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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: Artist on May 01, 2012, 10:52
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Everything worked fine till march when suddenly I got -25% in April and the start of May is also not going good... Are there some kind of holidays going on??? or what may be the reason according to you...
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It's Workers Day today, public holiday in many european countries (not sure about US), many people had a day off yesterday. Also there will be soon Day of Victory / Liberation Day in many countries, I guess it's different date in different countries but usually it's May 8th. So nobody will work next Monday as well.
Expect sales like it's permanent weekend these days.
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It's normal for April I'd say. Mine were -15% and I don't worry about it (mostly due to ELs, I got just a few this month). But today's sales are really pathetic so far, I find it really surprising that US sales aren't already kicking in (I got just a few so far) so it really shows it's a day off in Europe. It looks like IS has mostly American buyers, sales are not affected over there at all.
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Everything worked fine till march when suddenly I got -25% in April and the start of May is also not going good... Are there some kind of holidays going on??? or what may be the reason according to you...
There was an Easter Weekend (in many countries) and Spring Break (UK) in April.
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
Perhaps he doesn't work!!!!!! ;D
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
Perhaps he doesn't work!!!!!! ;D
Perhaps I never thought that it is so heavily celebrated :)
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
in the US it was considered a Soviet propaganda day - ignoring the otherwise worldwide recogniyion
workers + unions = socialism by right wing americans
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Only have a total (all sites) difference of $0.25 between March and April (guess I am just lucky).
Think our government should have sent their employees to work today ("workers day"), maybe they might have misunderstood and actually worked for once! ::)
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
in the US it was considered a Soviet propaganda day - ignoring the otherwise worldwide recogniyion
workers + unions = socialism by right wing americans
We have Labor Day on the first Monday in September. It's the same thing, I would imagine - a day to celebrate workers. Most people take a long weekend and have a picnic or something.
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
in the US it was considered a Soviet propaganda day - ignoring the otherwise worldwide recogniyion
workers + unions = socialism by right wing americans
We have Labor Day on the first Monday in September. It's the same thing, I would imagine - a day to celebrate workers. Most people take a long weekend and have a picnic or something.
Labour Day = 1st of May
Labor Day = first Monday in September :)
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
Perhaps he doesn't work!!!!!! ;D
Perhaps I never thought that it is so heavily celebrated :)
It's a national holiday in most countries. Yes, it is heavily celebrated.
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how can you not know that it's workers day today?
in the US it was considered a Soviet propaganda day - ignoring the otherwise worldwide recogniyion
workers + unions = socialism by right wing americans
We have Labor Day on the first Monday in September. It's the same thing, I would imagine - a day to celebrate workers. Most people take a long weekend and have a picnic or something.
Labour Day = 1st of May
Labor Day = first Monday in September :)
My sales at SS were pathetic yesterday. But I still got more sales from from Europe than the USA :o (and on a normal weekday sales are about the same)
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For example in the Czech Republic 1st May is not only Labour day but also The Day of Lovers, which is considered as a famous, traditional and non-commercial alternative to US import Valentine. It is a public holiday and a man has to kiss his woman under the blooming cherry tree :-) Anyone got more "blooming nature" downloads yesterday? :-)
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The first 2 days of May are pathetic. Things are better today though, but still way below average, at least when it comes to subs, I only got 2 ODs so far today and no other no sub sales. And yes, I know it was the labour day yesterday ;) . I just hope the fun won't stop now, that I've gotten used to nice, growing sales and more importantly, earnings.
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For example in the Czech Republic 1st May is not only Labour day but also The Day of Lovers, which is considered as a famous, traditional and non-commercial alternative to US import Valentine. It is a public holiday and a man has to kiss his woman under the blooming cherry tree :-) Anyone got more "blooming nature" downloads yesterday? :-)
I had one, a pretty old one that actually has a sensor spot on it :D
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Can anyone with significant number of DLs reveal his/her May trends?
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Anyone got more "blooming nature" downloads yesterday? :-)
I had one, a pretty old one that actually has a sensor spot on it :D
It really gets my goat when people laugh about providing a sub-standard service to our customers. Selling images with hidden defects reflects badly on all of us.
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Anyone got more "blooming nature" downloads yesterday? :-)
I had one, a pretty old one that actually has a sensor spot on it :D
It really gets my goat when people laugh about providing a sub-standard service to our customers. Selling images with hidden defects reflects badly on all of us.
I believe you are way pissed around Yuri and starting to be mean all around, you need to deal with that issue please.. regarding my picture it was done in 2009 where actually I didnīt knew jack about sensor spots, only noticed it yesterday when I saw the sale, I believe that we should laugh about ourself if not we are just too serious.. for sure I will work around that picture and upload again, please donīt go and tell Jon :)
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Sales are slow. But it just had my first 0.38 USD sale. Whoopee. :)
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Can anyone with significant number of DLs reveal his/her May trends?
I would say I am back to April levels at SS (which was around 5 - 10% down from March).
In fact, I'd say all sites except for DT are doing about what they did in April. Monday this week was bad, but Tuesday things bounced right back, and the rest of the week is looking good.
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Sales are slow. But it just had my first 0.38 USD sale. Whoopee. :)
congratulations! ;)
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Can anyone with significant number of DLs reveal his/her May trends?
I would say I am back to April levels at SS (which was around 5 - 10% down from March).
In fact, I'd say all sites except for DT are doing about what they did in April. Monday this week was bad, but Tuesday things bounced right back, and the rest of the week is looking good.
Yes, SS bounced back today for me as well. SS really can't go down for more than a day or 2. In fact sales are already almost double from yesterdays (and I'm usually at 75% of my earnings at this time of day). IS is good, a couple of semi niched series are selling nicely, FT is good too, got a few large credit sales today, but I agree that DT is pathetic, just one sub for today so far...
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It's a little weird out there now. I'm overall up but very crazy ebb and flow on all the sites for me the last 30 days, but monthly sales seems to be ok in the end.
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Picture downloads follow the stock market.
Check it.
Which actually tells us who our costumers are.
Check it if you dont believe me.
= opposite of gold.
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I've had only 5% of normal Sunday sales so far, so I checked my sales for all the Sundays in May. And I noticed that Sunday sales were always worse than Saturdays, while it was the other way around all the time. I usually earned twice as much on Sunday compared to Saturday. That being said, my sales are record high this month already, but due to lack of SODs and more evidently, ELs (just 1 so far!), it looks like it's going to be a 2nd BME although sales numbers are telling a different story. RPD is down, although I've had a BME for ODs already approx 5 days ago.
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May is typically my third worst month of the year, despite the 31 day length. I am aware that my portfolio is built for summer and autumn performance, but I have seen enough complaints about May over the last 5 years to convince me that this is typical for many contributors.
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But why only Sundays? :) It doesn't really make any sense. Did anyone else notice that particular pattern? It's only my 3rd May of selling MS, so I can't really comment on the performance, however it has always been a good (not the best) month for me. But I don't think that is really realistic, since my sales are growing all the time (I am relatively new with a small port) and it's only logical autumn months are always gonna beat May by a large margin.
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I'm not surprised, it's a major holiday weekend in a bunch of European countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost))
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Major? I've never heard of it. But as your link states, it's celebrated in the UK. I doubt this holiday could be affecting today's sales in such a big way, not even the labour day on the 1st of May did
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In Germany its called Pfingsten and is a major holiday, the schools are off for two weeks and families head south for sun and fun . . . . .
The summer school vacation time is only 6 weeks long here . . . .
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In Germany its called Pfingsten and is a major holiday, the schools are off for two weeks and families head south for sun and fun . . . . .
Wow, this is bigger than Christmas then? I'd say bigger than Christmas and Easter combined...It must be a protestant thing than (England, Germany is protestant for the most part as well)
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In Germany its called Pfingsten and is a major holiday, the schools are off for two weeks and families head south for sun and fun . . . . .
Wow, this is bigger than Christmas then? I'd say bigger than Christmas and Easter combined...It must be a protestant thing than (England, Germany is protestant for the most part as well)
It's a hokiday in all european catholic countries as far as i know. Here ins Austria as well as in Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland etc. we have Holidays till Tue./Wed.. Most people see it as European Spring break and go to the Beaches to Party etc.
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Memorial Day Weekend in the US too. So I would expect sales to be a little slow here too.
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Oh no, I can't even count on ELs or increased sales to reach a BME at SS. Or overall :(
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In Germany its called Pfingsten and is a major holiday, the schools are off for two weeks and families head south for sun and fun . . . . .
Wow, this is bigger than Christmas then? I'd say bigger than Christmas and Easter combined...It must be a protestant thing than (England, Germany is protestant for the most part as well)
Just for clarity - nothing at all happening in the UK this weekend (holiday/celebration wise). Be prepared though: Monday and Tuesday next week (4/5 June) are public holidays in the UK this year (Diamond Jubilee of the Queen). Lots of street parties and events planned over that four day period so expect a drop in UK sales. Regards, David.
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Oh dear. Sounds like the last few days of May are not going to be big sellers that rescue the month for me. I was prepared for low US sales on Monday because of Memorial Day, but did not realize most of Europe was celebrating this week too.
No biggie. Time to get out and enjoy the great weather. Have fun everyone! :)
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
way to rub it in... classy.
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
Well it's easy for a low volume player to see sales going only up, you get a dozen more sales in June, and it's a BME (again) :P . I hope you know I'm joking, but in a way you're a beginner with that site, so it does apply ;)
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
Congrats! Glad to hear it's working out for you :)
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
Do you have the IPO to share for your company?Yuri!! hehehe ;D
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
Do you have the IPO to share for your company?Yuri!! hehehe ;D
Just wait a couple months and he'll be there...
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
WOW
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
WOW
the "hehehehe" part?
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I'm having a great month at SS. Just mentioning it so you know the downward trend isn't universal. I am very sorry to hear others are having a bad month though, and hope it picks up for you all next month. (Maybe you'll all have a great June and mine will be terrible!)
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peopleimages.com is up, up, up!!! :) hehehehe
WOW
the "hehehehe" part?
ne, just that it is a great site and a great achievement.
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May is typically my third worst month of the year, despite the 31 day length. I am aware that my portfolio is built for summer and autumn performance, but I have seen enough complaints about May over the last 5 years to convince me that this is typical for many contributors.
+1
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Yes, very strange, SS down this month.
Today 29 May.
% of my total earnings
SS (28%) -24% !
FT (25%) +9%
IS (22%) +5%
123 (15%) +10%
DT (5%) -2%
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