start on August 29th.
And it will be GREAT month!
FOR SURE BME !
As I already mentioned, VERY important news!
LOL....
Has Trump started to work for SS?
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Whatyall think about september and october sales. Should we open new topic?
Is that for 2018?
No it's for 2020 of course, a vision into the future. ;D
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Of course your mileage may vary, but my analysis of monthly earnings suggests that August is generally my worst month of the year. Things pick up in September.
Steve
(https://i2.wp.com/www.backyardsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MonthlyJuly2017.png)
http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/08/earnings-stock-photography-july-2017/ (http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/08/earnings-stock-photography-july-2017/)
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Of course your mileage may vary, but my analysis of monthly earnings suggests that August is generally my worst month of the year. Things pick up in September.
Steve
([url]https://i2.wp.com/www.backyardsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MonthlyJuly2017.png[/url])
[url]http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/08/earnings-stock-photography-july-2017/[/url] ([url]http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/08/earnings-stock-photography-july-2017/[/url])
Great graph! Some encouragement for all of us...
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Great graph! Some encouragement for all of us...
That's a sexy looking graph! :-*
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Of course your mileage may vary, but my analysis of monthly earnings suggests that August is generally my worst month of the year. Things pick up in September.
Steve
Not something I thought I'd ever say, but I really like your thermostat picture in your Image Brief page. A relatively simple change, but a very clever one, that transforms a pretty dull image into something that looks good and much more commercially viable.
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i made a typo in my previous comment i am not down to 80% but down 80% at this rate. shockng,
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Not something I thought I'd ever say, but I really like
Is my portfolio really so bad...
Steve
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Not something I thought I'd ever say, but I really like
Is my portfolio really so bad...
Steve
I thought Space was saying he didn't think he would ever say he likes a pic of a thermostat? 😂
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That is correct!
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ot something I thought I'd ever say, but I really like your thermostat picture in your Image Brief page.
The little lamb with the nice background is good too
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I was only being sensitive with my tongue in my cheek! ;)
Yes, that thermostat sells quite nicely and I have to thank Image Brief for the original idea. I also took an image of a bag of ice in response to one of their other briefs a while back. Didn't win that brief, but I have since made $1500 on my bag of ice picture. Total cost to take it - $2 for the bag of ice!
I still watch their briefs each day and sometimes submit, and I still find it a source of ideas.
Steve
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I still watch their briefs each day and sometimes submit, and I still find it a source of ideas.
Me too but have never been selected. I just submitted 10 images to the brief 'Desert near Jerusalem' as I was there in February. Wish me luck!
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Thank you for sharing your graph. I'm hoping September will get back to normal ...
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I agree with Steve and his graph. Historically summer is always terrible for sales. This summer is no exception. In fact a bit worse than most. My July was the worst since my first year in stock when I had around 300 photos. Now over 6k photos and similar earnings. August is on trend to be bad also.
If past norms hold, I will look forward to an increase in Sept.
Congrats to the guys having a good month!
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Yesterday was OK on SS, but overall a bad month so far... *poorme*
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Shutterstock continues to flush itself down the pan :'(
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Shutterstock continues to flush itself down the pan :'(
I made $4 yesterday (a Friday) with almost 5,000 assets. I wrote them and asked what was going on and their response was so much BS it was clear to me they were hiding something. They said that the only thing they did was add a "more from this author" feature to the search. If that isn't block and tackle I don't know what is. Sales are honestly pathetic.
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you and i always seem to have the same trends/experiences mantis, i made 1.52 yesterday with thousands of files.
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Shutterstock continues to flush itself down the pan :'(
Or litterbox in your case. ;D
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Shutterstock continues to flush itself down the pan :'(
Or litterbox in your case. ;D
Meow! ;D
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Sales are honestly pathetic.
Have you stopped submitting to them or plan to? I'm still uploading to SS (low cost / low effort images) but much less and focusing instead on editorials at Alamy.
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the all micro stock industry is puff..dreasmtime śthe worst...ss is falling down, ok is summer but anything sells...i hope they eliminate popular search cause it makes those who sold in 2006 still earning a lot compared to new files uploaded....i hope is summer but i doubt. there is a flow of images not only in micro but even from a lot of free sites who give full size great images free to anybody for any use. luckily micro account for 30 % of my business...and i can wait till all those agency bust and a new format appear who will take care of eliminate all those amateur who upload 10000 tomato images in 2017.
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My BME clocked at 700 dollar. My other Augusts were around the 400-500 dollar all the way back to 2013. For this August I have not reached pay out yet, I am at 91 dollar at the moment and I have had only one day over 10 dollar this month, in fact it was 11 dollar. The decline on Shutterstock is coming hard and fast. This with 3,110 files. I have not added much files lately because I have been quite busy since we had the twins.
So there you have it.
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My BME clocked at 700 dollar. My other Augusts were around the 400-500 dollar all the way back to 2013. For this August I have not reached pay out yet, I am at 91 dollar at the moment and I have had only one day over 10 dollar this month, in fact it was 11 dollar. The decline on Shutterstock is coming hard and fast. This with 3,110 files. I have not added much files lately because I have been quite busy since we had the twins.
So there you have it.
Welcome back Ron! Congrats on the Twins!
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Did anything happen to Fotolia this past week? I mean in addition to "It's August"?
They were good the whole summer for me, doing better than SS at certain periods and then suddenly silence :(
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To put it mildly! worthless August. Biggest drop is SS. Adobe absolute crap since everything is geared towards lower end contributors.
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To put it mildly! worthless August. Biggest drop is SS. Adobe absolute crap since everything is geared towards lower end contributors.
"Adobe absolute crap since everything is geared towards lower end contributors." How so?
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Did anything happen to Fotolia this past week? I mean in addition to "It's August"?
They were good the whole summer for me, doing better than SS at certain periods and then suddenly silence :(
I think the silence is everywhere this month. July was not so bad but August... Every summer is the same song but this one the song is bad.
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Don't expect sales to be very high today. People are outside watching the eclipse. I walk into work with 15 people staring at the sun. I'm sure this is happening across the country this morning.
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Did anything happen to Fotolia this past week? I mean in addition to "It's August"?
They were good the whole summer for me, doing better than SS at certain periods and then suddenly silence :(
SS for me this month, it's average. Fotolia 3 months ago only fallen for me ..
Pond5 has gone well this month.
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The whole month of July and August has been sheite, but since the 25th I am getting ELs and reasonable SODs again. I think their search changes to share the wealth have become fewer than before where I could see changes about every 2 weeks. That always kept my earning relatively the same. Lately the dips are much longer.
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Still looking about the same as last year for me... little bit low in June, big dip in July and August about the same as June. September I was back to 'full power' so hopefully it will be the same.
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Just glad August is coming to an end. Praying for a rebound in sales this September...
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Just glad August is coming to an end. Praying for a rebound in sales this September...
Me too.
Just got an email from Alamy that two of my pics of Rotterdam will be licensed to a distributor to used on greeting cards. I hope it's a big circulation which may make up for the low distribution %
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Just got an email from Alamy that two of my pics of Rotterdam will be licensed to a distributor to used on greeting cards. I hope it's a big circulation which may make up for the low distribution %
Wow, congrats.
Whenever I've had one of these contacts from Alamy asking me to confirm that an image hasn't sold already for a particular use, I never hear back; and others have said the same.
It's nice to see that sometimes the sale does actually go through.
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Just glad August is coming to an end. Praying for a rebound in sales this September...
Me too.
Just got an email from Alamy that two of my pics of Rotterdam will be licensed to a distributor to used on greeting cards. I hope it's a big circulation which may make up for the low distribution %
The beer and steaks are on you! :)
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Alamy: We just heard back from our distributor.
Sorry that they no longer need these 2 images.
Last time I get my hopes up when it comes to this silly game :P
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Alamy: We just heard back from our distributor.
Sorry that they no longer need these 2 images.
Last time I get my hopes up when it comes to this silly game :P
>:( :(
At least you heard back. I'm usually waiting with fading hope then give up.
Sorry about the disappointment.
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Sorry about the disappointment.
Thanks. It's OK...at least they showed an initial interest. Would be interesting to see if the same images pop up on sale on SS, presumably by the same buyer.
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Alamy: We just heard back from our distributor.
Sorry that they no longer need these 2 images.
Last time I get my hopes up when it comes to this silly game :P
Well, that's just crappy.
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I saw a nice uptick in the last two weeks of August.
FT sales are back to normal after a slow down in June, July and half of August. If things continue at this pace, September will be BME.
SS sales are also back up. Sales picked up in the last 2 weeks. Not a great month, but a good one and gives me optimism for Septmeber.
Sales are also slightly up on 123RF compared to last month.
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Almost BME
Pond5 on fire this month. 90% of this months income. Only 4k sales.
Shutterstock second worst month this year.
Adobe slow
Videoblocks nothing
Is anyone else seeing a shift from HD to 4k?
70% of last 3 month sales 4k.
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Did anything happen to Fotolia this past week? I mean in addition to "It's August"?
They were good the whole summer for me, doing better than SS at certain periods and then suddenly silence :(
Same here, $2 off payout and 2 days with nothing!
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Did anything happen to Fotolia this past week? I mean in addition to "It's August"?
They were good the whole summer for me, doing better than SS at certain periods and then suddenly silence :(
Same here, $2 off payout and 2 days with nothing!
Let's hope they didn't hire Shutter's old CIO :-\
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Did anything happen to Fotolia this past week? I mean in addition to "It's August"?
They were good the whole summer for me, doing better than SS at certain periods and then suddenly silence :(
Same here, $2 off payout and 2 days with nothing!
Wheras my sales have markedly improved statistical variation, luck or conspiracy...who knows?
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Here we are in the 11th hour. I am hoping for a miracle to make my month average!!
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This is my best August ever but worst month this year.
Shutterstock back to 1st place and P5 to 2. Good month on Adobe.
This summer is +15% compared to last summer.
Here is my top 5 (40$+) compared with August/average of 2016 year:
1. Shutterstock +24%/ +1%
2. Pond5 +7%/ -2%
3. Fotolia/Adobe +407%/ +60%
4. Videoblocks -38%/ -20%
5. 123rf -55%/ -21%
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A truly awful first half of the month retrieved by the second half somewhat to finish similar to last year's poor august. SS pretty poor DT collapse after three reasonable months RF123 showing signs of life after three dismal months Fotolia very strong second half after disappearing first. "Minnows" slow as usual. Feeling optimistic things picking up after summer slump.
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Started badly, tailed off then finished with a zero day!
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Shutter killed August for me :-\
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After a weaker than last year July, I'm happy to see a nicely inside 4 digits August, 0.48% :D stronger than August 2016 (with SS 2.33% stronger)
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BME on Fotolia, thanks to a new series I put up. BMY on Shuttertock. Four months in a row now of $0 on GL. BME on Pond.
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Third BME of the year so far, thanks to some nice VB sales. Shutterstock and FT/AS didn't disappoint either.
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Finally calculated my sales for August. Not too bad as it turned out. http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/09/earnings-stock-photography-august-2017/ (http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/09/earnings-stock-photography-august-2017/)
Adobe Stock continues to do well for me - the only site with a growing return per online image:
(https://i1.wp.com/www.backyardsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Aug17-RPIAdobe.png)
Steve
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Finally calculated my sales for August. Not too bad as it turned out. [url]http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/09/earnings-stock-photography-august-2017/[/url] ([url]http://www.backyardsilver.com/2017/09/earnings-stock-photography-august-2017/[/url])
Adobe Stock continues to do well for me - the only site with a growing return per online image:
([url]https://i1.wp.com/www.backyardsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Aug17-RPIAdobe.png[/url])
Steve
very positive results! I will not be surprised to see Adobe Stock climbing in the poll more as times goes on...