For me May was okay but not great.  Up 3% over April, which is really flat since May was one day longer.  Up 23% over May 2012, much more satisfying.  Year over year I'm up about 7%.

123RF was #1 at 26% of my total, up 21% over April and more than double the year ago month.  SS was #2 at 25%, down 3% on April but up 1% from a year ago.  Deposit and PhotoDune were in a virtual tie for #3 at 10% each, with iStock falling to #5 at 9%.  Then StockFresh in a surprising tie for #6 with DT and BigStock at 5% each.  Bringing up the rear were #9 CanStock at 2%, #10 Fotolia at 1% and SignElements, Veer, GL, and SX at around .5% each.

3rd best month ever and best month of the year. A little bit down from last May (2nd BME) though. I thought it was going to be a BME, but the last week and Memorial day weekend were pretty slow.

good month for me as well! I am just afraid if Shutter were to fade most of us would be in deep trouble since we have such a high percentage of our overall income from them...

My sure you have images in FT, DT and all the Middle Tier. I had a payouts this month in CanStockPhoto, Veer and Sign Elements as well thus even the low earns can add up...

good month for me as well! I am just afraid if Shutter were to fade most of us would be in deep trouble since we have such a high percentage of our overall income from them...

I worry about SS's dominance also. I would much rather see my earnings spread out more evenly across the various agencies, I'd feel less vulnerable that way. Add on the fact that SS recently went public, and it's a situation that makes me very uneasy.

It's not a pretty picture for me - about 35% below my BME, largely due to a poor performance on iStock and a dreadful month on Alamy (only about 10% of expectations).  SS was solid - actually 20% up on last year (iS was more than 30% down). DT seems to be on an unpleasant downward trend,at exactly half what it was at its peak in May 2010. DP was up 50% on a year ago but is still only a small contributor, as is 123 that was up just a little, despite the credit scheme.

SS is almost half of the total - but that is more to do with the declining return elsewhere than with growth at SS.

Overall a good May 2013 

SS -  Above average ( saved from disaster in the last 10 days ) - not bad 
FT - BME + 20% over my last BME on Fotolia ,  +60% compared with april 2013 and +80% compared with may 2012.... very pleased   
DT - Under average 
123RF - average 
CanStock - not bad.... not bad at all... good month including an EL
DP - disaster ... as usual. they no longer deserve my effort. Can stock sells 10 times more then Deposit


My pie slices;

SS - 55%
FT - 25%
DT - 8%
123RF - 7%
CanStock 5%

Way down over April.  The only two that were up over last month were Deposit Photos and Big Stock.  Everyone else was way down.  Most disappointing was the lack of sales at SS.

May was good with another BME at SS

well i'm still small fry, building port so it's no surprise, May was a great month with a few BME and BMY.

iS exclusive here. BME overall, largely due to the vector sale that occurred 23rd of May! Also, finally had an EL sale that went for $50+

2nd BME but again like last month (which was my very best month ever for stock photo sales), it was only because I licensed four RM images on my own, for decent but not stellar $, however, the publisher that licensed the images is also considering many more of my photos at the moment for current publications so hoping next month will be good as well.It looks like they could become a regular source of seasonal stock photo income. Otherwise it would not have been pretty since SS and Alamy, my usual best earners, were both down (from last month and from last May). -Alamy sales barely even worth a mention this month and SS way down. DT around the same as last month, starting to climb back toward the levels I was seeing in late 2012.  IS up despite my very tiny port there.  DT and IS both up significantly from last May.

Nice start on SS and DT this month considering June 1 is a Saturday so let's hope that's a good omen. June was my best month last year, thanks to sales from my site, and okay sales elsewhere, so we'll see how it goes. Off to the Scott Kelby On the Road Conference in Atlantic City this week & then planning to shoot some stock at the Jersey Shore, so hoping I learn some more ways to market my own stock. I think that's a lot more promising at the moment, though I was having a nice run with Alamy until a couple of very slow months, so I should upload more there too. Toying with applying to Stocksy, but not sure.

Very disappointed that SS has been falling lately. They'd been growing consistently for so long I didn't expect this big drop.

Falstaff, where are you averaging RM sales of $600 per sale? That sounds great!