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« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2008, 13:53 »
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May was my 6th month in microstock photography and the second month with dropping down earnings despite of the growing porftolio. Only IS showed some growth.

IS+SS = 80%

My monthly earning report:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080601085431/index.html


CofkoCof

« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2008, 17:42 »
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SS 61,78%
StockXpert 15,63%
IS 6,34%
FT 5,1%
123RF 5%
DT 4,62%
BigStock 1,54%

BME on all sites with a total increase of 48%!

Notes:
- considering to stop uploading to BigStock, just not worth my time
- IS is starting to really sell my stuff, almost everyday a vector sale
- less downloads on SS but higher earnings because of the raise

DanP68

« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2008, 19:33 »
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May Earnings $314.01.  This was down 8% from April's BME.  A very good month nonetheless.

The Breakdown
Shutterstock 51%  BME
iStock 21%
Dreamstime 11%
Fotolia 6%
BigStockPhoto 5%
123RF 4%  BME
Stockxpert 2%

All sites were down with the exceptions of Shutterstock and 123RF, each of which set BME's.  Shutterstock hit records for downloads and earnings.

Fotolia collapsed 48%.  Bigstock dropped 30%.  iStock was down 25%.  Stockxpert basically continued to drope along in the cellar, with their usual contribution of a few crappy sub sales here and there.

« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2008, 05:13 »
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May = BME! :D

MP 90% BME
DT  5 % BME
FT   5%

IS     0%
BS    0%
123  0%
FP     0%

Yay opens today!
SS  will submit 3rd application soon

Grand total = 41,5 dollar!
Earnings up by x10 compared to april, hope i can report that next month too  ;D
« Last Edit: June 03, 2008, 01:19 by windmill »

« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2008, 07:18 »
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IS- 23% (20% income drop!!!)
SS- 29% (BME!)
DT- 13%
FT- 15% (BME!)
STX- 8%
123- 7% (BME!)
BS- 5%

« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2008, 07:38 »
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May was my 5th month in microstock.

IS       61% (20% drop) Reached 250 and got my first flame.
SS     16% (12% drop)
123rf   5% (up 12%)
FT       5% (50% drop) steadily down since my first month with them.
DT      4% (30% drop)
FP      4% (up 50%)
StockXpert    3% (50% drop)
BS      2.5% (40% drop)


helix7

« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2008, 10:40 »
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No earnings poll this month?



« Reply #32 on: June 02, 2008, 11:36 »
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Ups and downs compared to May 2007

Total sales - up 22%  BME
SS 38% - up 7%  BME
IS 18% - up 51%  BME
FT 17% - up 238%  BME
DT 13% - down 8%
StockXpert 4% - down 18%
BS 4% - up 67%
123 2% - down 39%
Scanstock 1% - up 300%

The big winners are IS and FT, the two who haven't had subs until now. Now they will both have it. I don't like it   >:(

lisafx

« Reply #33 on: June 02, 2008, 11:44 »
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Earnings down 5% overall.  Here's the breakdown:

IS  37% - stayed even
SS 18% - gained 1% due to the raise
FOT 15% - lost 4% due to search engine changes
DT 12% - gained 1%, BME
StockXpert 9% - gained 1%, BME
BigStock 5% - stayed even
123 3% - stayed even
Crest 1% - up from 0%
CanStockPhoto 1% - up from 0%

Not looking forward to the summer slump.....

« Reply #34 on: June 02, 2008, 13:45 »
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Was close to a BME for overall # of sales but came up just a bit short ...

DT         66%  BME !  ;D
123RF   24%
FT           7%
SS*         3%  
BigStock         0% 
StockXpert         0% 

*I was just accepted into SS with 9 files making it online in time for the last 1/2 day of the month.

Midstock:
MP           0%
FP            0%
ZM           0%

Mark



« Last Edit: June 02, 2008, 16:51 by mwp1969 »

jsnover

« Reply #35 on: June 02, 2008, 16:08 »
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Earnings were down 4% from April 08, but up 10% from May 2007

IS    24%     slightly lower
FT    22%     even
SS   17%     down 20%
DT   15%     up 50% from April - first signs of life there in ages
StockXpert   9%     even
BigStock   8%     down 15%
123  5%      even


« Reply #36 on: June 02, 2008, 19:09 »
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Here's my stats:
IS   Up 3.5%
SS   Up 3.5%
StockXpert   Up 27%
DT   Up 48%
BigStock  Down 10%


« Reply #37 on: June 02, 2008, 19:12 »
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May wasn't as good as April, mostly due to no EL sales...  Not sure why I still upload to some agencies--perhaps my glasses still have some rose coloring in them...

The breakdown:

IS    35.31% BME
SS    23.54%
DT     9.74%
123RF  7.79% BME
BigStock    7.44% BME
StockXpert    7.13%
FT     4.91%
CS     2.33% BME
SR     0.62% BME
CanStockPhoto    0.62% BME
SV     0.56% BME
MP     0.00%
FP     0.00%
     100.00%

jsnover

« Reply #38 on: June 02, 2008, 20:28 »
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SR     0.62% BME
CanStockPhoto    0.62% BME
SV     0.56% BME

I think we should make a new rule - if the site generates less than 1% of your income, it doesn't qualify for  the BME tag. Unless you're Yuri or iofoto, less than 1% of your income is essentially irrelevant, however much it's grown :)

DanP68

« Reply #39 on: June 02, 2008, 20:38 »
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I remember once when Lucky Oliver made me 60 cents for a BME, breaking a previous BME of 30 cents.  Oh, those were the good ole days...

« Reply #40 on: June 02, 2008, 22:09 »
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SS - 46%
DT- 32% DOWN 10%
ISP - 6% DOWN 50%
BigStock 10%
CanStockPhoto 0%
SNAP 0%
123RF 1%
FOTOLIA 5% DOWN 50%

CCK

« Reply #41 on: June 03, 2008, 13:35 »
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IS:         27.6%
SS:        19.6%
DT:        15.5%
StockXpert:      14.8%
FP:        12.8%
123RF:   5.5%
FT:        2.4%
BS:       1.8%
« Last Edit: June 03, 2008, 13:45 by CCK »


j2k

« Reply #42 on: June 03, 2008, 14:30 »
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ShutterStock   40.5%
IstockPhoto     31.0%
StockXpert      12.3%
Fotolia               5.6%
Dreamstime       5.2%
123rf                 4.1%
Bigstockphoto   1.4%

My second full month. Shutterstock is down by about 6% (less uploads thou), fotolia down by 30%, Dreamstime down by 15%. Downtrend on these is offset by +50% on istockphoto and pretty good first month on stockxpert

Overall all I'm 26% higher than in April, but I started mid March so it's not that indicative.

« Reply #43 on: June 03, 2008, 14:44 »
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SS      80.04%
123RF         9.48%
StockXpert           3.69%
FP            2.95%
DT            2.37%
IS             1.47%

My first full month. Sales mostly on SS other sites got just few downloads.

« Reply #44 on: June 04, 2008, 10:26 »
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Very good month for me , by far BME + 31 % very close to $ 400...

SS 37 % BME
123RF 28 % BME
IS 11 % BME
FT 10 % (-64 %)
StockXpert 7 % BME
DT 6 %

One sale at Zymmetrical this month
More stats on my blog as always:
http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/

« Reply #45 on: June 07, 2008, 19:39 »
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My May and 2008 numbers, with 200 for comparison:

Site 2007 2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
IS 26% 27% 22% 37% 26% 26% 23%
DT 16% 20% 30% 16% 18% 22% 14%
StockXpert 20% 19% 19% 12% 22% 21% 24%
FT 13% 12% 8% 11% 16% 13% 13%
BigStock 8% 6% 8% 5% 5% 3% 7%
123 4% 6% 5% 8% 3% 4% 8%
FP 3% 4% 2% 3% 4% 10% 3%
CanStockPhoto 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% <1% <1%
LO 2% 1% 3% 1% 2% 0% 1%
Scan 1% <1% 0% <1% 1% <1% 1%
CS <1% ~0% 0% 0% 0% ~0% 1%
Zymm<1% 2% 3% 5% 2% 0% 3%
rest 4% <1% 3% 1% <1% ~0% 0%

Overall the same as April, which was not a very good month, 30% below February, which was my BME.

A small decrease in IS, a significant decrease in DT with too many subs (40% of my dlds), an increase in StockXpert (despite having opted-out from subs in April). A very stable month in FT.  Increase also in 123RF (2nd BME) and BigStock resumed its previous performance, although these two are reasonable behind the other four. 

FP's performance was not quite exciting, getting the same as Zymm. Two sales in CanStockPhoto (both subs) - this site is performing worse each month for me - slow also in CS (a bit better than previous months, but ... subs...), steady in Scan.  Two sales at LO's death.

Regards,
Adelaide


 

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