Catching up with my monthly updates my December report is rather overdue.As ever, Shutterstock outperformed all other sites with the highlight being a further three Single and Other Downloads (SOD) contributing $27.58 to the total. These are starting to prove rather interesting and for very worthwhile amounts.
Dreamstime followed up with 10 downloads ($8.06) and a further $0.04 in referral income as one of my referred photographers had their first sale.
Bigstock produced 11 downloads ($5.04) with most of these being subs.
Istock ticked over with 6 downloads ($4.52) and a further $1.96 from 7 PP sales. Sales certainly seem to have declined at Istock over recent months.
123rf managed 11 downloads ($4.73). Again, mainly $0.25 sub sales.
Fotolia saw 6 sub downloads ( 1.50 credits).
Yay pleasantly surprised with one editorial sale of Robert Maxwell giving a worthwhile 3.75 euros in commission.
Nothing from my other sites during December. Picfair has proved rather dissapointing after my first sale only days after joining. Several hundred images uploaded since haven't seen any action. Still it is early days and I think the site has lots of potential. Hard not to like setting your own prices and getting 100% of that. Over at Mostphotos I hit the nine month mark without a single sale. I'm guessing that my mainly editorial images just aren't what their buyers are looking for.Recent uploading included images of the Tilos Sea Star ferry (top) moored on the Greek island of Symi. Greek islands also featured with a set of images of the Express Pegasus ferry visiting Skopelos island. Regards, David.
2 comments:
Your photos are boring , not edited , and no one this day and age wants to buy photos when they can copy them for free!
Thanks for your comment Anon! Boring? Well that's subjective and you are entitled to your opinion. Not edited? If only (it would save so much time). That said,there are limitations on how much editing you can do to editorial images -set by the agencies. No one wants to buy? Rather ironic that you wrote this on a Sales Report post! Sadly, some people do like to steal (copy in your words)copyright images from the internet.Most of the agencies I deal with have legal teams looking for violations like that. Free can end up expensive. Regards, David.
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