iStock:
Incredibly, it seems that May was my BMY for $$ - though there were lots of miserably poor weekdays. Saved by an inexplicable purple patch 21st - 24th where I had more than usual + sales, and most sales were L or L+, apparently mostly totally unconnected sales - my best non-EL week since the heady days of late 2009, after two successive very poor weeks.

Compared to April '12 (WMY): dls +17%, $$ +23%; portfolio +1.5%
Compared to May '11: dls -3%, $$ +30%; portfolio +c35%

Alamy poor: only 2 dls, one low-average, one very low. 

Reading the earnings thread in IS forums it seems E+ sales saved a lot contributors this month. Have they been mirrored to Getty yet?

I stopped ULing to DT over 10 days ago (although I had a BME), so that I have the option of becoming exclusive. I hope SS offers it, but the way my sales shot up in May at IS, I'm going to watch them carefully during the next 6 months and if they stay the same and E+ sales at Getty are going to kick off and SS doesn't offer exclusivity or a good exclusive deal, then I'll just put on that crown. Less hassle will be another plus side to it and just focusing on what sells best at one agency, so I won't be splitting my attention and be able to maximize earnings.

Crazy month!

Unequivocally the weirdest month I've ever experienced in microstock.  The first week was excruciatingly slow and then most sites boomed all the way through the month with a BME on six sites.  Overall a BME as well.  I haven't had a BME since mid last year.  The strangest thing though, SS who is usually my best performer by far, finished second last.  What on earth is going on? 

This must be a sign that the world is ending in December 

Great month for me - well above my previous best of $1537 to come in with $1608. I'm in a bit of a rush this morning (just got a Canon G1X as a second compact shooter and have to go out to try it) so I'll just post the overall earnings graph and leave you to visit my blog if you want the rest of the story.



Steve

Wow that does sound weird!  Have you switched polarity or something?

 

A rise of $400 in 5 months, keep up the pace Louis! and thanks again for being amongst the very few who actually post their numbers
I don't think you uploaded much in the last few months am I right?
I would get rid of the low/non sellers except for Alamy, you don't need them anymore.

on the last six months I haven�t uploaded that much, the last 2 I have been traveling a lot in Ireland, thats very true Wim, that said I got around 600 approved at SS but over 200 were approved just a couple of weeks ago which are editorial from a rally I went to see/shoot

Income from a combo of micros, trads and products was down 21% from April, all thanks to the micros.  May at the micros was my worst month since December 2007.     Earnings were down a whoppin' 25% from March and April mostly because of a huge drop in ODs and ELs at SS.  Thankfully Alamy posted a BME, which made up for some of the loss, but it wasn't nearly enough to alleviate my worries. 

The only good news has been coming from BigStock lately, which posted its third straight month of earnings at 35% or more higher than what had been the norm for years.  It's the only micro where I'm seeing any kind of improvement.  I was seeing the same improvements over at SS, but that progress came to a screeching halt in May. 

Ok I'll play this time too... These numbers are just for my micro income (and actually I am not counting euros and other currencies, just USD):
SS: 28%
IS: 26%
FT: 17%
DT: 10%
123rf: 6%
Depositphotos: 3.5%
Bigstock: 3%
Canstock:3%

And some other small fry for remaining 3.5%...
I have different ratio between SS and IS and FT than most people, I suspect it's because I am not selling as much on SS as everyone else, not sure why.  FT was disappointing in May, usually it does much better for me. Looking at what Lisa said, could be that us emeralds are getting pushed down in searches 

I was so close to passing Shutterstock this month. A couple more sales would have done it. Maybe, next month.

really amazing! 

Bottomline 5% growth compared to May 2011.  SS played even in downloads, but did a great job with OD's.  Fotolia went down for the first time this year, so the rumors about emeralds being pushed down could be true.

DST was very disappointing these last 3 months, and strangely, IS has been going up in the same 3 months (still very bad sales at IS, but better dan March/April/May 2011).

Shut   34%
Fotolia   20%
Dream   14%
I-stock   13%
123rf   6% (going up!)
Canstock   3%
rodeo   3%
BigStock   2%
Alamy   2%
Depos   1%
Cutcaster   1%
GLO   0,4% (WME)

Reading the earnings thread in IS forums it seems E+ sales saved a lot contributors this month. Have they been mirrored to Getty yet?

No they haven't yet. And when they do, the sales from them will be included in the extra "GI Sales" reported around the 20th of the following month.

I beat my forecast by $200 but down $150 over last month.  SS has really pumped up my overall monthly income. IS was down $150 over last month and DT was down $75 over last month. 

- 5th BME in a row (Jan 1073$, Feb 1090$, Mar 1341$, Apr 1405$, May 1446$)
- from May 2011 +171%
- 37 months of stock
- 470$ left to the 10k $ milestone at SS (will be making 3 years there)

Luis

We really are tracking together on this - I'm at $9711, just $290 away from the magic $10K at Shutterstock after a great May on that site. I think I'm just in the lead though!

Steve