Not for me. March was BME for me as far as RPD in the past year.

remember these three words: ebb and flow

DT's going up for me although not at the same rate as the top 3

DT is growing slower than other major sites for me as well

but I do attribute this to their higher rejection rate lately (expecially for similarity); I wound't say they're dying

DT this month should end up about 30% more than previous BME.
They are usually trailing well behind in 4th place but this month are in 2nd place at the moment ahead of SS and IS.

Static for me both in terms of revenue and RPD whilst everywhere else is booming.

But this makes total sense to me that some are showing ups and some are showing downs. We all know that our ports do well in some markets at certain times of the year and don't do well on other sites. That's the whole point of remaining independent and spreading ports across different markets. It's kind of like watching your 401k on a daily basis or getting on the scales every day to weigh yourself. Don't do it, you'll make yourself crazy. You have to look at the overall, quarterly or yearly view, not a weekly view. IMHO.

But with all the changes, I am sure some folks will see declines where previously they did well and vice versa. I am seeing declines on IS, when really, I was expecting jumps since the cost of exclusive files went up.

Some people like roller coasters, others get sick and hurl.

Quote from: cclapper on March 26, 2010, 09:25

remember these three words: ebb and flow

I'm glad (almost) everybody else seems to be doing well - for me it's not ebb and flow at DT, but ebb and ebb - and some more ebb

Yea, me too.

Thanks all to reply

Kone

kinda slow for me

Static for me both in terms of revenue and RPD whilst everywhere else is booming.

DT have been slowly slipping backwards in comparison to IS, SS and FT for some years now and that trend is continuing. They are projected to be just 10.2% of my earnings this month compared to 12.4% in March 2009, 13.5% in 2008 and 15.1% in 2007.

I'm especially disappointed that the reduction of our commissions does not appear to have resulted in increased marketing/sales. Just more money for them. Maybe they are gearing up their exit strategy?

Yup I am seeing the same trend. Not big drop, but slowly declining. It's not a good trend, hopefully they can pick up momentum with economy improving.  I see noticeable increase in sales on Fotolia and IS (well on IS maybe because I finally managed to get a sizable portfolio online with their upload limits), SS is not quite "booming" but at least pretty consistent.

Also much slower than usual...

Hi everyone,

First, I apologize that I was away for some time.
Thanks to everyone for their time.
I will not respond to everyone individually, but I'll do it like this.

As I see most of you are pleased with DT, so that makes me a little happy. On the other hand, there are several of us who are not thrilled with the DT sales at the moment. So we must do something to fix it.
Most of you say that the March is BME so far, which is really surprising me, but my earnings in March (so far) are showing just one-third of the income I had before at the same time for the same period. And as I said before, the whole last year was bad.

@ PowerDroit

Yes it has happened to me before, each new month was the BME until I came to 4-5 K images in my portfolio, and then it started to  slow down last year, but at acceptable level. But now sales have gone down more to a level of concern. My acceptance rate is over 90% what is making me more puzzled than before.

@ RT

Thank you and I am glad that you can say that.

@ Gostwyck

Very nice, all the best. There are not many people that can say that.
As far as I can see, the last year was better in all agencies for about 20-25%.
I don't see why agencies need more money for advertising, I guess they cut our commissions for their personal needs. I also think that is the wrong way of doing it and they should increase prices instead. Reducing prices is a not long-term solution.

@ microstockphoto.co.uk

No, not dying of course, I used the word just to attract attention.
I did not notice an increase in rejection, but this is why I am worried. Maybe they are losing customers? But looking at the answers that others have given me, they are telling me that I made a mistake somewhere and nothing else.

@ sharpshot

Yes, and I think the same but it doesn't go that way.
I also see a significant jump in earnings on SS and IS in the past few months, but it is too early for any forecast, at the same time, DT and BigStock are going down. But it seems that in the microstock industry, while one stock moves up, second goes down (as someone already said).
I'm not sure if the reason for this is a increase in rejections, but something definitely smells.

@ fotografer

Very good.
How many images do you have with them, if it's not secret?

@ cclapper

Thanks for answering.
I know that the microstock business sometimes goes down and up again and I have experienced this too many times but the numbers are telling me that DT sales are only going down. I am not panicking, only trying to find an answer to my slowdown. I have been doing this for five years and it has never before happened that one agency's sales have drastically reduced while others' sales are increasing, without something serious happening. If so then it is as I said, the situation StockXpert, but it seems that I have somehow done this all to myself.

@ PERSEUS

Yes, Dreamstime never actually earned a lot per month, they were always somewhere in the middle and they were stable.


Kone

it's been a downward trajectory for me, even though they were very good to me in the beginning and my approval rate has always been very good. so, i wonder if they're just for beginners?

in comparison, IS is highly consistent, reflecting the growth of my portfolio to the t. ss is a rocket, leaping by over 100% each month. ft is just weird. i'm sure this can all change within the wink of the eye.

**even as we speak, just got an extra large dl on dt. maybe whining helps.  

Have you noticed that there are more and more $0.35 and even $0.27 lately? I used to have a few subs but lately there are more subs than regular sales and don't remember last time I had an ES.

Kone