MicrostockGroup

Up by 11% compared to January 2009. For the first time Istock is my lowest earner, one of the worst months ever there. FT remains my best earner.

FT: 60.7%
SS: 15.5%
DT: 13.3% (BME)
IS: 10.6%

With IS performing so badly I am considering joining a fifth agency. My first choice was StockXpert (got approved there already), but with Getty taking over I am wondering if it is worth it. Other considerations are BS and 123rf. Any thoughts?

The gap between my top four and my bottom 3 is sure getting wider.

I had only a few more sales this Feb than last, but higher earnings; was actually my 2nd BME, after Jan 08 which was skewed due to more than ordinary EL's. 

SS  33%
DT  21%
IS   19%
FT  14.5%
123 4.5%
BS  4%   (worse than average)
StockXpert 3.5%  (way worse than average with 79.9% of individual sales from subs)

My Top 5 stays the same. SS is first as always and FT is fifth. StockXpert recovered to normal level and grabbed second place. 123RF and DT are below expectations.

   Feb   Feb/Jan
SS   69.20%   96.90%
StockXpert   10.81%   111.59%
123RF   8.26%   95.53%
DT   6.41%   32.17%
FT   2.21%   47.09%
CS   1.05%   120.00%
IS   0.72%   39.31%
BS   0.70%   200.00%
Total    85.15%

FOTOLIA 30%
IS           28%
SS          23%
DT          12%
StockXpert          3%
123RF      2%
BS            2%


All in all BME by over 500$ so I am very happy 

Overall up 50% on Jan

IS 39%
SS 26%
DT 20%
FT 4%
123 4%
StockXpert 4%
BS 3%

I never understand why other people are able to quote such high % for Fotolia, obviously the buyers there like some type of photo I don't take, or Fotolia's higher rejections  of the photos is the reason.

SS    47.8%
IS     24.2%
DT    10.1%
FT      6.1%
StockXpert    5.6%
BigStock    4.2%
123rf  3.1%

BME in SS, IS, DT, FT, StockXpert

I posted a detailed earnings report in my Pixels Away blog.

here we go. Sales compared to February 2008.

SS 29%, down 13%
DT 19%, up 69%, BME
IS 16%, down 21%
FT 11%, down 16%
BS 8%, up 203%, BME
CS 4%, up 429%, BME
StockXpert 4%, down 72%
123 4%, up 100%
CRE 2%, no sales last year
SCAN 1%, down 37%
YAY 1%, no sales last year
FP 1%, down 29%

Total, down 3% since February 2008, up 7% since January 2009

Very dramatic changes this month. Most go down, but those that go up do so in a dramatic way.

Feb % of monthly revenue (% change from last month's $ revenue)

IS 32% (-30% from Jan's BME)
SS 24% (+16%; BME)
DT 16% (+8%; BME)
StockXpert 11% (+27%; BME)
FT 10% (+18%; BME)
BigStock 4% (-28%)
123 3% (-59%)
SV 0% (-100%)

Comments:
January was my BME in microstock, so I wasn't expecting much in February. But if not for iStock's relatively poor showing, Feb would have surpassed it. So, I'm happy enough.

I still have a relatively small portfolio (250 - 500). My portfolio size increased about 10% at all agencies except FT (where I have stopped UL'ing) and DT (where I have paused UL'ing, for now).

My last comment has to do with StockXpert. Sub sales have increased there from  around 60% when they began to 76% last month. However, since I am with SS, I don't see that I have a right to complain. Sure, the $/DL is smaller for a sub.  But as long as my bottom line RPD* at StockXpert is > SS, how can I complain? Last month, I earned $0.39 RPD at SS and $0.62 RPD at StockXpert.

*RPD = Rev / DL

February was my best month yet, beating January by 9% and February, 2008 by 27%.  Not bad; I wonder how I'll do in March...

Shutterstock:	32%,	up 59%	BME
iStockphoto:	18%,	up 27%
Fotolia:	15%,	up 20%	BME
StockXpert:	12%,	up 2%
Dreamstime:	11%,	down 14%
123RF:	6%,	up 4%
BigStockPhoto:	4%,	down 21%
Crestock:	2%,	up 7%
CanStockPhoto:	1%,	up 70%