Author Topic: November 2009 Earnings (Read 10704 times)

elvinstar · « **on:** December 01, 2009, 00:53 »

Which sites are the big winners this month?

fotografer · « **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:40 »

Haven't worked my figures out yet but Bigstock was only at about 40% earnings compared to last month. It's only responisble for a couple of % of my earnings so it is not a disaster just dissapointing.

leaf · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:56 »

and don't forget to vote

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Perry · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2009, 07:28 »

Overall a pretty decent month. Not BME but not very far away either. I have been quite lazy uploader last month so this was a very acceptable result.

These are my big5, from best earner to the worst:

IS a good solid month. Best earner by a marigin, the next one (SS) earns me only half of what IS earns.
SS a strong month, very close to being BME (missed only by a few dollars)
FT a good month. A Long way from BME, but I didn't have any ELs this month
DT better than october, still pretty weak and about -25% from may BME despite my new uploads.
SX weak. But seems to be quite stable.

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2009, 07:42 »

November was on track for a BME until the first half of the month, but the second half was noticeably slower and I ended up finally with a second BME. Only one BME to report at CanStockPhoto with Istock finishing first, ahead from SS (despite 15 OD sales) and FT. Sales were dissappointing at StockXpert and DT (with RPD decreasing for the third consecutive month)....

Read more on my blog at http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/

Best regards
L

PixelsAway · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2009, 09:35 »

IS - 44%
SS - 26%
DT - 11%
more details and real numbers (including expenses) for November in Pixels Away blog

leaf · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2009, 09:52 »

here's my breakdown

leaf · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2009, 09:53 »

Quote from: elvinstar on December 01, 2009, 00:53

Which sites are the big winners this month?

our ratios are surprisingly similar.

disorderly · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:26 »

I was on track for a BME or maybe 2nd BME until Thanksgiving weekend. In the end it was my 4th best month, down only 3% from October. Year to year, things are still on a significant upswing at almost 44% over November, 2008.

The big surprise was 123RF, which moved up to #3 with more than double October's sales.

SS	26.7%	unch
iS	20.9%	+4.6%
123	14.4%	+130.2%	BME
DT	10.6%	-11.8%
Ftl	10.4%	-29.0%
BigStock	7.0%	-17.5%
SX	6.3%	-45.7%
Cres	1.7%	-15.2%
Veer	1.1%	+80.0%	BME
CanStockPhoto	.8%	+40.4%
FP	.0%	-100.0%

mwp1969 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:33 »

A BME for me overall

In order of earnings:

SS = BME
DT = BME
IS = BME
FT = 2nd Best month
123rf = Not BME but came in ahead of BigStock which is a step up for them ...
BigStock = Sales 1/2 of Sept. & Oct. (no SS effect yet ... )

Special Notes:
My BME at SS was prior to landing an EL ...
Sale at MP at its midstock pricing levels which is more than ELs on several sites.

-Mark

lisafx · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:35 »

For me all the micros were down in November except Fotolia, which saw significant growth. My sales overall were down 6% from October.

ISP   38% -4%
SS   14% -1%
DT   11%
Fot   22% +5%
BigStock   3%
StXp   7% -1%
123   2%
Crest   1%
CanStockPhoto   1% -1%
Almy   2% +1%

Anyka · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:41 »

BME on all sites (some only by 1%) except on BigStock. Bigstock is going down every month.
Shutterstock only had a BME because of the OD's - so let's hope they keep the OD's on that site.
Fotolia beat Istock again this month, but narrowly.
My order : SH - FT - ISP - DT - StXP - BIGS - 123rf.

oboy · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:45 »

This is my stock photography sales statistic for November 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with here (now sorted by earning).

This are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for November 2009:

* Shutterstock
* StockXpert
* Fotolia
* Dreamstime

November was a excellent month with an increase of 33% compared to October. It was the best month ever for Shutterstock, YAY Micro, and Clipdealer.

elvinstar · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:53 »

I had a BME overall and also a BME on SS.

KB · « **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2009, 17:49 »

Pretty even with my Oct; a few more DLs, but a little less revenue (due to an increase in subs and not a single EL).

IS 41% (+1%) 2nd month in a row that IS is in the 40s
SS 24% (-1%) +23% increase in DLs over Nov, but ODDs went from an already low 22% to a dismal 16%
DT 12% (+2%)
FT 10% (-2%) Lowest RPD *EVER* at $0.57. Nov +11% in DLs over Oct, but +1% in income.
StockXpert 5% (-3%) WMY by far, revs dropped 37% from Oct! RPD down below my recent SS average (though a few cents above this month's low rate).
123 5% (+3%) 3rd best month of the year, with 2x as many DLs as Oct.
BigStock 2% (-2%) Worst month since May 2008 (when my port was only a few hundred in size).
VMP 1% (+1%) BME! :-) Not many sales, but enough to finally register.

Jonathan Ross · « **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2009, 22:12 »

Hi All,

I haven't broken it down yet but I did have my first non BME at Istock in the past 5 months, but just barely short. Seems like most everything is about normal to last month. I will do a better analysis and get back to you. oh yea, SS was normal.

Best,
Jonathan

RacePhoto · « **Reply #16 on:** December 01, 2009, 22:19 »

Jezz, I love those pie charts that all of you make.

No reason for me to make pies and graphs. SS is still 1st and IS is second, all the rest added together are less than either one of those, not worth uploading. Can I do an honorable mention to Panther for no views in three months? 123 no sales in a month. Pulling the plug on the losers Dec. 31st.

I come to represent the rest of the microstockers, or the other 90%.

traveler1116 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 02, 2009, 00:55 »

BMEs: IS, SS, 123RF
Up: Fotolia
Down: Dreamstime, Bigstock

IS and SS were about 80% of earnings

Xalanx · « **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2009, 03:01 »

BME: Shutterstock (helped by some more ELs too), Fotolia (on a constant strong rise lately)
WME: Dreamstime
the rest on average. Of course, special mention for Istockphoto where I'm selling almost everyday, with so little portfolio.

Xalanx · « **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2009, 03:02 »

is it just my impression, or is Dreamstime taking a big nose dive lately for most of the contributors? I hear / read a lot of complains.

fotografer · « **Reply #20 on:** December 02, 2009, 04:46 »

Ok I'm a computer idiot. I've just managed to make a nice pie chart in Excel but how do I get it to show here? I tried to just copy it and paste it here but that didn't work.

fotografer · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2009, 04:48 »

Not as good as some of the other months this year but nearly double of November last year.
In general Dt and Fotolia have rocketed for me this year with IS staying stable and SS losing ground all the time.

Quote from: Xalanx on December 02, 2009, 03:02

is it just my impression, or is Dreamstime taking a big nose dive lately for most of the contributors? I hear / read a lot of complains.

sam100 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 02, 2009, 04:59 »

Quote from: Xalanx on December 02, 2009, 03:02

is it just my impression, or is Dreamstime taking a big nose dive lately for most of the contributors? I hear / read a lot of complains.

DT Minus 29 % compared to october, other sites performed well, my end results in november being 8 % higher than october.

Patrick H.

epantha · « **Reply #23 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:47 »

SS - BME
BigStock - BME (1st EL there)
All the rest did OK.

elvinstar · « **Reply #24 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:55 »

Quote from: fotografer on December 02, 2009, 04:46

Ok I'm a computer idiot. I've just managed to make a nice pie chart in Excel but how do I get it to show here? I tried to just copy it and paste it here but that didn't work.

You need to click on "Additional Options..." below and to the left of the text box when you post.

Dan_Wiedemann · « **Reply #25 on:** December 02, 2009, 09:02 »

This is my earnings for november, in %!

I didn't get any sales at YayMicro and Pond5.

Regards,
Dan

devon · « **Reply #26 on:** December 02, 2009, 11:37 »

Quote from: Xalanx on December 02, 2009, 03:02

is it just my impression, or is Dreamstime taking a big nose dive lately for most of the contributors? I hear / read a lot of complains.

Same here, every site doing well, only Dreamstime down. they did some changing on April or May this year. then my sales taking a big nose dive.

Freezingpictures · « **Reply #27 on:** December 02, 2009, 13:22 »

Yeah DT is really not that great especially compared to IS and FT. SS is stable but I did not really upload for 3+ month.

Surprisingly the lack of uploading did not have a big effect on earnings for FT and IS.

IS pretty much like last month BME
FT BME by far, it even overtook IS for the first time.

Suljo · « **Reply #28 on:** December 02, 2009, 14:57 »

BME for me
I dont put Canstok, Veer and Panther jet in graph but I will next year in new template.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #29 on:** December 02, 2009, 15:36 »

I'm curious too about the graphs (and general record keeping). Are most people using Excel?

elvinstar · « **Reply #30 on:** December 02, 2009, 18:37 »

I only use Excel for graphs. I wrote a piece of code on my server that I use to keep track of stuff.

Noodles · « **Reply #31 on:** December 02, 2009, 20:26 »

I'm really happy that IS is now consistently beating SS in my stats - DT accounts for around 20% and so still a good earner

helix7 · « **Reply #32 on:** December 02, 2009, 20:29 »

I'm down across the board, except at SS. Off by about 3% from last month.

elvinstar · « **Reply #33 on:** December 02, 2009, 22:38 »

I just did the math and found a 23.1% increase from last month and a 20.25% increase from previous BME.

rmarinello · « **Reply #34 on:** December 03, 2009, 05:36 »

Hi all,
quite a good month with:
# one enhanced license sold at Shutterstock
# iStockphoto and Stockxpert up, Dreamstime down
# monthly overall RPI (total earnings / average portfolio size) is about 0,6

Details, charts and data, here:
http://www.mystockphoto.org/stock-photo-earnings-comparison-november-09/]
[url]http://www.mystockphoto.org/stock-photo-earnings-comparison-november-09/[/url]

Cheers,
roberto

leaf · « **Reply #35 on:** December 03, 2009, 05:43 »

Quote from: fotografer on December 02, 2009, 04:46

Ok I'm a computer idiot. I've just managed to make a nice pie chart in Excel but how do I get it to show here? I tried to just copy it and paste it here but that didn't work.

I took a screen shot then took it into photoshop and cut out the graph. I'm not sure if there is a better way.

Quote from: Xalanx on December 02, 2009, 03:02

is it just my impression, or is Dreamstime taking a big nose dive lately for most of the contributors? I hear / read a lot of complains.

for me, Dreamstime has been about the same all year. Between 8-12% of my total sales each month, with the average being 11.23% of sales.

michealo · « **Reply #36 on:** December 03, 2009, 10:32 »

Fractionally off a BME at IS as an exclusive

pdesign · « **Reply #37 on:** December 03, 2009, 13:14 »

VBME (since Feb 2007)

Oct 09 --> Nov 09: +35% !!!

2nd BME (Nov 08) --> Nov 09: +20%

If the figures climb that way for the next 2 years, I have to think about a new yacht, or a golf course. Or maybe both

:

sharply_done · « **Reply #38 on:** December 04, 2009, 10:00 »

Quote from: leaf on December 03, 2009, 05:43

Quote from: fotografer on December 02, 2009, 04:46
Ok I'm a computer idiot. I've just managed to make a nice pie chart in Excel but how do I get it to show here? I tried to just copy it and paste it here but that didn't work.

I took a screen shot then took it into photoshop and cut out the graph. I'm not sure if there is a better way.

Copy and paste the graph into Photoshop works well, too.

Jonathan Ross · « **Reply #39 on:** December 04, 2009, 12:48 »

PDesign,

If you ever need someone to carry your clubs just pull that bad boy into Seattle harbor and drop me a line : ) Don't have to worry about yelling FORE on that corse. Very cool.

Best,
Jonathan

gostwyck · « **Reply #40 on:** December 04, 2009, 15:45 »

Surprisingly good for me too __ a bit below last month's BME but overall 41% higher than Nov 2008. I spent the entire month on holiday in Thailand too so no boost from new uploads.

Percentages as follows (with 2008).

IS 37 (30)
FT 22 (18)
SS 22 (29)
DT 11 (14)
StockXpert 5 (6)
Rodeo 2.2 (n/a)
BigStock 1.5 (3.6)

FT just beat SS into second place for the first time ever.

Rodeo confirmed themselves in 6th place relegating BigStock further into oblivion (and with only about half the number of images uploaded there too). I'm somewhat sceptical that BigStock can be resuscitated by SS or indeed whether it is in our interests for them to do so given the low commissions paid there.

travelstock · « **Reply #41 on:** December 04, 2009, 16:25 »

None of the sites had BME's for me, but overall the earnings were the highest ever, despite not uploading any new content on any of the sites. My last uploads were a small batch in mid-October, so have uploaded only 20 files in 3 months, but despite this, I've had 3 overall BMEs in succession.

IS: 33%
SS: 30%
DT: 12.6%
FT: 8.4%
Alamy: 4%
BS: 3.8%
StockXpert: 2.9%
123: 1.8%
Can: 0.2%
Cres: 0.1%

Karimala · « **Reply #42 on:** December 04, 2009, 16:35 »

Overall BME, up 15% over October.

SS up 24% (29% of total)
IS up 0.005% (24% of total)
FT up 29% (17% of total)
DT up 39% (14% of total)
StockXpert down 6% (10% of total)
BigStock down 21% (3% of total)
123rf up 42% (3% of total)

pdesign · « **Reply #43 on:** December 04, 2009, 17:42 »

Quote from: Jonathan Ross on December 04, 2009, 12:48

Don't have to worry about yelling FORE on that corse

@ Jonathan Ross: you´re absolutely right, but I guess a nice stock of golfballs should be in the bag

lucato · « **Reply #44 on:** December 22, 2009, 17:13 »

Hey folks, I don't want to spoil the thinks, but besides each site daily visiting number is different that we know can affect the results, but to have a close comparison have you guys the same amount of images on all sites when comparing these graphics?

Maybe the poll posted by leaf would have some range of number of images into the portfolio and separate the results/graphics for each range reached.

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