May was my 6th month in microstock photography and the second month with dropping down earnings despite of the growing porftolio. Only IS showed some growth.

IS+SS = 80%

My monthly earning report:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080601085431/index.html

May Earnings $314.01.  This was down 8% from April's BME.  A very good month nonetheless.

The Breakdown
Shutterstock 51%  BME
iStock 21%
Dreamstime 11%
Fotolia 6%
BigStockPhoto 5%
123RF 4%  BME
Stockxpert 2%

All sites were down with the exceptions of Shutterstock and 123RF, each of which set BME's.  Shutterstock hit records for downloads and earnings.

Fotolia collapsed 48%.  Bigstock dropped 30%.  iStock was down 25%.  Stockxpert basically continued to drope along in the cellar, with their usual contribution of a few crappy sub sales here and there.

IS- 23% (20% income drop!!!)
SS- 29% (BME!)
DT- 13%
FT- 15% (BME!)
STX- 8%
123- 7% (BME!)
BS- 5%

No earnings poll this month?

Earnings down 5% overall.  Here's the breakdown:

IS  37% - stayed even
SS 18% - gained 1% due to the raise
FOT 15% - lost 4% due to search engine changes
DT 12% - gained 1%, BME
StockXpert 9% - gained 1%, BME
BigStock 5% - stayed even
123 3% - stayed even
Crest 1% - up from 0%
CanStockPhoto 1% - up from 0%

Not looking forward to the summer slump.....

Earnings were down 4% from April 08, but up 10% from May 2007

IS    24%     slightly lower
FT    22%     even
SS   17%     down 20%
DT   15%     up 50% from April - first signs of life there in ages
StockXpert   9%     even
BigStock   8%     down 15%
123  5%      even

May wasn't as good as April, mostly due to no EL sales...  Not sure why I still upload to some agencies--perhaps my glasses still have some rose coloring in them...

The breakdown:

IS    35.31% BME
SS    23.54%
DT     9.74%
123RF  7.79% BME
BigStock    7.44% BME
StockXpert    7.13%
FT     4.91%
CS     2.33% BME
SR     0.62% BME
CanStockPhoto    0.62% BME
SV     0.56% BME
MP     0.00%
FP     0.00%
     100.00%

I remember once when Lucky Oliver made me 60 cents for a BME, breaking a previous BME of 30 cents.  Oh, those were the good ole days...

IS:         27.6%
SS:        19.6%
DT:        15.5%
StockXpert:      14.8%
FP:        12.8%
123RF:   5.5%
FT:        2.4%
BS:       1.8%

SS      80.04%
123RF         9.48%
StockXpert           3.69%
FP            2.95%
DT            2.37%
IS             1.47%

My first full month. Sales mostly on SS other sites got just few downloads.

My May and 2008 numbers, with 200 for comparison:

Site	2007	2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
IS	26%	27%	22%	37%	26%	26%	23%
DT	16%	20%	30%	16%	18%	22%	14%
StockXpert	20%	19%	19%	12%	22%	21%	24%
FT	13%	12%	8%	11%	16%	13%	13%
BigStock	8%	6%	8%	5%	5%	3%	7%
123	4%	6%	5%	8%	3%	4%	8%
FP	3%	4%	2%	3%	4%	10%	3%
CanStockPhoto	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	<1%	<1%
LO	2%	1%	3%	1%	2%	0%	1%
Scan	1%	<1%	0%	<1%	1%	<1%	1%
CS	<1%	~0%	0%	0%	0%	~0%	1%
Zymm	<1%	2%	3%	5%	2%	0%	3%
rest	4%	<1%	3%	1%	<1%	~0%	0%

Overall the same as April, which was not a very good month, 30% below February, which was my BME.

A small decrease in IS, a significant decrease in DT with too many subs (40% of my dlds), an increase in StockXpert (despite having opted-out from subs in April). A very stable month in FT.  Increase also in 123RF (2nd BME) and BigStock resumed its previous performance, although these two are reasonable behind the other four. 

FP's performance was not quite exciting, getting the same as Zymm. Two sales in CanStockPhoto (both subs) - this site is performing worse each month for me - slow also in CS (a bit better than previous months, but ... subs...), steady in Scan.  Two sales at LO's death.

Regards,
Adelaide