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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: epixx on August 04, 2008, 02:48
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While doing my weekly statistics, I found that it might be a good idea to have a look at how well I've done with the micros so far this year, compared to 2007. Here are the results for week 1-31 2008 compared to the same weeks 2007. The figures are share of sales 2007, share of sales 2008, increase/decline of sales:
SS: 41.6 – 35.7, up 13%
IS: 17.8 – 17.0, up 26%
DT: 16.7 – 14.6, up 15%
FT: 7.4 – 11.9, up 111%
StockXpert: 4.9 – 7.2, up 94%
BS: 3.6 – 4.2, up 54%
rf123: 3.0 – 3.3, up 43%
FP: 0.6 – 1.6, up 228%
Scan: 0.9 – 1.6, up 130%
Cre: 1.2 – 1.1, up 17%
Can: 1.3 – 0.6, down 39%
Total increase: 32%
A few comments to the figures:
At the start of 2007, SS represented more than 50% of my revenue, while halfway through 2008, they are below 30%. Their relative decline is very steady, even though they have increased commissions twice during this period.
I stopped uploading to Crestock and Canstock almost a year ago, which probably influences the sales in a negative way.
Since Scanstock is the only one of these that pays in Euro, I haven't bothered to convert to dollars (I use 1 EUR = 1 USD here), so they are doing better than the figures indicate. Their growth rate is correct though.
If there is any conclusion to draw from this, it must be that nothing has settled down yet. There are lots of fluctuations, and there is no way of telling which will be the top agency in five years.
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Hi Chumley,
Here are some rough numbers:
The portfolios at the moment are all around 1,000 images plus/minus a couple of hundred. The exceptions are IS, which is 570 and FP and Scanstock which are around 1,500. All portfolios were about 30% smaller during the first half of 2007, so the growth has been between 30 and 40%.
All figures are earnings, not volume.
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