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Title: October earnings breakdown
Post by: MicrostockExp on October 31, 2007, 18:41

I start this thread early I see :)
Just went over my spreadsheet and here my numbers for this month

1.SS 37 % (+35%) BME  ;D
2.FT 37 %(+435%) BME  ;D
3.DT 8% (+3%) BME  ;D
4.IS 7 % (+60%) BME  ;D
5.123RF 4 % (+13%) BME  ;D
6.StockXpert 3 % (+400%) BME  ;D

LO,CT,CanStockPhoto,BigStock: each of them < 2%

more details on my blog like usual

So are very good month overall (+75%)  ;D

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: ozbandit on October 31, 2007, 22:27

(http://www.meder.net/images/Oct07stat.gif)

Nice growth at iStock and 123rf, not so great at SS, StockXpert (Fotolia still dropping) while Dreamstime steady. Overall still a BME but need to shoot more stock next month to pick SS up.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: fintastique on October 31, 2007, 23:06

* and blast usually I start this thread well I'm in Texas on one of my epic journeys so I am bit late.

SS 49.4% BME *
DT 13.8% BME
FT 10.9%

StockXpert 8.6%
IS 5.9%
BS 5.4%
123 4.0%

FP 1.6% #
CanStockPhoto 0.3%
SPM 0.1%

* Usually about 40% rather pleased as with my travelling my uploads have been eratic and less than usual.

# I even had an extended license sale  :o

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Mellimage on November 01, 2007, 03:13

I am very pleased with this month's sales, because I had even less time to work on uploading pictures than I anticipated.

SS 35% (BME in number of sales)
IS 37%  (BME)
FT 27%
DT 2%
LO 0%

Overall revenue +10% (BME)

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: leaf on November 01, 2007, 03:49

don't forget to

Cast your votes (http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?action=pollsvote)

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Kngkyle on November 01, 2007, 05:56

Shutterstock - 42%
StockXpert - 19% BME
Dreamstime - 13%
Other - 12% (EL from LuckyOliver + few sales on Crestock) BME
Fotolia - 11%
Bigstockphoto - 3%
Istockphoto - 1% (only 7 files)

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: stokfoto on November 01, 2007, 06:43

October was a great month  virtually my best month ever :
SS  BME

FT  BME

IS  BME

StockXpert  BME

DT almost BME

BS+123rf was fine very few sales on Crestock and I am gonna be on LO very soon.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: grp_photo on November 01, 2007, 06:53

130,- Euros less compared to last month  :-[

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: nialat on November 01, 2007, 07:34

October was only my second "full" month in the MicroStock world. (Apart from DT where I had less than 50 pictures sitting there for a few years)

Overall I'm really happy, IS and StockXpert were slow but they should pickup momemtum as I get more pictures accepted there. Every site listed were BME  ;D   .... not very hard on second month  ;)

Here's the breakdown:

SS    63.1%
DT    9.6%
MP   8.7%
123   6.7%
FT   4.9%
FP   1.7%
BigStock   1.2%

All others   4.1%
(IS, LO, CanStockPhoto, CR, Albumo, RedBubble and ScanStock)

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: kosmikkreeper on November 01, 2007, 08:13

IS  42%
SS 20%
FT 12%
DT 10%
SX 7%
123 5%
BS  4%

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: ludesal on November 01, 2007, 08:51

IS - 60.5%
SS - 26.5%
StockXpert - 8.4%
DT - 4.6%

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: maco0708 on November 01, 2007, 08:53

Breakdown of earnings:

IS:   53% (BME)
SS:  21% (BME for downloads)
DT:  15% (BME thanks to extended licence)
FT:    8%
BS:   3%

IS is better and better every day. If it keeps going I will consider going exclusive.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: sharply_done on November 01, 2007, 14:56

SS IS DT FT StockXpert BigStock 123

YTD 42% 34% 10% 8% 4% 1% -

Oct 37% 38% 8% 9% 4% 2% 2%

Sep 35% 37% 9% 12% 5% 2% -

Aug 37% 35% 12% 8% 6% 2% -

Jul 40% 33% 10% 8% 8% - -

Jun 36% 34% 14% 9% 7% - -

May 45% 33% 10% 7% 5% - -

Apr 48% 33% 12% 7% - - -

Mar 51% 31% 13% 5% - - -

Feb 64% 22% 8% 6% - - -

Jan 63% 29% 5% 3% - - -

(http://www.strathdee.net/temp/sales-oct07.jpg)

BME for SS & IS, 2nd straight month that IS produced more than SS, and my overall BME (15% income increase).
I took the last half the month off, and SS sales fell dramatically because of it.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: madelaide on November 01, 2007, 18:25

My 2007 numbers until October:

Site	2007	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
IS	25%	32%	35%	25%	27%	29%	28%	20%	29%	22%	27%	%	%
DT	18%	13%	18%	23%	15%	19%	20%	14%	15%	13%	14%	%	%
FT	16%	18%	11%	10%	16%	9%	16%	30%	11%	14%	11%	%	%
StockXpert	16%	15%	14%	15%	9%	25%	17%	19%	20%	25%	26%	%	%
BigStock	7%	7%	2%	9%	4%	7%	9%	6%	10%	13%	8%	%	%
CanStockPhoto	3%	4%	6%	1%	2%	3%	1%	<1%	3%	2%	1%	%	%
123	4%	4%	3%	4%	3%	4%	7%	2%	2%	4%	5%	%	%
FP	3%	5%	<1%	14%	2%	0%	0%	1%	5%	2%	0%	%	%
LO	2%	1%	2%	3%	1.5%	2%	1%	6%	3%	0%	2%	%	%
IV	2%	0%	7%	0%	19%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	%	%
Scan	2%	0%	<1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	3%	3%	4%	%	%
CS	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%	2%	<1%	<1%	2%	<1%	1%	%	%

Overall earnings are 13% above Sept, with a remarkable 33% increase in IS, after months of retraction.

BME at StockXpert (two BMEs in a row - let's hope subscription doesn't kill that).  Slight increase in DT, slight decrease in FT (but latest week looked positive).  BME also at 123RF and Scanstock, although these are very low earners for me.

Stable low earnings in CanStockPhoto and CS.  Unusual no-sales month in FP, while LO returned from the dead and Albumo just started selling. 

Regards,
Adelaide

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Karimala on November 02, 2007, 02:11

SS = 30% (1 EL)
IS = 23% (3 referral bonuses)
DT = 12%
FT = 12% (BME) (1 EL)
StockXpert = 12% (BME)
BigStock = 5%
LO = 3% (BME)
123RF = 3%

Overall down about 6% from previous BME in May.  Earnings have remained fairly steady since March without any significant increases or decreases, except in July.

What I found interesting is how DT, FT and StockXpert all came in at 12% of my total earnings this month.  LO also came back with a vengence by almost tripling last month's earnings.  I also submit to CanStockPhoto, FP, and Crestock, but I don't include them in my overall earnings, since I haven't received many payouts from them.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Freezingpictures on November 02, 2007, 03:34

Overall about 50% increased earnings, to previous BME.
30% increase of Microstock earnings, 19% because of Alamy earnings.

Increased earnings and BME for IS, DT, FT, StockXpert, CS, 123RF
 ,less than BME: SS,PM, BS and LO.Non the less good month on SS (Probably month with most dls)

IS did a big jump despite having already very high earnings last month.

Great month, with surprising results.

Hope the trend goes on :)

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Peter on November 04, 2007, 04:34

how do you calculate precentages? I know manualy one by one, but is tehere some quick software to do the job? :D how?

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: leaf on November 04, 2007, 04:36

Quote from: Chode on November 04, 2007, 04:34

how do you calculate precentages? I know manualy one by one, but is tehere some quick software to do the job? :D how?

do you have excel?

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Kngkyle on November 04, 2007, 08:15

Quote from: leaf on November 04, 2007, 04:36

Quote from: Chode on November 04, 2007, 04:34

how do you calculate precentages? I know manualy one by one, but is tehere some quick software to do the job? :D how?

do you have excel?

You can use excel, or what I use, Google Spreadsheets. It's free and works just as good as excel.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Peter on November 04, 2007, 12:07

yes I do have Excel, but do not know what to do in it! :D

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: leaf on November 04, 2007, 12:15

you can write a formula like this

=B6/C10*100

just type that in one of the boxes.. but change the values to this
B6 = the box location of the total of that particular microstock site
C10 = the box location of your total earnings

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: Peter on November 05, 2007, 09:27

ok, tnx.

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: andresr on November 07, 2007, 18:43

SS =30%
FT= 24%
StockXpert=15%
DT=10%
IS=9%
BigStock= 4%
123=4%
Scanstock=1%
Crestock=1%

Title: Re: October earnings breakdown
Post by: hatman12 on November 07, 2007, 23:59

Thanks for sharing those numbers with us Andresr.  Interesting numbers and not perhaps what most people would have guessed.

Clearly you have scope for a massive increase in income from iStock if you choose to do so.

Given your comment on a different thread of 'earnings over $20,000' it is encouraging to see how much money can be made at Shutterstock for those who are prepared to make the effort.  I still see comments from photographers who 'refuse to sell their work for a pittance of 30c'.......