Author Topic: Royalty stats out. (Read 18165 times)

PZF · « **on:** November 20, 2019, 02:35 »

Mediocre month.

Yakystockero · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2019, 06:12 »

Slightly better than this year's average.

scribble · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2019, 06:53 »

About average for me. Best month in about 4 months, but lower than last October.

trek · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2019, 07:03 »

I don't see Canva referenced anymore. Did they end their Getty deal?

ShadySue · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2019, 07:40 »

By dint of having one decent value sale, a better than usual nowadays rpd meant it was my second best month of the year. Download numbers poor and my worst October ever (since 2017). But I haven't been in a position to upload much this year, so I'm relying on my back catalogue - on the upside, no expenses!

qunamax · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2019, 08:23 »

BME. New images move and gain traction, compared to SS where it seems I'm mostly uploading in vain and "living" off my ancient bestsellers.

icefloe · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2019, 08:37 »

I'm selling sound recordings/effects at Getty and been doing a steady $100-200/month the last 2+ years. Now it's down to $2.50! It's like the shut the whole audio section down!

Anyone else?

whosvegas · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2019, 09:34 »

A whopping $ 0,06 for 1 download

Good that i stopped uploading a long time ago

Brasilnut · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2019, 09:56 »

Riding the "iStock Rollercoaster". BME by $4. Cool.

Noedelhap · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2019, 10:10 »

Quote from: Brasilnut on November 20, 2019, 09:56

Riding the "iStock Rollercoaster". BME by $4. Cool.

Perfect allegory for iStock: you get shaken upside down, you get nauseous and at the end of the ride you're left with a major headache.

MysteryShot · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2019, 10:15 »

It's Just A Ride - Bill Hicks

dooks · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2019, 10:44 »

Since I have no expenses, it is great.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2019, 12:38 »

Exciting news and I haven't even looked yet?

The money I make from them is less and less every year. The only reason I haven't quit is the annual free bottle of Scotch that I buy with my earnings from IS. I mean, bottom line, selfish greed and a desire for an expensive single malt to celebrate getting paid pennies for my old uploads.

Now I looked:
Revenue 1.89 USD
Downloads 9 photos sold
RPD 0.21 average

So I ask myself?

flywing · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2019, 13:54 »

At other agencies like SS and AS, you're pretty guaranteed that your RPD won't go lower than a limit. But at iS, it's like an endless pit. Still think it's right that I've stopped uploading to them.

BalkanskiMacak · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2019, 16:49 »

A pretty solid month, a decent RPD. In terms of revenue, it's my third BME, but without real outstanding sale (I just got one sale above $10, generating $12.5), which makes the overall situation pretty solid.

I was actually dreading this month's results, as the reported interactions, the only regular stat I have from IS, got divided by almost two last month (I know I am not the only one to have faced that issue). It seems, however, that it's not really related to the actual sales, which is a bit reassuring.

Deyan Georgiev Photography · « **Reply #15 on:** November 21, 2019, 01:47 »

Really notable increase of RPD, more Premium sales. I'll expect with interest the November report.

Chichikov · « **Reply #16 on:** November 21, 2019, 04:31 »

Excellent month (BME)!
Better than Shutterstock, due to a bunch of premium sales.

MPfoto71 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 21, 2019, 06:52 »

About average over here.

My favourite sale in oct'19 was $0.0006, the customer payed $0.00441 - its a kind of magic, when you can buy an image for <1cent ;-)

Not Today · « **Reply #18 on:** November 21, 2019, 08:44 »

Quote from: JustAnImage on November 21, 2019, 06:52

About average over here.

My favourite sale in oct'19 was $0.0006, the customer payed $0.00441 - its a kind of magic, when you can buy an image for <1cent ;-)

Actually 15% of 0.00441 is 0.0006615, so iStock even stole 0.0000015 from you

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #19 on:** November 21, 2019, 11:30 »

Quote from: Chichikov on November 21, 2019, 04:31

Excellent month (BME)!
Better than Shutterstock, due to a bunch of premium sales.

Glad to hear someone has some success. I hope many more for you and everyone else here.

I didn't mention it but this report is the WME by far. And I mean worse than the first month I was on IS when I started. Worse than some recent months since they eviscerated my collection. RPD before ESP was around $1.50 for mine. Now it's 21¢? And I figured that was just with the refunds a couple months ago. Well it's not!

That's the new trending return. Sept. 26¢, Aug. .28¢, July .30¢, June .42¢, May .33¢ while Dec. 2016 the first month was .78, Jan 2017 .75¢...

Audio shows the payment date as, Tuesday, February 25, 2020?

Hoodie Ninja · « **Reply #20 on:** November 21, 2019, 13:59 »

BME not counting this past July when I had one really big sale. I'm up 70% over my average for the past year. I attribute part of that increase to one video that has gained traction and is 18% of my October sales. The other bump is one particular photo that continues to increase in sales and is 30% of my October sales. Which means that 2 files are almost half of my earnings.

MPfoto71 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 21, 2019, 18:05 »

Quote from: Not Today on November 21, 2019, 08:44

Quote from: JustAnImage on November 21, 2019, 06:52
About average over here.

My favourite sale in oct'19 was $0.0006, the customer payed $0.00441 - its a kind of magic, when you can buy an image for <1cent ;-)
Actually 15% of 0.00441 is 0.0006615, so iStock even stole 0.0000015 from you

I really enjoyed that one ;-)

derby · « **Reply #22 on:** November 22, 2019, 05:30 »

One years ago I put about one hundred video clips to Istock, to test amount of sales and earnings RPD

This month I reached a new low: 0,06$ for a clip (unbelievable)

Yes, I said 0,06, not 0,6

I've just asked to remove all my clips and close the video option from my account

Noedelhap · « **Reply #23 on:** November 22, 2019, 05:49 »

Quote from: JustAnImage on November 21, 2019, 06:52

About average over here.

My favourite sale in oct'19 was $0.0006, the customer payed $0.00441 - its a kind of magic, when you can buy an image for <1cent ;-)

Don't spend it all in one place!

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #24 on:** November 22, 2019, 12:40 »

Quote from: Noedelhap on November 22, 2019, 05:49

Quote from: JustAnImage on November 21, 2019, 06:52
About average over here.

My favourite sale in oct'19 was $0.0006, the customer payed $0.00441 - its a kind of magic, when you can buy an image for <1cent ;-)

Don't spend it all in one place!

I got the payment for this year, got a bottle of Talisker, and yes I did spend it all in one place.

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Author Topic: Royalty stats out. (Read 18165 times)

PZF

Yakystockero

scribble

trek

ShadySue

qunamax

icefloe

whosvegas

Brasilnut

Noedelhap

MysteryShot

dooks

Uncle Pete

flywing

BalkanskiMacak

Deyan Georgiev Photography

Chichikov

MPfoto71

Not Today

Uncle Pete

Hoodie Ninja

MPfoto71

derby

Noedelhap

Uncle Pete

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