Ppl usually post comparisons to the same month last year in monthly earnings threads, but they never go further back. On the IS forums you can sometimes read posts like: my worst month since DEC 2006 and I started in Sep 2006. So it looks like DL numbers really were a lot higher back then (and they started to pick up really fast for new members, unlike in the last couple of years), prices were lower, less competition/file dilution and IS had by far the largest share. Like most of you already know, I've no personal info to share, but I know lots of you do, so we should have lots of interesting info/stats/comparisons to look at

Who cares? That was then and this is now. The past is frankly irrelevant in what was a developing industry and analysis of it is no guide as to what might follow. Now and the future is all that matters.

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Quote from: gostwyck on May 21, 2012, 19:15

Who cares? That was then and this is now. The past is frankly irrelevant in what was a developing industry and analysis of it is no guide as to what might follow. Now and the future is all that matters.

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Most of my stats were deleted there when I deleted my portfolio, but the general trend seemed to be that as prices increased sales volume decreased.  That seems to be a general trend though. That said, the price increases generally resulted in positive earnings growth.

I know people like to blame higher prices as part of the demise (or slump) of IS, but I think it proved that buyers will buy micro files at a higher price point at a fairly high volume. So, you'll end up making more money.

At least, that's my experience, and how my files sold. Results may vary. Some exceptions may apply.

Indeed, I agree with all of it. Now I'm just hoping for someone to poof in the same fashion as Tobey do in monthly ear.ings threads

I do live in a cave. What's wrong with caves? Cavist!