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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: Sky on February 12, 2015, 17:36

Title: Fixed Monthly Earnings
Post by: Sky on February 12, 2015, 17:36
Hi,
My designs and my photos is not so much but does not increase my sales.
Monthly download rates
30, 35, 40 < These ratios generally constant.
No increase in these rates. This does not seem normal.

Is this the same as anyone else?
Title: Re: Fixed Monthly Earnings
Post by: Mantis on February 12, 2015, 17:43
Hi,
My designs and my photos is not so much but does not increase my sales.
Monthly download rates
30, 35, 40 < These ratios generally constant.
No increase in these rates. This does not seem normal.

Is this the same as anyone else?

Welcome to controlled income.
Title: Re: Fixed Monthly Earnings
Post by: Sky on February 12, 2015, 17:48
Hi,
My designs and my photos is not so much but does not increase my sales.
Monthly download rates
30, 35, 40 < These ratios generally constant.
No increase in these rates. This does not seem normal.

Is this the same as anyone else?

Welcome to controlled income.

Is there really such a situation?
What can we do for it?
Title: Re: Fixed Monthly Earnings
Post by: disorderly on February 12, 2015, 18:07
Is there really such a situation?
What can we do for it?

No.  My sales vary quite a bit from month to month, although the trend is up an average of 25% year over year.  I see no evidence of earnings manipulation by Shutterstock. 
Title: Re: Fixed Monthly Earnings
Post by: etudiante_rapide on February 16, 2015, 20:18
it does certainly seem like it doesnt it??? like it all averages out to say 300 dls per mth. you miss it a month ago, the next month it averages back to 300. i am not including the SODs as someone already stated in another thread that is volatile so it's not really something regular.
perharps we never know. but if you pls everyone and everyone gets a bit of the pie, it will make everyone happy. it works for most of us, so long as we get a payout each month, who's to complain.
Title: Re: Fixed Monthly Earnings
Post by: sgoodwin4813 on February 16, 2015, 21:07
I actually keep a spreadsheet with statistics for every agency every month.  I just went through and found out that my average number of monthly DLs on SS in 2014 was exactly 2 more than it was in 2013, despite increasing PF size by around 40% during that time.  Weird.  So far this year it is way lower, but the frequency of ODs, etc., is much higher than in the past so I made almost exactly my 2014 monthly average last month even though subs have dropped off.