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Hi Everyone,

 I was curious if people are interested in sharing their sell through rate from Isotck. That is the percentage of your files that have sold at least once on the site in their lifetime. I have a 77% sell through rate if you want to share please add to the list.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Can't tell you at the moment because I can't see any of my sales on Istock since November 1st.

Woo Yay.

42%

97%

65-70% - a rough estimate from my Deep Meta records without counting any files just listing active files and measuring a cursor position on scroll bar

I was jut over 80% last time I checked.  That was a couple of months ago. 

Hi All,

 Thanks for the feedback. Great numbers out there. I don't know if they are as applicable to Micro but in Macro agencies have used this tool to track their best photographers. In Micro when one image can sell 4,000 times I would imagine the Micro agencies just look at your overall sales but they might still use this tool as it does cost them money to add your images so they might be more likely to edit and support their photographers with the best STR. Also the size of your collection will alter this, if you have 20 files up for 7 years and 19 of them sell then you do have a 95% STR but that isn't much interest to the agency. But if you are like some of the people that posted high STR and you have a really large collections I would imagine your agency is happy and you are definitely doing it right.
 I know a great stock photographer he has been shooting stock for thirty years. He has a list of his top 1,000 themes that have always been his best sellers. He recreates that list every year with some changes to make it fit the times and lighting style changes but he still shoots the same 1,000 concept list and he makes more money than just about anyone I know in the industry. Not the way I work but I think it makes a great deal of sense and he has an amazing STR.

Thanks,
Jonathan

I've done my best on the figures I can actually get, and it seems to be around 60%.  I haven't cleared my port of all the old dross from the early days though, so maybe I should take the time to do that and improve this percentage.  

(OTOH, if iS is going down the tubes... perhaps I won't bother).

Oh, I just glance at this in the passing and you were about to become my new Hero after Quentin Crisp (after three years, the dust doesn't seem to get any thicker)
Then you blew it!
(OK, after I typed that, it seemed to be a double or even triple entendre, but I'll leave it.)

Hi Click-Click,

 It has been a number that agencies have used for years to track their best selling photographers. Over time you start to find your work moving up in position because the agency sees your STR is high and they have a better chance of your work making them money. As I mentioned I don't know if it is the same with Micro because of the number of sales an individual image can make while others sit dormant. For the photographer all it really helps is to identify what is selling and what hasn't and stay away from your stuff that didn't sell well. One good concept shot 10 different ways can make you a lot more money than 10 different shots that don't meet your buyers needs.

Best,
Jonathan

I really want to answer, but what is formula to give any % results. In my murky mind I know about RPI and RPD, but I dont know answer without this % formula.
PLS light me up

88%