Only a couple of hours left here in Germany.
It's the time I dread the most all year, because one of my dogs freaks out because of the fireworks. I hope this year won't be as bad as the sale of fireworks was forbidden in Germany again, just like last year, but people still manage to obtain them from somewhere or mybe have them stocked up. But so far it has been relatively calm, with only a few fireworks here and there. Before the sale was forbidden because of Covid it used to be like a warzone out there all day.

Happy new year to all of you! 

Would appreciate reviewers get their priorities right and get reviewing uploads and forget celebrating new year festivities. 

Haven't had one single sale this year.   

With 5 days of January done, this has been the slowest start to the new year for two of my major sites: Shutterstock and Adobe.

Granted this is only the third new year I've been in this but even when I had waaaaay less assets on SStock in January 2020, I was still 6 cents in front then than what I am now in 2022.

Having said this, I'm still hopeful as it's very early days and I've been busy uploading these past few weeks.     
   

May I say, and hopefully not offend anyone?

A watched pot never boils.    Which for me means, watching day by day, Microstock earnings, especially in January, isn't going to make anyone very happy. OK it's going to be downright depressing, if you care?

In the past, we've had "what's the worst month of the year" opinion polls, and for most people, it was either January or June. Like everything, it depends on what we create and what we have made and what's in demand, but January isn't the best or favorite month for many people.

Quote from: disorderly on January 12, 2012, 01:48

From my data over six years, the year looks like a sine wave.  It rises from January to February, starts a long decline to June, then climbs until September and October, then declines again until January.

So I'd say my worst months are typically January and June, and my best September or October.

Adobe is Illustrative Editorial, unless something changed, they don't take News Editorial yet. But yes maybe someone else will notice they have access now as that has opened up to more people over the year. It was silver and now it's anyone with over 100 downloads.  https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/illustrative-editorial-content.html

Right it is frustrating, but it's January? 

Way back, someone created some software that would check every few minutes, to see if there was a sale on any of the sites, and then report back. I can't say for sure, but if you imagine thousands of Microstockers running that app and checking their sites, every few minutes, all day, all night, it could bring the system down? Needless to say, the agencies blocked that software.

But the reason I mentioned it is, sure thing, you wouldn't have to go click through all your agencies, it's automatic. And of course people check and check. That's perfectly natural. Did my latest upload get accepted? Did I make a sale... I try to control my urge to do that, but first thing every morning I look. I mean before I start Thunderbird.

Just like the "are sales reported in real time" because we need to know right now! 

Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 06, 2022, 12:21

Adobe is Illustrative Editorial, unless something changed, they don't take News Editorial yet. But yes maybe someone else will notice they have access now as that has opened up to more people over the year. It was silver and now it's anyone with over 100 downloads.  https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/illustrative-editorial-content.html

I wrote it wrong Pete. Why didn't they make Dutch a world language? That was much easier for me.   

That's what I meant. Everything with recognizable people is still not going. I've put up a few pictures, which have already been accepted.

That photo of the letterbox is doing it on Shutterstock. It was two cards with congratulations for our grandchildren, who received a swimming diploma and we couldn't come because corona had just broken out. Seems like a century ago. But I still made some money from it.

...SS rejects photos with cars, AS doesn't. Good luck.
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Quote from: thijsdegraaf on January 07, 2022, 14:05

You mean Klompen. I don't have them anymore. On the farm where I grew up, we all had clogs. If the top broke off, my father repaired it with a special iron band, which you could buy for that. My brother-in-law (unfortunately passed away last year) always walked on it, even on birthdays.

We had bought the oliebollen this year. Usually my wife makes them herself.

Oops, left out the M. So they aren't as terribly uncomfortable as they appear to be? There's a local who makes them and sells at the craft fairs. He's got the augers and chisels and everything old and authentic.