MicrostockGroup

Hi guys

I'm currently uploading to the big 5 + BS, Sxpert and Canstock. Canstock brings me the least $.

What I would like to know is, are there other sites (a part from the ones mentioned above) that bring in more $ than Canstock? I have a bit more time on my hands and if it's worth it, I'm willing to give another company a go.

Thanks guys!

These are the sites I submit to and the % earnings from them:

20% shutterstock (BEST EVER MONTH - BEM)
17% dreamtime (2nd BEM)
9% Fotolia (BEM)
13% istockphoto (BEM)
4% bigstockphoto
25% 123RF (BEM)
7% StockXpert
1% Featurepics
2% Canstock
1% Galastock
1% LuckyOliver

[edit - 123rf did well because of an EL and due to my small portfoio size - this had a major effect.  It would normall be around 5-7% with the rest split amount the others]

Fearturepics had a bad month and due to their high % payout, I recommend people support them as it would be great if they took off.(not even a referal link as I cant be bothered).  the others dont seem to be worth it at this stage.  Only one sale at LO and none at GS this month.

See edit re 123rf - I had an El which mess up last months %.

that was nicely laid out dbvirago.

i am not 100% sure what my site layout looks like but i think i can guess. (i am currently killing time in an internet cafe)

Shutterstock
Dreamstime
Fotolia
Bigstock
Istock

stockXpert
123RF
Scanstock
Canstock
lucky oliver
feature pics

When I see other's listings, I wonder why DT doesn't sell as much for me..  it's a mystery at this point.

As dbvirago said, I am also hopeful too for the LO site.  Hardly any sales yet, but the uploading is so easy that it's worth giving them a chance to succeed.  Up there, what you see is what you get.  Right now they are on a steady course. They are boiling the water, and they know it.

CJPhoto is right, FP is a good site to support too.  And they also have the easy FTP upload.

Rounding to the nearest whole percent...

47%  Shutterstock
15%  Istock
11%  Dreamstime
 8%  Stockxpert
 6%  Fotolia
 5%  BigStock
 4%  123RF
 3%  FeaturePics
 1%  CanStock
 1%  Lucky Oliver

Dreamstime was ahead of Istock for awhile but Istock pulled back ahead after the controlled vocabulary addition.

51% Istock
30% SS
9%   Dreamstime
6%   Fotolia
5%   BigStock

Even with all the problems over at iStock, the changes have caused my sales to sky rocket there. Whereas SS, the sales have taken a nose dive. I haven't been seriously uploading in two months and SS really penalizes photos for not being brand new.

My Breakdown Since I started earning in March:
SS - 40.47%
IS - 22.04%
DT - 11.66%
FL - 8.64%
StockXpert - 6.82%
BS - 3.94%
123 - 3.50%
FP - 1.41%
CanStockPhoto - 0.82%
GS - 0.50%
USP - 0.11%
GIM - 0.07%
CrS - 0.03%
Microstock, LuckyOliver & ScanstockPhoto = 0 Sales
StockPhotoMedia 1 Sale = €2.75
I have between 50 and 580+ images on the various sites. Focus more time on the money producing sites.

You obviously did not read this part:
I have a LOT of photo's backed up from previous shoots that I only now convert from RAW for Stock.
I don't specifically go and shoot for Stock.
But with every shoot, there's always some stock photo's in there somewhere, whether it's a wildlife shoot, a Bikini shoot or an Air-Show.
Also have my girlfriend helping me in the evenings with keywording and categorising on sites of the files I've uploaded during the day. Have 2 Camera bodies and multiple lenses, so the two of us cover various angles/aspects of shoots at the same time and collect double the ammount of photo's during any shoot.
Most of my time and uploads go to producing sites, but I try to add at least 5 shots a week to non producing sites, to just keep them ticking over for the day that they take off, then I'll already have a decent portfolio on them.

Here are my stats for November

SS 38.1%
FT 14.5%
DT 14%
123 9.7%
iS   9.1%
StockXpert 6.3%
BigStock 5.1%
CanStockPhoto 2.3%
SPM 0.5%
FP 0.3%

123rf subscription payout was 33c again

my best month EVER at FT, 123, iStock + BigStock.

A general increase across all sites but DT seems to be at the same level since August and my best month at StockXpert was May.

Just in case anyone doesn't know the quick and easy access to Fotolia's stats.

go to "my photos"
go to 4th tab statistics
click on total and scroll down to "by month"
click on credits earned