I believe I will be very close to last month which was a BME, IS down from a previous BME.. other agencies pretty much the same, only 123RF keep on surprising me, really nice over there, more earnings and sales than DT, IS, FT and around 100 sales (just to tell how much I am talking about)

86% from top 5 agencies (SS, IS, FT, 123RF, DT)

still fighting for the 1k $ (got all earnings on my blog)

I wonder how many of you have gotten 100 DLs/day on SS? Or how often some of the top players are getting them? That's another milestone I'd like to pass. My record is 40 so far, but I know, it's a long looong way. My desire is so big that I just might shoot like a mad man through summer, withold all of the material and then upload it all at once in late September, lol

I used to get 100 download days with SS but that was a long time ago.  Still managed a BME in June, thanks to PPD and EL's.

Not bad. 130 DLs/week in June. 938 files not exclusive

Quote from: lagereek on July 01, 2011, 22:51


Hi Lisa!

No, no, not 10K per month, since Jan up till now (half year) Im close to 10K, by my calculations and that not bad, then again Im absoloutely sure many x-buyers at IS find my images at SS.
Maybe I wrote a bit misleading.
In any case, SS is by far a superior site.

Ah, thanks for explaining.  I am relieved to hear that - I thought I was going to have to stow away on an oil rig or something to get images worth 10k/month

Totally agree about SS, and you are still doing extremely well there to be at 10k for only half the year!

Quote from: Xalanx on July 01, 2011, 23:14

Absolutely true in every aspect, Lisa. However, to be frank I thought you made on a regular basis 4 figures at SS - and I am the one who's happy when I get them  and surely most annoyed when I miss them by a few bucks.

I do get 4 figures regularly, but unfortunately low 4 figures.  I just meant I am happy to be earning that - although I can see how my choice of wording was confusing.

Quote from: lisafx on July 02, 2011, 00:51

Quote from: Xalanx on July 01, 2011, 23:14

Absolutely true in every aspect, Lisa. However, to be frank I thought you made on a regular basis 4 figures at SS - and I am the one who's happy when I get them   and surely most annoyed when I miss them by a few bucks.

I do get 4 figures regularly, but unfortunately low 4 figures.  I just meant I am happy to be earning that - although I can see how my choice of wording was confusing.

See this is my experience.  With SS, you get rewarded, if you upload good, solid relevant stuff, it pays off, some will sell instantly and it will give you a platform to stand on, you can build with SS.

IS, its the complete opposite, you get punished for success, punished for being independant and punished for good relevant material, hence the generic Vetta rubbish that nowdays show up in every search.
You cant build with IS, the staff is edgy and nervous walking on a borderline of getting the boot or keeping their jobs which makes the whole thing tremble in its foundations.

My loss at IS,  have been well covered and more by SS and DT, so its no big deal really.

SS :       33% june11/june10 - 32,8% of total sales
FT :       1% june11/june10 - 25% of total sales
DS :     66% june11/june10 - 17% of total sales
IS :   -34,4% june11/june10 - 12% of total sales
123RF: 138% june11/june10 - 4,5% of total sales
ALAMY: -13,6% june11/june10 - 2,9% of total sales
BS :    -13,5% june11/june10 - 2,9% of total sales
CAN :  510% june11/june10 - 1,5% of total sales
RODEO :  -72% june11/june10 - 1,2% of total sales
GLO :  200% june11/june10 - 0,4% of total sales
CUT :  (4$) - 0,1% of total sales

So, Fotolia is stable. SS, 123rf and DS covered the loss of IS.  The success of CAN and GLO is a bit misleading, as I only started with them last year February.

In dollars this means an increase of 10%, which is great (and unexpected), but in euros it's -5% 

http://www.microstockanalytics.com

Sales are stable in last 10 weeks. I didn't upload new content for 3 months expect IS where I still uploading old files every week. Anyways one of the best months on IS

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Quote from: lagereek on July 02, 2011, 05:35

Quote from: lisafx on July 02, 2011, 00:51

Quote from: Xalanx on July 01, 2011, 23:14

Absolutely true in every aspect, Lisa. However, to be frank I thought you made on a regular basis 4 figures at SS - and I am the one who's happy when I get them   and surely most annoyed when I miss them by a few bucks.

I do get 4 figures regularly, but unfortunately low 4 figures.  I just meant I am happy to be earning that - although I can see how my choice of wording was confusing.

See this is my experience.  With SS, you get rewarded, if you upload good, solid relevant stuff, it pays off, some will sell instantly and it will give you a platform to stand on, you can build with SS.

IS, its the complete opposite, you get punished for success, punished for being independant and punished for good relevant material, hence the generic Vetta rubbish that nowdays show up in every search.
You cant build with IS, the staff is edgy and nervous walking on a borderline of getting the boot or keeping their jobs which makes the whole thing tremble in its foundations.

^^^ J.K.Rowling has got some competition 

Hi Shanks!

Oh well, a Freudian slip, you know

At iStock my earnings are down just under 6% compared with last June but the number of files sold is down about 35%, which is a scary trend. The last time I had that few sales was when I was a newbie with less than three months' experience and my portfolio was about 3% of its present size.

These are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for June 2011:

    Shutterstock
    DepositPhotos
    StockXpert
    Dreamstime



You can find the rest of the statistic here.

Income, RPI, RPD for a beginner port (all iStock):

http://depo.fotozygous.com/stock/

(June Best Month This Year)

This is a thread on Istock or is it general?

Quote from: ToniFlap on July 04, 2011, 20:23
This is a thread on Istock or is it general?

This thread, like life, is what you make of it

ok, learning, I'm new ... Overall, it is true that life is a mess 

Hi All,

Everyone is holding strong with the exception of Istock which has now returned it's worst month in a row dropping further every month. They are the only site I am adding new images to and their sales are becoming my worst. All other agencies holding strong with no new uploads in years and I just past the mark of all my Microstock production costs at Shutterstock on its own this month. After three years my costs have been recouped by the one agency alone. Hats off to Shutterstock still top earner with no drop this year. I will be adding some TAC work this year I just have to find time to produce it. I still want to know what the returns are like there, some people I know are very happy with what they are seeing.

Best,
Jonathan

Quote from: Jonathan Ross on July 04, 2011, 22:39
Hi All,

Everyone is holding strong with the exception of Istock which has now returned it's worst month in a row dropping further every month. They are the only site I am adding new images to and their sales are becoming my worst. All other agencies holding strong with no new uploads in years and I just past the mark of all my Microstock production costs at Shutterstock on its own this month. After three years my costs have been recouped by the one agency alone. Hats off to Shutterstock still top earner with no drop this year. I will be adding some TAC work this year I just have to find time to produce it. I still want to know what the returns are like there, some people I know are very happy with what they are seeing.

Best,
Jonathan

Congrats Jonathan, on getting back your investment.  The other sites are all gravy then

What's TAC?

Quote from: lisafx on July 04, 2011, 22:42

Quote from: Jonathan Ross on July 04, 2011, 22:39
Hi All,

Everyone is holding strong with the exception of Istock which has now returned it's worst month in a row dropping further every month. They are the only site I am adding new images to and their sales are becoming my worst. All other agencies holding strong with no new uploads in years and I just past the mark of all my Microstock production costs at Shutterstock on its own this month. After three years my costs have been recouped by the one agency alone. Hats off to Shutterstock still top earner with no drop this year. I will be adding some TAC work this year I just have to find time to produce it. I still want to know what the returns are like there, some people I know are very happy with what they are seeing.

Best,
Jonathan

Congrats Jonathan, on getting back your investment.  The other sites are all gravy then

What's TAC?

you forgot? the agency collection right?

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 04, 2011, 23:21

Quote from: lisafx on July 04, 2011, 22:42

What's TAC?

you forgot? the agency collection right?

Yeah, apparently I did.  It's not something that I give much thought to.

Still seems weird that someone like Jonathan, who's not exclusive, can shoot for Agency and get the benefits of exclusivity.  Some guys have all the luck! 

LOL it is weird but must be somekind of agreement, should be at IS site

Quote from: lisafx on July 04, 2011, 23:24
Still seems weird that someone like Jonathan, who's not exclusive, can shoot for Agency and get the benefits of exclusivity.  Some guys have all the luck! 

He's with Blend

Quote from: Jonathan Ross on July 04, 2011, 22:39
Hi All,

Everyone is holding strong with the exception of Istock which has now returned it's worst month in a row dropping further every month. They are the only site I am adding new images to and their sales are becoming my worst. All other agencies holding strong with no new uploads in years and I just past the mark of all my Microstock production costs at Shutterstock on its own this month. After three years my costs have been recouped by the one agency alone. Hats off to Shutterstock still top earner with no drop this year. I will be adding some TAC work this year I just have to find time to produce it. I still want to know what the returns are like there, some people I know are very happy with what they are seeing.

Best,
Jonathan

pretty much the same here, SS, is selling and paying for plenty of my equipment, etc. You cant go wrong with them. Contrary to you, Im uploading to 6 agencies but Im leaving 123, so Im back to 5 sites.

best of luck!