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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: WarrenPrice on April 03, 2010, 13:46
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I just learned of an interesting stat on the Shutterstock Earnings/Payout report. It gives info on how much you made from images sold in the USA and how much was made elsewhere. I was quite surprised to learn that only one-third of my earnings are from the US. I wish they would break it down even further. Reminds me a bit of the old Fotolia when buyers location was listed with each sale.
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Yes, it's interesting, and I was surprised as well - my proportion is roughly the same
but they are giving separate US / rest of the world data only for tax obligations, and I'm afraid they will never break it down further unless absolutely required: buyers' location is sensitive business data to keep hidden from the competition
(Panthermedia is the only site I am aware that still tells the name of buyers - but their buyers are almost entirely from Germany)
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I guess this info must be available only to contributors outside the US...
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I guess this info must be available only to contributors outside the US...
I'm in the U.S. and I have it.
On your Details page go down to
Gross Earnings
(click here for your actual payment history) :
and click on Payment History.
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My percentages are about the same.
However, I'm surprised the us percentage is so high, not so low. After all, the US population counts for 4.59% of the world population.
Unless...
http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip.aspx?id=656c268e-ff70-43a3-9e52-b4923c42e1f2 (http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip.aspx?id=656c268e-ff70-43a3-9e52-b4923c42e1f2)
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I'm in the U.S. and I have it.
On your Details page go down to
Gross Earnings
(click here for your actual payment history) :
and click on Payment History.
Thanks!
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My percentages are about the same.
However, I'm surprised the us percentage is so high, not so low. After all, the US population counts for 4.59% of the world population.
But a huge proportion of the world's population will know nothing about buying images from Shutterstock*, and more still would never dream of it.
* or anywhere else.
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The majority of my sales are still from outside of the U.S. on Shutterstock. Recent payouts in the last year were as high as 75% outside of the United States although my most recent payout was around 54% outside of the US. This was on a portfolio of just over 900 images.
-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com (http://markwpayne.wordpress.com)
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10% US
90% Others
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US source dropped by 10% to 16.5%.
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US source dropped by 10% to 16.5%.
Crisis ;-)
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US source dropped by 10% to 16.5%.
Crisis ;-)
Lol, I don't care where the sales come from, so long as they keep coming. However, it's astonishing that figures for the US are so low.
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i find that during months with el sales, the us buyers account for 60% (rather than the usual 20%). either there are more us buyers of ELs or the non US buyers are using images w/o an EL.