Each year (for the last 7 years) I conducted a survey under my Facebook followers and asked them what 10 stock agencies gained them the most money in the previous year.

If you want to participate, please answer directly in my facebook post here:https://www.facebook.com/fotoproduzent/posts/pfbid02zqdMHyC661xGNrZeQqxZteatYjfMbFcoRgxLFexagFMJW9rvjdCdVFBAVQdnvAel]
[url]https://www.facebook.com/fotoproduzent/posts/pfbid02zqdMHyC661xGNrZeQqxZteatYjfMbFcoRgxLFexagFMJW9rvjdCdVFBAVQdnvAel[/url]

Just list your 10 best earning stock agencies from high to low.
If you contribute to less then 10, just answer with less.

If you are exclusive with one agency, list that agency and state that you are exclusive.

As usual I will post the combined results in a separate blog post in my blog. I will link to it here as well.

Many thanks in advance,
Robert

Each year (for the last 7 years) I conducted a survey under my Facebook followers and asked them what 10 stock agencies gained them the most money in the previous year.

If you want to participate, please answer directly in my facebook post here:
[url]https://www.facebook.com/fotoproduzent/posts/pfbid02zqdMHyC661xGNrZeQqxZteatYjfMbFcoRgxLFexagFMJW9rvjdCdVFBAVQdnvAel]https://www.facebook.com/fotoproduzent/posts/pfbid02zqdMHyC661xGNrZeQqxZteatYjfMbFcoRgxLFexagFMJW9rvjdCdVFBAVQdnvAel]
[url]https://www.facebook.com/fotoproduzent/posts/pfbid02zqdMHyC661xGNrZeQqxZteatYjfMbFcoRgxLFexagFMJW9rvjdCdVFBAVQdnvAel[/url]

Just list your 10 best earning stock agencies from high to low.
If you contribute to less then 10, just answer with less.

If you are exclusive with one agency, list that agency and state that you are exclusive.

As usual I will post the combined results in a separate blog post in my blog. I will link to it here as well.

Many thanks in advance,
Robert

The "most money" has always a cost...
Not sure you will enjoy your future the same way you enjoy using and promoting AI tools. 

Rounded numbers:

1. Adobe Stock (31%)
2. Shutterstock (29%)
3. iStock/Getty (17%)
4. Wirestock (11%)
5. EyeEm (2%)
6. Dreamstime (2%)
7. DepositPhoto's (2%)
8. P5 (1%)
9. PantherMedia (1%)
10. Zoonar (1%)
11. MotionArray (1%)
12. Alamy (0,5%)
12. Some other breadcrumbs

Regarding Wirestock: I have some images there that I distributed over all agencies, but most are not distributed to the agencies I maintain a personal account on. Adobe is my lead seller there too, despite having most images on my personal account with Adobe. Every now and then a nice surprise there from partners I don't maintain a personal account (Envato for instance) but most of the time I regret having hem distributing my content to main agencies. I don't upload there anymore, so it's all about milking a historical portfolio.

EyeEm is bankruptcy payout. Haven't sold anything since they were acquired by Freepik.
So the number would be higher if they would still be in business as they were before.

Also important to mention is that I don't maintain equal porfolio's. Smaller ports on EyeEm, MotionArray, Panther, Zoonar and Alamy.
Biggest portfolio is iStock/Getty (they take everything except illustrative editorial).
Adobe has the smallest portfolio of the big three, as they don't take a lot of my editorial content. (yet they are my best-earner)

And. Am I a fool maintaining my portfolio's on smaller earners?
Yeah. Probably. On the other hand, it's mostly automated uploads, so very little effort.

I do Adobe and Shutterstock.

As in previous years, SS is around 65% and AS around 35% of total revenue. We'll see if that changes in 2024.

Quote from: Roscoe on January 25, 2024, 06:57

it's mostly automated uploads, so very little effort.

How do you do automated uploads?

usually using a service like microstocksubmitter. there are several on the market.

63 % Shutterstock : 2.000 videos, 2.000 pictures

21 % Pond5 : 5.400 videos

16 % Adobe Stock : 1.000 videos