May Sales Percentages by site...

louoates · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 05:21 PM

Here's mine, no surprises:

Istock...43%
Shutterstock...32%
StockXpert...9%
Fotolia...7%
Dreamstock...4%
BigStock...4%
LuckyOliver...1%

Most of my productive images are on all sites.

CJPHoto · #2 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 06:52 PM

I assume you mean May results (you may want to change the heading).

I have jsut updated my blog so here are my results for May:

26% shutterstock
15% istockphoto
17% dreamtime
7% fotolia
6% 123RF
11% StockXpert
8% bigstockphoto
5% Featurepics
4% LuckyOliver

Total amount earned is down slightly but I haven't uploaded in over 2 months. SS DL were down but the increased payout has meant it is a better month than last month.

ajn · #3 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 08:34 PM

My May numbers:

1 - Shutterstock - 34% of Total - 23% UP - 2nd BME
2 - iStockPhoto - 14% of Total - 14% UP
3 - StockXpert - 13% of Total - 14% DOWN - 2nd BME
4 - LuckyOliver - 12% of Total - 263% UP - BME
5 - Dreamstime - 11% of Total - 67% UP - BME
6 - 123rf - 6% of Total - 49% UP - BME
7 - Fotolia - 5% of Total - 15% UP
8 - BigStockPhoto - 3% of Total - 12% DOWN
9 - CanStockPhoto - 1% of Total - 9% UP
10 - FeaturePics - less than 1% of Total - 20% DOWN

Overall, my 2nd BME for a narrow margin (My BME was $10 better). A big sale on LO made it number 4. Not expecting to repeat that anytime soon.

After a (very) bad week when the search was tweaked, DT increased a great deal for me and, if it keeps up, it will be 2nd next month.

SXP is inconstant for me. I have two digit sales one day and only one the next day. very weird. Same thing with Fotolia.

I'm changing my upload process to BigStock, Canstock, FeaturePics (and probably LuckyOliver). Instead of uploading small batches every day, I'll make one big submission every month. It's less time consuming as a routine when you're trying to upload 5 to 10 new files every day.

Have a great June everyone. Cheers,

Antonio

louoates · #4 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 08:46 PM

Sorry, I did mean May numbers. So far what's amazing from these other numbers is that istock isn't the number 1 seller.

dbvirago · #5 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 09:34 PM

Agency % Total % Increase
123 6% +14% BME
BS 11% +46% BME
CS 2% +5% BME
DT 14% -9%
FP 1% -30% (My fault - screwing with pricing)
FT 8% +8% BME
IS 13% +4% BME
LO 1% -
SS 38% +33% BME
SX 6% +15% BME

Overall, BME by 20%

CJPHoto · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 09:48 PM

AJN - your percentages dont add up? Your SS is normally alot higher isn't it?

L - I think that for istock to be the best, you have to have been doing this a while. They also have the highest reject rate and a upload restriction which might also effect the number of photos on the site.

sharpshot · #7 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 10:37 PM

My first go at this

ss 55% BME
is 17% with a lot less photos
sxp 9% BME
ft 7.5%
bs 6.5%
dt 4% BME with a lot less photos
lo 1%

I haven't included 123rf as I only uploaded the bulk of my portfolio half way through May but they made more than LO.

Don't like having one site make more than 50% of my total. I will have to upload more to dreamstime, as they are selling more now.

RTimages · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 11:12 PM

Quick question, are you guys using some Excel spreadsheet to work these out or doing it manually? If it's Excel could someone forward it to me please :-)

ajn · #9 (**permalink**) 06-02-2007, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJPHoto

AJN - your percentages dont add up? Your SS is normally alot higher isn't it?

Thank you so much for noticing... I had a bad reference in the formula... I didn't even check them all... Sorry for that. Numbers are correct now.

Cheers

ajn · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2007, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTimages

Quick question, are you guys using some Excel spreadsheet to work these out or doing it manually? If it's Excel could someone forward it to me please :-)

I use excel...

My spreadsheet is rather complex (data for uploads, aproval rates, sales per day, week and month, payments, etc) and it's not really ready for release (a bit messy). :-( I have to translate it to english and finish the formulas for the whole year (usually I do it in the begining of every month as it is a global thing). If I ever get it finished, I'll put it for upload. Sorry :-P