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Title: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: fintastique on August 01, 2009, 02:45
Ok these are my dollar earnings for July 2009

SS 37.9%
DT 17.7%
FT 16.5%

BS   7.5%
IS    7.5%
123   5.8%
StockXpert   3.8% *
FP     1.9%
CanStockPhoto   1.4%

Actually for my pound earnings FT should be #2 as a FT credit is worth 75p and a DT credit is worth about 60p. DT have been in a downward trend since April.

* worst month here in the last 18 months I had opted out of sub sales nearly a year ago so the Jupiter unlimited photo.com switch to iStock shouldn't have made a difference.

Sales at FP were dead until yesterday I noticed our cut is now 50%
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: grp_photo on August 01, 2009, 02:54
Hi fintastique missed the thread  :)
Well MS-Earnings are down (is it just the normal summer or more we will see) but I did have a fantastic month at macro so this month was actually one of my best in stock.
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: RH on August 01, 2009, 02:55
Here are mine:

61% IS
19% SS
11% DT
 4% 123
 2% StockXpert
 2% CanStockPhoto
 1% BigStock
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: melking on August 01, 2009, 08:22
you can see mine here http://melissaking.ca/wordpress/stock-photography/microstock-stats-for-july/ (http://melissaking.ca/wordpress/stock-photography/microstock-stats-for-july/)

Melissa
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: nialat on August 01, 2009, 09:01
DT 24.2%
SS 19.0%
FT 11.6%
StockXpert 9.4%
BS 8.2%
IS 4.8%

All Others 22.8%

Worth mentionning: Yaymicro is ahead of 123 in July
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: disorderly on August 01, 2009, 09:11
Second best month, up 10% over June, up 28% over July, 08:

SS
29%
+25%
iS
20%
-9%
SX
15%
+63%
BME
Ftl
14%
+1%
DT
9%
-28%
BigStock
6%
+102%
CanStockPhoto
3%
+1426%
BME
123
3%
-52%
Cres
1%
+23%
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: PixelBytes on August 01, 2009, 10:40
IS    39%
FOT 18%
SS   15%
DT   12%
StockXpert   8%
ALM  4%
BigStock   3%
123   2%
CanStockPhoto   2%
CRST 0%

Alamy hopscotched over 4 sites to my #6 position. 

Kind of bittersweet that I had my BMY on StockXpert.  At least they will go out with a bang instead of a whimper.   :'(
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: oboy on August 01, 2009, 11:26
July was my best month ever with an increase of 5% to last month and an increase of 480% to last year July.

You can find the  chart here (http://photoinfos.blogspot.com/2009/08/stock-photography-sales-statistic-junly.html).

29% = Shutterstock
21% = Fotolia
15% = StockXpert
10% = Sreamstime
10% = Cans Stock Photo
5% = 123RF
3% = Big Stock Photo
1% = SnapVillage
1% = Photocase
1% = Featurepics
1% = Crestock
1% = Scandinavian Stock Photo
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: eppic on August 01, 2009, 11:28
I had a surprisingly good month in July; second BME.  Here's my earnings breakdown:

IS:   64%
SS:  22%
DT:  11%
StockXpert: 3%   (I've since removed my port from StockXpert as it's been a steady downhill slide into oblivion there)
BigStock: less than 1% (next on the chopping block)
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: borg on August 01, 2009, 12:14
Overall -23 % from last month...

Also,I am loosing my religion in Cutcaster...
With 500+ photos, and 1 week featured clipboard, still I haven't any sale, not a single...
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: michaeldb on August 01, 2009, 13:56
Hi fintastique missed the thread  :)
Well MS-Earnings are down (is it just the normal summer or more we will see) but I did have a fantastic month at macro so this month was actually one of my best in stock.
Interesting. My sales were down from July by 9% and my year-over-year increase was only 3%, making July my worst month ever, in a relative sense.

Could it be that the economy has really started to improve, and some buyers are going back to more expensive image markets?
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: madelaide on August 01, 2009, 17:41
IS and FT almost tied on top, CanStockPhoto (!!!) and DT well behind them, StockXpert and BigStock even father, CS and Zymm at the back of the list.  A zero month at 123RF for the first time.  Also nothing from FP - first time in almsot two years.  Overall, slightly better than June.

DT suffered from an amazing percentage of subs. I hope this is a passing thing.
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: melastmohican on August 02, 2009, 00:06
It is going down:
http://melastmohican.net/wordpress/2009/08/01/july-2009-earnings-breakdown/ (http://melastmohican.net/wordpress/2009/08/01/july-2009-earnings-breakdown/)
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Milacroft on August 02, 2009, 11:15
Shutterstock 39,36%
Fotolia 19,92%
Dreamstime 16,85%
StockXpert   12,92%
123rf   6,33%
Istockphoto 3,65%
Can Stock   0,62%
Snapvillage 0,30%
Crestock 0,06%
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: sharpshot on August 02, 2009, 11:39
Overall -23 % from last month...

Also,I am loosing my religion in Cutcaster...
With 500+ photos, and 1 week featured clipboard, still I haven't any sale, not a single...
Might be worth sticking with cutcaster.  I have made $80 there so far, mostly from a few EL's.
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: borg on August 02, 2009, 12:13
Overall -23 % from last month...

Also,I am loosing my religion in Cutcaster...
With 500+ photos, and 1 week featured clipboard, still I haven't any sale, not a single...
Might be worth sticking with cutcaster.  I have made $80 there so far, mostly from a few EL's.

I like Cutcaster, but how to expect regural earnings if I haven't still my first sale...
But I will continue with uploadanig... :P
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: WarrenPrice on August 02, 2009, 12:47
Overall -23 % from last month...

Also,I am loosing my religion in Cutcaster...
With 500+ photos, and 1 week featured clipboard, still I haven't any sale, not a single...
Might be worth sticking with cutcaster.  I have made $80 there so far, mostly from a few EL's.

I wasn't aware there was an EL???  I know it is an option at upload but never saw how it would be used?  Was it an agreement directly between you and the buyer?

Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: designalldone on August 02, 2009, 17:03
IS: 52%
SS: 24%
StockXpert: 15%
FT: 6%
123: 3%

Overall quite a good month, but shame the exchange rate isn't anywhere near as favorable as it was back in January.
Means I've got to work considerably harder now, just to maintain the same level of pay... grrrr!
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: MicrostockExp on August 02, 2009, 17:07
Very close to June earnings at  SS going down and those at IS going up....
+14% compared to July 2008
More on my blog: http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/ (http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/)

Laurent
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: sharpshot on August 02, 2009, 17:10
Overall -23 % from last month...

Also,I am loosing my religion in Cutcaster...
With 500+ photos, and 1 week featured clipboard, still I haven't any sale, not a single...
Might be worth sticking with cutcaster.  I have made $80 there so far, mostly from a few EL's.

I wasn't aware there was an EL???  I know it is an option at upload but never saw how it would be used?  Was it an agreement directly between you and the buyer?


There must be EL sales because I have had 3 of them without any contact with the buyer.
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Moonb007 on August 04, 2009, 16:05
Typical for me, Dreamstime took the lead with 123RF and ShutterStock close behind.  This chart includes sales only, no referral sales are shown.

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/Moonb007/Stock%20Photo%20Charts/2009-July-Chart.jpg)
Title: Re: July 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: laflor on August 12, 2009, 12:04
I must admit my cake is a bit boring, but in the spirit of sharing here you go:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/3815336182_1cf90eeeb4.jpg)

 ::)
laflor