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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Perry on May 05, 2011, 22:57

Title: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: Perry on May 05, 2011, 22:57

I just looked at my IS stats, made some maths and thought: "This month seems even worse than the horrible April!". How does your May stats at IS look like compared to April?

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: disorderly on May 05, 2011, 23:03

Too early to really know, but I'm trending 50% above last month.  Which was a seriously lousy month, thanks for reminding me.  :-\

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: mlwinphoto on May 05, 2011, 23:21

Sucks big time.   >:(

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: Anyka on May 05, 2011, 23:46

All sites made a good start, and Istock is doing worse than ever.   Average 40% below May 2010.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: lagereek on May 05, 2011, 23:55

SS, FT, DT, very good!   IS= crap!

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: aeonf on May 06, 2011, 03:02

A bit early but seems like an average month so far

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: fotografer on May 06, 2011, 04:11

Better than last month so far with the same 3  images making up 30 -50% of sales.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: loop on May 06, 2011, 04:13

Very solid, better than April. If that goes on, maybe it will be better than May 2010.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: Gannet77 on May 06, 2011, 04:16

Well, April wasn't "horrible" for me, just so-so;  and May seems good, so far.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: Difydave on May 06, 2011, 04:19

Not too bad so far. Better than April,

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on May 06, 2011, 04:35

Up to last night's reprogramming outage I was well ahead of the end of last month since then I haven't had a single sale. But even well ahead of April was still only 50% of what SS is doing.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: lagereek on May 06, 2011, 05:23

Funny isnt?  how it goes in circles, almost as Im writing this awful IS result, Im having an RM sale for 1400 bucks!  ridiculous.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: epantha on May 06, 2011, 08:23

Don't know what is going on.  >:(
0 sales yesterday when I normally have 7-10. Hope it's just a fluke and not a trend.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: John W. on May 06, 2011, 08:26

This month I'm already on half the income I had in April. April was very bad, so I guess they've been switching around the Best Match again?

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: gostwyck on May 06, 2011, 09:17

It's still early but so far this month Istock has slipped to just 24.8% of my total microstock earnings. That's their lowest ever and it would appear that the slide, relative to other agencies, continues downwards. Two years ago they were at 40% and last May they were at 34.6%. The main beneficiary of course is SS.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: visceralimage on May 06, 2011, 10:31

"IS has fallen and can't get up"

Sucks last month, still * this month.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: Mantis on May 07, 2011, 07:39

The behavior of my income is like what many of you report; Shutterstock $$ has gone up considerably and so has Dreamstime.  If the trend for this month at IS continues I will be 50% down in income, and I'm not talking $1 to 50 cents either.  And I am also not talking 2 grand to 1 grand, but somewhere in between.  So the income drop, to me, is significant...hundreds less per month.

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: Smithore on May 07, 2011, 07:42

SS and dreamstime are ok for me, but Is doing pretty bad for now...

Title: Re: How has your May started out at IS?
Post by: jsmithzz on May 08, 2011, 07:13

Quote from: lagereek on May 06, 2011, 05:23

Funny isnt?  how it goes in circles, almost as Im writing this awful IS result, Im having an RM sale for 1400 bucks!  ridiculous.

!!!!!!??!!???  What site was that on!!!!???