Quote from: aeonf on March 08, 2011, 14:03

As an exclusive at 25% :

Jan - 2.85$
Feb - 3.00$
March - 3.07$

And a comment for lisa: the numbers you posted are very close and it is hardly a steep decline. in order to determine if it is indeed a steep decline you must calculate your average and standard-deviation for a good few months back (lets say 12). if you have no idea what I am talking about I can do the calculations for you

Thanks, but I own a calculator

I have calculated my average RPD from the various sites every month for almost 6 years.  I also have a large portfolio and a high sales volume so there is a lot less deviation than you would imagine. 

You are free to take my word for it or not. 

Didn't mean no dissrespect.  Some people don't even know how to calculate an average. I take your word for it then.


adamkaz: Those numbers are AMAZING! at what percentage are you in ?

For the 10'th time, please ignore those silly sites. They mean nothing what-so-ever.  Any attempt to conclude statistical data from such sites is bound to be WRONG!

Quote from: aeonf on March 01, 2011, 04:06

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on March 01, 2011, 03:54

Quote from: aeonf on March 01, 2011, 03:19

I wish more people would share REAL NUMBERS instead of very pretty charts and tables which don't really say much.

Real numbers say nothing at all unless you have all of them. I don't know how many files you have online, whether your sales are up or down. If you have 50,000 files then your result is pathetic, if you have 50 files then your result is brilliant. I don't know if your sum of money is more or less than last year (or if you have a big increase in files online or not) so I don't know if things are getting better or worse for you.

Well then just ask
Feb last year we made 80$
We have ~2,000 images online of which ~1/4 are from 2008 and not worth much.
And things are quite stable for us if mesured by DPI & RPI.
We are going to get a substantial boost in income soon since we are expected to hit the 30% target in the next 2-3 months.

So with 2000 images you earned $796 as an Exclusive at istock?  That comes to a $0.40 Return Per Image (RPI).  Is this what other istock exclusives are earning, any exclusives care to share real RPI numbers.  I am earning $0.50 per image/per month at istock as a non-exclusive...I have a much smaller portfolio however, I was thinking of exclusivity just to simplify my life but if these are real numbers from exclusives it doesn't sound so promising.

 

If you are considering exclusivity, my RPI should have nothing to do with your considerations.
A general rule of thumb is that your income will be anywhere between double to triple your current IS income.
This also greatly depends on your earning percentage canister, and so does the RPI.
I am at the 25% mark. if I was at the 30% mark that is a 20% increase or 40% increase if I was at the 35% (which I am expected to reach before years end).

Not a bad month for us. (2nd BME)
Down ~3% since last month
796$ in income as IS exclusives.

I wish more people would share REAL NUMBERS instead of very pretty charts and tables which don't really say much.

Quote from: aeonf on February 24, 2011, 05:16

OT: How can I know exactly how many of my photos are ACTUALLY on the PP site (Thinkstock)  ?

IIRC you can put your real name into the search box.

Nop. Doesn't work.

Quote from: Magnum on February 24, 2011, 03:46

It�s obvious you get a special treatment from Fotolia.  I�d do the same If I had an agency.  It�s just a waste of time and money, reviewing 99,999% perfect photos.   Anyone who sells images every 10th second get the same deal;)

I do not get special treatment. I get rejections too you know.

Sure you do! the 0.001% ones that aren't perfect  
Just kidding... I have no problem with you getting or not getting special treatment.
I actually find it motivating.

All I can say is WOW !!!
I am exited my new Profoto Acute set is on the way to our home studio, now I see I have a lot of upgrades to budget

Are you the upload police?

Hell no! just jealous...

Quote from: cclapper on February 14, 2011, 14:26

I agree with bunhill. If IS wants to continue to raise their prices (nothing wrong with that, if they can sell the stuff) then they should take themselves out of the microstock market and start calling themselves a midstock agency. The problem is they want their cake and eat it too. They are continuing to brand their wares as microstock, but not at microstock prices. They get the buyers in under the premise that they are microstock, then try to shove midstock and trad agency prices down their throat. And the result? Exactly what is happening...buyers going somewhere else.

There's content on IS from 1 credit, up to lots of credits.  All kinds of content.  Just like Walmart sells crap tvs and expensive tvs.  Etc.

My point exactly.

Quote from: vlad_the_imp on February 14, 2011, 10:34

^ You become a big fry if you're talented enough, IMHO.

I sorta doubt that.  Wouldn't you agree that hard work trumps talent?

I think its both (pretty sure actually).

My nick doesnt ryme with poop but I will give you a possible answer:
Plagiarism

Contributors don't want others copying their images...

 I know this sounds weird, but if you have a hard disk that won't mount- i.e be recognized by the system, something that can sometimes help is to put it in the freezer for a half hour, take it out and immediately connect it up and see if it mounts. I had 2 days of location shooting saved by this method. My computer geek son heard of it from his freind that works in data recovery. This guy said 75% of data recovery jobs get resolved this way. The reason it works is that the little arm that floats above the disk gets stuck onto the disk, and freezing it contracts the metal to free it up. If it works, transfer all your data right away to another hard drive, because it will only work until the drive heats up again. Not saying it will always work, and only after all else fails...

Great tip!  I will try this if and when I will get a chance.  Quite curious actually.