Wednesday, October 1, 2008

September 2008 earnings





Highlights



A 20 % increase compared to last month and a few dollars shy of a BME. The couple (SS + IS ) took 65% of the earnings and I had 2 BME at IS and DT. Cumulative RPI was 0.84 this which is much lower than my BME last May with 1.11.
I sold 548 pictures this month with an average of 0.61 $/dl with no extended license sales to report:(
I continue contributing to YAYmicro and Cutcaster but no sales so far. PS is no longer there so i my RM pictures go to Alamy. I earned $ 10 at Panthermedia , the only midstock with sales to report this month.


Microstock one by one

  • Shutterstock. 2nd BME with on demand sales taking 4 % of the earnings. I have now close to 500 pictures in my portfolio. RPI pretty stable at 0.27. I still try to gather more referrals so here is my link : Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$!. Thanks !
  • Istockphoto. BME this month with an increase for the 6th consecutive month now. My best seller took 43 % of the earnings. I have sold now 500 pictures at Istockphoto since the beginning. Highest RPI of 0.38 (same than last month).
  • Fotolia. Noticeably down compared to last and a poor RPI of 0.05. A big drop in $/dl as well.I still have some files on the queue but did not upload any new pictures there last month
  • Dreamstime. BME with earnings almost doubled compared to last month. 1.15 $/dl which is a record so far for DT.
  • 123RF. A nice surprise there with a second BME and a very high $/dl at 1.27. I think it will the first agency where I will reach 1000 pictures by the end of the year.
  • Stockxpert. Like FT, a big drop compared to last month and still the same problems with the views. Hope sales will start again soon because SXP has the highest $/dl at 1.71 this month.

Big six ranking

$ : SS>IS>FT>DT>123RF>SXP (same than last month)

Performance (RPI): IS>SS>DT>FT>123RF>SXP

$/dl: SXP>123RF>FT>IS>DT>SS

Less than 1% of earnings: SCP,CT,CSP (no sales). I got my first payout at BSP !,took more than a year though...


Figures in USD



4 comments:

John Kropewnicki said...

Do you use anysoftware to upload your images.

I use prostockmaster. The trial version lets you upload 5 images every 24 hours.

Angkorphototours said...

Yes I use the full version of PSM, quite good but some annoying bugs recently , hope they find a fix

james r t bossert said...

Terrific numbers!! Great job! :) Congrats on your flame image as well! My numbers this month were pretty great and I had a visit from the EL fairy! :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Lauren.

I just found ur site via a comment on John's blog. I didnt even know about PSM!! Have downloaded it.

Many thanks.

p.s. I also report on my earnings - albeit a bit lower than usual the last 2 months.

http://www.capturedlittlemoments.com/Blog