Author Topic: How are sales going?- Shutterstock (Read 130980 times)

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #275 on:** December 07, 2013, 08:58 »

Quote from: lisafx on December 06, 2013, 12:43

Quote from: dpimborough on December 06, 2013, 06:46
Quote from: Beppe Grillo on December 06, 2013, 04:44
Yes, I wrote that because us, North Occidentals, we have the tendency to think that all the world is North Occidental… (And most here North American)

Yup right now it's summer down in New Zealand and Australia

They can have it! Summers are so brutal here in Florida, I look forward to the winters. Unfortunately they are all too brief here...

If you want a good true winter we can exchanges our places… here we have only 4 months of winter with sometime temperatures down to -35º C

lisafx · « **Reply #276 on:** December 07, 2013, 12:22 »

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on December 07, 2013, 08:58

Quote from: lisafx on December 06, 2013, 12:43
Quote from: dpimborough on December 06, 2013, 06:46
Quote from: Beppe Grillo on December 06, 2013, 04:44
Yes, I wrote that because us, North Occidentals, we have the tendency to think that all the world is North Occidental… (And most here North American)

Yup right now it's summer down in New Zealand and Australia

They can have it! Summers are so brutal here in Florida, I look forward to the winters. Unfortunately they are all too brief here...

If you want a good true winter we can exchanges our places… here we have only 4 months of winter with sometime temperatures down to -35º C

Yikes! I guess that would be going from the frying pan into the....freezer!

Allsa · « **Reply #277 on:** December 08, 2013, 00:22 »

Quote from: Mantis on December 07, 2013, 08:46

The point Luis was making, I believe, was in terms of monthly income. If we're all stuck with similar models, it would be far more favorable to have "2 or 3" Shutterstocks. I am sure we'd all give up dt, ft, dp or whatever and have them replaced by 2-3 SS's. I think you know exactly what Luis meant but prefer to be a buzz kill.

Not me - I would much rather go to the trouble of uploading to several agencies, rather that see any agency get too much power. If the earnings are spread out over several sites, it's much easier to drop any agency that starts to mistreat us. Look at how Shutterstock took over BigStock and then turned around and cut the royalties. Who knows what other crap they might hit us with in the future. SS is just too d*mn powerful.

tickstock · « **Reply #278 on:** December 08, 2013, 20:58 »

ShadySue · « **Reply #279 on:** December 08, 2013, 21:10 »

Quote from: tickstock on December 08, 2013, 20:58

Here's one more new Shutterstock.

http://flippa.com/blog/stockphoto-case-study/

Hmmm. IMO iStock should have bought that domain name.
So that site, which has been going "since 1995 (!)" is selling pics by just one bloke (or am I missing something). I did a couple of searches and each was a number of series of one, two, three etc models with various minor changes in position. (actually, 'Christmas' is more varied)
Wonder if 'cashflow positive' means that he hasn't spent anything after buying the domain name and putting the site together.

OM · « **Reply #280 on:** December 09, 2013, 08:37 »

Well, the money is in the domain name game and I suspect that he kept the name going as a legit site by putting up a few stock photo's and now it's ka....ching! Certainly forward thinking by registering the domain in 1995......5 years before I got my first computer!

Mantis · « **Reply #281 on:** December 09, 2013, 08:45 »

Quote from: Allsa on December 08, 2013, 00:22

Quote from: Mantis on December 07, 2013, 08:46

The point Luis was making, I believe, was in terms of monthly income. If we're all stuck with similar models, it would be far more favorable to have "2 or 3" Shutterstocks. I am sure we'd all give up dt, ft, dp or whatever and have them replaced by 2-3 SS's. I think you know exactly what Luis meant but prefer to be a buzz kill.

Not me - I would much rather go to the trouble of uploading to several agencies, rather that see any agency get too much power. If the earnings are spread out over several sites, it's much easier to drop any agency that starts to mistreat us. Look at how Shutterstock took over BigStock and then turned around and cut the royalties. Who knows what other crap they might hit us with in the future. SS is just too d*mn powerful.

You are completely missing the point. We are talking general situational alignment.....let me put it to you this way, if DP, FT and DT yielded commissions JUST LIKE SS, then we'd be happier, right? That is what Luis is inferring.

tickstock · « **Reply #282 on:** December 09, 2013, 10:03 »

luissantos84 · « **Reply #283 on:** December 09, 2013, 11:05 »

Quote from: Mantis on December 09, 2013, 08:45

Quote from: Allsa on December 08, 2013, 00:22
Quote from: Mantis on December 07, 2013, 08:46

The point Luis was making, I believe, was in terms of monthly income. If we're all stuck with similar models, it would be far more favorable to have "2 or 3" Shutterstocks. I am sure we'd all give up dt, ft, dp or whatever and have them replaced by 2-3 SS's. I think you know exactly what Luis meant but prefer to be a buzz kill.

Not me - I would much rather go to the trouble of uploading to several agencies, rather that see any agency get too much power. If the earnings are spread out over several sites, it's much easier to drop any agency that starts to mistreat us. Look at how Shutterstock took over BigStock and then turned around and cut the royalties. Who knows what other crap they might hit us with in the future. SS is just too d*mn powerful.

You are completely missing the point. We are talking general situational alignment.....let me put it to you this way, if DP, FT and DT yielded commissions JUST LIKE SS, then we'd be happier, right? That is what Luis is inferring.

yep

Mantis · « **Reply #284 on:** December 09, 2013, 14:23 »

Quote from: tickstock on December 09, 2013, 10:03

Quote from: Mantis on December 09, 2013, 08:45
That is what Luis is inferring.
Luis is not inferring anything. He made a statement: "unfortunately there is one SS only, 2 or 3 would be handy " and you are inferring he meant something different than what he said.

We'll he just responded and I was not wrong. How are you going to spin this one, Tickstock?

tickstock · « **Reply #285 on:** December 09, 2013, 14:29 »

Red Dove · « **Reply #286 on:** December 09, 2013, 14:38 »

2nd best week of the year last week but given the approaching festivities I doubt I'll top last month's BME. Don't have enough baubles and glitter in my port to attract the last minute Christmas shoppers but you never know, I have been a good boy this year and Santa might be generous.

mike ledray · « **Reply #287 on:** December 10, 2013, 08:48 »

My SS Sales are Through The Roof!
Sales are better than ever.
Looks like another Record year and month.
I cant say enough good things about ss
Rock On!

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #288 on:** December 10, 2013, 09:10 »

Quote from: ShadySue on December 08, 2013, 21:10

Quote from: tickstock on December 08, 2013, 20:58
Here's one more new Shutterstock.

http://flippa.com/blog/stockphoto-case-study/

Hmmm. IMO iStock should have bought that domain name.
So that site, which has been going "since 1995 (!)" is selling pics by just one bloke (or am I missing something). I did a couple of searches and each was a number of series of one, two, three etc models with various minor changes in position. (actually, 'Christmas' is more varied)
Wonder if 'cashflow positive' means that he hasn't spent anything after buying the domain name and putting the site together.

Why do I feel a court case coming on? If your name is McDonald (and there are a lot of them) you can't open McDonald's Seafood Restaurant without getting sued to death, or even sell anything with "Mac" in it. Istock obviously inserted the "i" because "stockphoto.com" was already taken but it was (I believe) inactive. Paying $250,000 effectively to try to piggyback off Getty Images is not, in my view, a clever move. iStock didn't buy this name in the past and I'd lay odds they'd rather shut it down than pay out a million or two to some dude who thinks he's spotted a quick buck.

I think I'll just go and register McDonalls.com (it's available for $12 if you want it) and sell it to someone for $1,000,000. No problem there!

tavi · « **Reply #289 on:** December 23, 2013, 05:50 »

I had a 0 sales day this sunday. Not happened for more than 6 months. Today nothing so far. I'm very dissapointed and wonder if is there anibody else seeing very low sales (or, like me, none)

Ron · « **Reply #290 on:** December 23, 2013, 05:57 »

Quote from: tavi on December 23, 2013, 05:50

I had a 0 sales day this sunday. Not happened for more than 6 months. Today nothing so far. I'm very dissapointed and wonder if is there anibody else seeing very low sales (or, like me, none)

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=132368

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130802

mike ledray · « **Reply #291 on:** December 23, 2013, 12:27 »

Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!

I LOVE Shutterstock

Thank You

Merry Christmas to Everyone from your friend Mike Ledray

Yeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaa
HO HO HO

Ploink · « **Reply #292 on:** December 23, 2013, 13:31 »

Quote from: mike ledray on December 23, 2013, 12:27

Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!

I LOVE Shutterstock

aNd on THE 23Rd of the MonTh, no LeSs!

And in DeCeMeBeR, tOO!

Have a Merry Christmas, man...

mike ledray · « **Reply #293 on:** December 23, 2013, 14:47 »

Quote from: Ploink on December 23, 2013, 13:31

Quote from: mike ledray on December 23, 2013, 12:27
Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!

I LOVE Shutterstock

aNd on THE 23Rd of the MonTh, no LeSs!

And in DeCeMeBeR, tOO!

Have a Merry Christmas, man...

Thank You
and a Very Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours too.

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #294 on:** December 24, 2013, 03:19 »

[off topic]

Hi Mike!
There is a moment that I follow your success on the forum…
I was wondering if you are trying to enter in the Guinness Book for the more negative posts obtained on a forum?

[/off topic]

topol · « **Reply #295 on:** December 24, 2013, 13:06 »

Quote from: mike ledray on December 23, 2013, 12:27

Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!

I LOVE Shutterstock

Thank You

Merry Christmas to Everyone from your friend Mike Ledray

Yeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaa
HO HO HO

You got to a payout this time?

Merry Christmas!

mike ledray · « **Reply #296 on:** December 24, 2013, 15:28 »

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on December 24, 2013, 03:19

[off topic]

Hi Mike!
There is a moment that I follow your success on the forum…
I was wondering if you are trying to enter in the Guinness Book for the more negative posts obtained on a forum?

[/off topic]

Yes from Jealous and Envious and Small Minded followers of my post.

Like they say in Hollywood "Say what you want about me in the papers, just be * Sure to Spell My Name Right!"

LOL
Merry Christmas

mike ledray · « **Reply #297 on:** December 24, 2013, 15:30 »

Quote from: topol on December 24, 2013, 13:06

Quote from: mike ledray on December 23, 2013, 12:27
Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!

I LOVE Shutterstock

Thank You

Merry Christmas to Everyone from your friend Mike Ledray

Yeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaa
HO HO HO

You got to a payout this time?

Merry Christmas!

If Only one day!
I still hope to reach that elusive $75.00 pay out level.
Perhaps then I can buy something special.
One day, One day

Lol
Merry Christmas

topol · « **Reply #298 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:01 »

Quote from: mike ledray on December 24, 2013, 15:30

Quote from: topol on December 24, 2013, 13:06
Quote from: mike ledray on December 23, 2013, 12:27
Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!

I LOVE Shutterstock

Thank You

Merry Christmas to Everyone from your friend Mike Ledray

Yeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaa
HO HO HO

You got to a payout this time?

Merry Christmas!

If Only one day!
I still hope to reach that elusive $75.00 pay out level.
Perhaps then I can buy something special.
One day, One day

Lol
Merry Christmas

Ohh man, it's not worth the hustle. With your talents and features, you just need to grow a big beard and you can be a walmart santa anyday.

Phadrea · « **Reply #299 on:** December 26, 2013, 04:55 »

Sales for me have dropped right down despite adding a lot more files this year. Add that to the pauper's rate of 0.33 cents for most sales it's hardly worth bothering. IS still make me more $ even unexclusive.

Dear Shutterstock,

Please stop making me crack annoying captchas every time I visit the site. This has increased just in the last week or so and is hardly worth it considering the sales.

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Author Topic: How are sales going?- Shutterstock (Read 130980 times)

Beppe Grillo

lisafx

Allsa

tickstock

ShadySue

OM

Mantis

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luissantos84

Mantis

tickstock

Red Dove

mike ledray

BaldricksTrousers

tavi

Ron

mike ledray

Ploink

mike ledray

Beppe Grillo

topol

mike ledray

mike ledray

topol

Phadrea

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