Hey everyone, how was your last month?

For me, a BME (and by a wide margin) of around +70% with a portfolio increase of only 5% in the last month (and around 20% compared to the previous BME).

Shutterstock killed it. No, really. 78.1% of earnings with the RPD of 0.84$.

I'm waiting for PP results, but I don't hope that they will amount to anything. But, who knows.

Also, since I've dropped BigStock and DP, I have replaced them with CanStockPhoto and PD. They are both very good substitutes - not even comparable to BigStock (manyfold increase) and better for my portfolio than DP.

Tremendous growth at Stocksy, with downloads and $$$ up about %20 or so, for a BME .

Also, Shutterstock up about %30 in $$$, for a BME there, although I feel like I've already hit "the wall".  I can tell most of my early uploads are not selling like they did initially, and I hover around the same $$$ amount daily, while I keep uploading.

Pond almost doubled from last month, which was double the month before.

123RF EVO collection is useless, since Christmas has passed.  DP still sliding from December, GL continues its slide.  Photoshelter remains around the same, and Symbio has gotten a few sales this month.

A decent month. SS down from the last two BMEs in a row, but not bad. A BME at Deposit, which isn't saying much, but it once again put iStock in the basement for the 4th month in a row.

BME everywhere, including my Symbiostock site and Dreamstime, where it was also my first month ever.

FT saved the month for me with some good sales. PD positive to last year.  Disappointers included SS (flat/ small decrease from last year - and DT with about −15% decrease from last year despite 450 to 500 range new images added).  Bigstock came in about half of last year which lays to rest the idea of getting more in  sales at lower prices - it ain't happening for me and I stopped uploading new content there some months back - pity because before this debacle they could at least muster up a better RPD.  123RF and Canstock also among my decliners this month.  Small contributions from GL and Pond5 (new account). Have reduced content on iStock and that impacts sales there.  Deposit came in with some miserable performance, no doubt showing the burden of my opt out from their partnerships and deactivation of content - doesn't matter as it wasn't much sales to begin with and anyway looks like I'm on an exit road from there due agency trust issues ... 

Am opting out of most distribution deals after the DP experience - I think its important for better control of my port - the opt outs now include Bigstock, 123RF, Alamy.  Veer sales are tiny most recent months and I may close account there esp. as they wont allow opt out from partnerships, as I understand.

Symbiostock is likely to be my next big stop - soon as I find time to explore setting up a site there

Up 23% over March 2013 for me, with SS and DT vying for top spot.  Those two sites made up 80% of my revenue, with 123RF a very distant third.  Pretty even with Feb '14.  Year over year I'm up 25% as well, versus a year up to March 2013.

Good month regarding earnings... 

SS -  very good , lots of SOD's and OD's 
DT - very good, lots of credit sales   
FT - under average
123RF - average 
ALAMY - good month 
CanStock - good month 
DT - Average 

SS - BME finally another EL for $28 , 1OD, 1SOD and reached 2nd payout on SS with 312 images. 3 more to go ^^

Down, down, deeper 'n' down. 

Quote from: ShadySue on April 02, 2014, 08:20

Down, down, deeper 'n' down. 

So, what's the problem? Why don't you drop the crown and go indie!

[SM sent, I've explained often enough on msg already.]

Tremendous growth at Stocksy, with downloads and $$$ up about %20 or so, for a BME .

Also, Shutterstock up about %30 in $$$, for a BME there, although I feel like I've already hit "the wall".  I can tell most of my early uploads are not selling like they did initially, and I hover around the same $$$ amount daily, while I keep uploading.

Pond almost doubled from last month, which was double the month before.

123RF EVO collection is useless, since Christmas has passed.  DP still sliding from December, GL continues its slide.  Photoshelter remains around the same, and Symbio has gotten a few sales this month.

Sean, compared to Your IS exclusive times, what does it mean financialy?
I ask because on the right statistic are IS exclusive Earnings rating still 300.
But, my IS colleagues have different infos. Not so optimistic as in this statistic.
BTW, I am not IS excl. Thanks God.

Shutterstock had a wonderful month - 27% up over Feb and 45% up on March 2013. RPD was 92 cents - not the highest it's been but it'd be nice to see that hit $1 on a regular basis. Subs were 36% of the total

DT volume was flat with March 2013 but $$ down 18%. IMO they have driven more people to subs with their overpriced high level files - I do see some non-sub sales for the level 4 and 5 images, but not enough compared to the sub sales. It's nice to see the $2 subs in the mix, but overall DT (for me anyway) doesn't seem to have the pricing model right.

123rf keeps earning even though I don't upload there any more (because of their royalty cut from 50% to 45%) - sales were up 5% over March 2013 (although down on Mar 2012).

PhotoDune was up 45% over March 2013 (58% up on Feb 14 but that had seen an odd dip)

Veer fluctuates wildly between $200 a month and $25 a month depending on ELs  so monthly or annual comparisons make little sense. Given the small chunk of files there (only 800) that's not terrible, but I'm wrapping up there (they've "started the process" which could take 90 days apparently) because I'm sick of their partner deals and leaving is the only opt out I have.

Alamy had a couple of sales but neither that big and nothing cleared.

GL Stock manages a few a month but seems to be headed nowhere.

Others - Squashed Tree Frog

I love this

It was my BME. The agencies that pushed me by far up the most was Shutterstock. I had an increased of 10% compared to February and an increase of 41% compared to March 2013.

The best 4: Shutterstock, Zazzle, DepositPhotos, 123RF

Blog Post: http://microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2014/04/stock-photography-sales-statistic-march.html
List of Agencies I work with: http://stock.hlehnerer.com/SA.html






(the statistic includes referral and affiliate income)

Decent month.  Up 11% from March 2013, up 23% from Feb 2014, but significantly below the peak in Sept-Jan. 

Shutterstock back to its late 2013 glory, but iStock was the worst month since July 2011 (when my port was half as large).

Nothing from Alamy, almost nothing from 123RF.

Pond5 slowly improving (3rd month, still a smallish port).

Almost identical month to Feb, and 12% better than March 2013.

SS top seller as always with 86% of revenue
DT used to make up on average 20-25% of my revenue, and now is regularly below 15% and declining (no of sales declining monthly, despite port increasing).
IS virtually non-existant, now that they're grabbing a monthly wad out of my earnings, after having claimed to have over paid me in the past due to one of their screw-ups.
The rest of the 'also-rans' are hardly worth logging onto to check on the disappointing stats.