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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Egypix on June 30, 2009, 00:36
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It's my first time ever to see istock download stuck on 25 of June... no sale for five days... anybody else?
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no
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yes, I have a similar problem. my last sale was on 23 of june, but my portfolio at IS is small.
In the first part of the month I had looooots of sales...
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Some people seem to experience similar problems, the reason might be that the search functions are not all working properly http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=90200&page=1 (http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=90200&page=1)
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no issue here.
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I haven't had much of a drop, but did notice softening sales on Thurs & Fri. I put it down to the search issues.
Monday sales were back to typical for me.
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Mine seem to have been rolling along pretty much as normal.
A little less last week than the weeks before, but not significantly so. All in all June looks a good month for me.
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No issue here too. I had sales in the last few days as well as in the whole month. June was the BME for me.
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I had consistent sales throughout the month but a much larger % of my downloads were extra smalls :'(
I don't care for that as a trend.
In any case, total downloads were virtually identical to May but revenue was down significantly.
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I don't even remember when I had sale on iStock ;D
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I had good and bad days in June, but I think never such a large gap, but it is not that uncommon if you have a small portfolio like mine.
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My sales have slowed a little. I wonder if buyers are having any of the same IE8 issues which have made logging in difficult for some submitters?
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I'm sitting on 246 dls and would like to go exclusive, but with no sales for nearly a week I'm wondering if it's wise to trust such an unreliable site. Sign of things to come?
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I'm wondering if it's wise to trust such an unreliable site. Sign of things to come?
More likely to be a sign of having such a small portfolio. Build a large, well shot and diverse portfolio and days of zero sales will be a distant memory.
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I'm wondering if it's wise to trust such an unreliable site. Sign of things to come?
More likely to be a sign of having such a small portfolio. Build a large, well shot and diverse portfolio and days of zero sales will be a distant memory.
It's a bit difficult to build a large portfolio on istock with 15 slots a week and less than perfect acceptance rate. One reason I want to go exclusive there is the larger upload quota.
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It's a bit difficult to build a large portfolio on istock with 15 slots a week and less than perfect acceptance rate. One reason I want to go exclusive there is the larger upload quota.
I think the "small portfolio" / "big portfolio" does not reflect the actual problem. Might have been in the past when more uploads mostly meant more downloads. But a portfolio built from images that sell just randomly will always see random phases of less or more downloads. Scroll a bit down here to see the "Related Topics" and you will see that others always had similar issues on different sites. It's just part of how it is.
edit: Just having to add that you started uploading at iStock almost at the same time as I did but I still have three times more images online and I feel I have been terribly lazy for months in between. :-\
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I'm wondering if it's wise to trust such an unreliable site. Sign of things to come?
More likely to be a sign of having such a small portfolio. Build a large, well shot and diverse portfolio and days of zero sales will be a distant memory.
Oh well, I guess two out of three isn't too great (I guess my pics can't be well-shot): I had three 0 sales Saturdays in May.
But also remember the dreaded Summer Slump, plus there is a Big American Holiday coming up.