Category: Earnings Report
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
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
