Author Topic: November 2009 Earnings (Read 11863 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 »

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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.

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Author Topic: November 2009 Earnings (Read 11863 times)

elvinstar

fotografer

leaf

Perry

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leaf

leaf

disorderly

mwp1969

lisafx

Anyka

oboy

elvinstar

KB

Jonathan Ross

RacePhoto

traveler1116

Xalanx

Xalanx

fotografer

fotografer

sam100

epantha

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