Hi Guys 

I got into a discussion the other day with a very teeny-tiny little microstock site that I am closing my account with and getting a pay-out from... and the discussion got me to thinking about microstock in general.

So here's the question for you all...

1. What percentage of your sales would you estimate... were probably used by the buyer for print projects -- e.g. brochures, posters, post cards, calendars, book illustrations, magazine illustrations, etc, etc.

And what percentage of your sales would you guess were probably used for web purposes?

I am just wondering because wasn't the whole purpose of microstock really to make photographs more affordable to those buyers out there who wanted to use photos for small projects -- especially projects that involved the web?

Also... even when I have sold a large file... I still get the feeling that the photo is probably being used for a web application somewhere, as there is just not that much stuff that is being printed anymore.

So what do you all think?  Has any microstock site done a survey to find out how the photos being sold are actually being used?

Cricket

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