Author Topic: November Sales (Read 36661 times)

nobody · « **on:** November 21, 2018, 18:14 »

I thought I would start the topic for November sales. Sadly, due to poor sales on Shutter my November looks to be worse that what I made even compared to 2014/2015 years. I am sure there will be newbie's claiming BME but I wonder how the veteran's are doing?

Not Today · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:38 »

Not a great month so far, sales down 50% overall.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:43 »

Sales this month have fallen through the floor for me

derek · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2018, 02:48 »

Same here mate! fallen through the floor!! with the exception of Fotolia!...its the same everywhere right across the board almost!

Pauws99 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2018, 02:55 »

Quote from: derek on November 22, 2018, 02:48

Same here mate! fallen through the floor!! with the exception of Fotolia!...its the same everywhere right across the board almost!

Everywhere else is fairly average for me. I think Adobe may well be giving SS some serious competition at last.

derek · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2018, 04:42 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on November 22, 2018, 02:55

Quote from: derek on November 22, 2018, 02:48
Same here mate! fallen through the floor!! with the exception of Fotolia!...its the same everywhere right across the board almost!
Everywhere else is fairly average for me. I think Adobe may well be giving SS some serious competition at last.

I sincerely hope so! its about time somebody else makes a mark and impose some serious competition.

jonbull · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2018, 07:55 »

super focolai video sales and big sales made it the best already month and near ss , something never happened..

ss looks bad so far compared to october...tons of subs...yesterday 55 sales only sub!! never happened...practically 80% of month are sub...very few sod and a bunch of single..

canta despite theft files is selling good...dreamstime seems to breathe again..thee rest dead included alamay.

christiano · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2018, 08:45 »

same for me, very bad month... a video sold around $ 50 will save the month ...

jonbull · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2018, 09:21 »

it's n surprise ..now you can find any files you want free ...is not a surprise sales are decreasing.....only released images still have a good market cause those free sites front have model release and so buyer can be scared o use those files, but for example holiday images like christmas or new year, go to unsplash...and search...there are images of very good to great quality, stocksy style, for free..that's it

nobody · « **Reply #9 on:** November 22, 2018, 09:39 »

Here's a blast from the past--- folks were making a killing in November! Sad how things have changed $:-\$

https://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/november-sales/

Tommy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2018, 09:42 »

Pretty poor so far, about 40% down on October.

derek · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2018, 14:38 »

Something is without doubt wrong with SS!! just spoke ta a partner in a factory, freaking 350.000 files and they are down 60% so far in November!!....its almost surreal, bizzare how things have changed just during the last year.

FiledIMAGE · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2018, 14:48 »

Yep massively down for me too. 2 years ago my best month ever

Shelma1 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2018, 15:03 »

Suhcky-doodle-do.

pancaketom · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2018, 15:30 »

for starters the month is barely more than 2/3 done. also how can things be the same and down 60%? It seems about the same as Oct for me except a few more big sales at Alamy, but the obese female has not sung yet so I don't really know. So, a lot less than during the good years (2011 - 2015) but things haven't fallen off any new cliffs.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2018, 16:27 »

Quote from: pancaketom on November 22, 2018, 15:30

for starters the month is barely more than 2/3 done. also how can things be the same and down 60%? It seems about the same as Oct for me except a few more big sales at Alamy, but the obese female has not sung yet so I don't really know. So, a lot less than during the good years (2011 - 2015) but things haven't fallen off any new cliffs.

Well for me its a projection based on sales so far so yes there's hope but it has gone down dramatically for me whether its a trend or just one very bad month for me time will tell. I doubt very much that sales across the board have tanked more like the latest algorithm changes have hit some hard.

Minsc · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2018, 17:24 »

November has always been kind to me and this one is no different.

Chichikov · « **Reply #17 on:** November 23, 2018, 02:37 »

Not so good everywhere.

Adobe just a little down.
But Shutterstock is a real disaster: 50% of my usual monthly average, and 25% of my 2015, 2016 and 2017 Novembers average…
Probably it will be the lowest November of these 5-6 last years…

But all can happen during the last week, the worst… and the best.

derek · « **Reply #18 on:** November 23, 2018, 02:43 »

When distributors, aggregators and " factories" are way, way down! thats when its time to start worrying! since they are cared for and looked after!

Pauws99 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 23, 2018, 03:40 »

Quote from: derek on November 23, 2018, 02:43

When distributors, aggregators and " factories" are way, way down! thats when its time to start worrying! since they are cared for and looked after!

Well apparently not anymore....less sales for them potentially bigger slice of the cake for us little guys ;-).

PZF · « **Reply #20 on:** November 23, 2018, 07:18 »

Quote from: derek on November 22, 2018, 04:42

Quote from: Pauws99 on November 22, 2018, 02:55
Quote from: derek on November 22, 2018, 02:48
Same here mate! fallen through the floor!! with the exception of Fotolia!...its the same everywhere right across the board almost!
Everywhere else is fairly average for me. I think Adobe may well be giving SS some serious competition at last.

I sincerely hope so! its about time somebody else makes a mark and impose some serious competition.

It depends. If they end up competing on price then we are lost.

Brasilnut · « **Reply #21 on:** November 23, 2018, 07:29 »

2 sales this morning on Alamy for $120 and $22 may just about salvage my month.

In any case, it seems that the last week of every month is when there's usually proportionally the most sales (in my case)...

jonbull · « **Reply #22 on:** November 23, 2018, 09:20 »

shuttersubs....tens of tens of tens of sub only...never happened, maybe ss is favoring ss with packages or special offer.

derek · « **Reply #23 on:** November 23, 2018, 09:30 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on November 23, 2018, 03:40

Quote from: derek on November 23, 2018, 02:43
When distributors, aggregators and " factories" are way, way down! thats when its time to start worrying! since they are cared for and looked after!
Well apparently not anymore....less sales for them potentially bigger slice of the cake for us little guys ;-).

Yes but in this case I recon its a general drought! I think next QR we are in for a nasty surprise!

jonbull · « **Reply #24 on:** November 23, 2018, 09:44 »

ss is earning money..simply put there are more and more files and more nd more desperate contributors especially coming from russia and ukraine who upload zillions of files and the cake is simply spread...zero entry barrier and low cost make this possible. micro apart one rare case i'd say 100 200 big contributor will be just an hobby for all the rest.

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