Author Topic: May EL's (Read 5913 times)

THP Creative · « **on:** May 25, 2012, 00:29 »

Strangely I have had no EL's in may (yes, which is unusual for me). Just wondering if anyone else experiencing the same? Interested to see if these "other" downloads may in some way be impacting EL's. Thanks.

nicku · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2012, 01:16 »

Same here, lots of EL's on April and in May just one. Unusual for me. hmmmm

sharpshot · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2012, 01:35 »

2 for me. They have been more frequent in recent months but I'm not too concerned by one slow month. It could be the usual ebb and flow.

wut · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2012, 02:52 »

1 so far, after getting up to 3/day in March and April. But ODs are well above previous record, so no real harm here. Still heading for a 2nd BME in if ELs will start rolling in like they used to in Mar and Apr, it's going to be a huge BME. All around this month is poor regarding ELs for me.

fotografer · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2012, 03:43 »

3 here and 3 of those 18$ sales.

clickinchic · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:37 »

I've had ZERO when I usually have many, like up to 10. ODs also down. Earnings off by about 50%. Subs strong but after months of soaring income this sudden drop is distressing.

Lagereek · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:44 »

I know, I normally have around 25 in a month but this month its pretty bad, only 23. Dont know what the world is coming to? the end is nigh.

Elenathewise · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:48 »

yup there is less ELs in May than in April. I think it's just seasonal, sales are somewhat slowing down across all agencies.

clickinchic · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2012, 09:04 »

Quote from: Lagereek on May 25, 2012, 08:44

I know, I normally have around 25 in a month but this month its pretty bad, only 23. Dont know what the world is coming to? the end is nigh.

Glad you're doing well, but when earnings suddenly drop by several hundred dollars it is personally concerning. No need to be snarky.

Paulo M. F. Pires · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2012, 09:19 »

Since I've enough regular sales on SS, I've notice that sub sales increased in last 3 months, but OD's decreased more than 50% in same period. That means , so far, 3 months without any EL. The reason behind could be the type of images ( non-life-style, people and few about business ) I've, that don't sell enough to hit EL's so regularly.

stockmarketer · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2012, 10:21 »

Yes, ELs are WAY down.

This is not a seasonal variation. I do a large volume of all types of downloads at SS, so it is clear that there is something going on.

For each month of this year from Jan to April, I had around 20-30 ELs. So far in May, I have one. (I do have a bunch of those $18 downloads, so that's a welcome sign.)

Actually this question goes back to one I raised many times since I noticed a big wave of ELs start in September. Prior to Sept 2011, I would see just a few ELs a month, then like a faucet turning on, the ELs started pouring in. They held pretty steady until this month, when the faucet was turned off. Very, very strange.

Wim · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2012, 10:23 »

No complaints here, BME, usual amount of EL's and one big SOD ($75)
All sites are picking up for me. I sure took the worst time to start in this business (may last year) so I consider this a boost to keep me going.

Have a good weekend all!

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2012, 10:27 »

Quote from: stockmarketer on May 25, 2012, 10:21

Yes, ELs are WAY down.

This is not a seasonal variation. I do a large volume of all types of downloads at SS, so it is clear that there is something going on.

For each month of this year from Jan to April, I had around 20-30 ELs. So far in May, I have one. (I do have a bunch of those $18 downloads, so that's a welcome sign.)

Actually this question goes back to one I raised many times since I noticed a big wave of ELs start in September. Prior to Sept 2011, I would see just a few ELs a month, then like a faucet turning on, the ELs started pouring in. They held pretty steady until this month, when the faucet was turned off. Very, very strange.

I do remember that. Do you suppose it is connected to a marketing plan? Specials?

velocicarpo · « **Reply #13 on:** May 25, 2012, 10:47 »

Yes, same here...I just had two this month...

luissantos84 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 25, 2012, 10:50 »

usually I get 1/month at SS but last month 4 (diferent buyers) and this month 2 (also different buyers)

I am close to a BME in terms of downloads/earnings at SS and not much upload lately

Tabimura · « **Reply #15 on:** May 25, 2012, 12:31 »

4 ELs here, but they come garnished with 3 video sales and a couple of $75 single downloads.

Anita Potter · « **Reply #16 on:** May 25, 2012, 12:35 »

None for me this month either...then again my port is mainly illustrations so I try not to expect them to happen.

My ODs are way up over last month like doubled plus some this month. Had 2 regular SODs and one $15 one. Not a terribly bad month on my end.

michaeldb · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2012, 16:15 »

May: 4 ELs, 1 $75 SOD
April: 3 ELs
March: 8 ELs
Feb: 3 ELs

lisafx · « **Reply #18 on:** May 25, 2012, 16:26 »

Yep. ELs down this month for me too.

clickinchic · « **Reply #19 on:** May 25, 2012, 16:30 »

Hah...just got one, and an SOD as well...those have also dropped off this month, sadly. But maybe things are turning around. I'd love it if sales were lost on a server somewhere and suddenly popped up...I just can't imagine such a drastic change in sales is not due to a hiccup.

pancaketom · « **Reply #20 on:** May 25, 2012, 17:31 »

No may ELs for me either. In fact sales other than regular subs are down a bit. (or maybe it is back to normal after the boost starting last fall).

Maybe if I complain I'll get some ELs or higher return single sales.

Mantis · « **Reply #21 on:** May 25, 2012, 20:00 »

I had none and very few OD's until this last week...finally got 2 EL's and a fair amount of OD's. I will be off this month on SS by $75 and May will not be a great month nor a disaster.

Beach Bum · « **Reply #22 on:** May 26, 2012, 07:46 »

No EL's and income way down. Istock will beat SS this month. First time in a long time.

Karimala · « **Reply #23 on:** May 26, 2012, 10:10 »

All categories of sales are way down for me. May has been on par with December and January, and I've experienced a 40% drop in earnings from last month. That's not normal ebb and flow, at least not from my experience. I've never seen anything like it at SS.

Lagereek · « **Reply #24 on:** May 26, 2012, 10:43 »

Quote from: clickinchic on May 25, 2012, 09:04

Quote from: Lagereek on May 25, 2012, 08:44
I know, I normally have around 25 in a month but this month its pretty bad, only 23. Dont know what the world is coming to? the end is nigh.

Glad you're doing well, but when earnings suddenly drop by several hundred dollars it is personally concerning. No need to be snarky.

But I like being snarky, snarky!

tab62 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 26, 2012, 18:42 »

What's an 'EL'?

Mantis · « **Reply #26 on:** May 26, 2012, 18:50 »

Quote from: tab62 on May 26, 2012, 18:42

What's an 'EL'?

Like and extended or enhanced license. It is worth more money. On SS it's $28 bucks.

tab62 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 26, 2012, 22:13 »

I was joking- I haven't had one in so long I forgot what one looks like

CD123 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 27, 2012, 00:56 »

Quote from: tab62 on May 26, 2012, 22:13

I was joking- I haven't had one in so long I forgot what one looks like

Jokers should not joke here, because the serious ones will take you serious and the snarky ones will snark you....

nicku · « **Reply #29 on:** May 27, 2012, 03:34 »

Quote from: Karimala on May 26, 2012, 10:10

All categories of sales are way down for me. May has been on par with December and January, and I've experienced a 40% drop in earnings from last month. That's not normal ebb and flow, at least not from my experience. I've never seen anything like it at SS.

Same here around 40% down compared with previous month. still i manage to recover some of the loss with DT, 123RF and FT witch are around 20% up compared with April.

Overal May is -20% compared with April.

THP Creative · « **Reply #30 on:** May 28, 2012, 20:17 »

Thanks for all the input, interesting to hear others are experiencing the same with few EL's this month.

After continual BME's for the last 9 months or more, it looks like this will be my worst month in that same time period due to the EL's disappearing. Hope its just a bump in the road and June picks up!

daveh900 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 28, 2012, 23:43 »

Only one EL this month for me, but OD downloads have been way up making this month my BME.

lisafx · « **Reply #32 on:** May 29, 2012, 11:30 »

Quote from: CD123 on May 27, 2012, 00:56

Quote from: tab62 on May 26, 2012, 22:13
I was joking- I haven't had one in so long I forgot what one looks like

Jokers should not joke here, because the serious ones will take you serious and the snarky ones will snark you....

Or perhaps use an emoticon so people know you're joking...

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #33 on:** May 29, 2012, 13:09 »

No ELs this month for me, which is very unusual. Given that they won't give us any details about what rights they're licensing for those special "other" licenses, I'm guessing that rights people previously acquired via an EL are now being acquired via this "other" license. In the long term, that might be OK if they have to come back a second time for another license whereas before they got the lot with one $28 royalty, but we'll have to see.

I think the biggest problem is the complete lack of information about what's in those "other" licenses.

Edited later Wednesday to add that I have one EL now, so it's now just a very low month for ELs vs. very unusual with none

gostwyck · « **Reply #34 on:** May 29, 2012, 13:27 »

Fairly average EL sales for me so far this month but overall sales are good. On target for earnings to be 18% above May 2011 and only a few dollars short of March's BME.

JPSDK · « **Reply #35 on:** May 29, 2012, 13:35 »

Most interesting is that ss downloads begin to average about a dollar.

steheap · « **Reply #36 on:** May 30, 2012, 10:03 »

Good month for me - I seem to have been averaging one ED every 200 standard license download over a number of months, but this month I have had 6 EDs and 725 downloads - a much much better average. I wish I understood what sort of image makes for a good ED candidate, but mine seem to be random. I started to keep a record of which images get the EDs (funnily enough I just blogged about it today before coming to the forum) to see if there is any discernible pattern, but I'm sure this is one thing we will never get to the bottom of.

I'm seeing more single downloads (6 this month) but have no idea if they are taking sales that would have been EDs. I suspect not, but don't really know.

For anyone interested, here are my EDs this month: http://www.backyardsilver.com/2012/05/getting-more-enhanced-downloads-on-shutterstock/

Steve

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