After the dull performance that was August, things started to look up in September. At least at Shutterstock where 69 downloads netted a very precise $20. I passed the $75 payout threshold at the start of September (having failed in August by just 90cents!). A $94 payout is now on its way.
Dreamstime produced 11 downloads ($9.49) and Istock had two regular sales ($1.32) and three partner program sales ($0.75). Bigstock only managed a single sale at $0.50.
Yaymicro posted their second quarter third party re-seller results netting 10.42 euros. Combined with the 5 euro sale last month I am already over half way to the next 30 euro payout threshold. Yay are planning to add a number of other re-sellers in the future, which can only help sales there. Unfourtunately, one of their current partners -German owned Polylooks -has just announced that it is closing at the end of the year.
No sales at Veer but they get the star prize this time as my $74.20 upload bonus from the "Dash For Cash" promotion was added to my account. Views are increasing there as well and they have a lot of marketing going on right now (their ads frequently popping up on the left of this blog). It's starting to look like Corbis are getting their Micro offering right this time (after the dissapointing Snapvillage venture).
Nothing in September from Picturenation or Mostphotos and still zero sales at 123RF (after five months of having my images online there).
Meanwhile, I am continuing to upload images from my Greek island trip in June so any image buyers looking for images of Halki, Nisyros and Tilos check out my various ports on the left. I must admit, as I work with those images, it would be nice to be in the sun again. The weather here on the coast is steadily growing colder and wetter!
Finally, check out a new photo blog by London based Rob Ewen at http://www.photocritical.co.uk/ . He is fairly new to Microstock but already seems to be doing rather well -especially with his images of neon signs. And he was kind enough to give Shootingstock a link there.
Regards, David.
3 comments:
Well done David. A strong month on Shutterstock for you and a general improvement on August. What do you hope for in the run up to Christmas?
Also saw the news - did you manage to get any shots of the pier today?
Thanks Rob, rightly or wrongly I try not to predict future sales mainly because with such a large % of my ports being Editorial it all depends on what occurs. Which leads neatly to your second comment. I have a load of images of Hastings pier online so could see some sales of those after this event. Yes, I did get down there late today (all online at Picturenation already). I have to say this has been personally devasting. The pier was such a focal point for the town and all who live here(even closed). We are all feeling a huge sense of loss. I would trade any amount of picture sales to have it back. Just hoping it can be restored at some point. Regards, David.
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