Author Topic: How many contributors are there at present in iStockphoto and Shutterstock? (Read 9654 times)

xerith · « **on:** July 27, 2013, 04:44 »

Just curious.
Thanks.

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:04 »

I am one of these

Make a poll…

luissantos84 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:09 »

SS with over 35k (April 2013 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226078)
IS with over 78k (June 2012 - http://www.microstocktime.com/)

picture5469 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:22 »

IS may have more, but I bet the % of active contributors at SS is higher

shudderstok · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:37 »

i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:41 »

Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 05:37

i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

pittance in my dictionary is having 12.2$ at iStock this month (not even half day at SS)

loop · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:44 »

So if you got about 30 a day at SS, depending on your portfolio size, can look as very low. Certainly, I got much more at Istock.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:50 »

Quote from: loop on July 27, 2013, 05:44

So if you got about 30 a day at SS, depending on your portfolio size, can look as very low. Certainly, I got much more at Istock.

we aren't comparing incomes here which is in fact impossible due to many variables, that is my case, you have other scenario and some perhaps a better deal like Yuri

forgot to say, congratulations to you

loop · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:53 »

No, I don't have a better deal. I wish I had it.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2013, 05:54 »

Quote from: loop on July 27, 2013, 05:53

No, I don't have a better deal. I wish I had it.

guess you aren't as professional as Yuri

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #10 on:** July 27, 2013, 06:02 »

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I did not understood that the tittle of the thread was "Mine is bigger than your"

shudderstok · « **Reply #11 on:** July 27, 2013, 06:23 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 27, 2013, 05:41

Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 05:37
i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

pittance in my dictionary is having 12.2$ at iStock this month (not even half day at SS)

i guess we have two different dictionaries, $12.20 is a couple of dollars more than my average royalty per download at IS by a few bucks ($3-$4). my last small S+ paid $11.00 so there is no way in hell i will sell that image 28 times at SS at XXXL size to make up the difference. even a small image on the main collection pays around $1.50, that would still mean i would have to sell it on SS 3-4 times. no thanks.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 27, 2013, 06:33 »

Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 06:23

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 27, 2013, 05:41
Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 05:37
i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

pittance in my dictionary is having 12.2$ at iStock this month (not even half day at SS)

i guess we have two different dictionaries, $12.20 is a couple of dollars more than my average royalty per download at IS by a few bucks ($3-$4). my last small S+ paid $11.00 so there is no way in hell i will sell that image 28 times at SS at XXXL size to make up the difference. even a small image on the main collection pays around $1.50, that would still mean i would have to sell it on SS 3-4 times. no thanks.

no need to explain me, we are talking about iStock, I wouldn't expect less

fieldsphotos · « **Reply #13 on:** July 27, 2013, 08:36 »

Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 06:23

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 27, 2013, 05:41
Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 05:37
i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

pittance in my dictionary is having 12.2$ at iStock this month (not even half day at SS)

i guess we have two different dictionaries, $12.20 is a couple of dollars more than my average royalty per download at IS by a few bucks ($3-$4). my last small S+ paid $11.00 so there is no way in hell i will sell that image 28 times at SS at XXXL size to make up the difference. even a small image on the main collection pays around $1.50, that would still mean i would have to sell it on SS 3-4 times. no thanks.

Ah, this old argument again. While it must be nice to have an established port at IS as an exclusive, that is no longer an option for most of us. I do know that my new files had stopped selling at IS back before I pulled my port. And as an indie I was selling at TS which is a worse rate than SS and I hadn't gotten an EL in years. However, at SS with the same port, my new stuff sells, I get ELs and $2.84 sales regularly and I make 4X more money.

It is true you would probably have a hard time recreating that performance at SS. But remember that for many of us without that established best match position at IS, IS is a very low performer. If you are starting microstock today as a newbie, IS is painfully difficult to sell images at. And with the deck stacked against new images to gain best match position since new files don't sell (except at TS), newbies will have a very hard time even making it to the "become an exclusive" bar let alone crawling up the RC ladder.

So, it is pretty irrelevant what YOU make at IS, since I believe it is no longer possible for someone starting out to recreate that same success there. Just consider yourself lucky.

topol · « **Reply #14 on:** July 27, 2013, 08:44 »

Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 06:23

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 27, 2013, 05:41
Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 05:37
i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

pittance in my dictionary is having 12.2$ at iStock this month (not even half day at SS)

i guess we have two different dictionaries, $12.20 is a couple of dollars more than my average royalty per download at IS by a few bucks ($3-$4). my last small S+ paid $11.00 so there is no way in hell i will sell that image 28 times at SS at XXXL size to make up the difference. even a small image on the main collection pays around $1.50, that would still mean i would have to sell it on SS 3-4 times. no thanks.

IStock pays the lowest of low comissions, 7-9 cents. Also he obviously meant having a fraction of his SS income on IS with same / similar port.

xerith · « **Reply #15 on:** July 27, 2013, 13:26 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 27, 2013, 05:09

SS with over 35k (April 2013 - http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226078)
IS with over 78k (June 2012 - http://www.microstocktime.com/)

Thanks for the answer.

shudderstok · « **Reply #16 on:** July 27, 2013, 17:03 »

Quote from: fieldsphotos on July 27, 2013, 08:36

Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 06:23
Quote from: luissantos84 on July 27, 2013, 05:41
Quote from: shudderstok on July 27, 2013, 05:37
i would never contribute to SS. i value my work far too much to sell it for such a pittance.

pittance in my dictionary is having 12.2$ at iStock this month (not even half day at SS)

i guess we have two different dictionaries, $12.20 is a couple of dollars more than my average royalty per download at IS by a few bucks ($3-$4). my last small S+ paid $11.00 so there is no way in hell i will sell that image 28 times at SS at XXXL size to make up the difference. even a small image on the main collection pays around $1.50, that would still mean i would have to sell it on SS 3-4 times. no thanks.

Ah, this old argument again. While it must be nice to have an established port at IS as an exclusive, that is no longer an option for most of us. I do know that my new files had stopped selling at IS back before I pulled my port. And as an indie I was selling at TS which is a worse rate than SS and I hadn't gotten an EL in years. However, at SS with the same port, my new stuff sells, I get ELs and $2.84 sales regularly and I make 4X more money.

It is true you would probably have a hard time recreating that performance at SS. But remember that for many of us without that established best match position at IS, IS is a very low performer. If you are starting microstock today as a newbie, IS is painfully difficult to sell images at. And with the deck stacked against new images to gain best match position since new files don't sell (except at TS), newbies will have a very hard time even making it to the "become an exclusive" bar let alone crawling up the RC ladder.

So, it is pretty irrelevant what YOU make at IS, since I believe it is no longer possible for someone starting out to recreate that same success there. Just consider yourself lucky.

sarah, here is a clue, you have only 4 shots on IS so you will never get established. also on DT and SS you have only 250 + or -, and have been active since 2007. if you want to make a living shooting stock, you have work it a bit more than that.

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