BME +23%

SS 36,4%
iS 25,2%
FT 12,4%
DT 11,1%
Veer 5.5%
CanS 3,9%
BS 3,4%
123RF 2,0%

sorry are your iStock numbers correct? you have 4 sales right? ain't 0.252%?

I would be interested to know how many files you have managed to upload on other sites in those 2 weeks, and what is the damage over Jan 2013.

Quote from: Jogga0 on March 01, 2013, 13:16

Feb 2013 included 14 days of independence -  royalties are down 49% compared to Feb 2012, downloads up 12%

Managed about 300 files on FT and SS  about 380 on DT, GL and 123 about 100 on Alamy, royalties only 3% down on Jan 2013

Great Month

I was about dead even with January 2013.  However, not happy to see I am 20% down on last February. 

I seem to have been down around 20% on the same month the prior year each month for nearly a year now.  Not a welcome trend.... 

Even with February 2012 on total numbers but half what I made in January, and I'm only even with last year's total stock photo sales due to sales on Alamy - microstock sales are down across the board 30-50% from February 2012. DT inched up a tad from January but is down from last year.

Overall my stock photo sales are up 33% over this time last year, thanks to slow but steady growth on Alamy despite the lower commission and a strong January at SS. March is starting strong so keeping my fingers crossed that it will keep up.

I added a lot of new work in in the past couple of weeks (relatively speaking since my portfolio is small-158 at SS; 600+ at Alamy) so hoping that will pay off. I deleted half of the 30 photos I had on iStock so it's amazing I had any sales there at all.

                    Up/Down vs Jan 2013   % of total for Feb
Shutter                        68%                     54.36%  BME
Fotolia                        -22%                       8.73%
123RF                         58%                       3.33%  BME in DLS not in $$
Canstock                      -46%                     2.68%
Deposit                       -27%                       2.66%  BME in DLS not in $$
Photodune                    -11%                    1.97%
Grapic Leftovers              0%                      0% (0 sales ever, smallest port)
Nationale Beeldbank        -36%                     2.39%
Direct Sales                    530%                     8.56% BME
Zazzle                            55%                       1.16%
Fine Art America              100%                    13.95%
Alamy                          -100%                      0.21% (0 sales in feb)


Overal Feb 2013 was up by 93% compared to Jan 2013. Feb 2013 was second to BME.

This set of graphs reminded me to complete my report on earnings! I've put it up now on my blog:
http://www.backyardsilver.com/2013/03/earnings-from-stock-photography-in-february-2013/, but here are the main graphs. As I reported earlier in this thread, I didn't like my results in February very much. A big drop from $2200 to $1580 - far more than the days of the month could cause. Here is the main graph showing earnings over time:


To give you some scale, here is a picture of current images online on the main sites. Not much change during February as I had a bit of a break from keywording and uploading:


Finally, a percentage of earnings from each site graph - I'm sure there is a message in there somewhere, but I'm still looking!



Steve

After January being a BME, Feb was a let down. Basically made my monthly average, but no increase, despite adding new images.

Standouts were SS, DP improved for a BME, FT a BME and PD steady. Most others were average or below.

Here's hoping for a much better March!

Quote from: OLJensa on March 01, 2013, 14:44

BME +23%

SS 36,4%
iS 25,2%
FT 12,4%
DT 11,1%
Veer 5.5%
CanS 3,9%
BS 3,4%
123RF 2,0%

sorry are your iStock numbers correct? you have 4 sales right? ain't 0.252%?

Hehe you are very observant Yes I am a newbie so it isn't that difficult - made ~ 70$ total last month      . And I had 4 normal and one EL on iS .