Fotolia has taken the lead. whats your top seller?

morch · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006, 03:19 PM

Last month Fotolia took over from SS as my best earning site. I dont get as many sales there but payouts are higher.

heres a referal link for those not signed up.

www.fotolia.webhop.net

Sites are now in this order.

Fotolia, SS, Dreamstime, Featurepics, Istock.

allthough i gave up submitting to istock a long time ago!

Doug

CJPHoto · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006, 03:31 PM

My results for last month were:

24% shutterstock
28% dreamtime
10% fotolia
14% istockphoto
6% bigstockphoto
7% 123RF
8% StockXpert

fotolia is doing well but for me, I think dreamtime will now be my best earner.

ajn · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006, 05:44 PM

Here are my results from July:

Shutterstock - 38%
Dreamstime - 13%
StockXpert - 13%
123rf - 11%
Fotolia - 11%
iStockPhoto - 10%
BigStockPhoto - 3%
FeaturePics - 2%

Fotolia's EL are great and it's been growing steadily. Dreamstime became number 2 and it seems to keep it this month.

mattb · #4 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006, 07:26 PM

Here's mine.

Shutterstock 31%
iStockPhoto 28%
Dreamstime 14%
StockXPert 10%
BigStock 8%
Fotolia 5%
123RF 2%
FeaturePics 2%

Fotolia really hasn't been doing that great for me, SS,DT,and IS are consistantly my top three.

thesupe87 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-07-2006, 09:18 PM

My best seller still is Shutterstock. I get regular, monthly payouts now from:

(in order from most profitable, to least)

SS - by a landslide. This site makes me 30-40% of my total sales.
FT,
SXP,
DT, (almost, more like $70-80/mo)
BS,

123 is making me about $25 a month
CS makes me like $10 a month
FT is slow for me, makes me probably $5 a month

I still am waiting on my first payouts from these three sites.

iStock won't even accept anything I submit to them. I've got one pic up there. Nevertheless, I keep on trying

morch · #6 (**permalink**) 08-08-2006, 09:51 AM

Strange seems like SS is a clear winner for most people here.

I havent submitted for ages, for a few weeks. I tink SS needs continued submitions to keep it alive.

Doug

CJPHoto · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2006, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morch

Strange seems like SS is a clear winner for most people here.

I havent submitted for ages, for a few weeks. I tink SS needs continued submitions to keep it alive.

I didn't upload much at all in the previous month so the SS figure is effected by that. Having said that, it was good to see the DL keep coming even when I am away.

Karimala · #8 (**permalink**) 08-08-2006, 08:20 PM

SS and IS are the clear leaders for me every month. I saw a slight dip in earnings at IS, but overall DLs were up by 20%. SS came raging back from a three-month decline after they implemented the new "Most Popular" feature, and I had my best month ever. DT suffered a significant drop, Fotolia was up slightly and EL sales remained consistent, while BSP actually doubled my previous best. The rest are insignificant.

July Results (image count as of today)

SS 36% (366 images)
IS 19% (168 images)
DT 16% (239 images)
FT 13% (286 images)
BSP 10% (303 images)
SXP 4% (234 images)
FP .9% (211 images)
CSP .8% (246 images)

LockStockBob · #9 (**permalink**) 08-08-2006, 08:44 PM

Ive only been going 2 months, and taking into accoun the numbers of images on each site (100-150)

Id say about...

SS 70%
DT 15%
BS 15%

Just signed up with IS today, so Im hoping for better results with them

How long do IS take to approve photos, generally? I find SS and DT fast, but BS is very Very VERY slow.

tugmistress · #10 (**permalink**) 08-08-2006, 09:30 PM

well i have no idea how you lot are working out percentages (well i do but i can't be arsed to do the maths lol)
DT 20 sales with 123 images online
fotolia 13 sales with 194 images online
bsp 7 sales with 134 images online
and just uploading to feature pics, no sales and 72 images online atm.