Obviously not everyone has voted for December results yet, but it is pretty striking that Istock is below FT for the month at all.  Is it just that people are voting before the partner program results are in or are people really seeing their total IS income dropping below their FT earnings?

http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?page=PollResults

Note that Istock is still shown above FT on the right hand column poll results because Leaf uses a moving average, not just the results from the past month.

not for me. I haven't voted yet, with PP I can sneak into the 100+ spot I'm hoping.
FT was utter shyte for me in December, equal WMY. I realise I won't tip the scales but despite all the rubbish iS still is my #1. I hate hate hate their policy of apologising to customers by offering discounts that we pay for.

DP beat DT and 123 in my world.

I have a question. Do exclusives get to vote too? If so that would mess up the poll results I would think.

Exclusive votes are kept separate.  I plan on displaying them a separate way in the future.
Here's where you vote by the way http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?page=microstockmonthlysurvey

Even without PP, iStock outearns Fotolia for me by more than 2:1.  With PP it was something like 6:1 last year.  And that's without uploading to either one.  iStock was flat year over year, while Fotolia dropped by almost 60%.

What do the 'Earnings Rating' figures actually mean, I take it it's not percentages?
Always puzzled me?

What do the 'Earnings Rating' figures actually mean, I take it it's not percentages?
Always puzzled me?

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It is complicated.  My understanding is that when Leaf started with this version of the ratings, he set the theoretical top earning site average earnings as $500.  The current results show the top earning site currently to be shutterstock with a score of 88.9, which I take to mean 88.9% of $500 or $444.50 reported average earnings for December.  Now my understanding gets a bit fuzzier, as I think the number 2 site�s score, in this case Istock with a score of 37.9, is a percentage of the number 1 sites earnings, 37.9% of $444.50 or $168.47.  If the number 2 site�s score is keyed off the original $500, then Istock earnings would be 37.9% of $500, or $189.50.   

so its means that SS is doing 229% better than IS (90.3/39.4 x 100)

Quote from: luissantos84 on January 07, 2013, 13:07

so its means that SS is doing 229% better than IS (90.3/39.4 x 100)

Not quite. It means SS is doing 229% of iS, or is 129% better.  100% better is 2x.

correct.

And in real numbers, Dreamstime earns the average person responding... $100 a month. Which if you also look at real numbers means the same people earn $450 a month on SS. And those people are also the top 5% of all MicroStock artists.

2011: Type of files

Photography: 636 � 90% (460 � 90%)
Illustration: 192 � 27% (163 � 31%)
Video: 107 � 15% (61 � 10%)
Audio: 18 � 5%  (5 � 1%)

How many images do you have online?

Average: 2191 (1450)
Median: 952 (700)
How many illustrations do you have online?

Average: 744 (525)
Median: 200 (250)

Which leads me to this possibly interesting and VERY general conclusion. (which may or may not be seen as fact because it always depends on the quality and style of the images) If you are a photographer and have a variety of 2200 quality photos on SS or an illustrator with 750 files on SS, you can earn $450 a month!

This would not include having 500 photos of your trip to the local reptile zoo, 500 of sliced vegetables, 500 of things isolated on white, and 500 of the same model in different outfits, with the same setup. The 2000 files should have diversity and variety!

Quote from: disorderly on January 07, 2013, 13:52

Quote from: luissantos84 on January 07, 2013, 13:07

so its means that SS is doing 229% better than IS (90.3/39.4 x 100)

Not quite. It means SS is doing 229% of iS, or is 129% better.  100% better is 2x.

yep I was thinking of that too, thanks for your reply guys!