The problem with the poll is that it can be skewed by one good month for a few people.  I'd like to see a 3 month or 6 month average, as that would flatten out the misleading peaks and troughs.

I'm way down at SF lately. I've earned a dollar there so far this month. I almost hate to admit it here because I was such a big cheerleader for SF last year.

No idea what's going on, but I'd love to hear from Peter about how they're progressing and if they are still seeing the same site-wide increases they were talking about previously.

On a positive note, last year I made the suggestion to Peter that search results pages should include the total number of results pages, not just indicate the page number that you are currently viewing, in between the arrow icons. The way it was, I thought it made it look like every search only had 1 page of results. It took a while, but they did finally make that change to the site and now a search result page indicates how many more pages of results there are. I think this gives buyers a much better idea of how deep their search goes and how big the collection is.

Just checked the graph, their saw tooth seems to be generally on the rise for me, just like GL.

Around the $50 mark last month

January - 12 sales (in 9 different days)
February - 1 sale

2012 - 52 sales

Quote from: EmberMike on February 11, 2013, 13:48
I'm way down at SF lately. I've earned a dollar there so far this month. I almost hate to admit it here because I was such a big cheerleader for SF last year.

No idea what's going on, but I'd love to hear from Peter about how they're progressing and if they are still seeing the same site-wide increases they were talking about previously.

On a positive note, last year I made the suggestion to Peter that search results pages should include the total number of results pages, not just indicate the page number that you are currently viewing, in between the arrow icons. The way it was, I thought it made it look like every search only had 1 page of results. It took a while, but they did finally make that change to the site and now a search result page indicates how many more pages of results there are. I think this gives buyers a much better idea of how deep their search goes and how big the collection is.

I'm sorry to hear that, Mike! Overall sales are increasing and although we did switch search engines last year the new one returns almost the same results so it's definitely weird to see such a huge drop. In theory one reason could be seasonality -- I know you have quite a few pics about the US elections for example. We also seem to be getting a lot more vector content these days than we used to and that might increase competition, but your work stands out so that shouldn't really be a problem. I'll try to look into this in more detail.

We are doing pretty good with the site, November and January being our best months ever. We've been out of the red for some time now so we are definitely going to stick around for quite a while. The fix you recommended (thanks for the feedback by the way) is not the only thing we did recently, among others we redesigned the entire purchase flow with a brand new shopping cart system, added several different new languages and our current goal is to improve search results. Although we beat most smaller micros in relevancy and options, there's always room for improvement, especially if we want to go after the big guys.

By the way kudos to the person who voted us into the top tier about the week ago, it was hilarious. Although we don't belong there, I'm pretty sure we don't belong to the bottom either, which is quite an unfair assessment of what we're doing.

Good to hear things are on the up for and thanks for stopping by to let us know.

I have seen the general increase in sales you are referring to, though as I say, still a lot of variation because it is a lower volume site (for the time being).

Hope the trend continues.

This is one site that I have been really routing for but so far low sales.  I'm glad that the upload is so easy there so that I'm not tempted to give up on them.  They also have one of the friendliest supports around.

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Quote from: Reaktori on February 11, 2013, 00:04
Had 1 sale last week! That's 100% better than 2012.

So you had 0.5 sale in 2012??

100% better = doubled; 100% of 2012's sales = same as; from 0 to 1 is an infinite increase - anything times 0 is 0 . As a percentage the increase is undefined is I think the way you'd say that.

Ok! Infinite % better than 2012!

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Quote from: peter_stockfresh on February 11, 2013, 14:44...but your work stands out so that shouldn't really be a problem. I'll try to look into this in more detail...

Thanks, Peter, I appreciate you looking into it.

Quote from: peter_stockfresh on February 11, 2013, 14:44...We are doing pretty good with the site, November and January being our best months ever. We've been out of the red for some time now so we are definitely going to stick around for quite a while. The fix you recommended (thanks for the feedback by the way) is not the only thing we did recently, among others we redesigned the entire purchase flow with a brand new shopping cart system, added several different new languages and our current goal is to improve search results. Although we beat most smaller micros in relevancy and options, there's always room for improvement, especially if we want to go after the big guys...

Thanks for the update. Although things are going slower than usual for me, it sounds like other people are seeing progress so that's a good sign. And the improvements to the site are great to hear about as well.

I'll just keep uploading and hope to see a turnaround in the coming months. I still think that SF will continue to grow, and I'm looking forward to getting those monthly payouts again.

Finally reached first payout today.  Hopefully, the next one won't take as long.  I really like SF and hope it can be successful.

what kind of sales you guys are getting? like 25 cents? extended license?

And just when I was starting to lose hope in SF...

Woke up this morning to find $90 in my account from 18 vector purchases. All from one buyer, who then contacted me asking about a custom image.

Quote from: EmberMike on February 18, 2013, 14:24

And just when I was starting to lose hope in SF...

Woke up this morning to find $90 in my account from 18 vector purchases. All from one buyer, who then contacted me asking about a custom image.

That's great mike.  Good job.

And today I woke up to an EL and another vector sale.

Not sure what's going on, but I hope it keeps up.

Don't know what's going on at SF the last couple of weeks, but I hope it keeps up.

Quote from: EmberMike on February 27, 2013, 18:52

Don't know what's going on at SF the last couple of weeks, but I hope it keeps up.

Very nice.  I've never even reached 20$ a month at Stockfresh.  Shame but they just don't seem to sell for me.

   Happy to see that some people are doing great at stockfresh. Sad I'm not in that situation. I have 1000 images and I have 1 dld/month. Or none.
   This is my port: http://stockfresh.com/gallery/taviphoto
   I'd like to have some feedback about  the photos. I know they are not commercial, but 1 or 0 dld with 1000 accepted images seems strange from an agency witch made it in the middle tier.

Quote from: tavi on February 28, 2013, 06:16
   Happy to see that some people are doing great at stockfresh. Sad I'm not in that situation. I have 1000 images and I have 1 dld/month. Or none.
   This is my port: http://stockfresh.com/gallery/taviphoto
   I'd like to have some feedback about  the photos. I know they are not commercial, but 1 or 0 dld with 1000 accepted images seems strange from an agency witch made it in the middle tier.

I don't think we're in the middle tier, someone has been messing around with the voting system. We're a bit lower than that. There's nothing wrong with your images, it's just that not that many people search for these kinds of subjects (yet). Our customer base needs to grow to generate more sales for less popular topics.

It's not just me having good luck with SF lately. Peter reported a record month for the company, and while the poll here may not be entirely accurate, it might also not be as far off as we think.

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Glad to see some of you are experiencing movement on SF.  Sales, for me, remain pitiful...$4 to $7 a month.

0 downloads here weeks ago. I don't believe buyers only download business handshakes and vector labels... Is there something wrong with the search engine/contributor placement?

I just applied at stock fresh. So I hope you grow and are successful

I forgot to add that I have a round 3400 files. Does anyone know how long it takes to get accepted?

I'll admit that I never paid attention to Sotckfresh until they jumped in the rankings. I started uploading a few files a couple weeks ago (about 40). Still no sales, but it seems to be a well run site and I wish them success.

Quote from: cobalt on March 15, 2013, 13:00
I just applied at stock fresh. So I hope you grow and are successful

I forgot to add that I have a round 3400 files. Does anyone know how long it takes to get accepted?

I had to email them, otherwise I was ignored, lost in the shuffle, or whatever reason they have. With your port I would email them.