We had BME, but the time spent on stock sites is still too short to make any judgements (mostly videos).

It was the best month of the year (worst too). It was just slightly worse than the average for last year.

On the plus side for the future I started uploading again in the last 3rd of the month so we shall see if that makes a difference or at least slows the slide.

It was the best month of the year (worst too). It was just slightly worse than the average for last year.

On the plus side for the future I started uploading again in the last 3rd of the month so we shall see if that makes a difference or at least slows the slide.

Would you mind reporting if uploading makes a difference?   It had stopped having a measurable impact for me, so I quit.

For me, Adobe/FT and DT both performed very well.  SS still outsold them, but keeps going down so  not sure how much longer they'll be my #1. 

January was always my worst month of year. This January is my #3 best month ever!
I got BME on 123rf and PIXTA. #2 result on Videoblocks.
I'm working only on videos and uploading almost every day last years.

BME! Mostly cause of 3 huge editorial sales to one client, on shutterstock.
I made $120 each. Does anyone know what kind of licence it is.
The earnings table shows clip packs, but doesn't that mean that they cost $360 each?

@Irina Anosova
I had a few higher amounts up to 203$ per clip sale but these are very, very rare.

HD

But very rare and 203$ only once.
First I thought it was a mistake and the sale will disappear but it was legit.

I do video only, been doing it for less than two years.
Until December I had constant increase in sales, almost every month BME, especially strong on SS.
January was my first really bad month, with SS practically frozen. Only FT performing very well.
February seems to have started very well though.

Otherwise I have practically given up on Pond 5: I was doing decently until the membership plan started last May. After that 0 sales and practically zero views with a portfolio 3 times bigger now. The artists participating to the membership have been pushed up in the search and my files have become totally invisible. Also most sales have migrated to the membership area where clips can be had for peanuts

123rf great
SS very bad
AFT bad
DT dead

BME - strong sales from SS, FT & canva

Bad almost everywhere.  SS worst since 2014, some others worst since 2009 or 2010.  Overall OK but only because of Canva and Videoblocks - without those two it was the worst since 2009 (and Canva was only about half of what it was a few months ago).

Quote from: PixelBytes on February 02, 2017, 00:15

Would you mind reporting if uploading makes a difference?   It had stopped having a measurable impact for me, so I quit.

Well, maybe the impact is that sales aren't going down MORE?

You can't go up forever, and at some point you need to consistently upload just to stay at the same level.

Uploading kept me at the same level for awhile, but eventually I was losing income anyway, so why bother?  If resuming uploading would stop or slow the decline I'd do it, but with the big sites doing what they can to take more money away, seems somewhat pointless.  That's why I'm curious what the real world result will be for someone who uploads again after a long break.

I have no problems seeing my monthly statistics on iStock through the user stats/daily statistics link. The partners program I cannot see, but it's been fairly predictable for a while, so a fair estimate is quite possible. Assuming it's still in the picture.