Sure wish I could get more than 17% of my port over there.....even that low % is outperforming what I'm doing on iStock for the past few months.

Yup! They are early (or on time) this month. Looks like they've processed the partner sales till september 17th. So far, so good

celebrating 28 cents won't take us anywhere, that is why they have no respect for us but yep let's all cheer with PP

Quote from: luissantos84 on October 16, 2013, 10:47

Quote from: Canonbabe on October 16, 2013, 10:41

Yup! They are early (or on time) this month. Looks like they've processed the partner sales till september 17th. So far, so good

celebrating 28 cents won't take us anywhere, that is why they have no respect for us but yep let's all cheer with PP

Sometimes they throw in an occasional extended license download of $24, so it's not all as gloomy as you think. To me, PP gives a nice additional income stream. It doesn't fully replace iStock sales either.

I haven't said it is that gloomy, just that I don't think we should celebrate this kind of events, I know there are higher sales, that said still much lower RPD comparing to SS

I haven't said it is that gloomy, just that I don't think we should celebrate this kind of events, I know there are higher sales, that said still much lower RPD comparing to SS

I definitely get your point.  We shouldn't have to celebrate things being done correctly and on-time, but it happens so seldom these days, it does seem like cause for celebration.   

Not sure if it's a general trend, so I'd be happy if others report their observations: I see a growing number of higher royalties through the PP - not up in the sky but well above the 28 cents. This would indicate a growing number of customers not going for subscriptions but for image packs. It started for me at about the same time when Getty introduced the new pricing on iStock. In April/May my RPD on the partner program was 30/33 cents but in September it was 39 and so far in October was up to 44 cents.

If that is a general observation, it could indicate that Getty is pushing Thinkstock as the new microstock (not only subscription) offer while iStock would target even more on the midstock level with some cheap non-exclusive images for the occasions you need them.

Anybody else who can confirm/object my thoughts?

Not sure if it's a general trend, so I'd be happy if others report their observations: I see a growing number of higher royalties through the PP - not up in the sky but well above the 28 cents. This would indicate a growing number of customers not going for subscriptions but for image packs. It started for me at about the same time when Getty introduced the new pricing on iStock. In April/May my RPD on the partner program was 30/33 cents but in September it was 39 and so far in October was up to 44 cents.

If that is a general observation, it could indicate that Getty is pushing Thinkstock as the new microstock (not only subscription) offer while iStock would target even more on the midstock level with some cheap non-exclusive images for the occasions you need them.

Anybody else who can confirm/object my thoughts?

My September stats so far are for higher average prices than usual too.  I haven't dug through the details, but the DL numbers are the same and the $ numbers are quite a bit higher on average. 

Quote from: MichaelJayFoto on October 16, 2013, 13:41

Not sure if it's a general trend, so I'd be happy if others report their observations: I see a growing number of higher royalties through the PP - not up in the sky but well above the 28 cents. This would indicate a growing number of customers not going for subscriptions but for image packs. It started for me at about the same time when Getty introduced the new pricing on iStock. In April/May my RPD on the partner program was 30/33 cents but in September it was 39 and so far in October was up to 44 cents.

If that is a general observation, it could indicate that Getty is pushing Thinkstock as the new microstock (not only subscription) offer while iStock would target even more on the midstock level with some cheap non-exclusive images for the occasions you need them.

Anybody else who can confirm/object my thoughts?

Could be Getty 360 sales, those were showing up as PP sales not as GI.

But came through at the same time as Getty sales, not PP.

Quote from: luissantos84 on October 16, 2013, 12:39

I haven't said it is that gloomy, just that I don't think we should celebrate this kind of events, I know there are higher sales, that said still much lower RPD comparing to SS

I care nothing for RPD; it's revenue that matters to me.  And as much as I revile iStock and have removed most of my work from their site, their PP still brings in enough to make them my #3 earner month after month.

How do you manage to do that? I removed three images from my IS portfolio and they immediately disappeared from the PP. If you remove form IS are they not removed from PP too? Or was it just me?

Could be Getty 360 sales, those were showing up as PP sales not as GI.

No, doesn't look like that. Those I checked are listed as Thinkstock and the numbers are within those listed on the royalties schedule page. Just larger ones for Image Packs like $1.20 or up to $4. Not too many but enough to raise the average royalty by about 50% as stated.

Quote from: tickstock on October 16, 2013, 19:21

Could be Getty 360 sales, those were showing up as PP sales not as GI.

No, doesn't look like that. Those I checked are listed as Thinkstock and the numbers are within those listed on the royalties schedule page. Just larger ones for Image Packs like $1.20 or up to $4. Not too many but enough to raise the average royalty by about 50% as stated.

I had a 24.02$ sale on the last day of the month listed as photos.com

two sales for 6.00 $ from thinkstock - and few 1.10$ and 0.60 $

3.96$ as well

Well, here's a twist...my iStock and PP sales had a bump last month, and this month an even bigger bump...while my Shutterstock sales still haven't recovered from the site "maintenance" in mid-July.