Author Topic: SS Jan/Feb trends (Read 4660 times)

soundworks · « **on:** January 10, 2013, 03:46 »

Hello everybody. I am relatively new to SS with a portfolio of some 180 files. Have you noticed a slowdown during the last one or two days? Also, is January generally a slow month and when is demand expected to pick up again? Thank you.

flotsom · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2013, 04:05 »

I've a smaller portfolio than you, good start to the week and then 0 yesterday & today so far.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:25 »

I have a relatively small port too - you should expect a lot of variation statistically there is not enough data to identify a "trend"

soundworks · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:02 »

Hello, other opinions? I need some reassuring words that everything is going to be alright

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John W. · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:05 »

January is usually a slow month. February is better but has less days. Best month for many is March. July & August are slower again. Picks up in September till last week of December.

soundworks · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:28 »

Thank you. Just got my first sale for the day.. I should stop refreshing the earnings page so often.. more often I am disappointed but that's what happens when you have high hopes.

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:42 »

It's been perfectly normal for me - about the same as last year.

soundworks · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:44 »

With a port of almost 5,000, you should get much more consistent downloads and not be affected by seasonal trends

. But having under 200 images mostly of macro and nature does not help

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fotoroad · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2013, 10:43 »

Quote from: flotsom on January 10, 2013, 04:05

I've a smaller portfolio than you, good start to the week and then 0 yesterday & today so far.

Compare to last year is already right now +70% better than January 2012

gostwyck · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2013, 11:10 »

According to Yuri's excellent Calculator, which I would highly recommend, I'm currently projected to be about 10% up on last January.

http://www.arcurs.com/cal/

Pauws99 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2013, 12:30 »

Thats a very nice tool thanks

Poncke · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2013, 15:10 »

Last two days were BDE in terms of DLs

gillian vann · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2013, 17:17 »

I'm happy, although it's my first January with SS (having joined in Feb last year) and my port also is very small (190) so I cant compare to last year, but I was sitting on something like 36 dls when I looked yesterday. I was expecting Jan to be bad so I'm pleased to see it's quite normal.

I haven't looked at your port but you've got to really look at how many diverse topics you have, not # of images. Esp when our ports are this small. keep shooting!

soundworks · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2013, 23:56 »

vannphoto, thank you for your reply

. I also have about 40 downloads from the beginning of January so I am happy. Just the last few days were slower compared with the beginning of the month. I was searching for a pattern. Your portfolio is great and images with people are generally downloaded more often. Keep up the good work!

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2013, 01:45 »

Quote from: gostwyck on January 10, 2013, 11:10

According to Yuri's excellent Calculator, which I would highly recommend, I'm currently projected to be about 10% up on last January.

http://www.arcurs.com/cal/

That calculator doesn't seem to take into account the generally slow beginning to a new year as people gradually get back into the swing, so I reckon you'll probably do better than that.
If I plug in the first 10 days of last January at SS, the result that comes out is about 25% lower than I actually made and I think there was only one working day less then. It's still a cool tool.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2013, 01:50 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on January 11, 2013, 01:45

Quote from: gostwyck on January 10, 2013, 11:10
According to Yuri's excellent Calculator, which I would highly recommend, I'm currently projected to be about 10% up on last January.

http://www.arcurs.com/cal/

That calculator doesn't seem to take into account the generally slow beginning to a new year as people gradually get back into the swing, so I reckon you'll probably do better than that.
If I plug in the first 10 days of last January at SS, the result that comes out is about 25% lower than I actually made and I think there was only one working day less then. It's still a cool tool.

it does, take another look there

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