Author Topic: April Sales (Read 11772 times)

dingles · « **Reply #25 on:** May 02, 2013, 09:21 »

April was my worst month in a long time...coming off a decent March and a strong February(BME)...oh well.

oboy · « **Reply #26 on:** May 02, 2013, 10:41 »

April was excellent for me! Up 31%, mostly because of Zazzle.

Best 4: Zazzle, Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Bigstock

more info: http://microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/05/stock-photography-sales-statistic-april.html

(statistic includes referrals)

nicku · « **Reply #27 on:** May 02, 2013, 12:05 »

Very good April for me.... with some surprises

SS - very good month

- $65 apart from my BME + 15% compared with April 2012 ; + 15% compared with March 2013
FT - very good month +45% compared with April 2012 ; +10% compared with march 2013
DT - good month +3% compared with April 2012 ; -16% compared with March 2013
123RF - very good month, BME regarding downloads and second BME in revenue +25% compared with April 2012 ; +2% compared with march 2013
Can stock - BME, way up in the last month , good sales and revenue + 500% compared with 2012, +100% compared with march 2013

DP and Bigstock insignificant to make any statistics...

gostwyck · « **Reply #28 on:** May 02, 2013, 13:45 »

Slightly disappointing 2% down on April 2012. I had hoped for a rebound from the disappointing March but it didn't happen.

IS were 28% down, DT and FT were similar. Fortunately SS were 44% up so made up almost all the ground lost elsewhere. SS, together with BS, are now generating 53% of my microstock income and appear to be getting stronger every month to the detriment of their competitors. Worrying for the future stability of our industry.

cthoman · « **Reply #29 on:** May 02, 2013, 14:10 »

Quote from: gostwyck on May 02, 2013, 13:45

SS, together with BS, are now generating 53% of my microstock income and appear to be getting stronger every month to the detriment of their competitors. Worrying for the future stability of our industry.

Wow! That's a lot. How much of that is BS?

gostwyck · « **Reply #30 on:** May 02, 2013, 14:17 »

Quote from: cthoman on May 02, 2013, 14:10

Quote from: gostwyck on May 02, 2013, 13:45
SS, together with BS, are now generating 53% of my microstock income and appear to be getting stronger every month to the detriment of their competitors. Worrying for the future stability of our industry.

Wow! That's a lot. How much of that is BS?

BS are usually 3-4% of my total. SS was at 49% last month.

Oldhand · « **Reply #31 on:** May 02, 2013, 14:41 »

Snap - SS are 50% give or take some loose change - and increasing!

fotografer · « **Reply #32 on:** May 02, 2013, 15:30 »

Best month for over a year. BME - SS, Dep, BS, 123rf. Fotolia best month since April 2011,

Bauman · « **Reply #33 on:** May 02, 2013, 16:38 »

Great month (thanks to SS), BME

16 months of Microstock

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SS 67% -> BME (great series of ED and SOD)
FT 13%
DT 7% -> BME
IS 5% (NO PP - With Jan PP 10%)
123 4% -> BME
DP 2%
EN 1%
BS 1% -> BME
CA 1% -> BME
VE 1%

10 agencies, 5 BME.

cthoman · « **Reply #34 on:** May 02, 2013, 17:05 »

Quote from: Oldhand on May 02, 2013, 14:41

Snap - SS are 50% give or take some loose change - and increasing!

I think I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum on this. They were only 16% for me. That was still good enough to snag 2nd place though.

lisafx · « **Reply #35 on:** May 03, 2013, 17:17 »

Quote from: cthoman on May 02, 2013, 17:05

Quote from: Oldhand on May 02, 2013, 14:41
Snap - SS are 50% give or take some loose change - and increasing!

I think I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum on this. They were only 16% for me. That was still good enough to snag 2nd place though.

Yeah, I never have done amazingly on SS either. They are consistently under 30% of my earnings. It's still enough to put them in first place, but only just. My income seems to be pretty spread out across the sites I contribute to.

Dan · « **Reply #36 on:** May 04, 2013, 14:32 »

needed just 31 cent to beat out march overall. I started this year with a goal of making a payout somewhere. Maybe i'll be able to do that.

steheap · « **Reply #37 on:** May 05, 2013, 18:59 »

A good month for me. Not the best ever, but pretty close. Total was $2176, helped by some footage sales of the skyline in Boston (around the time of the bombing), which sold for $90+. Pond5 continues to be good - one of several sites over $100, including 123RF, Dreamstime, Fotolia, Alamy, and, of course iStock.

Here are the headline graphs. More details as normal on my blog.

Steve

Metsafile · « **Reply #38 on:** May 06, 2013, 03:42 »

After a slow start it turned out to be a good month. A sixty dollar OD on SS, an EL on Veer, Fotolia was slower than usual, Dreamstime was normal, a surprise sale on Alamy with the rest of the field full of hope for better times.

47.0% Shutterstock
16.1% Veer
15.5 % Fotolia
06.3 % Dreamstime
05.9 % Alamy
03.0 % 123RF
02.7 % Bigstock
02.2 % Canstock
01.3 % DepositPhotos
00.0 % GLStockimages
00.0 % Stockfresh

shopartgallery · « **Reply #39 on:** May 06, 2013, 07:15 »

Good month for me too! First sales from the personal site and BME at Dreamstime. SS a little bit less than March. Very worried about Alamy and Pond5, no sales this month.

lightphoto · « **Reply #40 on:** May 06, 2013, 09:17 »

Overall BME.
Shutterstock - BME
iStock - best month since Oct
DT - stable, decent month
123rf - still relatively new, nothing worth talking about

Shutterstock is really taking off, with my 4th BME in a row, and now about 30-50% more than iS, and since I just hit the $3000 mark I should get a bump this month for the higher percentage rate.

3 of my best 4 months overall were this year. Trends are looking up!

fiftyfootelvis · « **Reply #41 on:** May 07, 2013, 20:07 »

Shutterstock was a bit slower than expected, but iStock sales were strong. Overall things have been moving along acceptably, but I'm probably down 15% from my best months.

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