January was my BME on AS, mainly Ai images + average video sales.

Highlights for my month:

- 3 book covers at Arcangel
- 3 decent clip sales at Pond5
- AS beat SS for first-time ever for me

Lowlights:

- Record low average RPD at SS
- Many images licensed by major publications where I earned <$10/each

Link to the full earnings and news report including YT version:

https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/01/31/january-2024-brutally-honest-earnings-report/

Alex

AS appreciably better than January 2023
- Download +88%
- Revenue +107%

SS marginally better than January 2023 for downloads but better for revenue
- Download +3.6%
- Revenue +57%

SS still better than AS for revenue but AS is catching up fast.

12% less than Jamuary 24, 31% more than Feb 23.

I am disappointed

istock and a few smaller ones are still missing, but it won't change much.

Adobe was by far the strongest agency, but they are also the place that gets the most uploads.

Trying to process more videos for BB and pond5, hope that can help with diversification.

I am quite frustrated with spring/easter results. Although I can find my files in often very good search positions, sales are very slow. I mean I have daily sales for the genre but it is much less than I was expecting.

Will try to upload more non seasonal content to get more balance.

"Not great, not terrible..."

https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/02/29/february-2024-brutally-honest-earnings-report/

thanks for sharing, this is useful. appreciate seeing the best sellers and the shots you have in the archangel slideshow are terrific.

I had my best February ever overall which would be expected when you've uploaded some 1200 additional videos over the year. But it's mixed results as below.

February 2023 vs February 2024 Earnings

These percentages proudly brought to you by Calculator Soup 
https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/algebra/percent-change-calculator.php

• Shutterstock = 37.7072% decrease
• Pond5 = 41.5312% decrease
• iStock = 9.16212% increase
• Adobe Stock = 321.93% increase
• Combined Agencies = 10.2993% increase

Clearly Adobe Stock is excelling while others waver or decline. Was only a year ago when I was struggling to get Adobe to perform well against other agencies and now it has come so far. 

Overall achieved my satisfactory monthly earnings in February 2024 - the first since November 2023. Hoping to see Shutterstock and Pond5 pick up again.