HI Snow shade...
You only have 128 images. Your earnings sound about right.
Anything less than 1000 images will not average much...To see real earnings you need thousands of images...Some people have 2000 images or more and only make 100.

This is a tough industry, there is no secret recipe, nowadays you need quality and quantity...You just need a looot of content to compete.

Are you sure you're not reffering to photography?Because i do have a friend and he has 260 images and gets about 800 a month.I mean i've heard that if u are a photografer,you need above 1000,but as for vectors goes,1000 it's a lot,like a lot lot.I do see on SS that ppl upload same image just a little bit chaged about 5 times,but that's kind of not cool in my opinion.

Quote from: Shelma1 on May 05, 2015, 10:56

Some people do amazingly well with several hundred illustrations. Others do amazingly well with tens of thousands. And everything in between. Develop a unique style, find a niche, upload regularly and pay attention to keywords.

Yes,i do pay attention to keywording,and upload once a week,as for unique style,you are right,that's one thing,but people nowdays that earn a lot,i mean big companies,go for commercial and what sells the most,like infographics and stuff like that.So how to top that?

Quote from: Shelma1 on May 05, 2015, 10:56

Some people do amazingly well with several hundred illustrations. Others do amazingly well with tens of thousands. And everything in between. Develop a unique style, find a niche, upload regularly and pay attention to keywords.

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It's quality over quantity in this vector business. Do something that is useful for many Easier said than done, but it's the same in every area of business.

A successful vector image needs these:

- usefulness (a broad audience is a must)
- eye-catching (try to amaze your customers with colors and quality)
- do a collection (yes, you have to "cut" the price by doing a collection, because customers will buy these to their repertoire even if they don't need them at the moment)

Pick a niche. Study it. Own it.

I'm generating about $6/vector/month. I have a considerably small portfolio, but have been pushing some quality vectors. I'm sure there's people who make better dollar per image. So remember quality, quality and quality.

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Quote from: Shelma1 on May 05, 2015, 10:56

Some people do amazingly well with several hundred illustrations. Others do amazingly well with tens of thousands. And everything in between. Develop a unique style, find a niche, upload regularly and pay attention to keywords.

+1



It's quality over quantity in this vector business. Do something that is useful for many Easier said than done, but it's the same in every area of business.

A successful vector image needs these:

- usefulness (a broad audience is a must)
- eye-catching (try to amaze your customers with colors and quality)
- do a collection (yes, you have to "cut" the price by doing a collection, because customers will buy these to their repertoire even if they don't need them at the moment)

Pick a niche. Study it. Own it.

I'm generating about $6/vector/month. I have a considerably small portfolio, but have been pushing some quality vectors. I'm sure there's people who make better dollar per image. So remember quality, quality and quality.

Bolded by me... That is pretty impressive. I am generating $3-$4 a month per vector piece if we are averaging it out. But this is just on SS. And a lot of my pieces are sets or collections which take more time to create.

I am curious if your portfolio is less than 100 pieces when you say considerably small. Mine is in the range of 200-400 range. And most of my vectors have been created years ago when i was exclusive at istock. These days, I concentrate my efforts in my career which isnt in micro.

I'm also doing a lot of collections. That $6 is across all the microstock. SS is pretty much same as you have. Depends on month.

I actually have a close to four digit portfolio, but I've been doing this full time for a while now. I think my portfolio is still pretty small compared to few guys.

FileSold....
are you generating 6 dollars per month with your small portfolio or are you generating 6 dollars per single image?

I could be wrong, but those image sets, where you put a load of illustrations in one single file are the ones that probably sell more...than single illustrations in a file...

What I see selling are a lot of those "sets", a lot of  best sellers like those single files packed with badges, logos and icons, banners, design elements, vintage labels and text sets and so on.

I could be wrong...but is like a trend...but that's attractive to the buyer, and even tho some will download all of that even if they will never use it...