Author Topic: How is your March? (Read 28460 times)

pancaketom · « **Reply #50 on:** March 31, 2017, 14:44 »

Very good, especially compared to lately. This is mostly due to a number of higher $ sales at Alamy, but SS was better than average for lately and Adobe and Canva did well too. DT was weak with almost all low subs.

It beat every month last year and would have been second best month in 2015 and 2014.

YAY Alamy. I hope this is some new trend, but is probably just a lucky one-off.

cascoly · « **Reply #51 on:** March 31, 2017, 15:31 »

overall BME

SS best in 2 yrs

canva BME, 3rd mo in a row

FT 2ndBME

Minsc · « **Reply #52 on:** March 31, 2017, 18:15 »

SS has been incredible this month. Fixing the 'Same Artist' section certainly helped. I don't know what they did marketing-wise, but I had a lot of ELs & large SODs and a record amount of subs, resulting in a 50% increase from February.

Artist · « **Reply #53 on:** March 31, 2017, 23:49 »

SS was amazing, very happy to see progress. Fotolia also performed good.
123Rf went very down to half of feb.
iStock still unaware whats going on, I have also not uploaded anything as the system is still buggy.
Canstock: poor

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #54 on:** April 01, 2017, 05:27 »

Quote from: Minsc on March 31, 2017, 18:15

SS has been incredible this month. Fixing the 'Same Artist' section certainly helped. I don't know what they did marketing-wise, but I had a lot of ELs & large SODs and a record amount of subs, resulting in a 50% increase from February.

Yes, they sure did something right (for me, I'm sure not for everyone). 3x February sales and almost 3x January.

It can also have a lot to do with that I have mostly clips related to summer in my portfolio and now is the right time for them.

Jogga0 · « **Reply #55 on:** April 02, 2017, 01:51 »

Unfortunately, not a good month for me with overall revenue 33% down compared to March 16. Main problem is low sales at SS not helped by declining sales on DT. Closed my IS account back in October. On positive side Canva remains strong and Pond 5 BME.

mboy · « **Reply #56 on:** April 02, 2017, 02:00 »

BME at SS with a huge single sale of 40 USD..

others - so so

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #57 on:** April 02, 2017, 10:20 »

Quote from: cascoly on March 31, 2017, 15:31

overall BME

SS best in 2 yrs

canva BME, 3rd mo in a row

FT 2ndBME

BME and that's because of FT and SS. IS is headed for the dust bin and I won't miss them. Anything anyplace else is normal and average. I watch the complaints of falling numbers on SS as mine just kept climbing. Only three selected uploads in March I'm just coasting.

Smiling Jack · « **Reply #58 on:** April 02, 2017, 16:04 »

Just a side note:
Sold photo on 3/23/17 for $4.18 that I had uploaded on 9/10/09 at DT. It was the first time it had been sold. Maybe "oldies can be goodies"
Smiling Jack

dpimborough · « **Reply #59 on:** April 02, 2017, 16:07 »

Quote from: mboy on April 02, 2017, 02:00

BME at SS with a huge single sale of 40 USD..
others - so so

$40 huge?

Try $300 for a single sale

PixelBytes · « **Reply #60 on:** April 02, 2017, 16:09 »

BMY, but it usually is. Still down on last year, but with the huge drops on IS and not uploading it's to be expected. Fortunately my expenses are also down.

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #61 on:** April 03, 2017, 01:56 »

Quote from: Artist on March 17, 2017, 09:26

haha, not so much to buy a farrari. But I wish to get one.

I don't think microstock is really much good for those who lust after fashionable accessories (with a handful of honourable exceptions such as the Yuris, Seans and Lises). It's quite good for those who just want enough cash to feed themselves and have the occasional beer.
My long decline continued in March. Dreamstime was better than last year, SS following the gentle downtrend, 123 was pathetic for the third month in a row, Alamy has been particularly weak since the start of the year after holding up pretty well for several years - maybe their marvellous innovations have hit me. Istock's also slumped again.
Overall earnings are down about 65% from their peak five or six years back but I've done very little to add to my portfolio for the last two years.

Artist · « **Reply #62 on:** April 03, 2017, 02:25 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on April 02, 2017, 16:07

Quote from: mboy on April 02, 2017, 02:00
BME at SS with a huge single sale of 40 USD..
others - so so

$40 huge?

Try $300 for a single sale

awesome, congratulations for it, still waiting for that single sale number.

mboy · « **Reply #63 on:** April 03, 2017, 02:43 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on April 02, 2017, 16:07

Quote from: mboy on April 02, 2017, 02:00
BME at SS with a huge single sale of 40 USD..
others - so so

$40 huge?

Try $300 for a single sale

it is the biggest one for me so far, I have quite a small portfolio

Congrats for your sale

Liptovski · « **Reply #64 on:** April 03, 2017, 04:23 »

My shutterstock showing normal sales.

derek · « **Reply #65 on:** April 03, 2017, 07:37 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on April 03, 2017, 01:56

Quote from: Artist on March 17, 2017, 09:26

haha, not so much to buy a farrari. But I wish to get one.

I don't think microstock is really much good for those who lust after fashionable accessories (with a handful of honourable exceptions such as the Yuris, Seans and Lises). It's quite good for those who just want enough cash to feed themselves and have the occasional beer.
My long decline continued in March. Dreamstime was better than last year, SS following the gentle downtrend, 123 was pathetic for the third month in a row, Alamy has been particularly weak since the start of the year after holding up pretty well for several years - maybe their marvellous innovations have hit me. Istock's also slumped again.
Overall earnings are down about 65% from their peak five or six years back but I've done very little to add to my portfolio for the last two years.

Looking at many replies in this thread one is beginning to see a pattern. Don't know if you've thought of that. Seems like the longer you have been with SS the less you are going to get. I think it was this guy Rindler or something who some time back pointed out that old contributors was in the fireing line. maybe he did have a point. Dont know?

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #66 on:** April 03, 2017, 13:44 »

Quote from: derek on April 03, 2017, 07:37

Looking at many replies in this thread one is beginning to see a pattern. Don't know if you've thought of that. Seems like the longer you have been with SS the less you are going to get. I think it was this guy Rindler or something who some time back pointed out that old contributors was in the fireing line. maybe he did have a point. Dont know?

There are several factors at work but the main one has got to be dilution. When I started I had something like 500 files with SS in a total collection of something like 30,000, now I have something like 6,000 in collection of scores of millions. They haven't managed to increase the revenues at the same rate that they are increasing the size of the collection.
Given that I've gone down from having one sixtieth of the collection to having something like one ten-thousandth of it, it's really quite remarkable that I still make as much as I do.
PS: While my March sales are a bit down on a year ago, Feb and March of this year have each improved on the month before, so in the short-term my sales are improving, I don't know why.

derek · « **Reply #67 on:** April 03, 2017, 16:35 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on April 03, 2017, 13:44

Quote from: derek on April 03, 2017, 07:37
Looking at many replies in this thread one is beginning to see a pattern. Don't know if you've thought of that. Seems like the longer you have been with SS the less you are going to get. I think it was this guy Rindler or something who some time back pointed out that old contributors was in the fireing line. maybe he did have a point. Dont know?

There are several factors at work but the main one has got to be dilution. When I started I had something like 500 files with SS in a total collection of something like 30,000, now I have something like 6,000 in collection of scores of millions. They haven't managed to increase the revenues at the same rate that they are increasing the size of the collection.
Given that I've gone down from having one sixtieth of the collection to having something like one ten-thousandth of it, it's really quite remarkable that I still make as much as I do.
PS: While my March sales are a bit down on a year ago, Feb and March of this year have each improved on the month before, so in the short-term my sales are improving, I don't know why.

Yes but I am completely convinced its improving or declining with the algorithm and whatever its beyond our control anyway. I know some who are uploading something like 200 files per week and one minute theyre well up and with the next change badly down. with an agency housing 110 million files its all down to luck! not my cup of tea I would prefer quality and skill before luck and sort changes.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #68 on:** April 03, 2017, 16:52 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on April 03, 2017, 13:44

Quote from: derek on April 03, 2017, 07:37
Looking at many replies in this thread one is beginning to see a pattern. Don't know if you've thought of that. Seems like the longer you have been with SS the less you are going to get. I think it was this guy Rindler or something who some time back pointed out that old contributors was in the fireing line. maybe he did have a point. Dont know?

There are several factors at work but the main one has got to be dilution. When I started I had something like 500 files with SS in a total collection of something like 30,000, now I have something like 6,000 in collection of scores of millions. They haven't managed to increase the revenues at the same rate that they are increasing the size of the collection.
Given that I've gone down from having one sixtieth of the collection to having something like one ten-thousandth of it, it's really quite remarkable that I still make as much as I do.
PS: While my March sales are a bit down on a year ago, Feb and March of this year have each improved on the month before, so in the short-term my sales are improving, I don't know why.

and of course if you are new you can increase your portfolio rapidly e.g by 100% by increasing it from 500 to 1,000 if you have 10,000 images that would be 5%.

k_t_g · « **Reply #69 on:** April 03, 2017, 22:49 »

Well it was a bit of a surprise. Mine went out like a last minute leprechaun. But still a bit of a cheep one none the less since SS changed the amount for an extended license.

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #70 on:** April 04, 2017, 02:06 »

Quote from: derek on April 03, 2017, 16:35

Yes but I am completely convinced its improving or declining with the algorithm and whatever its beyond our control anyway.

Everything depends on how many of our files are in the first few pages of any given search, globally or regionally. If that changes substantially, then our earnings are going to change.

derek · « **Reply #71 on:** April 04, 2017, 04:53 »

^ I read somewhere the important thing was the first 4-5 pages? given the default search and amount of pictures on the page!

Pauws99 · « **Reply #72 on:** April 04, 2017, 05:59 »

Quote from: derek on April 04, 2017, 04:53

^ I read somewhere the important thing was the first 4-5 pages? given the default search and amount of pictures on the page!

Sounds plausable to me I can't imagine many people getting past 4 pages....I guess they might refine their search if theres nothing suitable there

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #73 on:** April 04, 2017, 06:22 »

Quote from: derek on April 04, 2017, 04:53

^ I read somewhere the important thing was the first 4-5 pages? given the default search and amount of pictures on the page!

That's one of the advantages of having stuff from small niches - if there are only a handful of shots of a subject then you have a good chance of selling on the few occasions someone searches for it. I don't reckon I'd have much chance of ever selling a "beautiful business woman with her team" if I shot it, whereas my Circassian chicken on a plate sold a couple of times in the past week - even though everybody knows what the first of those is and not a lot of people are familiar with Circassian chicken (though in a curious nod to the influence of beautiful women, the name of the dish is said to be derived from the skin colour of the Circassian beauties in the Turkish Sultan's harem) .

Pauws99 · « **Reply #74 on:** April 04, 2017, 06:40 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on April 04, 2017, 06:22

Quote from: derek on April 04, 2017, 04:53
^ I read somewhere the important thing was the first 4-5 pages? given the default search and amount of pictures on the page!
That's one of the advantages of having stuff from small niches - if there are only a handful of shots of a subject then you have a good chance of selling on the few occasions someone searches for it. I don't reckon I'd have much chance of ever selling a "beautiful business woman with her team" if I shot it, whereas my Circassian chicken on a plate sold a couple of times in the past week - even though everybody knows what the first of those is and not a lot of people are familiar with Circassian chicken (though in a curious nod to the influence of beautiful women, the name of the dish is said to be derived from the skin colour of the Circassian beauties in the Turkish Sultan's harem) .

Now if you had "beautiful business woman with her team eating Circassian chicken" you'd really be onto something. Yep I tend to shoot "niche" with the theory that my average images may have rare content...easier than shooting the best ever image of the Taj Mahal......

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