Author Topic: 2008 microstock comprehensive survey (Read 10156 times)

leaf · « **on:** January 28, 2009, 16:04 »

For interests sake and perhaps to glean some useful information I have created a comprehensive survey for the 2008 year.

http://microstocksurvey.com/index.php?sid=13871

After a week or two (or three, depending on how fast the results come in) I will share the results so we can all look and hopefully learn something. So please pass along the link. The more info we get the more useful the results will be.

I tried to keep the survey short while at the same time including enough useful questions. I'm not sure if I succeeded, I guess we will have to see how many people respond and how the numbers turn out. I can't add any more questions now, but if you think I missed something, feel free to mention it and perhaps it will be put in the 2009 survey

and yes, I know I am a bad speller. If there is anything really glaring you can say that too and i'll try and fix it... hopefully it is readable though.

madelaide · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2009, 16:10 »

Leaf, how unpolite to ask a woman her age!

Regards,
Adelaide

leaf · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:32 »

Quote from: madelaide on January 28, 2009, 16:10

Leaf, how unpolite to ask a woman her age!

Regards,
Adelaide

Artmyth · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:45 »

How many percent of your total income is from microstock photography

should read

What percentage of your total income is earned from microstock photography

leaf · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:23 »

Thanks, yes that was much better. I fixed the wording.

lathspell · « **Reply #5 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:08 »

And why reducing it to "photography"? I earn 90% from 3D graphics ... (This includes the question why according to the logo MSG is a place for "microstock photographers" but not for render artists, illustrators etc.

leaf · « **Reply #6 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:20 »

yeah... i thought about that, and was going to have a question about how much of the portfolio was illustration but didn't in the end, just hoped that everyone would just bunch it all together. That is the problem with polls - there is always a level of ambiguity in the questions.

I was hoping / thinking that there is sort of a complication of terms and it is just sort of understood that when one talks about microstock photography that we are also including illustration.

istockphoto is after all called istockphoto, shutterstock, Fotolia... etc, but of course we all know that they sell illustrations and that probably a very large portion of their income (and database) has nothing to do with photography....

tan510jomast · « **Reply #7 on:** January 29, 2009, 10:17 »

Quote from: madelaide on January 28, 2009, 16:10

Leaf, how unpolite to ask a woman her age!
Regards,Adelaide

Adelaide, I remember my first French class in 2002 when I moved to Montreal, Madame said,
"hello I am your new French teacher, don't ask my age, we stop counting after 35".

madelaide · « **Reply #8 on:** January 29, 2009, 10:56 »

tan,

So I'd better stop counting!

leaf · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:38 »

once last bump for this for those who hadn't seen it yet.

we are up to 150 responders so far so it looks like we will have a decent amount of data to look at.

ozbandit · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2009, 20:54 »

added my 2 cents

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2009, 22:00 »

Good work making the survey the results will be interesting.

nicemonkey · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2009, 05:54 »

I have filled it in!

perkmeup · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2009, 09:24 »

Done..... I wish you had a ......"I don't Know" field..

Dreamframer · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2009, 10:49 »

mantonino · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2009, 11:22 »

The outgoing N2M links seemed to be good so I hope you got enough info!

leaf · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:59 »

The results will be out later this week... last chance to vote is now.

noam · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2009, 16:29 »

What happened to the results?

leaf · « **Reply #18 on:** March 17, 2009, 16:58 »

ahhhhh... yes, I think about them every day and put myself through a guilt trip. I have been a little busy lately

I really hope to post them soon.

noam · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2009, 01:19 »

Quote from: leaf on March 17, 2009, 16:58

ahhhhh... yes, I think about them every day and put myself through a guilt trip. I have been a little busy lately I really hope to post them soon.

No pressure, just curiosity.

leaf · « **Reply #20 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:45 »

the results are now posted as well as a new thread

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Author Topic: 2008 microstock comprehensive survey (Read 10156 times)

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