Same here. BME for me, too!

Decent month here and better than October last year, but not as good as I had hoped after having some extremely high view numbers on several images last month.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 16, 2022, 11:26

Quote from: Her Ugliness on November 16, 2022, 01:53

Decent month here and better than October last year, but not as good as I had hoped after having some extremely high view numbers on several images last month.

This is why I don't really care about views. We don't know who, or why, or how they got there. Is it a buyer or just someone looking?

I might guess that if I get views and no sales, that there are better images than mine of similar content.

I could guess that the subject is interesting, but with so many keywords, how do I know that it's not just a mistake for one of the words? I do try to only use direct words that apply and describe, but there are always words that could be for "something completely different". 

Anyone who relies on always using all the keywords allowed, is going to get more false views?

Now if the sites did, pay per view, I'd be interested. Oh since it's IS maybe that's called Connect?

I mostly agree with you, but 1.) I am very accurate with my keywords and don't spam or misuse keywords 2.) the great number of views were on some of my images that are among my seasonal best-sellers and have sold excessivly around this time last year, so when last year "many views" on certain images translated into "many sales", I don't see a reason to assume it would be different this year and in fact it wasn't. It's not the sale number that's different than what I expected, but the earnings. With iStock's ridiculous 0.02$ sales 100 sales of an image could end up earning you only 2$.
So, yes, at least in my case, many views did lead directly to many sales. It just did not lead to the expected earnings. But, as said, it was still a good month for me.

Quote from: Her Ugliness on November 16, 2022, 12:25

2.) the great number of views were on some of my images that are among my seasonal best-sellers and have sold excessivly around this time last year, so when last year "many views" on certain images translated into "many sales", I don't see a reason to assume it would be different this year and in fact it wasn't. It's not the sale number that's different than what I expected, but the earnings. With iStock's ridiculous 0.02$ sales 100 sales of an image could end up earning you only 2$.
So, yes, at least in my case, many views did lead directly to many sales. It just did not lead to the expected earnings. But, as said, it was still a good month for me.

Help me out please. <--- ME

Where do I see views for iStock? I looked on DM, last showing there is from April. I looked on IS, I can't seem to see where I can find that information?

And yes, I might get as many downloads, but they could be connect, for pennies of what they used to be. 

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 13:03

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 23, 2022, 12:56

Quote from: Her Ugliness on November 16, 2022, 12:25

2.) the great number of views were on some of my images that are among my seasonal best-sellers and have sold excessivly around this time last year, so when last year "many views" on certain images translated into "many sales", I don't see a reason to assume it would be different this year and in fact it wasn't. It's not the sale number that's different than what I expected, but the earnings. With iStock's ridiculous 0.02$ sales 100 sales of an image could end up earning you only 2$.
So, yes, at least in my case, many views did lead directly to many sales. It just did not lead to the expected earnings. But, as said, it was still a good month for me.

Help me out please. <--- ME

Where do I see views for iStock? I looked on DM, last showing there is from April. I looked on IS, I can't seem to see where I can find that information?

And yes, I might get as many downloads, but they could be connect, for pennies of what they used to be. 

https://esp.gettyimages.com/app/stats?from_contribute=true
hope that works for you when you are logged in

third parties will not be supplied anymore with this information, like Deep Meta

Thank You, recent activity! Shows last 30 days, and that's what we get? I suppose, now I need to look and see how many views = a Download? (just a joke, 1 could be a winner and 29 could mean nothing) But at least I can see what might be being viewed for download.

THANKS

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 13:53

Actually Deep Meta was working in the same manner because it was the same information. You would see the views and interactions dissapearing after a (running) month but it did keep the last view or interaction date, as I remember correctly.

Still there, except the last update was April 2022. Yes it showed Views last 30 days and Interactions last 30 days. Also last view and last interaction.

I'll have to see if there's any reliable relationship with that and sales. On Alamy, the views aren't always registered and people get sales with no view. Back to, entertaining but not reliable. Some days I think that all this watching and studying doesn't make a difference, because the buyers will download what they want of what they see and could be viewing 100 files, to find the one they need.