Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 18:24

Quote from: Wilm on January 10, 2025, 18:20

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 17:12

Quote from: Wilm on January 10, 2025, 16:55

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 16:15

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 15:01
Anyway, my lifetime microstock earnings exceeded $430k, and that's amazing for a hobby.

An income of $3,000 a month is not very much for a US resident. In the US, you can earn much more.

At this point I wonder how you know that ZT has an income of USD 3,000.

The way I read it, ZT has written here exclusively about his microstock income... 

It's elementary, Watson. Look at his chart, there are columns in which he indicates his annual income. Divide this number by 12 months and you will get an approximate result. 
But personally, I don't believe what he writes and draws.
More precisely, to trust his words I need to see his works. But for now these are just words.

I have to laugh about that. What good would it do if you could see the images and videos? You only believe what you want to believe anyway - as we've seen often enough in the past.

At least I know that ZT writes the truth.

Do you know him personally?
No.

Have you seen his work? 
Yes.

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 17:12

Quote from: Wilm on January 10, 2025, 16:55

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 16:15

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 15:01
Anyway, my lifetime microstock earnings exceeded $430k, and that's amazing for a hobby.

An income of $3,000 a month is not very much for a US resident. In the US, you can earn much more.

At this point I wonder how you know that ZT has an income of USD 3,000.

The way I read it, ZT has written here exclusively about his microstock income... 

It's elementary, Watson. Look at his chart, there are columns in which he indicates his annual income. Divide this number by 12 months and you will get an approximate result. 
But personally, I don't believe what he writes and draws.
More precisely, to trust his words I need to see his works. But for now these are just words.

I have to laugh about that. What good would it do if you could see the images and videos? You only believe what you want to believe anyway - as we've seen often enough in the past.

At least I know that ZT writes the truth.

Quote from: Wilm on January 10, 2025, 16:55

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 16:15

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 15:01
Anyway, my lifetime microstock earnings exceeded $430k, and that's amazing for a hobby.

An income of $3,000 a month is not very much for a US resident. In the US, you can earn much more.

At this point I wonder how you know that ZT has an income of USD 3,000.

The way I read it, ZT has written here exclusively about his microstock income... 

Ah, okay, meanwhile he answered by himself.

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 16:15

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 15:01
Anyway, my lifetime microstock earnings exceeded $430k, and that's amazing for a hobby.

An income of $3,000 a month is not very much for a US resident. In the US, you can earn much more.

At this point I wonder how you know that ZT has an income of USD 3,000.

The way I read it, ZT has written here exclusively about his microstock income... 

Quote from: stoker2014 on January 10, 2025, 16:13

Quote from: Wilm on January 10, 2025, 16:07
Excellent! Especially considering the modest size of your portfolio!

How do you know what size portfolio Zero Talent has?
As far as I remember, Zero Talent has never provided links to their work anywhere.

I'm surprised that this question comes especially from you, since you know everything else.

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 16:34

Quote from: Wilm on January 10, 2025, 16:07

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 15:01
December 2024 was particularly bad for my SS sales, making it the worst month of the year, and confirming a downward trend, which will certainly continue this month.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my total 2024 sales were not that bad, being only 2.9% worse than 2023.

Anyway, my lifetime microstock earnings exceeded $430k, and that's amazing for a hobby.

Excellent! Especially considering the modest size of your portfolio!

What is striking, however, is the ratio of shutterstock to Adobe Stock, which was completely different in December than in your previous statistics. You are starting to see a convergence from shutterstock to istock. For me, istock has long since overtaken shutterstock. Clearly.
The question that arises: Why is this the case for you with shutterstock? For DaLiu, for example, shutterstock continues its positive trend. Upload activity seems to play a much greater role in shutterstock's algorithm than with other agencies.

In 2024, I uploaded 170 photos (reaching a total of 1888) and 26 videos (reaching a total of 427). That's more or less in-line with what I did in 2023.

Yes, that's what I was getting at. I have the feeling that you have to continuously increase the uploads in order to at least remain constant in terms of downloads.

Quote from: Zero Talent on January 10, 2025, 15:01
December 2024 was particularly bad for my SS sales, making it the worst month of the year, and confirming a downward trend, which will certainly continue this month.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my total 2024 sales were not that bad, being only 2.9% worse than 2023.

Anyway, my lifetime microstock earnings exceeded $430k, and that's amazing for a hobby.

Excellent! Especially considering the modest size of your portfolio!

What is striking, however, is the ratio of shutterstock to Adobe Stock, which was completely different in December than in your previous statistics. You are starting to see a convergence from shutterstock to istock. For me, istock has long since overtaken shutterstock. Clearly.
The question that arises: Why is this the case for you with shutterstock? For DaLiu, for example, shutterstock continues its positive trend. Upload activity seems to play a much greater role in shutterstock's algorithm than with other agencies.

Quote from: DaLiu on December 22, 2024, 11:30
Just in time for the reset 

Can't complain, was a good year at SS.

More than 2.000 Downloads per month is impressing! Congrats!

Quote from: cobalt on December 07, 2024, 10:32
Already moving back down. Still it was fun.

pos 692, files 7200

eta

christmas has a high sales potential but you can still make money with other festivals. you just need a lot more and very diverse files. if you have 1000 christmas images, then you will probably need 5000 easter images to get a similar result.

Nice! 

Comparison November 2024 / 2018 at AS
Downloads 2024 minus 17%
Revenue 2024 minus 64%

November 2024 was the second worst month ever at AS.

In November 2018 there were several days that brought up to $55 - in November 2024 I didn't have a single download over $3.30.

In general, it can be observed that the RPD has fallen dramatically at AS - around 40%.

Quote from: Andrej.S. on November 26, 2024, 12:52

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Quote from: stoker2014 on November 26, 2024, 09:16

Quote from: Wilm on November 26, 2024, 07:11
No answer yet... 

Response time 2-3 weeks.
But is $15 really a lot of money for a German citizen? 

Well, my monthly income from microstock has successively fallen by around $1,300 (on average – before tax) over the years. If the agencies now start to reduce the remaining amount for whatever reason, there will soon be nothing left.

In addition, the cost of living here in Germany has risen noticeably in recent years. You are well aware of some of the reasons for this.

I have nothing to give away.

In this particular case, however, it's a matter of principle.

Brutal stats.
I can imagine by looking at your images in your portfolio that you were quite successfull back then around 2014 to 2018.
Now some images are outdated but not the topics.
I think if you would renew your portfolio with the same topics (gardening, interior, etc.) you could raise again your earnings.

Hey Andrej,

What you write is basically correct.

But I have a certain attitude towards microstock. I have no desire to invest time in images that end up earning $10 or 20. Then I can invest my time more wisely in my job. And with the development of the RPD at Microstock and the short lifespan of the images, I lack the motivation to feed the beast.

Quote from: stoker2014 on November 26, 2024, 09:16

Quote from: Wilm on November 26, 2024, 07:11
No answer yet... 

Response time 2-3 weeks.
But is $15 really a lot of money for a German citizen? 

Well, my monthly income from microstock has successively fallen by around $1,300 (on average – before tax) over the years. If the agencies now start to reduce the remaining amount for whatever reason, there will soon be nothing left.

In addition, the cost of living here in Germany has risen noticeably in recent years. You are well aware of some of the reasons for this.

I have nothing to give away.

In this particular case, however, it's a matter of principle.

No answer yet... 

Quote from: HalfFull on November 25, 2024, 17:06
Downloads up, $ up and running steady... ebb and flow as expected. Just less than 20k images... no AI. Total covering a 6 day period. Mon - Sat

Great! Good job!

Thank you for your feedback. 
The answer from istock is still pending.

I received my October payment today. Unfortunately, it's missing $15. The tax form is valid until 2027, so that can't be the problem.
I've just written to them and asked them to transfer the difference.

Is anyone else affected besides me?

Second-best month in 2024 in terms of revenue.
Third best month in 2024 in terms of downloads.
RPD = $1.22 (stills only)

Best October since 2019.

Quote from: Sebastian Radu on October 29, 2024, 18:30
Thank you so much Cobalt and Wilm.
I think I will try in the first phase to make a new base of white isolated objects.
When I started last year with AI, everything was going well. But now sales have dropped drastically.
Anyway, my sales are down on pretty much all my sites. Lately I've been concentrating more on AI.

Thanks again for your suggestions!!!

You're welcome! I wish you much success and better business.
By the way, things are looking bad everywhere for me too.

Quote from: Sebastian Radu on October 29, 2024, 11:24
No words...

Hmmm,

two things could be the problem, Sebastian.

Firstly, the proportion of AI images on the subject of food is increasing dramatically. For the search term 'pizza' alone, one third is now AI-generated. At least, because I can imagine that some providers are uploading AI images but not labelling them as such. And some of the results are really not bad.

Secondly - I hope I'm allowed to write this - from my subjective point of view, you could optimize the copy space for your images.

I have also received the e-mail. From shutterstock. Without reference to bigstock, where I have not been offering for years.

In my e-mail all links lead to

https://click.esvc.shutterstock.com/

When I copy and paste this into my browser, I get an error message (see screenshot).

I think this is a fake, or spam, or that something has been hacked. So I wouldn't click on the links.

So I'll wait and see if something else comes from shutterstock.

Downloads were okay – average. RPD was miserable.

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on October 15, 2024, 17:44
Nice to see the Trump supporters are doing their bit, making sure the help gets where it is needed...

https://www.newsweek.com/armed-militia-hunting-fema-hurricane-responders-1968382

If this is true, it is simply sad that the affected citizens of a state are caught up in the mills of power because of an election campaign instead of receiving the help that is urgently needed.

We urgently need neutral regulatory bodies all over the world to combat misinformation and fake news! Otherwise, instability will continue to grow in all countries.

Something has gotten out of hand globally. There have always been wars. But the danger of a global conflagration has never been so great. Ukraine/Russia, Israel/Gaza/Lebanon/Iran, North Korea/South/Korea, China/Taiwan, and many more powder kegs everywhere...

And the global catastrophes caused by freak weather will also increase.

If aid organizations are already in danger, where will it end?

Quote from: cascoly on October 13, 2024, 20:54

Quote from: Wilm on October 13, 2024, 17:29...

It also states that $75 in emergency aid for food and drink is available for each person affected and that there would be financial support of up to $42,500 for rebuilding or repairing the home.

correcting a typo - it's a payment of $750

Oh, sorry, that's right, of course. I forgot the zero - $750 is correct!

Quote from: jjneff on October 13, 2024, 16:24
If you see this in the news "State reports 93 verified storm-related deaths in North Carolina" it is a complete LIE!! I have a friend who works EMS in Henderson County and they have over 1k body bags! The numbers are in the thousands if you count all the counties involved. I have no idea why the news is not telling the truth on this.

Here in Germany, we read that over 200 people died in the USA as a result of Helene, that over 600 were missing and that - in the medium and long term - thousands of deaths could follow as a result of the effects of hurricanes. This could happen as a result of destroyed medical infrastructure, money being saved for the healthcare system because the money would be needed to repair the damage, people losing their jobs and therefore their health insurance, and so on.

It also states that $75 in emergency aid for food and drink is available for each person affected and that there would be financial support of up to $42,500 for rebuilding or repairing the home.

Quote from: cascoly on October 09, 2024, 17:35

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Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 04, 2024, 02:28
Hi,

First, hope you are okay. Second... Wondering if you can comment on the following jjnfeff...... {deleted conspiracy nonsense}

Did you know that Blackrock, Bill Gates and the Rothschilds have managed to dislodge some asteroids from their previous orbits somewhere in the universe and steer them towards Earth? The particles that the asteroids contain have also been sprayed with toxins on their way to Earth in order to reduce humanity. In addition to the toxins, they have been sprayed with artificially created viruses from secret biolabs operated by the USA in Ukraine. The Bill Gates Foundation and the WHO are already producing billions of vaccines against these viruses and are expecting exorbitant global sales. The asteroids are to be steered in one of the large low-pressure vortices over the Atlantic so that the toxins and viruses are distributed throughout the air – and, after impact, also globally by the Gulf Stream. After the impact on the Atlantic seabed – this is the plan of this (absolutely "secret") world elite – the released rare earths can be transported away by special ships. The expected profits in combination with the monopoly position are expected to bring trillions to this elite.

I have read all this on reputable sources on the Internet.

unfortunately, there are those who will take your post seriously!  then there's MTG's antisemitic space laser theories now blamed for hurricanes

Yes, the laser cannons - a real problem! Equally amazing is that there are still dogs, cats, guinea pigs and tortoises - at a time when hungry people from Haiti are eating all the pets there are.

Hundreds of years ago, there were people who claimed that their neighbor ate rats - if things went badly, the lady was taken away and burned as a witch.

And today there is social media, where people who otherwise don't get enough attention write some garbage and get millions of likes and followers - for whatever reason.

It just makes me sad! And I have no idea where it's going to end. In times when any of us all over the planet could be hit by a natural disaster of unimaginable proportions. Like recently in the USA and hundreds of other places on this planet. The important thing is: it's always down to evil forces! It's never down to us! SUVs or pick-ups must of course become heavier and have a higher engine. An electric car with less than 1000 hp - unthinkable! 95 million new cars produced on earth - every year.  But it can't be down to us that everything is falling apart at the seams. There must be evil forces at play!

And the fact that the election campaign in the USA now has to be fought on the backs of the storm victims makes things even worse! I am endlessly sorry for those who are affected!