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12/04/08
Microstock Earnins Report for November 2008
November was my best month yet in total sales and earnings mainly due to Shutterstock. My Shutterstock sales went up over 300% but my iStock sales dropped 48%. At Shutterstock I had one enhanced license which helped a little but I still made far more off the standard licensed images. I also did my first photo shoot that I paid the models for. The pictures have been posted for seven days on Shutterstock and I have made back over 30% of what I paid so I'm pretty confident it will pay off in time.
Comparison Chart
Combined Sales
12/02/08
Religious Pictures
Still looking for my niche in stock photography. I though I would give religious pictures a try. It is fitting since my major in college is theology. Religious themes including Bibles, Bible studies, and young adults is fun for me to shoot. Below are a few of my first religious themes.
Young adults studying the Bible outside.
A young woman praying while reading the Bible.
A family reading the Bible together for devotions.
The New Testament of the Bible in the original Biblical Greek.
To see more religious pictures click here.
11/10/08
Canadian Geese
This picture of Canadian Geese was taken in Lacombe, Alberta on Elizabeth Lake just after the edges froze. The goose is standing on the ice.
11/05/08
Stock Photography sites
This is the same post as in my iStock blog.
No wonder why my sales at iStockphoto have dropped so much. Look at the chart below, their hits are dropping. I think that a large percentage of iStock's hits are from the exclusives checking out their portfolio and surfing the site not necessarily customers.
I am really glad I joined Shutterstock last month. In just two weeks I made over $50 and sold 216 pictures. At iStock I sold three in the same amount of time and made $1.16.
If you haven't joined Shutterstock yet at least think about it. If you do please click on the referal link below. Even if you join and then decide you don't want to upload pictures after all because you would rather be exlusive somewhere else, at least check it out.
11/02/08
October Earning Report
Since I enjoy reading other people's blogs about their earnings through different stock photo agencies, I thought I would post mine too. I just started posting at Shutterstock and my first sale was on October 22. In just 10 days I made practically the same amount as I did all month at iStock. Did anyone else have a high first month at Shutterstock before it calmed down? Surprizingly I made more at SnapVillage than Fotolia. As I have time I may join others too.
Oct-08 |
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| Microstock Agency | Portfolio Size | Downloads | Earnings | Return per image | Percent Earnings |
| iStock | 142 | 37 | $41.34 | $0.29 | 46% |
| Shutterstock | 181 | 140 | $41.01 | $0.23 | 45% |
| Fotolia | 92 | 6 | $2.19 | $0.02 | 2% |
| Snap Village | 230 | 16 | $6.00 | $0.03 | 7% |
| Total | 645 | 199 | $90.54 | $0.14 | 100% |
Did anyone else have a terrible last week in October at iStock? I sold something like three extra small pictures all week.
My Stock Pictures
