Author Topic: December 2009 earning percentages (Read 6478 times)

elvinstar · « **on:** January 01, 2010, 16:46 »

Here's my graph for earnings percentages for December 2009. How did the various sites do for everyone else?

leaf · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2010, 18:19 »

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KB · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2010, 18:46 »

Dec was down a bit for me compared to Nov. I had one BME, at FT.

Earning percentages (last month's in parens):
IS 38% (41%)
SS 21% (24%)
FT 15% (10%)
DT 12% (12%)
StockXpert 5% (5%)
BigStock 5% (2%)
123 3% (5%)

Sales on Veer & 3DS, but not enough to climb above 0%.

FD · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2010, 19:13 »

Dec 09 (left) compared to last Nov 09 (right).
Total earnings of Dec 09 = 69% of Nov 09.

dgilder · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2010, 19:41 »

This is for the year, not the month

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IS    %44.898
SS    %29.869
DT    %14.818
StockXpert   %04.085
123   %03.291
FT    %03.039

lisafx · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2010, 19:50 »

Here are mine for December:

Compared to my totals for 2009:

Kngkyle · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2010, 20:49 »

For the month and for the year:

December was by far the BME at Istock.

mwp1969 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2010, 20:56 »

Strong first half of December led to another BME overall despite slowing sales near Christmas holiday

   55% SS = $1.00 off a New BME (640 images) no ELs but several OD sales
   12% IS = BME ( 39 images) growing sales
   8% 123rf = BME (1034 images) spike up 3x average sales volume
   8% FT = BME (202 images) w/ EL
   6% DT = BME (225 images)
   6% StockXpert = BME ( 301 images) lots of jupiterimages sales
   5% All Other: MP, BigStock, FP, Yay
   0% CS, ZM

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

mwp1969 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 01, 2010, 21:12 »

Quote from: lisafx on January 01, 2010, 19:50

Here are mine for December:

Compared to my totals for 2009:

From your charts I can see at least one of the reasons of why you would be on the exclusive fence Lisa ...

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

RacePhoto · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2010, 01:09 »

Dec Sales (Alamy and PM = Zero)

I suppose this will explain some of my attitudes towards certain agencies?

This could be titled how statistics lie, but it was fun making a pie chart for the year.

Next year, only the top five will get new files.

ap · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2010, 02:01 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on January 02, 2010, 01:09

Next year, only the top five will get new files.

dt is out?!!

rmarinello · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:46 »

Hi all, full 2009 data at http://www.mystockphoto.org/microstock-earnings-december-2009-summary

Wishing all the best for 2010, here the 2009 percentage:

disorderly · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2010, 10:29 »

SS	23.5%	-21.8%
iS	19.9%	-15.6%
BigStock	13.6%	+71.7%	BME
Ftl	10.8%	-8.0%
DT	10.4%	-13.1%
SX	10.3%	+45.4%
123	8.8%	-46.0%
CanStockPhoto	1.1%	+28.8%
Cres	.9%	-55.4%
Veer	.8%	-35.7%

oboy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:25 »

This is my stock photography sales statistic for December 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with here.

These are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for December 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. Fotolia
3. DepositPhotos
4. StockXpert

December had as always a decrease to November, but this year it was higher with 41% compared to November. Overall 2009 was a very good year with more then doubling the revenue compared to 2008. It was the best month ever for Scandinavian Stock Photo, Graphic Leftover, and DepositPhotos.

ShadySue · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2010, 14:48 »

Not to rain on the parade of these pretty piecharts, but how much use is this unless people post the size of their port at each agency, and how long they've been there?

elvinstar · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2010, 15:59 »

I've got about 1,100 images everywhere except IS (920) and have been with everyone since 2005 except agencies created after then.

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2010, 04:36 »

A bit late but I just posted my December 2009 earnings report on my blog at http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/
Got a 100% increase over december 2008 with Shutterstock leading the pack
L

Jonathan Ross · « **Reply #17 on:** January 13, 2010, 02:08 »

Hi All,

Percentages are cool and all but like another poster said if you don't add in a few other factors it doesn't really tell us much. If you add number in collection, how long you have been with collection, your average return per sale at each of these collections then there would be some great info here.
When I see a photographer has had an increase of 40% at a new agency does that mean that he made 40 cents last month and a dollar this month. I am happy to share pertinent information if others will join in. That way we can get an idea of what companies are really paying out for their photographers. And what image sizes are really selling best at each agency.

Best,
Jonathan

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