Author Topic: Shutterstock is an embarassment (Read 34775 times)

Doug Jensen · « **Reply #225 on:** May 16, 2024, 11:39 »

Quote from: [email protected] on May 16, 2024, 11:19

this month shutterstock slows down. anyone experience that ?

This month is better than last month.

Comparing April to May:

49% more earnings per day average.
82% more downloads per day average.

blvdone · « **Reply #226 on:** May 16, 2024, 11:40 »

This month, I've earned about $80 per download on Pond5. Last month was nearly $90 per download. Number of download hasn't increased much or slightly down compared to last year this time, but because I raised my prices, revenue is up a little bit. Still mostly HD sales. Maybe 10-20% are 4k sales depending on the month. Many HD sales are custom license higher than the prices I set. Some are discounted due to buyers buying credit packs.

https://www.pond5.com/artist/blvdoneprime

Jaggy · « **Reply #227 on:** May 16, 2024, 15:07 »

Quote from: [email protected] on May 16, 2024, 11:19

this month shutterstock slows down. anyone experience that ?

So far, May is normal for me. Not great and not terrible.

DaLiu · « **Reply #228 on:** May 16, 2024, 19:59 »

I'm on track for the BME on SS, SS is performing very well for me overall, AS it's lower than usual this month.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #229 on:** May 17, 2024, 04:34 »

Earnings comparison between Shutterstock and Adobe Stock:

WTD = Week-To-Date
MTD = Month-To-Date

These figures use to be in reverse several years ago which shows for my efforts how far Adobe has progressed compared to poor old beaten down washed-up Shutterstock.

DanielVisuals · « **Reply #230 on:** May 17, 2024, 16:25 »

Quote from: DaLiu on May 16, 2024, 19:59

I'm on track for the BME on SS, SS is performing very well for me overall, AS it's lower than usual this month.

Same here.

SS is performing really well this month.

If I look at my total revenue so far this year from both AS and SS, they are pretty close to each other, and that is with a lower commission on SS.

I just got a $48 sale in SS today. I tend to get a couple of big sales every month on SS. I cannot recall when that happened on AS.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #231 on:** May 18, 2024, 05:29 »

this month so far on Adobe I have earned 650% more than on SS,but I haven't uploaded to SS since September 2023.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #232 on:** May 20, 2024, 01:23 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on May 18, 2024, 05:29

this month so far on Adobe I have earned 650% more than on SS,but I haven't uploaded to SS since September 2023.

The Shutterstock is an embarrassment continues. I've earned 2.6 times in just 5 hours on Adobe Stock than I have in 10 days on Shutterstock.

Ambu · « **Reply #233 on:** May 20, 2024, 23:13 »

It's really strange that I only received 40-50% of the earnings and sales that I usually get in Shutterstock. And the sales and earnings in Adobe Stock is normal like every month.

trucic · « **Reply #234 on:** May 21, 2024, 05:45 »

… two crazy days, with big footage sales… being on rollercoaster is really frustrating, while P5 is silecened again…

Sebastian Radu · « **Reply #235 on:** May 22, 2024, 13:23 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on May 20, 2024, 01:23

Quote from: Injustice for all on May 18, 2024, 05:29
this month so far on Adobe I have earned 650% more than on SS,but I haven't uploaded to SS since September 2023.

The Shutterstock is an embarrassment continues. I've earned 2.6 times in just 5 hours on Adobe Stock than I have in 10 days on Shutterstock.

Something similar in my case as well, even though sales at AS have dropped drastically in the last two months.

yuriy · « **Reply #236 on:** May 22, 2024, 20:37 »

i had 9 image sales today. i didn't make $1. pathetic.

blvdone · « **Reply #237 on:** May 22, 2024, 21:16 »

SS is going stronger than ever. I make $300/hr on SS.

Just kidding.

I only sell photos on SS just like on Adobe Stock btw. No video sub for me.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #238 on:** May 22, 2024, 23:52 »

Somewhat comforting to see others experiencing similar rubbish results I am, though I also sell video but have just taken a more deeper look and noticed that I have only sold videos on 2 days in the last 12 days (and for garbage prices at that) and I usually sell videos more than every second day on average, even during quieter months. So something really wrong here.

yuriy · « **Reply #239 on:** May 23, 2024, 07:20 »

ok in the interest of transparency i followed up yesterdays ridiculous 9 sales for less than $1 with my biggest ever image sale on SS. this is more than 4x my previous largest so i guess miracles are possible (or they heard me complain and threw me a bone).

DaLiu · « **Reply #240 on:** May 23, 2024, 07:38 »

For me SS is by far the best agency and the number of sales are constant.

cascoly · « **Reply #241 on:** May 23, 2024, 17:57 »

Quote from: DaLiu on May 23, 2024, 07:38

For me SS is by far the best agency and the number of sales are constant.

same h ere - my running average has been about the same over last few years, down maybe 10%. AS has been slightly up during that time but is usually < 50% of SS sales. for me, it may be that SS sells my editorials, while AS won't

Pacesetter · « **Reply #242 on:** May 23, 2024, 18:09 »

Quote from: DaLiu on May 23, 2024, 07:38

For me SS is by far the best agency and the number of sales are constant.

Download numbers are quite good there but I see you have 10x more photos than mine and few less videos. How's the revenue-per-download going? That's where I've seen the biggest hit to earnings.

DaLiu · « **Reply #243 on:** May 23, 2024, 18:20 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on May 23, 2024, 18:09

Quote from: DaLiu on May 23, 2024, 07:38
For me SS is by far the best agency and the number of sales are constant.

Download numbers are quite good there but I see you have 10x more photos than mine and few less videos. How's the revenue-per-download going? That's where I've seen the biggest hit to earnings.

My RPD mixed (videos+images) is around 0,80$ per download for this year, actually it went up compared with last years.

AS RPD is over 1.1$ per download mixed but half the downloads of SS.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #244 on:** May 25, 2024, 06:24 »

Shutterstock would be a great agency,they just need to get these 10c out of the way and set 0.25c at least as minimum.

selling most photos and vectors for 0.10c is not acceptable,there is too much work behind it.

offisapup · « **Reply #245 on:** May 27, 2024, 03:37 »

To give an indication of how far my Shutterstock port has fallen in terms of sales...

Last year in May, my Adobe revenue was half of SS. Downloads were about a quarter of the downloads I had on SS.

This year, Adobe revenue is double that of SS. Downloads are almost equal and slightly higher on SS (SS downloads are down 50 percent from last year though). The revenue is double because my Adobe RPD is about 1$ while on SS it's 25 cents. This despite the fact that I have the same images on both ports. In fact, my SS port is bigger because of editorials.

kuriouskat · « **Reply #246 on:** May 27, 2024, 10:41 »

As well as being a contributor, I often buy from Shutterstock on behalf of the company I work for, and it's just as bad from the customer side. I can't even search for new content, and just get the filter options for Popular and Most Relevant. They return a different selection, but why can't I browse new stuff?

Doesn't seem to be much point in uploading new stuff if customers can't even search for it?

DaLiu · « **Reply #247 on:** May 27, 2024, 11:58 »

Quote from: offisapup on May 27, 2024, 03:37

To give an indication of how far my Shutterstock port has fallen in terms of sales...

Last year in May, my Adobe revenue was half of SS. Downloads were about a quarter of the downloads I had on SS.

This year, Adobe revenue is double that of SS. Downloads are almost equal and slightly higher on SS (SS downloads are down 50 percent from last year though). The revenue is double because my Adobe RPD is about 1$ while on SS it's 25 cents. This despite the fact that I have the same images on both ports. In fact, my SS port is bigger because of editorials.

But overall revenue (AS + SS) how is it compared with the last May?

offisapup · « **Reply #248 on:** May 28, 2024, 01:40 »

Quote from: DaLiu on May 27, 2024, 11:58

Quote from: offisapup on May 27, 2024, 03:37
To give an indication of how far my Shutterstock port has fallen in terms of sales...

Last year in May, my Adobe revenue was half of SS. Downloads were about a quarter of the downloads I had on SS.

This year, Adobe revenue is double that of SS. Downloads are almost equal and slightly higher on SS (SS downloads are down 50 percent from last year though). The revenue is double because my Adobe RPD is about 1$ while on SS it's 25 cents. This despite the fact that I have the same images on both ports. In fact, my SS port is bigger because of editorials.

But overall revenue (AS + SS) how is it compared with the last May?

Slightly higher thanks to AS. Would have been much higher if SS downloads hadn't dipped so hard.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #249 on:** May 28, 2024, 09:18 »

something strange is happening on SS today.

I sold more in 2 hours than I sold in the first 27 days of May,and they keep coming!

but not even a sale above 1 USD for the moment,a storm of 0.10c.

most likely something went off in the algorithm that decided that I had to start selling.

if I had sold all this on Adobe I would have been much happier,unfortunately my portfolio on Adobe seems to be hibernating this month!

wake up Adobe it's almost summer!

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