Example September 1, 2022

The complete statistics does not work at all.

My dashboard shows me 2 downloads for the entire month of September.

Under "Details on earnings" I see 9 downloads for September 1 alone. Of these, however, 8 x $0.03??!!!

Or example September 2, 2022 - in one overview I get $1.33 displayed, in the other no downloads are displayed.

I really have the feeling that we are being cheated - and not for the first time!

In July I had already written to 123rf because the statistics were wrong. Only after my letter it was corrected.

Thank you for your words of appreciation, Joe!

The problem is not you. But if you look back to the time, when for example at Fotolia the number of views and downloads of each image was still displayed, you unfortunately have to realize that too many contributors did not think like you. And the worst thing was that the algorithm favored newer images and thus placed the copies before the original in the search.

What are you trying to accomplish, Joe? Do you really think that people here post masses of images that sell well, so that other contributors then copy these images? I think that will not work.

Quote from: HalfFull on September 07, 2022, 12:34
I just realised I passed the 100k DL marker this month and $100k last month... Really should pay more attention

As always... thanks Adobe for making it possible!

For me, this is the time of year that the volume really starts to increase until December... then 3-4 weeks of being a little quieter before it all licks off again.

Congrats for your 100k! Well done!

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on September 01, 2022, 20:10
Not sure that you can draw many conclusions from my experience - small portfolio (2,251 right now), no video, but year to date Adobe Stock is up almost 12% over 2021 (in revenue) and 2021 was up 20% over 2020.

There's some possibility that no longer being at Shutterstock (after June 2020) caused some increase (it certainly wasn't heading for Dreamstime!).

August was up 10.5% over August 2021 (at Adobe Stock)

Compared to mine your portfolio isn't small, Jo Ann. Thank you for your insights anyways!

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 01, 2022, 14:50
Best August Ever, pulled-up by a strong month on SS.

Congrats! And all this without any talent! 

Quote from: Brasilnut on September 01, 2022, 11:46
Dear Microstock Colleagues,

Happy to share with you my August 2022 earnings report including highlights.

https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2022/08/31/august-2022-brutally-honest-earnings-report/

Hope you had a successful August as you also gear up towards the business-end of the year.

Alex

Without Arcangel it would look sad with you. But I am happy for you that you had this high income there, Alexandre!

I am very sure that AS changed the algorithm on August 1. Since that day my downloads have decreased abruptly. So much so that it has become the worst month at AS since December 2010. In August I had well over 100 downloads less than the average of January to July.

Quote from: randomillustrator on August 29, 2022, 20:40
My sales are getting lower each month.

4000+ on average per month during 2020 and 2021
but now in 2022:

JAN 4200
FEB 4417
MAR 4133
PRA 3481
MAY 3723
JUN 3587
JULY 3211
AUG 3017

It's going down and really fast for me.

I also have noticed that new images don't sell like old ones. I have almost no sales for images I uploaded after March 31, 2021. Most of my sales are images uploaded prior to that date.

These are nevertheless impressive figures!
I haven't even come close to having that many downloads - not even in the better times.  It was just under four figures for me - I'm a long way from that.

May I ask how big your portfolio is?

But they pay very quickly. This morning I requested a payout and this afternoon the money was already there. Wow!

Not really! $15 so far this month there - half of it vectors...

Great! 

Time machine for Mac with different external USB hard disks in daily change.

Juli was the worst month of this year concerning downloads, but the second best in terms of revenue.

RPD istock = $0,82
RPD shutter = $0,45

Quote from: Souf10 on August 23, 2022, 14:16
any one get payout ?

Yes, this afternoon.

I see it like SVH. Is there a link to your portfolio at shutterstock or at another agency where it is still online so that one can look at where the problem might be, Findura. Without this information it is not possible to judge the issue.

Quote from: Zero Talent on August 17, 2022, 16:35
Occasional high-priced sale made today:

Nice! Congrats!

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Quote from: MatHayward on August 16, 2022, 20:52
There is no need to put the word "transparent" in your title or keywords if that is what you mean.

No, that's not what I mean. It's not me. It's Adobe that automatically puts the word "transparent" into the keywords when uploading a  png.  Sure, I could remove the keyword again, but apparently Adobe seems to think it should be there and since - once the feature is actually launched - I want people to actually find my pngs I don't see why I should remove this relevant keyword after Adobe added it. But as of now that means that Adobe automatically adds the keyword "transparent" to images that, at least for now, are not transparent. And that's very misleading to customers.

I've submitted a couple of batches but I think I'll hold off on any more until they're actually ready to go live. My concern is now I've submitted a batch of PNG's that look like jpgs I've already submitted and are successful. The PNG's will drop down the ranking as they may not compete against the established files over the next two months... or, they have a detrimental effect on the jpgs that are selling well. The same way too many similars do.

I think it would be better if they allow us to submit the PNG's and for Adobe to hold off releasing them until they're ready to start the service. That way we can submit the files and customers aren't presented with confusing titles, keywords and files that look the same as existing ones. It should be easy enough for Adobe to hide these from customers based on the png file extension until they're ready to release the service.

Yes, I agree!

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Quote from: Uncle Pete on August 16, 2022, 04:06
I'd like to be paid better and fairly, but the market creates the pricing. Supply and demand creates the value of what we do. SS is not leading, they are following.

The way I look at it: Shutterstock followed the market opportunities that their suppliers (contributors) created. They did not slash contributor earnings because they needed to lower customer prices in order to stay competitive. Customer prices stayed the same? Shutterstock just saw an opportunity to take a bigger chunk of the pie for themselves because supply by contributors vastly exceeds demand by customers, and they could afford to lose some angry contributors.

Two years further down the road, we are rapidly creating another lower market, the one of flat fee/unlimited downloads or even totally free content, which makes Shutterstock anything but a bottom of the barrel agency nowadays. Not in terms of total earnings. Distribute a thousand decent quality stock images to the well known agencies, and you will notice that Shutterstock still is a top tier agency in terms of monthly earnings (considered you can get your images approved  ).

So whether the OP should start again with providing content to Shutterstock is mainly an emotional decision to take from my point of view. Are you willing to take the insult of selling the majority of your content in the 10 - 20 cents range? From a business perspective it's an easier decision: your monthly microstock earnings will increase significantly by including Shutterstock.

True, but make a note, that iStock slashed prices and values far before SS joined the depressing 10 cent route. Remember unsustainable and everyone makes 15%, no levels, no bonus, no nothing.

It may be that istock started this crap. It is probably also true that there are no levels there.

Nevertheless, my RPD there is higher than that of shutterstock with level 5. istock started with the crap and shutterstock optimized it for itself and perverted it with flowery marketing phrases.

Quote from: MatHayward on August 16, 2022, 20:52

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Quote from: Firn on August 15, 2022, 13:24
Mat, something just occured to me - I submitted some png files and today one of them was sold. But if these images are now not sold as transparent pngs, but jpgs to the customers, isn't it highly misleading to them, when they have "transparent" in title and keywors? At least the keyword "transparent" is automatically filled in by adobe when submitting a png file. Wouldn't it be better to hide them from customers alltogether, till Adobe is ready to launch them as pngs instead of selling them as jpgs while claiming they were transparent?

That's exactly how it is with me, Firn. I have uploaded a few png files - online since two days. The same images are also available in my portfolio as jpg with white background. And now the first of the png images has been sold.

I too see the danger that buyers might feel fooled when they realize that the images are not clipped at all.

Mat, what do the buyers actually get? A jpg or a png?

For now, these files are only available as JPG on the customer facing site. Once the feature is launched, they can download PNG files.

Thank you for the feedback,

Mat

But why are they advertised as transparent to customers?

I'm not sure what you mean. This feature is not launched for customers yet. There is no need to put the word "transparent" in your title or keywords if that is what you mean. PNG files with transparent backgrounds will be automatically identified by us and will surface in the correct, filtered searches.

-Mat Hayward

Sorry, Mat, but you wrote this on the first page of this thread:

,, I would add "transparent" as a keyword. No need to add the file type. This will be in a filter customers can use.

Thanks for the question,

Mat"

Quote from: Firn on August 15, 2022, 13:24
Mat, something just occured to me - I submitted some png files and today one of them was sold. But if these images are now not sold as transparent pngs, but jpgs to the customers, isn't it highly misleading to them, when they have "transparent" in title and keywors? At least the keyword "transparent" is automatically filled in by adobe when submitting a png file. Wouldn't it be better to hide them from customers alltogether, till Adobe is ready to launch them as pngs instead of selling them as jpgs while claiming they were transparent?

That's exactly how it is with me, Firn. I have uploaded a few png files - online since two days. The same images are also available in my portfolio as jpg with white background. And now the first of the png images has been sold.

I too see the danger that buyers might feel fooled when they realize that the images are not clipped at all.

Mat, what do the buyers actually get? A jpg or a png?

I haven't uploaded anything to shutterstock in a long time. At the moment I only deliver to Adobe Stock. It's also going badly there at the moment. But with shutterstock, even the few minutes that the upload takes are no longer worth it. My personal opinion.

I will not delete my portfolio at shutterstock because it still brings a few thousand dollars a year. But I won't spend new time for a few cents there anymore.

I don't offer videos, so I can only say something about the larger revenue for images. I'll define those as more than $20.

In 2022, the highest so far was $78.39.
What's striking in 2022 is that I've only had one Enhanced so far, but I don't include it in my stats because it was $19.25, below my $20 definition. Compared to the same period in 2021, I am down 53% in higher SODs and Enhanced.

In 2021 (Jan 01-Aug 11), there were 6 Enhanced above $20. The highest SODs were each just below $80 (several).

There used to be an average of 12-15 Enhanced during the same period for me. I wonder if the need for Enhanced has declined so much, or if buyers are just not licensing correctly lately.

Quote from: Findura on August 11, 2022, 11:04
Yes. I see numbers.
And where is the vote?

You'll see them with mouseover the names of the agencies.