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« on: March 08, 2011, 09:11 »
Last sales from Polylooks. Nothing this year.
102
« on: March 01, 2011, 11:27 »
BME for earnings/day
my big 4 (80% of total earnings, it was 89% in January!):
IS down
SS up
DT down
FT down
unusually good month for CanStockPhoto, VEER and FeaturePics
BigStock up
123RF up
103
« on: February 01, 2011, 19:20 »
Congratulations!
So, you don't miss physics at all?
I am 1/2 time scientist (meteorology) and 1/2 time photographer.
Microstock supposed to be only a temporary fix for a lack of funding in science,
but, now, I am trying to do both. Probably, that's not the best idea.
104
« on: January 20, 2011, 10:25 »
I use it (updating just for 4 major sites).
105
« on: January 05, 2011, 18:08 »
Congratulations!
I have about 2 weeks left to my 10K on SS.
106
« on: January 01, 2011, 09:40 »
3rd year in microstock ~800 new files in 2010 doubled total earnings from 2009 graphs of trends in my sales over 3 years in my blogtried and learned some new things
107
« on: December 26, 2010, 12:23 »
you need to click that red dot to see the rejection message.
108
« on: December 14, 2010, 15:30 »
36% estimated for Sep-Dec
BME in Nov
Dec doesn't look good ...
109
« on: December 05, 2010, 08:28 »
I am showing real earnings numbers in my blog through October 2010. November was ~10% up. Earnings from Microstock Photography 3 Year TrendsI am going to update my graph after 1st quarter of 2011 to see how the IS situation is affecting my earnings. I am trying not to pay too much attention to the month to month fluctuations.
110
« on: December 01, 2010, 09:56 »
3 years/2K - still growing, BME overall and in all Big 4 agencies, also in BigStock
So, it looks like I am still keeping the growing trend shown in my recent blog post
even if earnings in December are lower.
111
« on: November 19, 2010, 13:09 »
I am taking into account my sales, expenses and time spent on microstock to estimate my hourly rate.
It is, of course, a very rough guess estimate, but it give me an idea how much one hour of my time is worth in microstock.
Then, I can use it to decide whether to submit or not to a low earning site depending
on how much time is needed for uploading and processing there.
112
« on: November 18, 2010, 16:04 »
a few sales per month during recent 3 months -> I've reached my 2nd payout in 3 years of submitting to FP ...
113
« on: November 17, 2010, 13:20 »
....
I bet, and i haven't done this yet, that if i were to take the standard deviation of my returns (to measure the volatility of returns) from when i was independent to when i was exclusive, i would see more volatility in the independent data. But no one ever posts that type of statistic.
I could run more statistical analysis on my earnings data. So far, I see a rather smooth growth in my graphs (total from multiple agencies) without much of the volatility. So, I don't think that looking at standard deviation would be very interesting. I am trying not to be too obsessed with statistics. I really don't look at month to month fluctuations in sales any more, I am rather checking quarterly data just to see some general trends. I would suggest a small experiment for DT contributors - go to DT statistics and check monthly vs quarterly graphs.
114
« on: November 17, 2010, 13:09 »
Of course nobody can decisively say what would happen, I was calculating that switching to exclusive would result in my income from IS being 3 times its previous level. I based this on the exclusive percentage at the exclusive file prices - not on any best match boost. Looking at my post-exclusive figures, that calculation was still a bit conservative.
Before I actually did the sums assumed that going exclusive wouldn't come close to being a financially viable option. In part that's because there isn't exactly a flood of information from people who do make the switch.
Holgs, thank you for sharing your independent->exclusive experience. 3x is something to consider.
115
« on: November 17, 2010, 08:50 »
A small note: as Holgs said on your blog, you yould definitely make more $$$ as an IS exclusive.
However, my income is more stable and more predictable as independent and diversified contributor.
You have no factual foundation to make this statement as you've never been exclusive nor do you know how your portfolio will fare under those conditions. People will believe what they want, but for me, its worked the other way around
Well, nobody has factual foundation to say that my portfolio would bring more $ as IS exclusive. The only way to check would be to switch to exclusive status. Of course, I would be comparing performance of somewhat different portfolios (before and after the switch). I am not planning that experiment right now ...
116
« on: November 17, 2010, 08:33 »
A small note: as Holgs said on your blog, you yould definitely make more $$$ as an IS exclusive.
Probably, I would make more $ as iStock exclusive. 18% vs 35% commission for 2011 (or 17% vs 30% - I am on the edge). + Vetta and whatever. However, my income is more stable and more predictable as independent and diversified contributor.
117
« on: November 15, 2010, 09:03 »
I just completed my 3rd year in microstock. My first picture was accepted on 11/15/2007 in IS. For the first 2 years I was posting monthly earnings reports in my blog. Nowadays, I am less obsessed with statistics, but for my 3rd anniversary I prepared some graphs showing trends in my sales - monthly earnings together with numbers of pictures added to my portfolio (total and IS, SS, DT, FT which provide 88% of my income). Earnings from Microstock Photography 3 Year TrendsSales are just one side of the story, so it is difficult to say if it is encouraging or discouraging experience without discussing expenses and labor involved. To keep things in a perspective I am using a rough estimate of my hourly rate as a part time microstock photographer: $20-25/hour. What's next? Further growth? Reaching plateau? Downhill?
118
« on: November 03, 2010, 14:06 »
I for one am disappointed.
I don't do people shots and liked the idea of having my stuff on a non-model site. Once model shots are introduced it's only a matter of time before my images start getting pushed down in searches by irrellevant photos of happy young models.
Once Yuri & Co. are in the door, an agency is immediately competing on price with all the others. And that will extend to non-model images too.
I was hoping GL would start moving toward a differentiated microstock market, where agencies might have individual focus that would attract those niche buyers willing to pay a few dollars for the image they actually want.
+2
119
« on: October 29, 2010, 13:27 »
Sales are quite stable, a payout every month.
However, all my middle tier sites (BigStock, 123RF, CanStockPhoto) are doing worse this month
than in September. Veer is within low earners for me.
120
« on: September 30, 2010, 14:14 »
I had some other wrist problems and, I believe, these two solutions are helping me: 1) switching to a mini (laptop) mouse (not the smallest mouse, but much lighter than a regular one), cheap enough to try different models 2) additionally, using SpaceNavigator ( http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacenavigator.html) -> more operations with my other hand (mostly scrolling and zooming in Photoshop)
121
« on: September 30, 2010, 12:38 »
Isn't the upload limit 25 pictures/day? If you don't wait 24 hours with the next upload it may be lower.
Anyway, the reviewing of uploaded pictures is extremely fast and I have a few sales already.
122
« on: September 21, 2010, 15:48 »
the entire last week sales looked really down, this week normal or better
123
« on: September 12, 2010, 07:24 »
My estimation is $0.26/credit as IndyGold (including just 3 or 4 ELs this year)
124
« on: September 10, 2010, 12:28 »
I am dropping to 17% with a slight chance for 18%.
IS is providing 40-50% of my microstock earnings.
125
« on: September 01, 2010, 08:17 »
BME if extra $ from Veer are included
IS up, but still below BME (March 2010)
SS up (a slight grow over last year, but with a lot month to month fluctuations)
DT up, but a way below May/June level
FT down in earnings, up in download numbers
other sites up/down, more regular sales from DP
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