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Title: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: fintastique on July 01, 2009, 02:26
This used to be favourite time of the month counting up all those $, now its quite depressing.

SS 36.7%
DT 19.9%
FT 14.3% WM-08

IS 8.1% WM-08
123 5.8% WM-07/08
BS 5.2% WM-07/08
StockXpert 5.1%
CanStockPhoto 2.7%
FP 2.2%

I only have 18 months of stats to look at but overall it was the worst month in the last 18 months with the exception of December'08.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: michealo on July 01, 2009, 04:07
IS 100%

BME $ & dls
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Perry on July 01, 2009, 04:39
Best month ever for me... BME also for iStock (finally over the $500/mo barrier)
I have been uploading quite much last two months, so this is propably the payoff.

SX is still struggling.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: antoniodalbore on July 01, 2009, 04:41
June was my BME for both $ & dl!
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: epixx on July 01, 2009, 05:40
Here we go. All figures compared to June 2008:

SS 26%, down 40%
IS 23%, up 61%
DT 21%, up 70%
FT 11%, up 5%
123 5%, down 1%
CS 5%, up 1940%
BS 4%, down 41%
StockXpert 2%, down 55%
CRE 1%, up 667%
SCAN 1%, down 60%
FP 1%, down 42%

Total, down 1% since June 2008, up 1% since May 2009

Big fluctuations still for me, although the total volume is still going up. One thing is for sure: nothing is written in stone in this business yet.
Oh, and btw.: the Canstock increase is real. It's a completely new world there now, and a new payout today   ;D
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: stokfoto on July 01, 2009, 08:34
IS  54%
FT   20%
SS  12%
StockXpert  08
BS    04%
123rf 02%
I am experiencing a serious decrease  at DT  50% down in general and this must have been due to the changes they made to the search engine.for the past 4 months  I noticed a severe declining trend.

SS is also way below than it's average and with all the tax issues I  am not sure if I should carry on uploading. 

I have no idea what is going to happen to StockXpert  it is also  down about %50

FT has always been a steady earner for me but I  see drop of sales there too but  not as bad as others it must be due to summer slowdown

Is is by far   my best earner right now.  all these facts pushing me the idea of exclusivity  but I still haven't made up my mind yet .

over all it wasn't a good month :(
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Danicek on July 01, 2009, 08:50
This is the first ever I see only red arrows on the right side poll. Interesting...
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: ichiro17 on July 01, 2009, 09:10
I still find it amazing that fintastique contributes NOTHING to this forum except for one thread a month and people respond to it, especially when it only asks for earnings breakdowns
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Freezingpictures on July 01, 2009, 09:14
Quote from: ichiro17 on July 01, 2009, 09:10
I still find it amazing that fintastique contributes NOTHING to this forum except for one thread a month and people respond to it, especially when it only asks for earnings breakdowns
So whats wrong with that?
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Freezingpictures on July 01, 2009, 09:19
IS 36% almost BME
FT 28%
SS 19% dissapointing was not that bad for many many month
DT 12,5% pretty good month.
StockXpert  less than 4% was expected, gets each month worse
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: ichiro17 on July 01, 2009, 09:28
Quote from: Freezingpictures on July 01, 2009, 09:14
Quote from: ichiro17 on July 01, 2009, 09:10
I still find it amazing that fintastique contributes NOTHING to this forum except for one thread a month and people respond to it, especially when it only asks for earnings breakdowns
So whats wrong with that?

Apparently if you think nothing is, then there's nothing wrong with it
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: oboy on July 01, 2009, 09:42
June 2009 was a very good month. The summer slowdown has started but I did not feel it because of an EL at Snapixel. June had a small decrease compared to the last month with 4%. But I had an increase of 377% compared to last years June.

(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u97/hlehnerer/SalesStat/th_200906.jpg) (http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u97/hlehnerer/SalesStat/?action=view&current=200906.jpg)

Snapixel = 43%
SS = 24%
StockXpert = 10%
FT = 8%
DT = 4%
123RF = 3%
Featurepics = 2%
BigStock = 2%
SSP = 1%
SV = 1%
ISP = 1%
Photo Society = 1%
CanStockPhoto < 1%
FM < 1%
YM < 1%

You can find a large list of agencies that I am submitting to at http://photo.hlehnerer.com/Resources.html#StockPhotography (http://photo.hlehnerer.com/Resources.html#StockPhotography)
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Pixart on July 01, 2009, 10:48
June = 58% better than June 08.

DT 31.9%  best match yet  - equals previous 2 months
SS 21.5%  PPD's made it a decent month, but overall SS downloads down.
IS  18.9%  Always amazes me how much with such a miniscule port
FT 10.6%  What is going on?  Subs were 56% of all dls.  Dl's mostly XS and S. 
BS  6%      The usual
StockXpert 6%     A few more regular downloads than normal
ZYM 2%     First sale this year

Haven't uploaded at 123 in ages, 2nd worst month.
3 sales at Feature pics, had to pinch myself to make sure I was awake.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: lisafx on July 01, 2009, 11:05
This month was almost exactly even with the last two.  Which I guess considering the economy and time of year is really good news. 

OTOH having added about 300 new images it would have been nice to see a bit of a bump.  Kind of lends credence to the idea of running to stay in place. 

Still, no complaints.  Here's the breakdown:

Istock    39% (slightly up)
FOT       16%
SS         15%
DT         14% (BME by a hair)
StockXpert         8% (second good month in a row.  Those sales will be missed)
BigStock         3% (WM this year.  Steadily losing ground here.)
123         2%
Canst       1%
Crest       1%
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: phildate on July 01, 2009, 11:08
Quote from: Danicek on July 01, 2009, 08:50
This is the first ever I see only red arrows on the right side poll. Interesting...

Sorry, my votes turned 123rf and CanStockPhoto to green...
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Freezingpictures on July 01, 2009, 11:14
Quote from: phildate on July 01, 2009, 11:08
Quote from: Danicek on July 01, 2009, 08:50
This is the first ever I see only red arrows on the right side poll. Interesting...

Sorry, my votes turned 123rf and CanStockPhoto to green...

Hah, I turned 123rf red again  :)
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: michealo on July 01, 2009, 11:18
Quote from: lisafx on July 01, 2009, 11:05
This month was almost exactly even with the last two.  Which I guess considering the economy and time of year is really good news. 

OTOH having added about 300 new images it would have been nice to see a bit of a bump.  Kind of lends credence to the idea of running to stay in place. 

Still, no complaints.  Here's the breakdown:

Istock    39% (slightly up)
FOT       16%
SS         15%
DT         14% (BME by a hair)
StockXpert         8% (second good month in a row.  Those sales will be missed)
BigStock         3% (WM this year.  Steadily losing ground here.)
123         2%
Canst       1%
Crest       1%

IS at 39% would suggest you would make more as an exclusive ...
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: PixelsAway on July 01, 2009, 11:31
BME and a little milestone reached

IS + SS = 70%
IS + SS + DT = 80%

a detailed report in Pixels Away (http://microstock.pixelsaway.com/1000-in-earnings-from-microstock-photography-in-june-2009/) blog
 
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: lisafx on July 01, 2009, 11:39
Quote from: michealo on July 01, 2009, 11:18

IS at 39% would suggest you would make more as an exclusive ...

Why would it suggest that??  

Guess I don't understand your math.  I am diamond so I would get double the commission if I was exclusive.  Doesn't 39% X 2 = 78%?  Even with extra exposure I doubt I would make up the other 22%

Besides, istock is way to unstable the past couple of years for me to even consider exclusivity.  Sure, in June it was 39%, but it has been as low as 29% of my sales.  

Bottom line, I love the security of having multiple sites to spread my risk and stabilize my income.

Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Mellimage on July 01, 2009, 11:53
With the help of three ELs (2 at FT and 1 at SS) this became the second best month of the year.

Breakdown:
FT: 66%
IS: 12%
SS: 15%
DT: 6%

Now let's see if I can make some arrows turn green. ;)
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: melastmohican on July 01, 2009, 13:33
It looks like I am recovering from disaster in May. I got first EL from 123RF which gave them second place. StockXpert is stagnant at the same level for couple months while DT is clearly going down.


   June   Jun/May         
SS   48.58%   152.02%
123RF   24.40%   422.75%
StockXpert   10.39%   126.39%
DT   7.41%   80.46%
FT   5.11%   175.00%
IS   2.03%   85.28%
SV   0.73%   71.43%
CanStockPhoto   0.51%   350.00%
BS   0.49%   200.00%
CS   0.36%   37.50%
   Total   59.15%
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: sharpshot on July 01, 2009, 14:50
Quote from: lisafx on July 01, 2009, 11:39
Quote from: michealo on July 01, 2009, 11:18

IS at 39% would suggest you would make more as an exclusive ...

Why would it suggest that??  

Guess I don't understand your math.  I am diamond so I would get double the commission if I was exclusive.  Doesn't 39% X 2 = 78%?  Even with extra exposure I doubt I would make up the other 22%

Besides, istock is way to unstable the past couple of years for me to even consider exclusivity.  Sure, in June it was 39%, but it has been as low as 29% of my sales.  

Bottom line, I love the security of having multiple sites to spread my risk and stabilize my income.


I agree, 39% for one month doesn't mean much when one best match change can cut istock earnings in half.  My earnings are much more predictable on the other sites.  I also like selling RF on higher priced sites.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: gostwyck on July 01, 2009, 15:21
Nearly a BME for me __ one more day would have done it.

Stat's as follows (with June 2008);

IS    - 39.6 (32.9)
SS   - 27.9 (30)
FT   - 14.1 (12.6)
DT   - 11.4 (11.9)
StockXpert  - 4.3 (9)
BigStock  - 1.8 (3.7)

Unfortunately StockXpert and BigStock have fallen off a cliff since last year.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: madelaide on July 01, 2009, 17:41
This was my worst month this year, and my second worst in the past 12 months.  IS and DT were fine, just other sites sank.  FT had good sales, but 40% were subs and a large portion of credit sales were XS - differently from previous months and hopefully just a passing thing.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: Phil on July 01, 2009, 20:44
very boring month, but I barely uploaded yet again.  Didnt look good at the beginning, but pretty much ended much the same as the rest of the year.  The only one of real interest was that BigStock only pulled about 50-60% of its normal, probably the worst I have done there in a couple of years.  oh well ebbs and flows.
Title: Re: June 2009 earnings breakdown
Post by: MicrostockExp on July 06, 2009, 16:51
Like in 2008, June $ below May.The big difference is that IS for 2 consecutive months is my best agency.
Full report here: http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/07/june-2009-earnings.html (http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/07/june-2009-earnings.html)