Author Topic: Is December usually a slow month? (Read 12686 times)

Equus · « **Reply #25 on:** December 12, 2011, 16:10 »

Is that micro sites only, or have you included some macro?

stockmarketer · « **Reply #26 on:** December 12, 2011, 16:20 »

Quote from: loop on December 12, 2011, 16:01

Quote from: lagereek on December 12, 2011, 14:40
Came home and logged into all the sites, great! all in all, today haqs brought me in, 424 bucks, cant be too bad can it? the only ones here with more I guess would be Lisa and fotovoyager.

Thanks for the information, that for me is an argument for staying at IS exclusive... although is true that sales are being very volatile for me this month, great days, bad days...

How is lagereek's tally a case for IS exclusivity? The fact that he "logged into all the sites"?

I'm on all the sites that matter, and I'm doing very well this month. Not as well as last month (my BME) but a lot better than 2010. The biggest disappointment, of course, is IS. If I chose exclusivity there, I'd be making a small fraction of what I make now, even if you factored in higher commissions, better search placement, etc.

Mantis · « **Reply #27 on:** December 12, 2011, 19:51 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 12, 2011, 12:42

In the past, the first two weeks of December have always been brisk business for me. The last two weeks are completely dead. This year it seems that the whole month is a write off.

SS is still holding its own, as are DT and FT, but I have always been heavily dependent on Istock sales, and they are just gone. Dried up almost totally for me. My weekday sales have dropped to the equivalent of weekend sales a couple of years ago.

Was nice while it lasted....

Lisa,
Same experience for me. All of a sudden Istock is dead. 1-2 dl per day vs. 10-15. Been this way for two several weeks for some reason. SS has been best and I got a few big DL's on DT and one 100 credit on FT this month. But overall I will be down this month by several hundred bucks when compared to all months of 2011.

daveh900 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 15, 2011, 15:09 »

After a super slow start to the month, the last week has been really good (at least at SS).

cascoly · « **Reply #29 on:** December 15, 2011, 15:28 »

over 4 years i havent noticed big changes by season, i get more change on a month by month basis - 2 good months, followed by 1 bad, etc. most likely since my port is nature/travel so steadier by definition. [of cpurse also less in demand]

this month looks tpo be BME due to alamy & video sales

daveh900 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:38 »

Sales at most sites have been really slow, but SS is still kickin' butt. Today has been my best day (excluding EL sales) since I started in July.

benchart · « **Reply #31 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:52 »

This is my first december (I began microstock in january 2011), and it started with similar sales than in november (BME)
I guess that, as some said, the last week there probably won't be many sales
Also a solid % of my december files sold are not related to christmas or holidays so...

stockmarketer · « **Reply #32 on:** December 22, 2011, 13:25 »

December is definitely on its usual slide. I just looked at my chart of monthly variations, with 2011 data on top of 2010, 2009, etc., and it's striking how the patterns are the same every year. December is always down a fair amount from November. Then January is a huge bump, February and March continue the climb, and with Easter/Spring Break, stagnation sets in and there is little overall movement until September. Then there's a huge increase from Sept thru November, and the cycle is back to a falloff in December. The longer you do this and the more your portfolio and earnings increase, the more statistically valid your numbers will be for making predictions and seeing real trends.

helix7 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 22, 2011, 13:35 »

Quote from: loop on December 12, 2011, 16:01

Thanks for the information, that for me is an argument for staying at IS exclusive...

Am I missing something? I don't understand this comment...

ShadySue · « **Reply #34 on:** December 22, 2011, 13:47 »

Quote from: helix7 on December 22, 2011, 13:35

Quote from: loop on December 12, 2011, 16:01
Thanks for the information, that for me is an argument for staying at IS exclusive...

Am I missing something? I don't understand this comment...

Selective snipping.

Lagereek said:
Came home and logged into all the sites, great! all in all, today haqs brought me in, 424 bucks, cant be too bad can it? the only ones here with more I guess would be Lisa and fotovoyager.

And loop replied:
Thanks for the information, that for me is an argument for staying at IS exclusive... although is true that sales are being very volatile for me this month, great days, bad days...

From which I would infer either that loop has more than $424 in the same timescale, or is nearly at that level, so that all the work of uploading to various sites wouldn't be worthwhile.

But my inference could be wrong ...

stockmarketer · « **Reply #35 on:** December 22, 2011, 14:28 »

Quote from: ShadySue on December 22, 2011, 13:47

From which I would infer either that loop has more than $424 in the same timescale, or is nearly at that level, so that all the work of uploading to various sites wouldn't be worthwhile.

If that is indeed what loop is saying, I think he's way off. Though some exclusives have been chiming in to say things are just fine for them right now, I can't believe that exclusivity is a better option for anyone. Loop's $424/day as exclusive vs. lagereek's $424/day as non-exclusive are apples and oranges. If loop is indeed doing that much at IS exclusively, I would bet he'd make a fair amount more if he could have his port everywhere. I'm also in that ballpark as a non-exclusive, and I know from my IS stats that I'd have to be doing about 10x as well as I am now by becoming an exclusive to make up the difference. Even accounting for all the benefits of exclusivity, there's no way it would happen.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #36 on:** December 22, 2011, 19:57 »

Experiencing pretty good month at Dreamstime. Did the same last year and have already exceeded the December revenue from last year. DT running neck and neck with SS thanks to editorial images selling for credits instead of Subs and a pretty good Tiff.

Please take notice Achilles (or Rolmat). I did a WooYay.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #37 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:03 »

Quote from: WarrenPrice on December 22, 2011, 19:57

Experiencing pretty good month at Dreamstime. Did the same last year and have already exceeded the December revenue from last year. DT running neck and neck with SS thanks to editorial images selling for credits instead of Subs and a pretty good Tiff.

Please take notice Achilles (or Rolmat). I did a WooYay.

I take back my WooYay; just refunded $4.38.

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