Author Topic: June Microstock Earnings (Read 23077 times)

steheap · « **on:** June 30, 2012, 21:28 »

Looks like I am the first this month - a late evening working on stats has given me the edge (plus it isn't really the end of the month yet!)

I had a great June - easily my best ever. Total earnings came in at around $1750, and I still need to add earnings from Cutcaster and YayMicro which seem to be off the air because of that very bad storm in Northern VA last night. I don't think those two sites will make a great deal of difference though! SS and iStock continue to be very reliable for me, but I sold one image on Veer for $99, and a total of 5 sold on Alamy for a net payment of almost $250. Those made a fantastic difference to the month's totals. Photocase came from nowhere with one sale of $58 this month! I only have 3 images online with that site (all others rejected as being too boring) so it is nice to get an occasional sale there!

More details (and examples of the big sellers) on my blog as usual, but here is the headline graph:

Steve

stockmarketer · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2012, 22:38 »

Pretty happy about June overall.

Up 50% vs June 2011. Port size was up about 75%, which means RPI was down... thanks entirely to DT and FT's sudden downturn earlier this year.

Down about 5% from May 2012. But... there were 31 days in May vs 30 in June, plus May had 4 Saturdays vs 5 Saturdays in June... so in reality I'm flat from May to June, which I can live with.

mtkang · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2012, 01:21 »

by the way, how do u plot this graph? issit some kind of software? thanks.

Quote from: steheap on June 30, 2012, 21:28

Looks like I am the first this month - a late evening working on stats has given me the edge (plus it isn't really the end of the month yet!)

I had a great June - easily my best ever. Total earnings came in at around $1750, and I still need to add earnings from Cutcaster and YayMicro which seem to be off the air because of that very bad storm in Northern VA last night. I don't think those two sites will make a great deal of difference though! SS and iStock continue to be very reliable for me, but I sold one image on Veer for $99, and a total of 5 sold on Alamy for a net payment of almost $250. Those made a fantastic difference to the month's totals. Photocase came from nowhere with one sale of $58 this month! I only have 3 images online with that site (all others rejected as being too boring) so it is nice to get an occasional sale there!

More details (and examples of the big sellers) on my blog as usual, but here is the headline graph:

Steve

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2012, 05:05 »

Scarily dire.

iStock:
Compared to June 2011: $$ down c35%, dls down c40%
Compared to May 2012: $$ down c20%, dls down c20%
Added: compared to June 2010: $$ down c12%

That was despite having a decent EL in June 2012, but none in either June 2011 or 2010.

Worst month for dls since Feb 11: before that, the last month that was lower than these two was July 2007, the month I went exclusive (right at the end of the month). If not for the EL, it would have been my worst month for $$ since Sept 09.

Alamy RF: like last month, two sales only, 1 low-average, one newspaper (very low $$).

Perry · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2012, 05:17 »

IS: Business as usual
SS: BME!
DT: Up, just a bit from BME (my last BME was in 2010 if I remember correctly, so this seems like a nice rebound)
FT: Weaker and weaker (FT has always been a steady number 3 or 4 on my list, but now it's behind 123rf and even Veer.)
Veer: pretty weak month, lacking in extended licences.

A Good month, and a very good month for a June, no summer slowdown here!

rubyroo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2012, 05:34 »

By the time iStock's figures catch up with the end of June and Thinstock's figures come in, it looks as though I'll be down about 25% from last month. Not very surprised though as last month was exceptional. In more usual terms this month was fairly average with no BME's at any agency.

Top four:

1. SS
2. iStock
3. 123RF
4. DT

THP Creative · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2012, 05:55 »

June - what a surprise! Thought this was meant to be a slow month but thanks to good sales at SS, Veer, amazing month at Alamy and quite a few EL's at various sites turns out to be a BME by quite a bit (and thats without the iStock PP sales yet to come).

So pretty happy really. HUGE improvement from 1 yr ago.

Karimala · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2012, 06:24 »

I'll write a complete report later after I get up for the day (still the middle of the night here), but in the meantime I wanted to share my disasterous Fotolia numbers.

Even with an EL sale, this was my worst month since Fotolia made its first major search engine tweek back in September 2007, which had more than doubled my earnings. And thanks to the EL, I did reach payout level in May, but I would not have reached it without the EL. That hasn't happened since August 2007. Ugh.

Down 55% w/o EL from April; with EL down 25% (no EL in April)
Down 81% w/o EL from BME of 2012; with EL down 52% (no EL in 2012 BME)
Down 90% w/o EL from BME overall; with EL down 80% (no EL in BME overall)

Part of the decrease can be explained by losing referral income. All of my referrals hit their five-year limit this year, so those earnings no longer exist. One of those referrals brought in a decent chunk of my monthly income, so his loss really hurts. But...losing my referrals doesn't explain everything. I also haven't uploaded in two years, which we now know affects our search placement.

borg · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2012, 06:32 »

10% Less than in May, but DT -60%

fritz · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2012, 07:27 »

IS and SS same port size but IS 50% more $ than SS.
Others sYcks

steheap · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2012, 07:41 »

Quote

by the way, how do u plot this graph? issit some kind of software? thanks.

I just use one of the graphs in Excel - the stacked line graph and then copy into Powerpoint as a graphic image.

Steve

Mantis · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2012, 08:38 »

Quote from: borg on July 01, 2012, 06:32

10% Less than in May, but DT -60%

$200 down mostly due to a sudden drop at DT. FT continues to fall; I used to get about $200 a month now it's $70. Bigstock even beat FT this month, first time ever for me.

disorderly · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2012, 08:49 »

A good month for me. June is usually down, but this time I was up 5% vs. May. Even better, June 2012 was up 57% over June 2011.

Shutterstock was down 20% but still led the pack at 29% of my total. 123RF was 2nd at 18%, up 34% from May. Deposit was 3rd at 14%, up 50%. iStock dropped to 4th at 12%, up 14%. Dreamstime was 5th at 7%, CanStock 6th at 6%, PhotoDune 7th also at 6%, BigStock 8th at 4%, Fotolia 9th at 2%, StockXpert 10th at 1%, Veer and StockFresh 11th and 12th at .6% and a few others doing even less.

Bauman · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2012, 08:58 »

Quote from: Mantis on July 01, 2012, 08:38

Quote from: borg on July 01, 2012, 06:32
10% Less than in May, but DT -60%

FT continues to fall; I used to get about $200 a month now it's $70. Bigstock even beat FT this month, first time ever for me.

Hi Mantis,

i'm a newbie with an avg port of 180 images ... Last two month FT was my best agency, better than SS.

May and June i sold 65 images on FT (and reach my first payout) and 0 (zero) on BigStock ... very, very different.

Best

nicku · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2012, 09:19 »

Overall a good month.

1. SS - 2nd BME. No comment

2. FT BME very good earner.

3. DT desastruos (-60% compared with May) worst month from March 2011. DT is gowing down, down, down....

4. 123 RF under average $:-\$
5.DP - steady rising

the pye:

SS 55% FT 20% and the rest....

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2012, 09:51 »

No BMEs for $$$ but steady at most sites. Just missed a BME at DT. BME for DLs at FT and tied my BME for DLs at CS, but $$$ way down at both due to low RPD. Overall about 10% down from last month, but up 71% from June 2011 so no complaints.

#1: SS
#2: iS (~51% of SS with estimated PP earnings)
#3: DT (43% of SS)
#4: 123 (33% of SS)
all others 11% of SS or less.

cthoman · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2012, 11:31 »

June started out fast, but it slowed down at the end. I was down form the last couple months, but up over June 2011. Although, I was down from June 2010.

Karimala · « **Reply #17 on:** July 01, 2012, 12:31 »

Quote from: Mantis on July 01, 2012, 08:38

Quote from: borg on July 01, 2012, 06:32
10% Less than in May, but DT -60%

$200 down mostly due to a sudden drop at DT. FT continues to fall; I used to get about $200 a month now it's $70. Bigstock even beat FT this month, first time ever for me.

That's my story with Fotolia, Dreamstime and BigStock, too. BigStock started taking off for me in March, and I've had two BMEs so far this year (last one was in 2010). In May, for the first time ever, they were my #3 and beat both Dreamstime and Fotolia, which for years had battled for the #3 spot behind SS and IS. In May, DT ended up in 4th place and FT was in 6th with 123RF in the middle (also a first).

jm · « **Reply #18 on:** July 01, 2012, 12:44 »

Good month, similar to April but 10% less compared to May.
Believe it or not - BME both at FT and DT. Very good month at SS and 123 RF.
Only 10% at Alamy compared to May.
Slow sales on BS - 3% of SS sales (as usually).

Anyka · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2012, 12:47 »

13% down from May, but 9% up from June 2011, so I'm very happy with June.
This 9% was thanks to FT, SS and 123rf, and - believe it or not - also thanks to IS (14% up since June 2012!).
Dreamstime was the BIG disappointment of the month with 27% down since last June.

Karimala · « **Reply #20 on:** July 01, 2012, 13:21 »

Okay...now that I've had a chance to wake up n' join the living, here's my breakdown:

#1 SS: No ELs for the 2nd month in a row, which hasn't happened since they first initiated the program. Beginning to wonder if there is a problem with reporting, so if I don't have one by the 9th (marking 3 months since my last EL), I'm going to contact them to find out. April was my worst month in a long time due to a sudden drop in ODs, which improved enough in May to increase my earnings by 10%. However, compared to my BME of the year, SS was still down by 33%.

#2 IS: Up 35% from May. Down 26% from BME 2012. Down 64% from BME overall. 0 ELs. April Thinkstock earnings were down 20% from March, down 23% from BME 2012, and down 58% from overall BME. Looks like they are expanding the database faster then they are getting customers, because earnings have steadily been going downhill since my BME in May 2011. If trends continue, more than likely I earned less in May than in April.

#3 BigStock: BME. Up 29% from May. Up 6% from BME 2012 (which was also overall BME). 1 EL.

#4 DT: Down 49% from May. Down 66% from BME 2012 (which was also overall BME). 0 ELs.

#5 123RF: Up 21% from May. Down 13% from BME 2012. Down 39% from overall BME. 0 ELs.

#6 Fotolia: See previous post for comments. Down 55% w/o EL from April; with EL down 25% (no EL in April). Down 81% w/o EL from BME of 2012; with EL down 52% (no EL in 2012 BME) Down 90% w/o EL from BME overall; with EL down 80% (no EL in BME overall). Worst month since September 2007.

#7 StockXpert/Thinkstock: Down 13% from May. Down 37% from BME 2012 (which was also my overall TS BME). Down 83% from StockXpert's heyday before Getty destroyed them. Worst month since September 2006.

#8 All the rest. I only add payments received from my remaining sites to my spreadsheet, instead of tracking them every month. Payment received from Mostphotos.

Alamy was down 76%, but that's only because May was a BME with all sales over $100. June had the same number of sales, but with much lower royalties. Overall trend continues seeing an increase in the number of sales.

POD sites remain steady. RedBubble has officially picked up speed, and I've had multiple sales every month since July 2011 with a portfolio around 250. Sales used to be practically non-existent. Art of Business Cards is also steady and earned more than Fotolia. On pace to double my yearly earnings despite not adding any new cards this year. Zazzle has remained steady, but I expect to start seeing increases soon as I've quadrupled my available products. Takes a few months for new stuff to start selling regularly.

aeonf · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2012, 15:47 »

Another bad month for us

2,070$ as IS exclusives at 35% with another ~50$ expected from the PP.
Down 16% from last month and up 31% from last year.

smarnad · « **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2012, 18:43 »

Has been a BME on SS, DT, FT, CS and DP. Others didnt fare too badly. I am a few dollars shy of hitting my increment at SS and hope to see a bigger BME for July.

I just joined microstock a year and a half ago and seeing a growth of 15% increase in revenue every month. I have an average of 400 files in most of the sites(increasing at the rate of 50-70 files a month). Infact my revenue growth for last 6 months is 21%. Is this growth sustainable?

wut · « **Reply #23 on:** July 01, 2012, 18:56 »

Didn't have the time to do the math yet, but a big a$$ BMEs at SS, IS and FT. DT was pathetic. Of course it was a BME overall

wut · « **Reply #24 on:** July 01, 2012, 19:06 »

Quote from: freeimagecollection on July 01, 2012, 18:43

Has been a BME on SS, DT, FT, CS and DP. Others didnt fare too badly. I am a few dollars shy of hitting my increment at SS and hope to see a bigger BME for July.

I just joined microstock a year and a half ago and seeing a growth of 15% increase in revenue every month. I have an average of 400 files in most of the sites(increasing at the rate of 50-70 files a month). Infact my revenue growth for last 6 months is 21%. Is this growth sustainable?

To be honest, this is very bad for someone just starting out and adding 50-70 files/month. Probably should have been over 100%. What are you going to do when you get over 1000 files? Now you're growing your port by 15-20%/month. How do you plan to shoot 150-200 files /month after another 10 months (when you'll hit 1k files)?

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