Author Topic: US Source / Non US Source (Read 6355 times)

Perry · « **on:** September 05, 2012, 05:17 »

I was just looking at my payment history page ( http://submit.shutterstock.com/payment_history.mhtml ) and thought if everybody has the same percentage of earnings from US Source vs. Non US Source?

My stats (I calculated from only 2 last payments, but they were big ones, 2000+ dollars each):

US Source 25%
Non US Source 75%
Located in Europe

I would be interested to hear if yo have similar figures...?

robhainer · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2012, 05:49 »

Over the past two payments:
U.S. Source, 42 percent
Non U.S. Source, 58 percent

I'm in the U.S.

Poncke · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2012, 05:59 »

US 49
None US 51

fotografer · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2012, 06:13 »

US 12%
Other 88%

Perry · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2012, 06:16 »

^^ Can you please also tell your approximate location?

fotografer · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2012, 06:20 »

Quote from: fotografer on September 05, 2012, 06:13

US 12%
Other 88%

Europe with a lot of very generic people shots. I'm surprised that I don't sell more in the US as I often go for what I think is the American look.
ETA - Oops I was looking at the wrong figures. I am actually between 25 and 40% US depending on month.

nicku · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2012, 06:42 »

My percentage varies between 20-35% US source, depending of the month. I am located in Europe.

robhainer · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2012, 08:08 »

I ran the all time numbers. 35 percent U.S., 65 percent non-U.S.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2012, 09:37 »

22% US / 78% Other

I'm in the US but have NO released shots with people (scant Editorial) if that's of any value to identifying buyers?

sc · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2012, 09:52 »

36% US - 64% Other (all time)

lisafx · « **Reply #10 on:** September 05, 2012, 10:36 »

Mine seems to average about 60/40 in favor of Non US sales. Which is interesting since I'm in the US.

gostwyck · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2012, 10:44 »

My US sales are only 17.6% of the total. Based in Europe.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 05, 2012, 13:49 »

Mine (all time) are: 33% US, 67% other
Based in US

sc · « **Reply #13 on:** September 05, 2012, 15:28 »

I just did a little research and found this:
http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-ad-spending
Global Online Ad Spending By Region

Region        2010   2011   2012
North America      40.8%   41.7%   41.8%
Western Europe   30.0%   28.8%   28.0%
Asia-Pacific       23.9%   24.1%   24.6%
Eastern Europe      2.7%   2.7%   2.7%
Latin America       2.1%   2.2%   2.3%
Middle East & Africa   0.4%   0.5%   0.7%

So it shouldn't be any surprise that most of our sales come from outside the US. According to this about 60% of Online Advertising is done outside the US.

w7lwi · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2012, 16:43 »

Based in U.S.

January through July of this year: 54.5% U.S., 45.5% Non U.S.

Highest Non-U.S. month February: 24.7% U.S., 75.3% Non U.S.

Highest U.S. month July: 73.5% U.S., 26.5% Non U.S.

Suljo · « **Reply #15 on:** September 05, 2012, 17:13 »

for first six months of 2012 it was 25.6% for US source

for whole 2011 year was 20.4% for US source.

Morphart · « **Reply #16 on:** September 05, 2012, 17:23 »

Around 33% income US, 67% Non-US.

Based in Canada.

Poncke · « **Reply #17 on:** September 06, 2012, 04:25 »

But this is the US against the rest of the world? I would have been surprised if the numbers would show the US as the biggest buyer. Its one country against the rest. No?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 08, 2012, 20:08 »

10-20% US sales, based in Europe

qwerty · « **Reply #19 on:** September 09, 2012, 01:32 »

Quote from: Poncke on September 06, 2012, 04:25

But this is the US against the rest of the world? I would have been surprised if the numbers would show the US as the biggest buyer. Its one country against the rest. No?

Worlds biggest economy by decent way, maybe bigger than western europe.

People are also interested because the tax is different whether the sales are from the US and from non-US

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #20 on:** September 09, 2012, 11:08 »

As I mentioned in this thread (same topic but for BigStock) my SS split over the last year was 42.1% US and 57.9% non-US. I'm based in Washington State

Mantis · « **Reply #21 on:** September 09, 2012, 18:20 »

For me, the monthly total counts. You can slice and dice MS any way you want, but in the end you don't control it. I am done being frustrated with trying to figure it all out. I refuse to shoot for any one agency because they do or don't like a kind of image, such as dark images (like SS hates). Whether US (for me) or Abroad I cannot satisfy them all. And honestly this can explain why I do crummy on some sites and better on others while my competition does the opposite.

nicku · « **Reply #22 on:** September 10, 2012, 03:17 »

Quote from: SC on September 05, 2012, 15:28

I just did a little research and found this:
http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-ad-spending
Global Online Ad Spending By Region

Region        2010   2011   2012
North America      40.8%   41.7%   41.8%
Western Europe   30.0%   28.8%   28.0%
Asia-Pacific       23.9%   24.1%   24.6%
Eastern Europe      2.7%   2.7%   2.7%
Latin America       2.1%   2.2%   2.3%
Middle East & Africa   0.4%   0.5%   0.7%

So it shouldn't be any surprise that most of our sales come from outside the US. According to this about 60% of Online Advertising is done outside the US.

Off topic...
Interesting, my sales in Middle East and Africa are around 15-18% ( same stuff that is selling in US and Europe).

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