Author Topic: SS sales this week (Read 9284 times)

Sue Burton Photography · « **on:** March 22, 2018, 03:47 »

Is it just me or does there seem to be a reporting issue with no sales from SS since Monday 19th March 2018.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2018, 05:25 »

Not for me and to against trend I'm doing well this month

BalkanskiMacak · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2018, 06:07 »

Sales brutally stalled on Monday, and then progressively resumed on the next days. Not sure if this is a technical issue, as it happens pretty regularly. I would say it's just a bad week, as it sometimes happens. But I am watching carefully the situation, to check if something is wrong

zebra007 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2018, 06:25 »

BAD WEEK

Julied83 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2018, 06:41 »

Sales very very lowt his week, very bad yesterday (wednesday) looks like it's already the weekd end ....

But easter is next week !

Shelma1 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2018, 07:00 »

It's very strangely slow. Something seems to have happened Monday afternoon. It seems to be the new normal at SS.

Mantis · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2018, 07:42 »

Low downloads, but I am getting some spikes in SOD, one for over a hundred. But without those, weekdays would be similar to weekends, slightly better.

wds · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2018, 08:41 »

What I'm seeing is a slow but continual downtrend on SS while Adobestock is on a slow rise over time...and yes very recently, SS seems not so wonderful.
The trend I am seeing with SS vs. AS is reflected in the poll results...used to be SS was roughly 3X AS...not anymore...AS is on the rise.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2018, 09:02 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on March 22, 2018, 05:25

Not for me and to against trend I'm doing well this month

Mine too, more than usual subs and ODs are active. As someone else mentioned FT is also moving up, active sales. All the rest are dead or quiet.

dpimborough · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2018, 09:10 »

Saint Patricks day and the forthcoming Easter holidays may also have something to do with it

derek · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2018, 11:31 »

If it wasnt for a few EL's it would qualify for the worst week in my 14 years with SS!

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2018, 11:09 »

Quote from: derek on March 22, 2018, 11:31

If it wasnt for a few EL's it would qualify for the worst week in my 14 years with SS!

Quote from: derek on March 22, 2018, 02:09

hahaha! good one Minsc!! .........actually they are cutting the servers, blocking huge parts in Europe, mainly over night but even during certain hours of the day!

If you are getting four figures from the boutique, the trads, macro, and your own professional business, why do you bother with Micro at all?

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2018, 11:14 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on March 23, 2018, 11:09

If you are getting four figures from the boutique, the trads, macro, and your own professional business, why do you bother with Micro at all?

Why not? 4 x four figures can be as low as $4-5,000 per month which doesn't last very long at all with a house and family. Actually, probably not enough to even have a house.

Thomas from France · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2018, 11:22 »

Very Strong Week, and Month.
Please Don't stop 🛑!

derek · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2018, 12:17 »

Well something have to pay for my Cessna 172!! lovely little plane!

Asthebelltolls · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2018, 14:19 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on March 22, 2018, 09:10

Saint Patricks day and the forthcoming Easter holidays may also have something to do with it

Bang on. A very unpredictable period for all of us because of holidays. Me? Not bad, not good. P5 has been the only stinker....but that's been the norm all year not just the holiday period.

ngaga35 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2018, 20:38 »

Very, very bad week !!!

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Hildegarde · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2018, 21:49 »

Unusually bad week and month. My typical lower earners are uncharacteristically bringing in lots of sales this month - more than top tier.

Chichikov · « **Reply #18 on:** March 27, 2018, 00:17 »

I made more yesterday than in all the last week… (some unexpected big sales)

derek · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:01 »

Not bad! 3 EL's and one large single-sale saved the week but hardly any OD's and very, very few subs-sales. Strange its normally the opposite! this week however well its only Tuesday!

Uncle Pete! funny how different it goes, for me Adobe is a complete write-off. I dont even visit the site anymore and in a choice of leaving one of these two since they totally compete with each other I have to stay with SS.

Steveball · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2018, 06:04 »

1st EL for 18 months, I almost spat my coffee out! Only $17 though but I guess I could've replaced it! Apart from that it's the continuing spiral downwards.

wolfurius · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2018, 07:18 »

the whole month of March SS was below average.
Much better than Adobe Stock.
Perhaps indeed Adobe is gaining ground on SS

wordplanet · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2018, 10:40 »

I was surprised to see this thread and came here expecting to see an upbeat thread that shutterstock was back to business as usual.

I've been neglecting SS and not even checking my portfolio, so I was happily surprised when I checked it today. I've had a steady stream of ELs since the beginning of the month, a nice SOD and regular sales daily* throughout March- Not a BME but certainly the best month I've had in a couple of years, and close to the most ELs in one month.I haven't added anything new in 2018 at all, although I'm thinking I should.

I don't think it's an algorithm change since nearly all my sales are my usual bestsellers and the ELs are the same images that tend to be licensed as ELs. Some of the ELs were $27+ and not the $18 average I've come to expect. Even without the ELs it would be a decent month - and better than most for the past 18 months or so.

*missed a couple of days - I have around 350 images and even when sales were excellent in the old days, I'd always seem to have a day or two each month without a download.
+I didn't check every sub sale but those I checked were all the usual suspects.

Anyone else having a month that reminds them of the old days?

pancaketom · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2018, 11:07 »

I haven't had a good SOD in over a year I think they are all pretty much from sub up to OD in amount, mostly in the double sub range.

Tuesday was like a decent day from a few years ago though both in number and OD number. Nice, but I'll believe it is more than a one off when it repeats a few more times in less than a few months.

The monthly total seems about on par for what it has been lately.

theendup · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2018, 11:40 »

This march is almost same as last march, eventhough the size of the portfolio is doubled.

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Author Topic: SS sales this week (Read 9284 times)

Sue Burton Photography

Pauws99

BalkanskiMacak

zebra007

Julied83

Shelma1

Mantis

wds

Uncle Pete

dpimborough

derek

YadaYadaYada

increasingdifficulty

Thomas from France

derek

Asthebelltolls

ngaga35

Hildegarde

Chichikov

derek

Steveball

wolfurius

wordplanet

pancaketom

theendup

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