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Quote from: stockmarketer on June 01, 2018, 06:22I've been in microstock 10 years now.I remember when it was exciting to track sales and watch my income steadily rise, like some on this page are reporting. But a few years back, everything changed:- My port size hit 10,000 and each new upload was a miniscule addition as a percentage of my total collection... meaning I couldn't expect to see constant growth like I did as a newbie.- At the same time, oversupply at the agencies was getting out of control... total collection sizes were going up by tens of millions a month, and my few hundred new images meant nothing.- The agencies started stacking the deck against us, favoring the brand new artists to give them hope that this is a sustainable income so they keep uploading. (news flash... it's not.)So, how was my May? Crap. At least I assume, because looking too deep into the numbers is depressing and I've stopped putting myself through that.Same experience. And still listening to naive arguments around here, that our sales aren't capped. Sure they are, the bigger you go, the more they suppress your sales so that newbies have more of sales share. That's why I lost interest even in responding or discuss in topics.
I've been in microstock 10 years now.I remember when it was exciting to track sales and watch my income steadily rise, like some on this page are reporting. But a few years back, everything changed:- My port size hit 10,000 and each new upload was a miniscule addition as a percentage of my total collection... meaning I couldn't expect to see constant growth like I did as a newbie.- At the same time, oversupply at the agencies was getting out of control... total collection sizes were going up by tens of millions a month, and my few hundred new images meant nothing.- The agencies started stacking the deck against us, favoring the brand new artists to give them hope that this is a sustainable income so they keep uploading. (news flash... it's not.)So, how was my May? Crap. At least I assume, because looking too deep into the numbers is depressing and I've stopped putting myself through that.
Not a BME, but fine, particularly considering that I didn't have time to upload regularly lately. Interestingly, SS continues to fall, while other stocks are rising. The microstock ranking from polls is far from what I experience. This creates a reasonably balanced distribution in income.
SS down a lotFT StableDT upAlamy upPond upTotal up (Pond and Alamy saved me this month )
welche is the FT? :/which one is FT? thanks