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Canstock sales have plummeted for me. They were good last summer, but have declined to next to nothing now. 

I am still skeptical about the sales at CanStockPhoto.

I look at some of the vector at Top Downloads and they barely reach 50 downloads after years.

Can anyone share their experience in CanStockPhoto?

I have an impressions that it is always group of same contributors get sales on the front page..under the 'recently purchased' link.

and usually there are few sales on that 'recently purcharsed' from same contributors. It makes me think that the search engines works in favor of images with most downloaded.

CanStockPhoto has been good for me too. I had great sales last month and posted a thread:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/canstockphoto-com/can-stock-blowing-up!/

It didn't seem to be the consensus though. I really love getting those $5 vector royalties. It's very satisfying.

Do you think this could be because your images are available at the partner sites?  (not trying to slam you for participating, BTW)

One of the big concerns about participating in the PP was the potential to cannibalize sales on Istock.  Is it possible this is what you are seeing?

My sales have dropped at IS, but they are still more than a third of my overall microstock income.  My stuff isn't in the PP.  Don't know if there's a connection or not.  

BTW, sorry to continue OT.  Would be happy to have this conversation moved to a relevant thread...

I also posted in that thread but I will add here that my CanStockPhoto sales have not only continued to increase since that post, the rate of increase has grown. Much more than at SS, DT, or FT. (I do illustrations, vectors mostly, some 3D renders.)

Not trying to brag, just sharing that my experience is like the OP's.

That's great  to hear that others are experiencing recent success at Can Stock! I wonder what they are doing to increase sales and customer traffic. Has anyone seen a surge in their advertising or marketing efforts?



I stopped worrying about that a while ago. I submit my vectors to over 20 sites, and my top 10 sites have continued to improve in sales over the past year. My personal opinion is that people looking for files don't "price shop" a specific image at different sites. My opinion comes from years of my experience as a graphic designer and BUYER of microstock. If I find an image I like and need, I buy it then. I don't check on 13 other sites, hoping to find the same image at a better price.

BTW, I'm new to this forum, and have been really impressed with how welcoming and respectful everyone one is in what can be a competitive and cutthroat marketplace. It is fun to see how threads evolve.

~ Eli
www.graphicgravy.com

Hi! Same for me... well I started in January with them, so... hell of a surprise when my vector started selling at 19.80$ comission!

Basically, with 350 vectors there, I had (by the end of January, uploaded late 300 in beginning of January), I made 11.25$ in January and 60$ for now in February, which is more than Fotolia and similar to Dreamstime for me.

Yes, great news with Canstock !

Make sure your EPS files are RGB and not CMYK. I face some issue with other sites which did this and I noticed that the files which had a lot of color difference and made them look bad were uploaded as CMYK.

It might not be this, but it might be worthwhile to check,