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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Bateleur on November 04, 2006, 02:51

Title: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: Bateleur on November 04, 2006, 02:51
My sales absolutely crashed on iStock yesterday (Friday 3rd November) ... so much so that I thought it had been a public holiday in the US.

But no, I checked, it was a working day.

I know all about 'ebb and flow' but this was ridiculous, worse than an average weekend.

Anyone else experienced this, or am I suddenly an outcast on the great IS?
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: fotografer on November 04, 2006, 03:40
About average for a Friday but it seemed low because I had my best day ever on Thursday :).  Fridays are always a bit slower for me, the day starts off good but dries up later in the day as people stop working for the weekend.
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: leaf on November 04, 2006, 03:45
my 14 day average is about half of what it has been the last 5 months... :(  It just started going down a couple weeks ago..  I suppose if some people sell more with the new search, other people have to sell less  :P
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: asiseeit on November 04, 2006, 12:18
Friday was down just a bit, but it was more noticable compared to my huge Thursday sales.
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: Freezingpictures on November 05, 2006, 04:28
Yes what happend on Thursday? For me it was the best day ever on Thursday, and after that day I was really disappointed of Friday.
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: leaf on November 05, 2006, 05:42
ouch.  maybe i am being chastised for not uploading recently, but yesterday i had ZERO sales on istock.  That hasn't happened before since 10 months ago.
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: phildate on November 08, 2006, 19:51
My sales are terrible in November and I think I will be down 40%. Just hoping the other sites are making more to compensate
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: yingyang0 on November 09, 2006, 00:00
My sales are terrible in November and I think I will be down 40%. Just hoping the other sites are making more to compensate
Very bold statement considering it is only the 8th!
Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: DigitalDarrell on November 09, 2006, 00:01
I sold almost nothing on any of my sites yesterday.  That is very unusual.

Could it be because it was election day, and people weren't in a buying mood?

Title: Re: Anyone else experienced this?
Post by: leaf on November 09, 2006, 01:56
My sales are terrible in November and I think I will be down 40%. Just hoping the other sites are making more to compensate
Very bold statement considering it is only the 8th!

well the month is almost 1/4 over.  If you have as many images as phildate does, the graphs tend to be at least a little more even than if you rely on 50 or so images, and as such you can get a pretty good idea of what the month will look like fairly soon.  If your istock line is basically flat all the time and it drops nearly 50% for a week or two, things aren't looking good.