Author Topic: Falling sales (Read 15813 times)

PZF · « **on:** May 15, 2014, 01:59 »

Anybody else seen their sales plummet drastically the last 6 weeks or so?
Really down here..........

luissantos84 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2014, 02:30 »

if things continue as exciting I will return to 2011 numbers

pancaketom · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2014, 02:44 »

surely your sales have doubled as promised? (mine haven't, and have been pretty weak lately).

Ariene · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2014, 03:18 »

March was last month when something was going on here.
In April I had 3 (three) sales,
In May I already have 1 (one!) sale

LOL.

I'm just waiting to reach my $50 (so close) and get out of here. If nothing changes, I'll have to wait about 2 years... (not) funny.

gillian vann · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2014, 03:34 »

yes, at this rate I could be heading for a WME. what is going on?

Red Dove · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2014, 04:15 »

Joined them in January this year expecting great things based on their poll results. I've uploaded my port steadily at a rate of 100+ images per month - but my earnings have barely improved on the paltry $22 earned in February. I'm looking at $25-$30 this month with 500 more images online. Rubbish!

I won't be uploading the balance of my port or any new stuff based on these returns.

Ron · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2014, 06:16 »

My sales went up till March 2013, and then April sucked and May sucks harder. It went well, I was actually quite happy with 123, but it seems since March many agencies have started to suck, FT, CanStockPhoto and 123. I am afraid its the DPC thats causing this.

Monty-m-gue · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2014, 06:36 »

Agreed. Sales appear to be on the slide at 123rf this year. I stopped uploading after the introduction of their RC system. Maybe that's the reason - maybe they are losing sales to DPC..?

Asthebelltolls · « **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2014, 07:51 »

Ditto here.

Buyers bailed end of March and haven't returned. At least reflective in terms of my personal sales. $:-\$ The slack appears to have been taken up by DT.

Mantis · « **Reply #9 on:** May 15, 2014, 07:58 »

Unfortunately yes. Looking at 123 from a 1/2 month perspective, I am at 50% of last month. I don't make much on 123. I think last month I made $120 US, I am at $30 right now.

jefftakespics2 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 15, 2014, 08:07 »

I bailed out earlier this year. I never had enough sales to justify the time uploading etc. My port is <1000 so maybe it was just to small.

08stock08 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 15, 2014, 08:10 »

I have around 1150 files online on 123rf. Sales figures are :

March : 12
April : 4
May : 6 So far.

I read somewhere, 123rf is seeking new associations and hosting many shows in Asian regions. May be good times around corner now.

Mantis · « **Reply #12 on:** May 15, 2014, 08:11 »

Quote from: jrwasserman on May 15, 2014, 08:07

I bailed out earlier this year. I never had enough sales to justify the time uploading etc. My port is <1000 so maybe it was just to small.

My personal opinion is that one needs 3,000 to 5,000 images to make any reasonable return. And that gets harder and harder because of the millions of images in the pipeline. Content volume becomes unsustainable and one must have VERY niche images, hard to recreate to get an edge on the competition. So I agree with you that maybe 1,000 "general" images at 123 isn't enough, but 1,000 high end vectors, illustrations, images that fit that "niche" will kick butt, more than likely.

PZF · « **Reply #13 on:** May 15, 2014, 08:56 »

Hmmm...not sure if it makes me feel better or worse to know that I'm not alone! Sales till March were ok then fell off a cliff...... And with that pesky RC system (!)(resists another whinge!) income will inevitably slide.
Oh joy!
Good times round corner? Somehow I'm not very confident.
Good times were round the corner a while back when the royalty cuts came in with sales due to double and all that - just not sure how far round which corner!

vilainecrevette · « **Reply #14 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:00 »

Quote from: PZF on May 15, 2014, 01:59

Anybody else seen their sales plummet drastically the last 6 weeks or so?
Really down here..........

Same for me...

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #15 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:17 »

I'm * the trend - if anything I am fractionally above average so far this month, but I only get a scant handful of sales a day there, it's never been very good for me.

(this swearword blocker gets more and more stupid! The word behind the asterisk meant "going against" and didn't start with an f)

disorderly · « **Reply #16 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:25 »

Mine have been up every month since the credit system started. May is down, tracking at 10% from a year ago and 24% from April, but may still recover in the second half.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:31 »

I used to like 123 until they put in the RC system - that's when sales dropped dramatically for me. This month so far is just like all of the previous months for the past year - no more changes since the RC fiasco. My average earnings per month last year were down 27% from 2012 and it's holding steady at almost the identical number so far this year despite adding images. I stopped uploading for seven months after the RC system went in but started again since I was close to going up a level. Still haven't gone up - it doesn't seem to make a difference there any more.

Me · « **Reply #18 on:** May 15, 2014, 10:36 »

Hate to rain on parades, but.....

Portfolio of 6000 on 123RF and showing seasonal trends expected in line with other sites but regularly get BME during peaks, even after three years. For example, this month already at higher level than whole of February and January this year, and well above same periods in previous years.

Good site for me. Portfolio of nature, landscapes, food, abstracts, concepts, but no people.

Goofy · « **Reply #19 on:** May 15, 2014, 10:45 »

I will the stats speak for themselves- Here is my YTD (2014) numbers (total monthly sales) so far- I only have 2,600 images there thus a baby compared to the majority of you out there.

Monthly Sales
Jan 107
Feb 83
March 79
April 100
May 41

PixelBytes · « **Reply #20 on:** May 15, 2014, 22:52 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on May 15, 2014, 09:17

I'm * the trend - if anything I am fractionally above average so far this month, but I only get a scant handful of sales a day there, it's never been very good for me.

I've seen average to good sales there all year, including this month. Sorry to hear so many aren't seeing the same.

Oh, and good to know you weren't humping the trend's leg as the asterisk implied!

Ariene · « **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2014, 15:16 »

Not even one sale this month... Zero, nothing, 0! It's like silence in eternity...

123RF, why don't you take away your payment limits and let contributor go away with money that are earned? $:-\$

dbvirago · « **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2014, 15:52 »

June half of May and worst month since 2012

roede-orm · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2014, 15:55 »

Decreasing trend in june for me - but it's football world cup - may be that's the reason?

Goofy · « **Reply #24 on:** June 29, 2014, 16:52 »

wow! Are the stars falling or what? Seems like a low sales virus bug is hitting all sites

PixelBytes · « **Reply #25 on:** June 29, 2014, 19:11 »

Quote from: Goofy on June 29, 2014, 16:52

wow! Are the stars falling or what? Seems like a low sales virus bug is hitting all sites

Summer, plus World Cup, plus this Friday is July 4 holiday in the US. Will be a slow week, I think.

ShadySue · « **Reply #26 on:** June 29, 2014, 20:27 »

Quote from: roede-orm on June 29, 2014, 15:55

Decreasing trend in june for me - but it's football world cup - may be that's the reason?

Do most creatives stop work during the World Cup? I've seen that suggested in another thread too - would be very surprising if so - as though clients would hang around for a month in limbo.

Goofy · « **Reply #27 on:** June 29, 2014, 20:40 »

Quote from: PixelBytes on June 29, 2014, 19:11

Quote from: Goofy on June 29, 2014, 16:52
wow! Are the stars falling or what? Seems like a low sales virus bug is hitting all sites

Summer, plus World Cup, plus this Friday is July 4 holiday in the US. Will be a slow week, I think.

Crap! I think I will just stay in bed the entire week $:-\$

roede-orm · « **Reply #28 on:** June 30, 2014, 00:48 »

Quote from: Goofy on June 29, 2014, 20:40

Crap! I think I will just stay in bed the entire week $:-\$

Damned good idea, I think!

roede-orm · « **Reply #29 on:** June 30, 2014, 00:51 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 29, 2014, 20:27

Quote from: roede-orm on June 29, 2014, 15:55
Decreasing trend in june for me - but it's football world cup - may be that's the reason?
Do most creatives stop work during the World Cup? I've seen that suggested in another thread too - would be very surprising if so - as though clients would hang around for a month in limbo.

Sue, maybe there are not the most creative people who normally buy my images ?

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #30 on:** June 30, 2014, 10:52 »

It's June - summer is often a slow time.

My 123rf sales so far (and June isn't quite over) are ahead of last June, though down from May. Again, that's what I expect based on typical patterns for me.

Canonbabe · « **Reply #31 on:** June 30, 2014, 19:03 »

Yep.... sales going down here too! The last two weeks I had problems to log in on the site and I'm probabely not the only one, sellers won't get in either!

The last year 123RF promissed us increasing sales, better % earnings etc but nothing happened. In fact, they killed one of their easiest to use marketing tools: the free image section. Before, it was possible to give them away for a day or more and you could easily select them from all files you donated before.
In their new system, the shortest period is 10 days and selection is harder, not to mention it is much more work to add new images to your "free selection section". I wrote them several times about this issue but still no proper answer and no change of system ofcourse.
What do they expect? Expect a huge increase in your portfolio exposure! Increase your sales!! Sell higher resolution images! Since the introduction of the new free image system I haven't sold more hr images and it takes soooo much time to get them donated for free.

Let's hope someone from 123RF reads our issues and complaints and will do something. Afterall, it's US who generate their profit!

whatwolf · « **Reply #32 on:** July 06, 2014, 03:47 »

So.... I start to upload photo to microstock in the Feb 2014.
So.... I had no sence about "the gold time".
but I have about 900 photos and 20 vectors on 123rf, and there are only 2 or 4 sales per month.

skyfish · « **Reply #33 on:** July 08, 2014, 02:56 »

Already several days cannot see site with Firefox. Asked them to check - redirect error, language problem. Buyers too probably think that they are down. How many of them thought to change a browser? Anyway IE is terrible for autologin.

roidi · « **Reply #34 on:** July 08, 2014, 06:54 »

May 2 dl, June 6 dl, July 1.....everywhere is strange decline on previous years, what's the trend?

Karen · « **Reply #35 on:** July 08, 2014, 07:44 »

Quote from: PZF on May 15, 2014, 01:59

Anybody else seen their sales plummet drastically the last 6 weeks or so?
Really down here..........

My sales plummet like a stone

Karen · « **Reply #36 on:** July 08, 2014, 07:45 »

Quote from: skyfish on July 08, 2014, 02:56

Already several days cannot see site with Firefox. Asked them to check - redirect error, language problem. Buyers too probably think that they are down. How many of them thought to change a browser? Anyway IE is terrible for autologin.

Unprofessional

skyfish · « **Reply #37 on:** July 09, 2014, 03:14 »

Just checked - FF not yet, IE and Chrome ok

skyfish · « **Reply #39 on:** July 12, 2014, 02:36 »

Thank you Anglee.
I did this. I know that last year is very bad for compatibility issues.
Cookies, temporary files i clean regularily, so solution i am expecting from your side.

ajt · « **Reply #40 on:** July 12, 2014, 11:29 »

I've never had any issues with FF there.
And June was the best month this year for me, July seems to be even better (so far)

Sulio · « **Reply #41 on:** July 14, 2014, 13:27 »

When I look back in time only 123RF and Pond has uptrend growth.

whatwolf · « **Reply #42 on:** July 24, 2014, 01:51 »

Quote from: Sulio on July 14, 2014, 13:27

When I look back in time only 123RF and Pond has uptrend growth.

Is it a software or a webpage app？
I want to use it.

Sulio · « **Reply #43 on:** July 24, 2014, 06:40 »

Quote from: whatwolf on July 24, 2014, 01:51

Quote from: Sulio on July 14, 2014, 13:27
When I look back in time only 123RF and Pond has uptrend growth.

Is it a software or a webpage app？
I want to use it.

Its Stock Performer web app.