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Topic: How was your October - Earnings breakdown  

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leaf
« on: November 01, 2009, 06:11 »

So how do you feel it went in October.

For me Shutterstock and Fotolia are really leading the pack and improving.  Sales are slightly down from last month but still higher than the rest of the year.  Dreamstime, StockXpert and iStock are all close 3,4,5 place finishers and Panthermedia was not far behind.  So well done to Panther.

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MicrostockExp


Dreamstime Gauge
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2009, 06:14 »

2nd BME for me with IS first, SS second and FT third.
Special mention to Panthermedia with which I had my BME:)
More details on my blog: http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/


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leaf
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2009, 06:17 »

It will be interesting to see how PantherMedia does this coming year.  They sure seem to be improving quite a bit.


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nicemonkey


Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2009, 06:18 »

Very similar finding to me except that Veer has jumped into fifth place and Graphicleftovers showing strongly as well.


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gostwyck

Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2009, 06:56 »

BME by quite some margin and an increase of more than 26% over Oct 2008. Here's the breakdown percentage (with Oct 2008).

IS    36.3 (32) - BME
SS   21.8 (27.2)
FT   21.5 (18.4) - BME
DT   9.7  (14)
SX   6.1  (6) - BME
Rodeo  2.6 (n/a) - BME
BS    1.9 (2.6)

My graph suggests some significant movements amongst the fortunes of several agencies.

FT has been growing at an astonishing rate and for most of the month was looking to take 2nd place from SS for the first time. They were pipped into 3rd place by just a few $'s on the final day with an EL on SS. Say what you like about the mgt's communication skills but they do seem to know how to build a business and shift product.

IS still solid as a rock. The BME is despite having had over 100 files deactivated under the new stricter rules which included several best selling images.

DT appear to be steadily losing market share to the others. I'm down about 20% from their peak in April, probably not helped by the reduction in commission. They've dropped below 10% for the first time in nearly 5 years and are now so far behind the 'Top 3' that I'd have to consider them a 2nd tier agency.

Strong showing from Rodeo too. Only 5 sales but still enough for them to comfortably beat BigStock and enter the 'Big 6' for the first time.

BigStock still very disappointing. No sign yet of any impact from SS but I guess it is early days.


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cybernesco


Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2009, 07:30 »

My last BME was in June 2009. However, my Oct 09 total revenue has increased 23% over Oct 08. Considering that for the last 12 months I averaged only 23 uploaded images a month, this is quite reasonable.  

Oct 09 breakdown:

IS 31%
SS 17.3%
FT 14.6%
SX 10.9%
DT 9.4%
Alamy 9.1%
BS 2.2%
Featurepics 1.9%
123r 1.3%
CanStock 0.2%
Crestock 0.2%

Denis
« Last Edit: November 01, 2009, 08:09 by cybernesco »

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Perry



« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2009, 07:34 »

Total earnings: BME, only slightly above september BME earnings.

1. IS BME. Very strong, over double the earnings from the next (SS)

2. SS BME. Helped by more ELs than usual.

3. Fotolia Solid month, not quite BME but almost.

4. DT Still getting weaker...weaker...weaker...last time DT was this weak was december 2007 (portfolio size over doubled since then)

5. SX a better month, rising a bit from the summer lows Still pretty weak compared to some earlier levels. This is the first time SX is actually quite close to DT
« Last Edit: November 03, 2009, 06:34 by Perry »

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Anyka
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2009, 07:43 »

Great month.  Fotolia broke all records and pushed IS off its 2nd place.  Now it's Shutterstock, Fotolia, Istock, and Dreamstime slowing down more and more. 

No idea what's wrong with Dreamstime.  I started with Fotolia and Dreamstime on the same day, and after 2,5 years I have the same number of images with both sites.  Fotolia however beats Dreamstime's sales with more than 50% every month.

Shutterstock wasn't bad, but it stopped growing.  If the On Demands really stop in November, Fotolia can try and grab first place! 
Bigstock did so bad, it's not even worth talking about.


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Lcjtripod


Dreamstime Gauge
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2009, 08:29 »

BigStock outsold all other sites combined. Best month of the last seven months. SS is having an impact in my opinion.

-Larry


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PixelsAway


Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2009, 08:45 »

several BMEs

IS + SS + DT = 80% of earnings (with IS providing more > 40%)

no changes in BigStock performance

more detailed earnings report in Pixels Away blog


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ThomasAmby


Dreamstime Gauge
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2009, 08:52 »

BME by far. iStockPhoto beat Shutterstock for the first time, and is now my no. 1 earner. Graphic Leftovers has performed incredibly well for me (a few dollars away from beating DT and StockXpert), and so did ClipartOf this month. BME at Fotolia as well. All things considered, a great month.


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Jonathan Ross

Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2009, 13:03 »

Hi All,

 This may be off topic but all of our Macro RF collections grew at a healthy rate last month. A much better growth margin than Micro for me. Micro still showed the best month I have had there but not as big a growth compared to my RF Macro. RM Macro was also way up.

Best,
Jonathan


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elvinstar


Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2009, 13:19 »

Second BME for me (only missed BME by $2.21)


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devon


New Member


« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2009, 13:42 »

Total sales same as last month.
But DT still weaker, DT sales down 43% since Fed 2009. Fotolia beats Dreamstime's sales with more than 45%.

IS
SS       
FL     
DT       
SX       
BS       
123RF     
CS       
FP       


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takestock



« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2009, 13:45 »

A BME for me at DT and a really good month also at SS.
Others as per normal or less.


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Kngkyle



« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2009, 13:49 »

IS - 26%
FT - 21%
CanStockPhoto - 20% - awesome month. love those $20 fotosearch sales
SS - 12%
StockXpert - 9%
DT - 5% - way way way way way down, used to be #1
123 - 4%
CS - 2%
BigStock - 1%

This has been the first full month that I have had 12 of my most popular files on Fotolia exclusive. It was really a no brainer cause these 12 files don't particularly sell great on the other sites. But anyway, Fotolia is up 21% over last month because of this. When one of these 12 files sell I get 3x as much as I used to.


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Zeus


Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2009, 13:59 »

Hi All,

 This may be off topic but all of our Macro RF collections grew at a healthy rate last month. A much better growth margin than Micro for me. Micro still showed the best month I have had there but not as big a growth compared to my RF Macro. RM Macro was also way up.

Best,
Jonathan

I think very relevant, thanks,

Peter


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ShadySue
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2009, 15:53 »

BMY at iStock, but waaaaay below last Oct/Nov.
Still nada at AlamyRM.
 Cry


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lisafx
« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2009, 16:48 »

This month was BME in $, but only just barely.  I was up 3% in royalties but down 2% in downloads.

ISP   42%
SS   15%
DT   11%
Fot   17%
BigStock   3%
StXp   6%
123   2%
CanStockPhoto   2%
Crest   1%
Almy   1%

   


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madelaide
« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2009, 17:01 »

I had almost the same as last month - difference in cents.  IS slightly up, FT slightly down DT up, StockXpert down.  1213RF almost dead: just one subs sale.


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litifeta



« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2009, 17:21 »

Worst month ever at DT. $38.


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elvinstar


Dreamstime GaugeiStock Gauge
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2009, 18:14 »

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Worst month ever at DT. $38.

Wow! Here I thought that my worst month ever at Canstock ($0.50) was bad, but you've got me beat!


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corepics
« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2009, 18:30 »

Hi All,

 This may be off topic but all of our Macro RF collections grew at a healthy rate last month. A much better growth margin than Micro for me. Micro still showed the best month I have had there but not as big a growth compared to my RF Macro. RM Macro was also way up.

Best,
Jonathan

I think very relevant, thanks,

Peter

Very interesting indeed. Shooting primarily assigned work, I noticed a similar trend - Both off-agent RM and assigned work showed a significant growth. Micro also was pretty good this month, but that was primarily due to EL's on sites that don't usually perform well for me. The top tier did show a shuffle, but in total showed only marginal growth.

To my business, it seems the initial crisis-panic has subdued, and the bigger multinationals are again willing to spend, again. Only good news!


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KB

iStock Gauge
« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2009, 19:05 »

A slightly above average month for me.

IS - 40% (third-best month ever)
SS - 25% (second-best month ever)
FT - 12% ($0.61 RPD very poor, though)
DT - 10% (WMY)
StockXpert - 8%
BigStock - 4%
123 - 2% (WMY; in fact, worst since Dec '08)
VMP, 3DS - 0%  Angry




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chasmcn


« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2009, 19:12 »

well SS impressed me only been accepted for 3 weeks and 83 dls off 60 images not bad so my BME ,

fotoila come out 2nd then 123rf ,DT ,BigStock, fotoila took  2nd after having a bad sept  were 123rf easily beat them ,only 1 dl seprating them from 123rf for oct but 123rf brought in more cash with better priced down loads .

i have more images on 123rf funny how the ones rejected by the others turn out best sellers on that site,just a something i noticed .


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