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« on: August 05, 2013, 09:14 »
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Was wondering how are your sales going.
For me down and weekends very bad. How are you ppl doing??


« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2013, 09:37 »
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I had a huge drop since that search change, when all my best sellers went to hell.  But then sales got better. June was my BME money wise and July my BME downloads wise.

But things are not pink yet. My newest uploads don't sell at all! And it has nothing to do with them being buried under other pictures, because they're still on the first page under the "new" category for about a week after being accepted. And I really don't think I suddenly started taking crap pictures. Usually, 1-2 pictures from each batch used to sell. Now nothing, and I mean NOTHING sold from the last 10 batches! I really don't understand...
« Last Edit: August 05, 2013, 09:45 by morning.light »

marthamarks

« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2013, 09:43 »
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May was my BME (by a country mile) at SS, and July came in close behind it.

Who knows how August is going because... for 2 days I haven't been able to get in to see! Are the buyers able to get in and buy now or not?

WarrenPrice

« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2013, 10:17 »
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I had a huge drop since that search change, when all my best sellers went to hell.  But then sales got better. June was my BME money wise and July my BME downloads wise.

But things are not pink yet. My newest uploads don't sell at all! And it has nothing to do with them being buried under other pictures, because they're still on the first page under the "new" category for about a week after being accepted. And I really don't think I suddenly started taking crap pictures. Usually, 1-2 pictures from each batch used to sell. Now nothing, and I mean NOTHING sold from the last 10 batches! I really don't understand...

My sales seem to be a mixture of old and new but I'm not really sure what is considered "new?"  If I look at my own port, using the "new" search algorithm, is that what is considered "new?"
Also, looking at the statistics "Overall Earnings," my "Earnings from New Content" is a bit over 10%.

Is that what we are discussing?


Ron

« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2013, 10:22 »
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The start of August is slow to say the least. I have to wait for a full week to end to give you an idea but it seems I am 30% from July's first week (not counting ELs and SODs otherwise its 75% down)

However, sales go up, sales go down. And I have my own rule;

1. When I complain, sales go up
2. You cant change rule 1.

Worked for me every time. July was BME.

tab62

« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2013, 10:36 »
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August will pick up at the end as folks get back from their summer vacations than Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec simply ROCK!  :)






« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2013, 10:49 »
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August will pick up at the end as folks get back from their summer vacations than Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec simply ROCK!  :)

My previous December was terrible, due to late approval of my batch. My Christmas files got approved after Christmas was gone. No cookie for me. Entire sale went down at that time.
Hope for good this December.

« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2013, 10:52 »
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Best start since joining SS June,2012.

« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2013, 10:56 »
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normal start but with a weekend first, I'll wait a BME  ;D

Ron

« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2013, 11:19 »
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August will pick up at the end as folks get back from their summer vacations than Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec simply ROCK!  :)

My previous December was terrible, due to late approval of my batch. My Christmas files got approved after Christmas was gone. No cookie for me. Entire sale went down at that time.
Hope for good this December.
If you submit xmas images in December you are late, those need to be submitted by October, and maybe even sooner.

« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2013, 11:50 »
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Not good.
June was good, July only the half, August starting out weakly.

I hope it can be explained by "summer slump", but the slumps use not to be so bad.

« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2013, 11:59 »
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First four days of this August vs Aug 2012 is the same almost to the dollar. But considering how many more images I have now vs last year, I'm not too happy. 

Looking at last summer vs this summer, I'm struck by how many of those "Single and Other Downloads" I had last year. 
Those are down big time this year.

lisafx

« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2013, 12:21 »
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I definitely have seen a downturn since the search engine change.  Sales are okay at SS, but could definitely be better.  Hoping after the summer things pick up a lot. 

EmberMike

« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2013, 12:36 »
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If you submit xmas images in December you are late, those need to be submitted by October, and maybe even sooner.

I'm working on some now. It's never too early for that stuff. :)

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How are sales going?- Shutterstock

Today is the first day I've had in a few months where I'm optimistic about ending the day well. July was well short of where it should have been, and the first few days of August were no better. Today is finally looking good. Fingers crossed that this is the start of the summer rebound.

dbvirago

« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2013, 12:37 »
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Today is slightly better than Sunday, but not near as good as Saturday. Hitting one of those dead stop days.

« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2013, 12:54 »
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First four days of this August vs Aug 2012 is the same almost to the dollar. But considering how many more images I have now vs last year, I'm not too happy. 

Looking at last summer vs this summer, I'm struck by how many of those "Single and Other Downloads" I had last year. 
Those are down big time this year.


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Too soon to tell about this month, but so far sales are down by 30% over last August with more files. Overall my OD's EL's & SOD are down over previous years.

It would be interesting to do a poll with results tied to royalty level.

« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2013, 14:07 »
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My bestsellers got hit by the first Best Match change and never recovered.  The whole top 20 simply disappeared and has not returned on page 1 for more than 2 months now.  First month sales were down more than 15% compared to 2012. Now it has recovered a bit and July was only 5% down compared to July12.  I upload every week, so 5% down is not good.


« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2013, 15:58 »
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good

tab62

« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2013, 16:17 »
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There are so many variables to this question- How to define good or bad? Let's use my average portfolio (thus another variable to consider) of 1,300 images on Shutter. Last month I made $281 is that good or bad? I really don't know? Did I make more money in June that last year's June- yes but I only had about 500 images back then.

So do we add in the quality of the images and type as well to consider if sales are good or bad? Do we include type (i.e. food shots, landscape, people) as well. For example, a portfolio of med to high end shots of people in the work place should bring in say $.50 per month per image thus a portfolio of 1,000 images nets $500 were another portfolio of landscapes-travel pics nets $.20 per image thus $200 per month.  Is this bad or good- I don't really know?  I've been told that $.20 per image per month is a good starting point thus my average (below average in my eyes compared to most of you on this site) should have netted $260 last month- I hit $281 thus do I dare say 'Good'?   I really don't know how to answer this one... :-\


T

Carl

  • Carl Stewart, CS Productions
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2013, 06:01 »
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I've noticed a decline in sales.  I normally exceed payout each month, but didn't make it in July.  I'm accustomed to seeing daily sales, but I've had three zero days and four sales total so far this month. :'(

baz777

  • Im not sociable so I dont use social media
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2013, 07:16 »
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July was my BME, slower start to August though.

CD123

« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2013, 07:18 »
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Tad down from June to July, but does not fluctuate month to month as the other sites for me. Weekends always sucks.

WarrenPrice

« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2013, 07:37 »
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I think we are in the middle of holiday season in Muslim Countries?

Ron

« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2013, 11:06 »
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40 dollar in 7 days. Thats about 60% down from my average. Not good.

EmberMike

« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2013, 11:22 »
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Here's something weird I've noticed...

I used to consider 11:00 am EST my sort of "mid day" in microstock. By 11am, I had a pretty good idea of where the day was headed for me and could predict to a reasonable degree of accuracy the dollar amount I should expect to be at by the end of the day by simply doubling where I was at by 11 o'clock.

Lately that hasn't been the case. My mid-day is more like 9 or 10am, and I think because I'm not getting the kind of sales volume I used to get from the western world. Just before the start of the business day in the US, my numbers look pretty good. But things slow down from there.

Maybe it's summer slowdown, and the US is being particularly liberal with vacation time this year. I've never been a big believer in summer slowdown but it's kind of hard to ignore when the numbers are pretty convincing.


 

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