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lol beside this I had a slightly decrease after a few very good months but August is going strong, gotta work hard now before vacations to Greece

It's not just me then! Not a good start to August, to say the least. The July reports on the IS forum were extraordinary too especially considering the payrise that exclusives got this year. Earlier I saw that SS 'new photos added this week' was down to 66K which must be the lowest I've seen it for at least 18 months, possibly longer. Maybe this is when the going gets tough and we see who is tough enough (or foolhardy enough) to keep going.

I got one word for July sales.....TERRIBLE

my earnings are still very low but I am having a very good month, a lot better than July...!

you are right

SS is going crazy (good way), that's it!

Yep, sales are way way down, DT sales are horrible 2 month after I had a BME with them. Fotolia is pretty good as always, really the exception.
and iS a couple of hundred $$ less /month than in the beginning of the year
Shutterstock is still going somehow, have not seen such a big decrease in earnings compared to DT and IS, but it is still disappointing. Looks like not a good future with microstock.

I've got a feeling that we may count many of us - which are actively posting in this forum - in that number. Who else?
Not necessarily bad in the long term.

Are you still uploading there regularly Norebbo? 

When did you sign up there? SS has a honeymoon period for new contributors that expires after a while. Then, it's just marriage.  You'll have to keep feeding the beast regularly after that, or sales might go down by 50%.

This is yet another 'Microstock Myth' that keeps being endlessly regurgitated!

It so happens I'm one of the contributors currently beta-testing a new submitter front page on SS. The new page contains statistical data that basically explodes that myth, at least in my case. Since Jan 31 I have increased my portfolio by 10.8%. My earnings from those new images to date are 11.3% of my total earnings since Jan 31 __ essentially my earning have increased almost exactly in proportion to the increase in my portfolio.

I'm sure there must be others here doing the beta-test and if so it'll be interesting to see how their figures for new uploads compare.

I kept daily stats for my first 6 months and my sales with SS exploded at the start then fell back and it took me a long time to get a BME again.  Perhaps I had an image in the new artists lightbox?  I didn't look at the time.  I also think when most people start they upload like crazy for the first month, then the uploads tail off, exaggerating any honeymoon period effect.

Wow, 25 images a week and still sales dropping like that.  Can't say you aren't feeding the beast! 

I upload about the same amount weekly to all sites and am experiencing similar drops at IS, but fortunately SS is holding steady for me so far...  (fingers crossed)