RPI in terms of USD.  We know the average RPI at Shutterstock is about 28 cents for all file types but I haven't seen any recent polls on this for photographers and illustrators.

Quote from: tickstock on October 06, 2014, 09:30

RPI in terms of USD.  We know the average RPI at Shutterstock is about 28 cents for all file types but I haven't seen any recent polls on this for photographers and illustrators.

This sort of poll is only even slightly useful if we know the media and critically for SS, whether images are opted in for sensitive use or not, since it's all in or all out. All out, to protect models, means the biggest value sales (even if not actually 'sensitive') are unavailable.

Quote from: ShadySue on October 06, 2014, 09:35

Quote from: tickstock on October 06, 2014, 09:30

RPI in terms of USD.  We know the average RPI at Shutterstock is about 28 cents for all file types but I haven't seen any recent polls on this for photographers and illustrators.

This sort of poll is only even slightly useful if we know the media and critically for SS, whether images are opted in for sensitive use or not, since it's all in or all out. All out, to protect models, means the biggest value sales (even if not actually 'sensitive') are unavailable.

You ask for RPI, (income/all images on SS) but do you really mean RPD (income/# of downloads)?

Just curious why you want to know....thinking of jumping ship? Or just curious?

What about videos? Do you mean revenue per FILE or strictly per image?
For my purposes I calculate them together, I can't be bothered to deduct video sales.

Also, as I wrote in another thread an exclusive jumping ship should not expect the same results as people who have been slowly feeding the beast and achieved high positions in Most Popular sorts. The reasons are: competing with your own files and it is much more difficult to reach the first page when over 300.000 files are being added every week.

There's something seriously wrong with the results

There's something seriously wrong with the results when nearly 50% of voters are claiming more than 40c per image/month ... which itself is nearly 50% higher than Shutterstock's declared average.

Even Sean said he's only generating about 60c per image/month (in a previous thread) so we must have some absolute stock geniuses voting in the poll.

There's something seriously wrong with the results when nearly 50% of voters are claiming more than 40c per image/month ... which itself is nearly 50% higher than Shutterstock's declared average.

Even Sean said he's only generating about 60c per image/month (in a previous thread) so we must have some absolute stock geniuses voting in the poll.

My BME was probably close to 70 cents. I'm not sure how many images I had online at the time. I'm basing that on 100 fewer images or so in my port. My normal month is probably closer to 60 cents. I really don't pay much attention to RPI. I could delete 1,000 nonsellers and then my RPI would go way up. And I do have at least 1,000 nonsellers, if not more. I keep them because they might pop up with an EL or something, and I don't even remember I made the image.

Quote from: gostwyck on October 06, 2014, 14:29

There's something seriously wrong with the results when nearly 50% of voters are claiming more than 40c per image/month ... which itself is nearly 50% higher than Shutterstock's declared average.

Even Sean said he's only generating about 60c per image/month (in a previous thread) so we must have some absolute stock geniuses voting in the poll.

It does seem a bit unlikely that these numbers are true.  People like Sean and Rob make many times more than the average contributor here with an average number of images yet they have RPIs lower than 30 or 40% of the respondents?  It's not adding up.