Shutterstock was always famous for delivering a bump in downloads when a new set of images had been uploaded and approved, which was mainly put down to the option for Buyers to sort images by "most recent" as well as "most popular." I could usually rely on getting a flurry of downloads on my new photos each time I uploaded something new.
Over the past month or two, that pattern seems to have disappeared, at least for me. I am still getting sales of my good popular images, and earnings are about where they were, but new images seem to just vanish into the black hole of their database.
I uploaded a couple of unusual images of carpenter ants, which I thought would be interesting at this time of year, but zero interest in them.
Anyone else notice this on Shutterstock, or is it just my images that are losing their interest!
Steve
