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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: The Mighty Jungle on May 19, 2025, 12:17
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Better than expected, in this economy.
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If I'm not mistaken, the “1x per year” Connect payments are included in April, so that looks pretty good this month.
Without these Connect amounts, April would have been well below average...
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Highest number of downloads, but second-lowest rpd (a shocking 73c) since ESP started.
Highest April total $$ since 2021, but with a proportionately high increase in files in the past year.
(PS that doesn't include Connect files)
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Better than average, several images for 7.95 (net) each.
But just as you are about to get excited, you remember they made 85%. Then you scroll to last page on Deep Meta, see whole bunch of 1 or 2 cents each and feel totally deflated
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Average month
I made 96.8 USD with RPD of 0.59
Seasonal holiday content (Kings Day in The Netherlands) sold well for me in April.
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Where can I see the total number of downloads for a month?
In the Content Statistics section, it looks like they only show the number of files that were downloaded — not the total number of downloads (so if one file was downloaded multiple times, it still counts as 1).
I could paste the data into a spreadsheet, but I'm not sure if these numbers match what's shown in the monthly royalty statements.
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Where can I see the total number of downloads for a month?
I use TodayIs20.
In the Content Statistics section, it looks like they only show the number of files that were downloaded — not the total number of downloads (so if one file was downloaded multiple times, it still counts as 1).
I could paste the data into a spreadsheet, but I'm not sure if these numbers match what's shown in the monthly royalty statements.
Sadly, I find that the numbers never match, even within the iS site.
I say 'smoke and mirrors', they say they are pulling figures from different places ...
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Earnings down 33.6% on April 2024 but that month was and still is a record. $381.57 is the headline figure / $378.2813 contributors net payment this month with a RPD of 45 cents ($0.45) for photos and RPD of $4.34 for video. Best month so far this year.
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April 2025 best month ever for me ;D .. Thank you iStock
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April 2025 best month ever for me ;D .. Thank you iStock
Do you thank iStock for keeping 85% of sale and giving you crumbs in return?
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50 dollars, no payout, but better than last month.
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April 2025 best month ever for me ;D .. Thank you iStock
Do you thank iStock for keeping 85% of sale and giving you crumbs in return?
:'(
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Didn't beat the previous month's BME but it was still a good month, approximately the same as Adobe.