Shutterstock is the only site delivering, the others are in a comatose.

Then you might want to open an Adobe account and start uploading there?

BTW � November has started so badly that I now also have to fear for the five-figure income - especially with shutterstock. Underground!

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 04, 2021, 12:27

Quote from: Pacesetter on November 04, 2021, 05:32

Shutterstock is the only site delivering, the others are in a comatose.

Then you might want to open an Adobe account and start uploading there?

Adobe is one of the 'others' in comatose. 

They see you when you're shooting
They know when you upload
They know when you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why, Microstock is coming to town

Sorry for nothing better, or helpful. The last two places I make anything, on a regular basis, and that's pretty stinky, SS and AS. Everything else is "the next big thing" which is just a song and dance at this point to get people to think there's some great new plan or idea.

The reason I still like Wirestock, isn't the money, but the part where I upload once, with the data I added for SS and AS and forget about them. My top earning site on WS for this month is DT and I made more than I do with my old DT account. WS only has new images and rejects. I can't say anything about why that happened.



Good Luck I hope you find something that changes the downward trend.

Things are getting worse every day and it is very hard for newcomers especially to make a living exclusively from microstock.  It was different years ago, most of us are struggling right now. me, personally, I saved a lot during these years and invested in stock market, so I hit FI (financial independence) just around when things turned ugly. I now have a comfort of getting along with much lower paychecks from microstock.

Quote from: Antonino on November 06, 2021, 02:14

Downward spiral is inevitable... resistance is futile, you will be assimilated !! 

Downward trenz, adobe style...

That's my graph for all my agencies not just Adobe 

AS complete dead for more then a week

Maybe the free collection, was not a great idea

Especially if contributors aren't looking to maximise sales.  Now customers can feast on free images. I never opted into the scheme.     

sadly this is the new norm on SS. The EDs are all but a thing of the past 

Quote from: Firn on October 24, 2021, 11:01

...Had 50 sales today and still only a single digit earning amount....

Yes, under $10 for 50 sales was what I meant. Sorry, English isn't my first language, maybe you don't say it like this in English.

I'm guessing it was less your expression than disbelief that the total could be so low

You were very close - it's typically "single digits" plural - as in "Had 50 sales today and earnings were only in the single digits"

Margin optimization (Shutterstock-speak for cutting contributor's royalties) has meant:

50 new subscription sales at the current 10 cent minimum = $5
50 old subscription sales at the old rate of 38 cents each = $19
(it would even have been $12.50 at the starter royalty of 25 cents)

Firn, I understood you well enough to realize that this was one of the grimmest reports I'd heard in a long, looooong time.

I'm so sorry.

Quote from: Firn on October 24, 2021, 11:01

Quote from: Uncle Pete on October 24, 2021, 10:48

Quote from: Firn on October 21, 2021, 13:20

Today sums up my whole month on SS pretty accurately: Had 50 sales today and still only a single digit earning amount. 

Single digit from 50 sales. I don't understand. What single digit? Like under $10 you mean? WOW

Yes, under $10 for 50 sales was what I meant. Sorry, English isn't my first language, maybe you don't say it like this in English.

In September I had 89 sales in a day on Shutterstock, but only made $9.12, they were all download from the same location and were all of the same subject.

This is why I don't upload to them anymore.

Wise move.

Sales dead
Earnings dead
Forum dead
Everything dead

Sales dead
Earnings dead
Forum dead
Everything dead

The good news is that the world has a chance of surviving (according to COP26) ..

Hmm, well, certainly not as dead as Adobe Stop.

Adobe Stop, because sales on Adobe Stop, have stopped.

Sorry for you, but I'm not seeing that.

Quote from: Pacesetter on November 11, 2021, 04:30

Hmm, well, certainly not as dead as Adobe Stop.

Adobe Stop, because sales on Adobe Stop, have stopped.

Sorry for you, but I'm not seeing that.

Same here. AS has a really great algorithm IMO. If you get quick sales on new work, the algorithm repays you tenfold. And that�s where I am making the most money. More so on AS than other agencies.

I haven't put any of my work there up for free. Don't know if that makes a difference or not.