MicrostockGroup

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

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.

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

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

-Larry

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.

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

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

I think very relevant, thanks,

Peter

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%

   

Worst month ever at DT. $38.

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!

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 .