I wouldn't really call this a "risky experiment"

I think you're right, qwerty. I didn't realize how many people had already shared their findings from such an "experiment". Many people did it on purpose, but many just didn't submit for an extended period of time due to vacations, life, or other reasons. It seems like the overwhelming experience is that not submitting new content didn't have a big effect on sales. A few comments here made me realize that there really isn't any reason for such a forced experiment. I'll keep focusing on ways to improve sales. 

Thanks guys!
~ Eli

Ever since I started as a vector micostock artist, I've always heard that certain sites reward you in search results when you submit new content. I'm going to put that to the test.

I submit to 20 vector sites, from big ones to small ones, and have had steady growth in my sales over the past year. As for new content, I have been adding about 30-50 new vectors each month.

Here's my experiment: I am not going to submit any new content (vectors) for 6 weeks. I want to see if it negatively affects my sales. I haven't submitted any new content this past week, and I'm planning on not submitting any during March. I realize that it is risky... What if it DOES affect my sales? Well, than I'll start submitting again in April, and do another experiment to see if sales go up again.

I have been very lucky and very blessed with my microstock sales. I'm not trying to brag, but just give a little perspective for my experiment. I have between 1000 - 1500 vectors on each of the 20 sites I submit to, and in January, my monthly microstock income was my best yet. You can see my sales rankings on my site, at graphicgravy.com. The income is high enough that it won't sting too bad if my sales drop a bit from this experiment. I think it will be worth it, and hopefully the findings from my experiment will be a good source of traffic to my site.

Before I did this, I wanted to check and see if anyone has done this before? I don't want to risk my sales for no reason if a lot of people have already tried this, and shared their results.

Thanks!
~ Eli
www.graphicgravy.com

Maybe wait until summer past by before doing that experiment, I heard most microstocker experience less sales during summer, it might misconduct your expiriment :p