Author Topic: Rate Per Download this April at Dreamstime (Read 15022 times)

luissantos84 · « **on:** April 11, 2011, 17:05 »

from my relative low sales I have been having a very bad month at Dreamstime, my RPD is on the 0.41$ (used to be above 0.75$)

madelaide · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2011, 18:02 »

US$38c for me.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2011, 18:43 »

My RPD is over a dollar but I've had only six sales.

jbarber873 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2011, 18:55 »

$1.97 so far. 57 DL's . This has increased every month since I've been there, about 2 years. They just don't have the volume. The little thing with the swirly colors next to the image is good- new colors give you more money- I like that.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2011, 19:02 »

I have ben having "nice" months increasing too, never seen something like this, subs on me eheh (I am on DT for 2 years exactly today)

leaf · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2011, 02:17 »

my RPD is on par with the last few months so far. Although, I don't really feel there has gone enough time to make any sort of accurate observation yet.

jm · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2011, 04:19 »

It seems that subscribtion plans work for me. My RPD dropped from 1 USD to 65 cents but number of downloads increased by almost 80% compared to March.

gostwyck · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2011, 05:07 »

My RPD this month seems fairly steady at about $1.12 which is considerably down on my 12 month average of about $1.50.

Megastock · « **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2011, 07:05 »

I'm down about 20% from last months RPD. Interestingly, I'm almost exactly the same as last April. I saw RPD drop last April, and again in May. How do people compare to last April, versus compared to last month?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2011, 08:39 »

Quote from: Megastock on April 12, 2011, 07:05

I'm down about 20% from last months RPD. Interestingly, I'm almost exactly the same as last April. I saw RPD drop last April, and again in May. How do people compare to last April, versus compared to last month?

I had really low sales one year ago so I would say not worth to compare but was a lot higher

p.s: I hope this poll wasn´t the key for them to remove today 46 pictures of my portfolio (similar reason, never seen this before, some approved last week

)

visceralimage · « **Reply #10 on:** April 12, 2011, 09:54 »

Mine is holding steady just above a $1.00 but usually increases toward the end of the month.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2011, 12:43 »

I had fantastic February and March with RPD over 2.00, but April is pretty bad, with only 0,48

heywoody · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2011, 14:40 »

0.54 but there do seem to be more dls than usual

lightscribe · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2011, 16:55 »

1.87........down from 2.37 last month (my highest rpd yet)

madelaide · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2011, 17:55 »

After so many subs sales, it's a relief to have a credit sale on a level 3 image. Sadly though, I got US$3.23 for the same image that earned me US$9 this week in business cards at Zazzle. Ok, this is not the rule, but...

michaeldb · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2011, 19:54 »

My RPD is $1.40 (I do mostly vectors) down .23 from my 12-month average, but down only .05 from last April.

redwater · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2011, 20:42 »

mine has gone down to $0.91 from an average of $1.10

art@design · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2011, 00:54 »

2,70

fotografer · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:50 »

2.71

One of the many reasons why I love DT.

digitalexpressionimages · « **Reply #19 on:** April 13, 2011, 10:18 »

Down in sales a tad but big time in RPD: $2.39 in March to $0.57 in April. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

jbarber873 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 14, 2011, 20:29 »

I've never paid attention to the rpd/statistics page before, but thanks to this thread, I find myself drawn to it day after day. AN RPD junkie- oh no!

And I'm down to 1.91 from 1.97 when this thread started

luissantos84 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 15, 2011, 15:47 »

jeez 800 views and only 54 votes!

everybody wants to watch but no answer eheh

from 0.41$ to 0.50$ now

Mellimage · « **Reply #22 on:** April 15, 2011, 16:04 »

At the moment it is a bit below average at the moment, but not really bad.

Megastock · « **Reply #23 on:** April 15, 2011, 17:48 »

Mine has reversed its minor 'fall' in the first week of the month, and is back up above average for the last year, and well above last April. The dangers of focusing on a single week and all of the inherent randomness of microstock

Smiling Jack · « **Reply #24 on:** April 15, 2011, 18:30 »

I voted, but I really shouldn't have as I am afraid my RPD will skew your results.My RPD for April so far is $10.35 with just 2 sales( of the same photo).But it does show how skewed statistics can be when taken over a short period of time. Also since I have only 128 images on dreamstime,it doesn't take much to get a wide swing in my numbers. So to be accurate you should knock off one of the above $2.00 votes. I am sorry, just jumped in and voted before I though.

Smiling Jack

red · « **Reply #25 on:** April 15, 2011, 18:46 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on April 15, 2011, 15:47

jeez 800 views and only 54 votes! everybody wants to watch but no answer eheh

It's only mid-month. I would guess that answers will change by the end of April. For what it's worth, mine is $3.10 but I've only got 100 images there.

Update: Up to $3.53 with one week to go.

Red Dove · « **Reply #26 on:** April 18, 2011, 04:20 »

Been submitting at DT for one year as of this week. Average is 0.78, BME in January 1.09, currently at .68 for April but reckon I will do better than that - DL's always seem to pick up in the second half of the month.

Red Dove · « **Reply #27 on:** April 18, 2011, 05:20 »

Quote from: Red Dove on April 18, 2011, 04:20

Been submitting at Dreamstime for one year as of this week. Average is 0.78, BME in January 1.09, currently at .68 for April but reckon I will do better than that - DL's always seem to pick up in the second half of the month.

Less than an hour after writing....now back up to .78 for the month thanks to an 11 credit sale on a level 3 image. The power of positive thinking.

Microstock Posts · « **Reply #28 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:23 »

DT has completely died for me this month, just 3 sales and subs too, I can't remember it being so slow.

cathyslife · « **Reply #29 on:** April 18, 2011, 10:41 »

I am currently at $1.57, with a yearly average of $1.78.

Megastock · « **Reply #30 on:** April 20, 2011, 12:08 »

How do I change my vote? I'm back up over $2 thanks to the credit update on Monday (and some actual credit sales, of course)... Seems like you should wait until the end of the month for an April poll

Pixart · « **Reply #31 on:** April 20, 2011, 12:10 »

Quote from: Megastock on April 20, 2011, 12:08

Seems like you should wait until the end of the month for an April poll

No kidding! Last month my RPD was $2.005 No EL's and BME. Does that count?

leaf · « **Reply #32 on:** April 20, 2011, 13:19 »

Quote from: Megastock on April 20, 2011, 12:08

How do I change my vote? I'm back up over $2 thanks to the credit update on Monday (and some actual credit sales, of course)... Seems like you should wait until the end of the month for an April poll

I changed the poll so you can now remove your vote, and then enter a new one. I hope thats OK with luissantos84

luissantos84 · « **Reply #33 on:** April 20, 2011, 13:45 »

Quote from: leaf on April 20, 2011, 13:19

Quote from: Megastock on April 20, 2011, 12:08
How do I change my vote? I'm back up over $2 thanks to the credit update on Monday (and some actual credit sales, of course)... Seems like you should wait until the end of the month for an April poll

I changed the poll so you can now remove your vote, and then enter a new one. I hope thats OK with luissantos84

of course

Megastock · « **Reply #34 on:** April 21, 2011, 10:14 »

Quote from: leaf on April 20, 2011, 13:19

Quote from: Megastock on April 20, 2011, 12:08
How do I change my vote? I'm back up over $2 thanks to the credit update on Monday (and some actual credit sales, of course)... Seems like you should wait until the end of the month for an April poll

I changed the poll so you can now remove your vote, and then enter a new one. I hope thats OK with luissantos84

Nice

Consider me updated... I have to say that I'm seeing a lot of sales now in the 10-13 credit range where before I had a lot of 7-9 credit sales. The effect of adding the level 0 is that for someone with a DPI of 5 (average file was level 2), you are now averaging closer to what used to be level 3. As long as it doesn't push too many buyers to subs or other sites it seems great.

pancaketom · « **Reply #35 on:** April 21, 2011, 12:02 »

I've had a rash of subs and level 0 lately. For once I am glad to get a sub (when they are a level 0) .35 is better than .24. I suppose a level 0 med or large would be for more though.

Pixart · « **Reply #36 on:** April 21, 2011, 17:33 »

I feel like there is a real push from the bottom of the portfolio recently. I've had some sales that I can't even remember taking.

Beach Bum · « **Reply #37 on:** April 21, 2011, 20:54 »

2.25 for me. Good month.

fotografer · « **Reply #38 on:** April 22, 2011, 04:24 »

If the easter break doesn't ruin it then I am on line to have a BME in both dls and earnings.

Freezingpictures · « **Reply #39 on:** April 22, 2011, 06:28 »

$ 3.16 for me. Last month was $3.
It is almost getting better each month.

fotografer · « **Reply #40 on:** April 22, 2011, 06:31 »

Quote from: Freezingpictures on April 22, 2011, 06:28

$ 3.16 for me. Last month was $3.
It is almost getting better each month.

Excellent, I forgot to say that mine is at 2.96 at the moment

luissantos84 · « **Reply #41 on:** April 22, 2011, 07:21 »

now at $0.68 but still under performing this month, the only agency down this month

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #42 on:** April 22, 2011, 10:46 »

It's not really a meaningful question with DT because everybody's average will vary depending on what levels their images are at and how steadily they add to the collection. So there are too many different factors at work for anyone to be able to draw any conclusions from rpd data.

Snowball · « **Reply #43 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:01 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on April 22, 2011, 10:46

It's not really a meaningful question with Dreamstime because everybody's average will vary depending on what levels their images are at and how steadily they add to the collection. So there are too many different factors at work for anyone to be able to draw any conclusions from rpd data.

Correct. Not to mention that volume of sales is a big factor too. If I have 10 sales this month and they are mostly credit sales, or include an EL or TIFF sale, then my RPD will be much higher than someone who has 1,000 sales that are a mix of subs and PPD. I would still rather be the guy with the 1k sales.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #44 on:** April 22, 2011, 13:07 »

Quote from: Snowball on April 22, 2011, 12:01

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on April 22, 2011, 10:46
It's not really a meaningful question with Dreamstime because everybody's average will vary depending on what levels their images are at and how steadily they add to the collection. So there are too many different factors at work for anyone to be able to draw any conclusions from rpd data.

Correct. Not to mention that volume of sales is a big factor too. If I have 10 sales this month and they are mostly credit sales, or include an EL or TIFF sale, then my RPD will be much higher than someone who has 1,000 sales that are a mix of subs and PPD. I would still rather be the guy with the 1k sales.

All probably true, but still interesting information to share.