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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: dbvirago on September 18, 2007, 13:57

Title: A New Low
Post by: dbvirago on September 18, 2007, 13:57
Just got myself a .17 sale at IStock. WooHoo!
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: maco0708 on September 18, 2007, 14:12
Yeah, but they got only about 2 pixels for it:)

When iStock started the xSmall size I didn't think that I lot of people would buy it. I stand corrected. But overall I am still pretty happy with them.

Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: tsz01 on September 18, 2007, 14:34
Well...
my experience is quite different - with more than 1450 DLs I have never had a single XS sale...

Best regards
Tom
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: maco0708 on September 18, 2007, 14:38
Quote from: tsz01 on September 18, 2007, 14:34
Well...
my experience is quite different - with more than 1450 DLs I have never had a single XS sale...

Best regards
Tom

I find that VERY surprising! I don't have a lot of them but it is a significant amount (I would say about 15% of all sales).
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: dbvirago on September 18, 2007, 15:00
Yeah, I've had a lot of XS, but at .20-.24, never at .17.  My overall avg there is about .75
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: sharply_done on September 18, 2007, 15:03
Quote from: dbvirago on September 18, 2007, 15:00
Yeah, I've had a lot of XS, but at .20-.24, never at .17.  My overall avg there is about .75
Ditto.
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: a.k.a.-tom on September 18, 2007, 15:03
HA... got my share of 22 >> 26er's  but  that magic .17 still evades me... LOL 
   What the heck would somebody use that size for?   

      8)-tom

modified:  you guys got me curious, so I went to check.  Only running a 69.4 cent average..  sure could use an EL ....
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: sharply_done on September 18, 2007, 15:07
Quote from: a.k.a.-tom on September 18, 2007, 15:03
...   What the heck would somebody use that size for?         8)-tom
XS prints out at 4" x 6" at newspaper resolution, and could easily be used online - it's just slightly smaller than the large image that IS displays for square and vertical formats.
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: StockManiac on September 18, 2007, 15:14
Quote from: tsz01 on September 18, 2007, 14:34
with more than 1450 DLs I have never had a single XS sale...

I find that to be near impossible.  You are either joking or making a fundamental mistake on how you read your stats.
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: madelaide on September 18, 2007, 19:55
I have many XS sales, but I can't say a percentage.  I don't think however I ever earned under 20c with them.

Regards,
Adelaide
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: dbvirago on September 18, 2007, 20:26
Interesting - I looked back at total history going back to March 06. At first, probably 80-90% of sales were .20. That slowly changed during last year, then at the beginning of 07, the .20-.24 sales dropped to 10% or less of sales
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: dbvirago on September 20, 2007, 16:39
Guess I jinxed it. Since I wrote the above, every sale has been XS, .20-.24
Title: Re: A New Low
Post by: sharply_done on September 20, 2007, 16:41
Quote from: dbvirago on September 20, 2007, 16:39
Guess I jinxed it. Since I wrote the above, every sale has been XS, .20-.24
D'oh!