Didn't you just start a thread about how terrible iStock was and how there are no sales there?  No sales on istock, no sales anywhere else.  Maybe move on to another hobby?

yes but I didnt say there have "NO" sales, I say sales much fall down, I do not deny it, but after leaving exclusivity, revenue fall down to 1/3 - 1/4, I didnt expect so, this is what made me think, perhaps, it is the "best of the worst"

Look at earning statistics therein this site, only istock exclusivity sales bigger than first five site total sales, in recent last years istock sales so much fall down but maybe more profitable to staying istock exclusivity, that is what I am searching for...

I leave exclusivity a couple month ago and uploaded my images to other sites but my sales not as good as I expected with other sites so I think about turn back to istock exclusivity bu I cannot sure that, if I can catch the old sales potential on istock? Will there be neutral changes in the search results and earnings? Do you think it's too early to think of going back to exclusivity? I am non exclusive for 3 months.

Quote from: madman on August 04, 2015, 17:51

yes it is too late for microstocking IMO, my revenue continiously down day by day instead of constantly uploaded new images, sorry but that is true..

That really depends on what type of images you're uploading.

The microstock business, or any business for that matter is not that hard to understand. At the end of the day, you need a bit of luck, a bit of skill and a whole lot of execution.

When people do a search for "Pets", one of the contributors on this forum holds the #2 spot on the search results. That image is probably getting over 1000 downloads per year. At the same time, an image with "Pets" on page 2 get less than half of that. An image on page 1000 gets 1/1000 of that. That image, like every image starts near bottom and made its way up to the top.

If the image is amazing, and you keyword it correctly, people will find it. It takes time, but it will start to move up the charts with enough consistent downloads. When it gets up there, it stays up there unless someone makes something even more amazing. But if you're uploading an image and it's just mediocre, and there are 1000 better alternatives, what's the point of uploading that image? Anyone who does that is relying on pure luck and nothing else.

I have seen a number of my images climb the rankings. And they're climbing because they are some of the best in its category...or some of the most unique. The demand in Microstock is very consistent right now, but there is an oversupply. The ones who are reaping the rewards are the people who bring their A-game. Anyone bringing their B or C-game is getting crushed by the A-players.

I told that, based on my 7 years of experience to microstock sales, in first years, I have 550 images and I made some good amount of dollars with them but now I have 4500 images and my revenue down almost 10 times compared to my first years on microstock sales. Is this a good example for explanation?

Isn�t part of the problem that direction and vision are missing? Klein is no longer CEO, but who will replace him?

Until they have a new boss, many decisions will be delayed and when a new person comes in, there are usually a few months until he or her with their team are settled in. Scott Braut was snapped up by Adobe and he was the most visible talent on the market, who else is there that has his level of experience?

Exclusive images would be an easy solution, they would get more good quality content if the money is there and the generic stuff no longer clogs up the system.

But September is coming...let�s see what new and exciting changes and announcements they have for us.

any changes made recently are not very useful for the contributors, at the same time not good for themselves too...

only beneficiaries are the big agencies who buy our images almost free...

I do not think it would be something different changes...

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and protect themselves against market fluctuations, after spreading their eggs in multiple baskets.
Hopefully, this will drive the IS customers towards agencies that pay better their contributors (= all the other major agencies).

Which micros pay their contributors better than iS pays their exclusives?

as I've been trying since 2 years, new uploads does not bring any significant revenue from istock, I dont any new upload to istock, because that is completely waste of time, but the other microstock sites give us the more you upload, the more you earn, this system better than istock's more upload, less earn system.

I think there's a curse on iStock, coming from the somewhere deep inside...

I do not enter the istock site for a few days because I'm afraid to see my terrify falling downloads... thats scary but thats true guys...

in my opinion, microstock sites doesnt good way for making good money anymore, especially iStock,

Although I upload more and more new images, I saw my income dropped from day by day,

I waited two years to recover and I continued to upload new images, but nothing changed,

so, why should I produce new images by spending my precious time?

Instead of, I deal with another business to make more money.

I am very angry with istock for what has happened in recent years, istock doesnt care anymore exclusive artist, lots of exclusives turn to non-exclusive recent years, me too, because of exclusivity has no meaning anymore...

My revenus decrase 4-5 times in recent 2 years while I am in exclusive and now almost 10 times down since I left exclusivity....

I am very angry with istock because I feel like to be fired my job....

I am very angry with istock because istock doesnt care and listen contributors anymore...

I am very angry with istock because our works and efforts serving agencies at very tragic-comic prices and we all lost money...

It depends on your expectations. If you want to make some pocket money, sure. If you want to feed your family it is not.

Absolutely I agree, microstock selling doesnt bring more money anymore, I've heard so many people recently...

 yesterday I had several downloads as usual but today I have no download on istock currently, (21.07.2015) whats going on?

lok at istock one image normal credit price and other sites, istock prices $30, other sites are $10 , so who buy images so higher prices, I wonder. istock lost almost all small customers by doing so, sure, subs are very cheap but subs for big customers, not for all customers, istock serving our images and efforts dramatically very low prices to big agencies and we lost most of maney all time, look at istock's last years alexa graph, constantly decreases, by the way, istock firm and its contributors are continuously losing money, why do not they do anything to stop it? I cannot understand really, If istock go this way, the next time will drown in their own vomit, I think.