Because our exposure is controlled, changing on the 15th of every month without fail.

Uploading....uploading...uploading....uploading....less sales.....less sales....less sales....less sales....

C R A P

You're working too hard!  I've achieved the same result but without the uploading.  The new normal is about 60% down - Canva is ahead of SS so far this month, and they are way down from what they used to be.

Quote from: farbled on September 26, 2018, 15:39

Quote from: Herg on September 26, 2018, 15:34

Because our exposure is controlled, changing on the 15th of every month without fail.

I don't know about that and I don't want to use any words that will "trigger" some, but I make the same every month regardless of fluctuations within the month itself. If I don't upload for months, same. If I upload a few hundred, same.

My numbers for July and August (both 31 days) are suspiciously similar with less than $1 difference (about $800 month).

I get that all the time but off course as some would say there is no cap!

OK, I'm not an exceptional photog BUT
not many years ago (2? maybe 3?) 30 downloads a day was good and anything under 20 terrible.
Then it became 20 was good and below...well...low was terrible.
Now, I barely scrape double figures, even on weekdays, and those mainly subs.

Looking for a niche....failing to find at this stage.....

The new normal for me - since mid 2017 - is 40% less than before, and pretty stable.

Besides the increased competition, a rarely mentioned thing is Shutterstock did a lot of "improvements", including larger previews, small previews with no watermark, and the Shutterstock Editor.

Why do you think they did? I believe they are helping subscription buyers to try before they download. Less subs downloaded means more profit for Shutterstock and less for us.

I never believed in the cap, but I must admit that Shutterstock are doing everything they can to try to make me change my mind: at the end of bad months, a string of high priced sales always magically occur to bring things back in line. So - if the cap exists - it works both ways, as a lower and upper limit.

Maybe that's what has the opposing view so exercised with the word cap, it may imply that we make a range up until that point, when what is actually happening for some of us is a "static" income, neither up nor down. Oh well.

"I never believed in the cap, but I must admit that Shutterstock are doing everything they can to try to make me change my mind: at the end of bad months, a string of high priced sales always magically occur to bring things back in line. So - if the cap exists - it works both ways, as a lower and upper limit."
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I wish.....!!! 

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on September 27, 2018, 08:24

Quote from: Fairplay on September 27, 2018, 03:39

Quote from: farbled on September 26, 2018, 15:39

Quote from: Herg on September 26, 2018, 15:34

Because our exposure is controlled, changing on the 15th of every month without fail.

I don't know about that and I don't want to use any words that will "trigger" some, but I make the same every month regardless of fluctuations within the month itself. If I don't upload for months, same. If I upload a few hundred, same.

My numbers for July and August (both 31 days) are suspiciously similar with less than $1 difference (about $800 month).

I get that all the time but off course as some would say there is no cap!

I never believed in the cap, but I must admit that Shutterstock are doing everything they can to try to make me change my mind: at the end of bad months, a string of high priced sales always magically occur to bring things back in line. So - if the cap exists - it works both ways, as a lower and upper limit.

same here...29 septembe  2 el 3 single and 2 od made a month that was 45% down 2017 to one that is only 10% down even with 30% more download. by the way today monday one sales only at 14...dont' know if they have problem...but again back to the norm...as a good point i know exactly what i will earn any month...i cano t expect any growth but at least some certain revenue

Definitely not a cap for me. Just wondering if there is a floor.....

My question is how do they set the earnings range for each of us and why are they so different from person to person? (yes as Farbled says cap suggests only a limit) And this is just a question because my earnings are flat, but not within a dollar a month as some say, or the same every day.

For me, it's pretty much the top ten sell over and over, nearly daily, but for certain numbers of times a month, then the rest, seem to sell on a as needed basis by subject or buyer needs. How would an earnings range control the specific downloads?

Quote from: PZF on October 01, 2018, 08:02

Definitely not a cap for me. Just wondering if there is a floor.....

My question is how do they set the earnings range for each of us and why are they so different from person to person? (yes as Farbled says cap suggests only a limit) And this is just a question because my earnings are flat, but not within a dollar a month as some say, or the same every day.

For me, it's pretty much the top ten sell over and over, nearly daily, but for certain numbers of times a month, then the rest, seem to sell on a as needed basis by subject or buyer needs. How would an earnings range control the specific downloads?

Good questions for someone who works there. As it is, I only have my end result and no way to find out. I wouldn't even try speculating how its possible or what statistical anomaly is affecting me and a few others.

Definitely not a cap for me. Just wondering if there is a floor.....

There might be a basement

strangely superb start of month in ss........in part balanced by superslow start of is/as