Author Topic: How was your November? (Read 14693 times)

Giveme5 · « **on:** November 30, 2016, 20:37 »

68 months in this business and a BME for me this November! The 'Wall' is near so I have to finding ways to keep pushing it back...

Artist · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2016, 22:19 »

Quote from: Giveme5 on November 30, 2016, 20:37

68 months in this business and a BME for me this November! The 'Wall' is near so I have to finding ways to keep pushing it back...

very good, very happy with November. both SS and Ft rocks

Minsc · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2016, 01:01 »

BME on FT & 123RF.

Thought FT was going to surpass SS this month, but SS pull it out in the last few hours and beat FT by $3 dollars.

Microstockphoto · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2016, 01:01 »

worst november in years, earnings going down fast now. very unmotivating

PixelBytes · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2016, 01:10 »

Quote from: Microstockphoto on December 01, 2016, 01:01

worst november in years, earnings going down fast now. very unmotivating

Yep. Worst since first couple of years in the business. Since some are reporting great sales it is probably search engine related.

Microstockphoto · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2016, 01:27 »

for me its across the board tbf, not sure what is going on

Minsc · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2016, 01:29 »

Quote from: PixelBytes on December 01, 2016, 01:10

Yep. Worst since first couple of years in the business. Since some are reporting great sales it is probably search engine related.

The search engine change at SS did a lot of harm actually. The last 8 days were lousy at best. Here's to hoping SS fix it before it gets worse.

Chichikov · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2016, 01:57 »

Cold and wet, like any November here…

50% · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2016, 02:46 »

Down 20% from last year

salparadis · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2016, 03:06 »

Actually one of the best months, mainly because of Adobe/Fotolia, Shutterstock is falling down. I suspect, buyers are shifting towards Adobe. Shutterstock is still first for me, but less sales than the last year. Sales on Fotolia have tripled.

alexzappa · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2016, 03:25 »

Best November ever!!!

Maybe because I started microstock in July 2016

50% · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2016, 03:28 »

Quote from: alexzappa on December 01, 2016, 03:25

Best November ever!!!

Maybe because I started microstock in July 2016

lol probably

alexzappa · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2016, 03:47 »

Quote from: 50% on December 01, 2016, 03:28

Quote from: alexzappa on December 01, 2016, 03:25
Best November ever!!!

Maybe because I started microstock in July 2016
lol probably

by the way it was good in terms of downloads number: +50% vs October and +300% vs September without adding many new images

but no video sales and no extended/SOD so revenue were not so much

Lana · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2016, 04:55 »

My SS earnings dropped bad in the second half of November especially this last week - I'm punished for not uploading much in the last few months, new stuff is selling well now and I have very little to offer

My bad

AnTiImAgeX · « **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2016, 04:56 »

Hi guys,

Im not familiar with abbreviation, I want to know what BME stand for ?

Lana · « **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2016, 05:10 »

Quote from: AnTiImAgeX on December 01, 2016, 04:56

Hi guys,

Im not familiar with abbreviation, I want to know what BME stand for ?

BME - best month ever
WME - worst month ever
BMY - best month of the year

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #16 on:** December 01, 2016, 05:19 »

SS about the same as last year with much more work uploaded
FL up
123RF up
DT up
CanS down

Smaller sites mostly down.

Overall almost the same to the cent as last November. Bear in mind I do this full time and upload a lot.

Brasilnut · « **Reply #17 on:** December 01, 2016, 05:43 »

I should be earning more for the quality i'm uploading...

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #18 on:** December 01, 2016, 06:07 »

For music - October was my BME (since 2012).

For footage/images - November was BME (since 2014).

Bauman · « **Reply #19 on:** December 01, 2016, 06:11 »

Average month but best Rpd ever ... (6 years).

+6% earnings vs Nov '15

For the first time in 6 years Shutterstock is under 50% of my total earnings (48,30%).

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2016, 06:19 »

Shutterstock: 22% of my earnings but I sell mostly footage, not so many images.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2016, 06:21 »

Quote from: Brasilnut on December 01, 2016, 05:43

I should be earning more for the quality i'm uploading...

Shouldn't we all....seriously though if you are happy that you work is top quality technically and aesthetically then you may need to address subject matter and key wording or possibly sites outlets that may suit your work better.

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #22 on:** December 01, 2016, 06:35 »

Yes, the search engines rule first and foremost (on the big sites anyway), not quality, that is secondary.

On a huge site like Pond5 it doesn't matter if you upload the best New York time lapse the world has ever seen since there are hundreds of clips with hundreds of sales that will show up before you in search no matter what you do.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2016, 06:40 »

Quote from: increasingdifficulty on December 01, 2016, 06:35

Yes, the search engines rule first and foremost (on the big sites anyway), not quality, that is secondary.

On a huge site like Pond5 it doesn't matter if you upload the best New York time lapse the world has ever seen since there are hundreds of clips with hundreds of sales that will show up before you in search no matter what you do.

Yes as in the end most buyers want "good enough" not "best ever"

Brasilnut · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2016, 07:50 »

Quote

Shouldn't we all....seriously though if you are happy that you work is top quality technically and aesthetically then you may need to address subject matter and key wording or possibly sites outlets that may suit your work better.

Absolutely, I'm on my way out of microstock and going for boutique midstock agencies. I think there's something seriously broken with the RF model from the photographer point of view.

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Author Topic: How was your November? (Read 14693 times)

Giveme5

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Minsc

Microstockphoto

PixelBytes

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Minsc

Chichikov

50%

salparadis

alexzappa

50%

alexzappa

Lana

AnTiImAgeX

Lana

Justanotherphotographer

Brasilnut

increasingdifficulty

Bauman

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Pauws99

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Pauws99

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