Final numbers for 06

dbvirago · #1 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 12:17 AM

Agency and % of total

SS 26%
DT 24%
IS 15%
BS 10%

F 9%
SX 7%

123 3%
CS 3%
FP 1%
LO 1%

As was the case last time I posted #s, the top 4 make 75% of my income, and the top 6 make 90%.

patrick1958 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 10:23 AM

Hi,

Below a chart with the earnings from december 2006.

December had a slight decrease of 10 % compared to november 2006. I think mainly due to the two big holiday weekends. I noticed a slow down in sales a few days before Xmas till now... I think/hope sales will pick up back again somewhere half this week.

All sites had a slight decrease except for DT with a 13 % increase, Stockxpert with a 8 % increase and Istock with 21 %.

The decrease at bigstock is due to the fact I didn't had any EL sales in december, but download numbers have increased with 9 %. So actually it has gone forward over there.

Istock also had an increase of 21 %... remains to be seen if this growth continues. I'm actually sceptic... an increase of 21 % on almost nothing is still not much... ahum.... sales over there are still not at the hight i had before all the changes.

Patrick.

ajn · #3 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 11:21 AM

Happy New Year Everyone!

Here are the numbers for December:

Site = % of Total -> Variation from Nov 2006
ShutterStock = 43% -> DOWN 9%
iStockPhoto = 17% -> UP 39% (BME)
Fotolia = 10% -> DOWN 4%
StockXpert = 10% -> DOWN 23%
Dreamstime = 8% -> DOWN 3%
123RF = 4% -> DOWN 40% (before price adjust)
BigStockPhoto = 1% -> DOWN 29%

Overall a 12% decrease in number of downloads and a 5% drop in earnings. 3 ELs (2 at SS and 1 at FT) saved the month from being a total disaster - well, not really, as I was expecting this to happen -.

As most people, Dec was great until the 22nd and really slowed down since then (hopefully to get back to normal in a few days).

I'm surprised with iStock, as it continues to increase since October. I'm now getting a solid payout a month with just 166 images approved (as opposed to SS where I have 548 images). Most people are reporting spiral drops in sales on IS since the changes. For me, it was the complete opposite. I've sold more images in Dec than in my first 6 months on IS (with just 30 new images for the last couple of months). October really was the turnover.

Fotolia has been steady as it only slightly decreased in earnings even though it increased in number of downloads as it had one EL sale less in Dec compared to Nov.

I've been reading some bad reports about SXP. I really like them and sales have been steady. Really can't understand how some people post 100 images to a site and let it be for months, hoping it to compare to the top earners. SXP is a definite top 5 for me.

Canstock got back to normal (ie, almost stalled) after a somewhat promising November month and I finally got to the payout on Featurepics (even though a payout in six months is not that brilliant).

Lucky Oliver was up but it's not yet a sure bet. Let's hope they get their act together for the new year.

In early 2007 I'll drop some sites... it's really not worth the effort. CS at the top of the list.

Wishing everyone a Wonderful 2007. Cheers,

Antonio

Karimala · #4 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 04:57 PM

I'll post mine later today (too early in the morning to deal with math!), but I do have some observations.

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Really can't understand how some people post 100 images to a site and let it be for months, hoping it to compare to the top earners.

Me neither. Many, if not most, of the bad reports about SXP are from people who park a few photos for a couple of months and expect miracles, and I always shake my head when I read those reports. What are they thinking? That they can get a free ride to the top?

SXP nearly tied with DT for earnings in December and is up 88% since October 31. That places them solidly in the running for 3rd place. IS is the same way...up 90% since October 31st. IS would be my #1 earner, if I had the same amount of images up there as I do SS.

Fotolia continued its long trend (since February 06) of stagnant sales despite continual uploading. After almost a year and a portfolio increase of 300 - 350%, I would have expected to see some sort of earnings increase, but it hasn't happened. Coupled with all of the site's problems, it's becoming less and less attractive to upload fresh images there.

BMEs at SS, IS and SXP, and probably would have had BMEs at DT, BSP and Fotolia had it not been for the holidays. SS was helped by an EL on December 1, and the sales slowdown impacted them most significantly.

innershadows · #5 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 05:16 PM

Overall December was down 25% from last month.
Only Dreams improved on November's numbers.

Istock 36%
Shutter 31%
Dreams 12%
Fotolia 8%
StockX 8%

the rest (5%) was made up from CS, BS and LO.

Adrian

dbvirago · #6 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 11:32 PM

I have submitted all the same images at SX as the rest of my sites and currently, the number if images on SX are comparable to those on DT and SS. Making much less there and the only reason it's as close as it is, is the high average payout. If the acceptance rate continues to drop from the 60% it once was to the 10% it is now, I don't think it will be a great market for me personally. Like the rest of the bottom 5, I will keep uploading there until I reach payout, then decide.