This is today so far at SS....

Wow, impressive ratio of ELs vs subs, I'd sure love to have it

I used to submit to SS and all the others. Looks like you're having a great day!

This is good...you have an amazing port!! I believe that a selected few, like yourself, probably have their ports bookmarked by some or many agencies so that regardless of what is going on, they will want to go back to your images...hence why your sales are keeping up.....which is ok for now. It remained to be seen if this is  sustainable through this ongoing iStock development.

What is TAC at IS? Does it refer to an Agency file?

Yes, TAC=The Agency Collection. It's now a collection that's distributed outside iStockphoto.com as well (Getty).

Yeah, Sean reported what the top 5 exclusives are reporting less downloads but about the same $.  No growth is a concern but how much more is Sean making at IS than his old job.  I know a top 10 exclusive who quit a $50 hour job for IS.  Good work if you can find it.   

Yeah, Sean reported what the top 5 exclusives are reporting less downloads but about the same $.  No growth is a concern but how much more is Sean making at IS than his old job.  I know a top 10 exclusive who quit a $50 hour job for IS.  Good work if you can find it.   

Sorry to say it, but that was then and this is now.  A couple of years ago it made sense to quit the day job and do stock full time, if you had the right portfolio and skill.  Today it would be insane - especially if one intended to be Istock exclusive.  The momentum and buyers are moving away from Istock.  

Anyone with a $50/hr. day job would be wise to plan on keeping it for the foreseeable future.

So far today with SS




So far today with IS

$1.61

Hmmm. Interesting.

So is the 25-a-day subscriptions?

And the enhanced is just regular purchases? Or is that extended licenses?

Is that kind of sales volume happening every day or is today just a good day?

This October was not my best match (last October was), it was not the worst either.

After learning the depressing new from others, maybe I should not complain. But my income increase has not been in proportion with my portfolio growth. I did expect more.

Interestingly, so far, from the iStock October sales thread, the majority of Bronze members have reported BME or very good October sales while the majority of diamond and above members have reported WME since 2006/07/08 or very bad month.

In other words, the majority of bronze members are making more then what I made today as a gold member.

Maybe this could explain why the earning rating poll on the right is still up for IS...as the lower canister level are making it up for the  higher ones losing.

Quote from: cybernesco on November 01, 2011, 19:24

Interestingly, so far, from the iStock October sales thread, the majority of Bronze members have reported BME or very good October sales while the majority of diamond and above members have reported WME since 2006/07/08 or very bad month.

In other words, the majority of bronze members are making more then what I made today as a gold member.

Maybe this could explain why the earning rating poll on the right is still up for IS...as the lower canister level are making it up for the  higher ones losing.

It's always easy to get a BME as a bronze, when you get 5 dls this month instead of 4 last.

Of course, but matching the results of a +1,000 files portfolio with a no-better 100 files portfolio is another matter.

Quote from: sjlocke on November 01, 2011, 19:44

Quote from: cybernesco on November 01, 2011, 19:24

Interestingly, so far, from the iStock October sales thread, the majority of Bronze members have reported BME or very good October sales while the majority of diamond and above members have reported WME since 2006/07/08 or very bad month.

In other words, the majority of bronze members are making more then what I made today as a gold member.

Maybe this could explain why the earning rating poll on the right is still up for IS...as the lower canister level are making it up for the  higher ones losing.

It's always easy to get a BME as a bronze, when you get 5 dls this month instead of 4 last.

Of course, but matching the results of a +1,000 files portfolio with a no-better 100 files portfolio is another matter.

That's just his assumption, not a fact

Hi Steve,

 Yes, We got many rejections from Istock where the other sites took about 98%. We are just now redoing the small details that did not meet the QC needs at Istock and re-subitting. They are passing the second time through, most were to do with things like name tags we created to make shots more authentic we have gone in and removed the fake hospital names to meet Istocks requirements.
 Mostly quick fixes but I haven't had the man power to get it done until now, we have been pretty busy these past two years building the agency. They seem to be passing so hopefully I will see sales things stabilize or possibly even grow, we have another 1500 images to add. It also has to do with the limit per week they put on non-exclusives we can only submit 30 a week. The concern I have is that compared to the other top agencies that represent my work Istock is the one that is showing big drops this year, others have actually shown better months than last years.
 We are happy to have an Istock contract and would love to see the sales their grow but just to try every opportunity out there we are investing our shoot time right now towards TAC. I have seen several that have sold for $500 dollars already but it is to early to say what the RPI or the sell through rate is going to look like. Actually, I broke my foot a couple of weeks ago so we aren't shooting anything right now, but once I get back on my feet we will continue to add to our TAC imagery. I'll keep you posted on sales as they start to come in.

Best,
Jonathan

Hi...if you are a videographer and are looking to increase your sales, please let me introduce myself.  My name is Tom Spota and I am the Director of Video Acquisition at Shutterstock Footage ( newbielink:http://footage.shutterstock.com/ [nonactive]).  If you are an existing videographer with a large collection of clips that you�re ready to upload for review, we want to simplify that process for you. If you plan to upload 500 or more clips, email us at newbielink:mailto:[email protected] [nonactive] and let us know how many clips you have and what type of content it is (business, lifestyle, animation, etc.). If you have a link to your work online, please provide it.  Based on the nature of your request, we may be able to provide some submission assistance.

We would love to help you increase your sales!   

Hi...if you are a videographer and are looking to increase your sales, please let me introduce myself.  My name is Tom Spota and I am the Director of Video Acquisition at Shutterstock Footage (http://footage.shutterstock.com/).  If you are an existing videographer with a large collection of clips that you�re ready to upload for review, we want to simplify that process for you. If you plan to upload 500 or more clips, email us at [email protected] and let us know how many clips you have and what type of content it is (business, lifestyle, animation, etc.). If you have a link to your work online, please provide it.  Based on the nature of your request, we may be able to provide some submission assistance.

We would love to help you increase your sales!   

Hi Tom!

Nice timing .