It will be fun to see what happens with this:

3,657,487 royalty-free stock photos
48,297 new stock photos added this week
101,338 photographers

I too got a $5 sale today. I have had a couple $7.50 ones already though.

Quote from: Stu99 on May 06, 2008, 09:40

So how many people are holding off on their uploads until the raise is announced? I hope their reviewers are ready for this :-)

I'm not. I just upload whenever I get about 30 new files saved on the computer. That way I can review, keyword, have an upload party and get it all done at once.

I suppose you are right, that some people are holding photos for after the increase. If buyers already have credits, the pictures will still sell at the old rate, so there's no advantage in waiting in that case.

So here I am keeping the thread alive with nothing new to add. 

No, I'm pretty sure that all of the downloads will be whatever the increased rate is. None of that old/new rate stuff. At least that was the case last year.

Site - Percentage - Change from last month

SS: 23% - Way Down
DT: 18% - Down
StockXpert: 17% - Up
IS: 15% - No Change
FT: 13% - No Change
BigStock: 7% - No Change
Other: 7% - Up

Others include Snapvillage, Featurepics, and Crestock.
Overall down 4.9% over last month.

Do you get a message if one of your images is used?

^ Hmm interesting. DT is one of the sites that has not dropped for me after not uploading for a couple months. In face, last month was my BME at DT and I have not uploaded but a couple files there the past 3 months.

Interesting calculator.

The most a diamond can earn from a single XS download is $105.50.
The most a non-exclusive can earn from a single XS download is $91.20.

You have to really hit the jackpot for that though. Still something to hope for. Overall I am thinking this might actually get us more money than the current pay-per download set up.

I think (and hope) that this will be enough to put an end to a lot of the smaller Microstock sites that are only alive because of their subscription plans. I would much rather have a higher concentration of buyers at the big 6 sites instead of spread out over 40+ microstock sites. So it's time for Crestock, Canstockphoto, Albuno to start shutting down or make some changes.

edited:
 I didn't realize the minimum payout was $25 not $50 like it was before. Nevermind.

I have only had 1 sale on Featurepics. $8.40 commission from it. Just wish they were a little more frequent.

Quote from: Kngkyle on April 11, 2008, 11:50

I upload on my schedule not theirs.

Apparently not in months

Huh?

Publicity stunt for both of them. Win-win I suppose.

But they never offered them through the Shutterstock website, did they?  Wasn't it always through another URL (that didn't get any traffic or advertising!).  They need to offer it on their own website to keep buyers from drifting away in between subscriptions/peak seasons.

On the topic announcing the closure of their per-photo sale site I told them they should just merge it with Shutterstock and it would be a hell of a lot more successful. But they shrugged it off. Lost potential right there.