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Title: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: melastmohican on February 11, 2009, 22:36
I already see less downloads than ever...
Title: Re: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: null on February 12, 2009, 01:22
Quote from: melastmohican on February 11, 2009, 22:36
I already see less downloads than ever...

Valentine sales are over. Designer do their stuff months in advance. For now, it's summer travel and vacation brochures ;-) Xmas sales start in September.
Title: Re: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: shank_ali on February 12, 2009, 02:16
Quote from: FlemishDreams on February 12, 2009, 01:22
Quote from: melastmohican on February 11, 2009, 22:36
I already see less downloads than ever...

Valentine sales are over. Designer do their stuff months in advance. For now, it's summer travel and vacation brochures ;-) Xmas sales start in September.
I have to agree.I shot a few valentine concepts( 3) and had 4 sales from the one image.Result.
The micro libraries are full of  xmas/ valentines/easter files and anyone thinking up different  and original ideas for these 3 popular subjects has my admiration.
Title: Re: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: sharpshot on February 12, 2009, 04:39
It has been a good month for me so far and I have very few valentines photos.  Considering the severity of the economic downturn, I am pleased to see the sites are still doing well, I expected 2009 to be much worse than this.
Title: Re: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: borg on February 12, 2009, 08:11
Quote from: melastmohican on February 11, 2009, 22:36
I already see less downloads than ever...
This week is disaster for me!

All sales are dying...
Title: Re: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: madelaide on February 12, 2009, 09:15
Although some may buy images in advance for their projects, I don't see that trend of "sales months in advance, nothing next to the event".

I often have seasonal sales right next to the date, I even sold New Year images right after New Year and a shamrock illustration the day after St Patrick's. 

I haven't sold perhaps any of my Valentine-related images lately, except for a heart illustration that has an odd high performance in BigStock and makes 90% of the latest sales I had there, but I sold some St Patrick and Easter ones this week (so 1-2 months in advance only).

Having said that, overall this month is slower than I had expected, with DT falling deep in my best earners list.

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: It's going to be bad month - I do not have any Valentines photos...
Post by: Norebbo on February 12, 2009, 10:39
Quote from: FlemishDreams on February 12, 2009, 01:22

Valentine sales are over. Designer do their stuff months in advance. For now, it's summer travel and vacation brochures ;-) Xmas sales start in September.

True to an extent, but not always. I do a lot of web design on the side, and it seems I always have clients who wait to the last possible second to ask me for holiday related work. I have actually bought a lot of Valentines images this week because of that.

But yeah, the big budget projects are always done months in advance.