A little better than average for me. I think a
lot of it has to do with the composition of our individual portfolios.

For instance, my sales usually take a nosedive in November.
But my port is weak in winter seasonal images & I have zero Xmas stuff.

The new iPhone App is up & running and available from the App store.

Has anyone tried it out yet?
Thoughts?

Hmmm, iStockphoto... there's an app for that 

It is way past time for a mobile version of the site, that is for sure.
An iPad can access the full site pretty well, but an iPhone is dead slow on it.
A streamlined mobile version would be ideal!
 

Does iTunes give aways songs for free? Oh wait, yeah they do but just as a teaser to introduce new artists.

I really don't feel free is a sustainable business model now, or ever.

Quote from: mantonino on June 15, 2010, 15:13

The 5d2 is the better stock camera.  That said, I love my 7d.

Sure it is but on the 7D i can use my old Lenses too

Sounds like you have answered your own question. Go for the 7D!

Lisa,

Are they getting views and no sales or no views at all?
I notice my new files that get a fair about of views begin to sell within three to four weeks after approval.

Almost nothing new sells for me in the first couple of weeks though.

Well at least it is not noise or chromatic aberration! 

Quote from: lagereek on June 08, 2010, 17:32

Yeah well anyhow, end of story end of rant, a kind person at IS told me what to do and thats good enough for me. Im going to bed.

Dude. I'm a jerk. Don't go ruining my street cred.

He didn't mention you by name sir. You just outed yourself 

Also viewed as 10% of something is always going to be more than 100% of nothing!

Let me put it to you this way... If you were a waitperson in a restaurant and gave exemplary service, would you be happy if you were left a $0.25 tip or would you leave it on the table in disgust?

Quote from: elvinstar on June 05, 2010, 09:26

Before microstock, how many of us earned ANYTHING from stock photos? I think that is something that many of us lose sight of on a regular basis.

We all wish that we made more per sale. However, compared to making nothing, what the sites pay us is much better!

I echo, no, no, no!  You might as well bend over and get the soap.

Right you are Sean.

Cheap subs are the reason that I became exclusive @ IS and am opted out from the partner sites.
My lowest commission now is around $0.70 and my highest is $18+ (thus far & not counting extended licenses).
Selling for $0.25 is a losing proposition in my book unless you just happen to have a shot that sells in the multiple thousand of times.
That is a very rare shot indeed.
Why would anyone want to give their hard work away for peanuts?

Well technically, if you look at a a map of Pangaea, there was once only one super-continent.

But now we are REALLY getting off topic 

Trying to impose birth control is in my opinion morally unacceptable. A lot more so than trying to artificially create life. We're looking ahead, into the future, not back to the Dark Ages.

Really? Morally unacceptable? I think if you visit Mumbai you could well change your mind.
Seeing four million people living in squalor right in the middle of what is considered to be a 'modern' city certainly changed my world view.

India's 'standard of living' may be getting closer to the west for SOME Indians. but not the vast majority.
The cast system may be partly to blame, but at the huge population of that country there is no way they will ever have a decent standard of life for the masses.

It is of little use trying to convince anyone that has never been there though. I urge all people that live in the relative luxury of western civilization to visit the more squalid areas of India (not the resort areas where you are cut off from reality), and see if your notions of population growth and sustainability are not changed forever.