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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: WarrenPrice on June 06, 2011, 15:24
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My June is off to a disheartening start. Is this the beginning of the much talked about Summer Slowdown?
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My June is off to a disheartening start. Is this the beginning of the much talked about Summer Slowdown?
In previous years, my Summer slump * hasn't started until July, but as they say, the seasons are getting earlier. :(
* Ha! I typed S followed by S first, and the system lengthened it to Shutterstock.
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My sale over the weekedn have been pathetic, both at SS and IS. I heart it was a holiday weekend in a few European contries, so that must be it. Monday is pretty slow as well, but not that below average.
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Very bad ineed.
-37% from last month so far!!! :(
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I wouldn't know. I seem to have never pulled out of last year's summer slowdown. :'(
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It's hard to separate the effects of the last best match lurch from summer slowdown. But somebody's buying on SS even if not on iStock :)
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IS might be the only one low.. last month had around 70 sales.. this month have 4..
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My June is off to a disheartening start. Is this the beginning of the much talked about Summer Slowdown?
In previous years, my Summer slump * hasn't started until July, but as they say, the seasons are getting earlier. :(
* Ha! I typed S followed by S first, and the system lengthened it to Shutterstock.
My own records agree. June has always been a bit better than May, then July falls off the summer-slump cliff. Here's hoping that week 1 of June was weak due to fallout from May ending in Memorial Day in the US and banking holiday in UK (I think), and things will pick up this week.
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My only really bad month is December. I usually upload much more in the summer and I think that removes the dip in sales.
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After a really poor week last week, bad weekend, slow Monday, Tuesday was my best non-EL day (for $$) for at least 18 months (didn't look back further than Dec '10) and BDY for dls (not saying much - well under half of my best download day in my first year) . Then yesterday was slow again and only 1 dl all day today. :-(
Tuesday took me over 50% of my RC target to keep 30%, but Summertime is coming, and I can hardly imagine how much worse July-August will be ...
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My June is off to a disheartening start. Is this the beginning of the much talked about Summer Slowdown?
Oh thanks for reminding me, just when I was starting to have some fun! ;)
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My only really bad month is December. I usually upload much more in the summer and I think that removes the dip in sales.
could be right. I think having fall content helps with summer sales too. last year I didn't see a big slump...but this year as JO Ann says, it's hard to tell what might be the beginning of summer slowdown, or what may just be the latest best match shift