Quote from: PixelBytes on September 28, 2016, 20:42

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 28, 2016, 20:35

Quote from: PixelBytes on September 28, 2016, 19:46
I'm on the top tier at 123.  Usually make around $400/month.  This month below $150.  Worst Month I've had in years there and happened all of a sudden.  Not a gradual decline.

What do you mean by top tier? Level 10 with more than 1,000,000 credits per year?

Level 5 I believe. That was the level where they didn't drop earnings % when they went to the level system.  I didn't know they went higher.  Anybody know someone higher than 5?

Top level is 10 with 1000k credits/last 12 month, as Zero Talent said. I gasped for air when I read you are level 10, but it motivated me to upload more. Is level 10 even possible?

Btw. anybody knows how many credits are videos worth, I couldn't find that info?

Dismal this month. Worst for years.

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on September 29, 2016, 12:23
Dismal this month. Worst for years.

Same here...wonder why?

Finally got sales reported yesterday after dismal run of 7 blank days........

Quote from: PixelBytes on September 28, 2016, 20:42

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 28, 2016, 20:35

Quote from: PixelBytes on September 28, 2016, 19:46
I'm on the top tier at 123.  Usually make around $400/month.  This month below $150.  Worst Month I've had in years there and happened all of a sudden.  Not a gradual decline.

What do you mean by top tier? Level 10 with more than 1,000,000 credits per year?

Level 5 I believe. That was the level where they didn't drop earnings % when they went to the level system.  I didn't know they went higher.  Anybody know someone higher than 5?

I am level 6. This month has been fine so far.

Quote from: Brightontl on September 28, 2016, 11:18
I have about 400 video clips waiting for review.
I hope when I reach 1,000 I will get a nice price...
Are they still interested in video footage?

The video review is on request by the contributor, means your video will not be review until you ask them to review. why? because 123rf runs by the idiots.

Quote from: Open_ on September 30, 2016, 10:05

Quote from: Brightontl on September 28, 2016, 11:18
I have about 400 video clips waiting for review.
I hope when I reach 1,000 I will get a nice price...
Are they still interested in video footage?

The video review is on request by the contributor, means your video will not be review until you ask them to review. why? because 123rf runs by the idiots.

Wait, what? My videos were reviewed automatically by 123RF, so what are you talking about?

Sales on 123rf with about 5000 video files are catastrophe... we don't even get to $100 a month. And for some reason about thousand files are still pending for review more than a month. September sales are $5.

My sales are pretty much as usual, maybe slightly better than average...

Sales at 123rf has picked up recently. It's up 30% from August.

I find this trend across all my microstock sites.

I think it's because Google is scraping the images and allowing people to right-click to take them -- there are other threads about this -- I don't think its just coincidence that those 2 things happened at the same time.

Quote from: suwanneeredhead on October 01, 2016, 01:03
I find this trend across all my microstock sites.

I think it's because Google is scraping the images and allowing people to right-click to take them -- there are other threads about this -- I don't think its just coincidence that those 2 things happened at the same time.

Google, Yahoo and Bing has been doing this since 2012. And outside of Getty, other agency images comes with watermarks.

Don't worry about the search engines. Focus on creating content that buyers will buy.

After a decent year, October at 123 was my worst month in over 2 years.

Mine too!! really bad sale this month on 123rf 

Quote from: Darryl Brooks on October 30, 2016, 00:57
After a decent year, October at 123 was my worst month in over 2 years.

My sales for the last few months have been better than usual....

Quote from: Dumc on October 30, 2016, 19:11
My sales for the last few months have been better than usual....

Same here.

Quote from: HalfFull on October 30, 2016, 20:15

Quote from: Dumc on October 30, 2016, 19:11
My sales for the last few months have been better than usual....

Same here.

I had one really bad month but things going quite nicely now swings and roundabouts one bad month does not equal disaster

Quote from: Dumc on October 30, 2016, 19:11
My sales for the last few months have been better than usual....

Well, that's good. I'd rather it be a fluke with my port than a general downturn due to bad marketing, etc.

I'm about 1/7 of last month (which was a good month for them) and maybe 1/4 of what passes for normal there now. I have been having multiple week days in a row with no sales or just one measly sub. It is pretty sad and still a far cry from the promised doubling of sales.

I am also sad to see the useful information that was available in the old contributor pages gone.

Very good month! Happy to finally get the promotion to level 5!

I used to be level 5 and just noticed that I am now at level 4 !!

Quote from: Zero Talent on November 01, 2016, 14:52
Very good month! Happy to finally get the promotion to level 5!

Is it mainly photos or it includes footage as well?
In other words, is it worth at all uploading video here (assuming that they would one day review it)?

My sales still show zero.  I emailed 123 to get that resolved but my month is low.  For the last 18 months I have been at about $200 a month and came in at $110 this month and $80 last month. Must have been a search shift of some kind.

Quote from: Brightontl on November 02, 2016, 11:59

Quote from: Zero Talent on November 01, 2016, 14:52
Very good month! Happy to finally get the promotion to level 5!

Is it mainly photos or it includes footage as well?
In other words, is it worth at all uploading video here (assuming that they would one day review it)?

I have a few clips, indeed, but footage sales are rather rare (even if I actually sold one in October)

Quote from: Mantis on November 02, 2016, 13:56
My sales still show zero.  I emailed 123 to get that resolved but my month is low.  For the last 18 months I have been at about $200 a month and came in at $110 this month and $80 last month. Must have been a search shift of some kind.

I'm the same.  Usually about 200$ but for the last 2 months just over 100$ a month