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How is everyone doing at StockXpert?

I was interested to see the comment by andresr that his sales are running at only 50% of November levels.  My own sales are down 30%, but in money terms the drop is 40%.

The first week of February continues the 40% reduction in income.

I see an increase in subscription sales at the expense of L and XL sales, and this probably explains the drop.  I have to say I'm not happy about this.

On present evidence I feel somewhat 'baited and switched'; a year spent uploading based on good sales and 50% commissions, only to find the agency then 'switches' at the expense of my own income.

I hope I am wrong and that this is just a dull period for StockXpert.  But my gut feel is that for photographers the good times at StockXpert are over...

I've been with them since October and never understood what all of the buzz was about. They come in about 10-20% under BigStock and slightly ahead of 123RF.  It has been pretty consistent for 4 months running.  Nice added income to have, but a pretty small portion of my overall earnings.

In January, only Canstock did worse. Feb is looking no better.

stockxpert is 2x what bigstock is for me.

StockXpert has never been a prime income source of mine and last month things were even worse than they normally are. Sales are looking healthier this month, though, and my income from them should be back at the expected level. Here's the same thing graphically:

So far this year, my total sales are around 80% over the same period last year. One of very few exceptions is StockXpert, which is sinking at an alarming rate. If they have convinced a lot of customers to go for subscriptions, that may be one of the reasons. I've opted out of that one, and if that is really the case, they may as well die a sudden death if you ask me.

Their reviewers seem to have done just that btw. I haven't had an image reviewed there in many weeks. Did they forget to feed them?

Correction: suddenly, they have reviewed all  my images. They even approved a couple of them 

It came in 3rd for me last month, down from 2nd. Sales are slowing it seems. Dreamstime on the other hand is really picking up. So is Fotolia and Istock.

I joined 2 weeks ago.
40 sales with 273 images on line

I'm not to familiar with StockXpert, but when I go to "My Account" I see a mixture of both.
I have .30, .50, and $1.50 DL's

I assume .30 are subcriptions, and thew rest are credits.

Be well,
The MIZ

I'm confused... how is it the MIZ can join 2 weeks ago and get several hundred images online while i've had 11 images under review for almost 3 weeks?

Steve-O...you out there?? Any insight?

I was approved about two  weeks ago if I remember correctly and am still waiting for a first batch of images to be looked at ...

Mark

The last time I uploaded, which was only a couple days ago, it took less than 24 hours for them to get reviewed. (and approved)