Lately Mondays were great for me, but so far it's terrible, just 2 DLs. And overall a big decline in sales this month. Some of the other sites are making it up though, but not SS, which could really make a big difference.

DO NOT SPIT ON THE HAND THAT FEED YOU AND YOUR KIDS.

DO NOT SPIT ON THE HAND THAT FEED YOU AND YOUR KIDS.

Is that my hand or the agencies that represent me? It's probably a two way street for both of us.

AGAIN!  DO NOT SPIT ON THE HAND THAT FEED YOU AND YOUR KIDS! THINK ABOUT THE PUNISHMENT!

Can anyone translate this?

Quote from: lagereek on October 18, 2011, 12:10

AGAIN!  DO NOT SPIT ON THE HAND THAT FEED YOU AND YOUR KIDS! THINK ABOUT THE PUNISHMENT!

Why are you shouting? Do you think it sounds more... prophetic?

Sorry I didnt know you heard the shouting.

Glenmorangie or Talisker? 

Quote from: vlad_the_imp on October 07, 2011, 16:05

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signs do point to buyer migration as the cause.

I agree this may be some of the cause but  I also see many lower category contributor reporting good sales, and it has been suggested they are favoured in the current best match. It would make sense, if sales are down, for istock and Getty to maximise profits by favoring people who are paid a lower commission, thus more money for IS.

Thanks for that info.  I haven't been on the IS forums lately. Didn't know anyone (other than Aeonf just now) was doing well.

 Makes sense that IS would be shuffling what sales there are to lower canisters.  They've already proven they will do anything, including sabotaging their business, to save a few bucks in the short term.  

I would not be at all surprised if many of the sites shuffled sales to newer contributors in the lower pay scales.  We consistently see the recruitment banners everywhere; nytimes ,huffington post, the list goes on and on and must cost a fortune.  You can not do a search for the micros these days without running into micro focused websites with training material sponsored by the various micro sites. Some of these site sponsored training web sites are becoming very focused with vids etc. The sites do everything they can to help us help the fresh unjaded new recruits along, just look at the SS critique area.

Errr ... I think the sales banner you see are related to your browsing history. I mean, I never see these stock site adverts, just stuff about member enlargement and ladies in my area 

LOL

When I read lagereek's shout, I really had no idea if he meant that we are spitting on the agencies' hands, or if they are spitting on our hands.  Don't know if he intended this catch-22, but it sure made me think.

"You don't tug on Superman's cape,
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that ol' Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with.... TPTB"

Quote from: Xalanx on September 30, 2011, 16:17

Quote from: sjlocke on September 30, 2011, 15:29

Disappointingly, no growth in $$$ here from last year.  Almost exactly the same, despite another 2000 uploads.  Downloads down by 25%.

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2000 / year is not much.

Huh? Are you kidding? Please can you define 'much' for us, at least in your world. Out of interest, by how many times 'much' did you beat Sean's 'not much' in the last year?

2000 isn't much if you are a team with multiple shooters, producers, and editors (in which case 10,000/yr is more on par).  Sean is a one man band  (possibly the only top 10 photographer who is?), and perhaps wisely so, and for one person to plan, shoot and upload 2000 images, I would say it is a full time job.

-18% from last month makes this a so-so month for us (so far)