Q1/Q2 microstock results

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Dear readers, you will see some changes in MicrostockExperiment earning reports: I decided to stop my month to month reporting to go ahead with a   quaterly update  as it is less time consuming and add more visibility. To make it easier to read, I  only include the % earnings from my main photo agencies which are Shutterstock,Fotolia,Dreamstime,Canstockphoto,123RF,Veer and Istock.

Microstock photo results Q1               

Microstock photo results Q2

Some interesting conclusions can be drawn  from these  charts:

• Shutterstock confirms its dominant position taking around 40% of the earnings.
• Despite regular uploads, Istock % decreased  two fold between Q1 and Q2 and accounts  now for 10% of the earnings (Istock did lost its leading position early 2010).
•  Dreamstime seems to benefit from the fall of IS and is  now ahead of IS.
• Fotolia is quite stable but now barely ahead of DT which a big change compared to 2010.
• Amongst  the small players, Veer has been dissapointing in Q2.

If these trends are confirmed in Q3,  there  will be no incentive at all to upload to IS as non exclusive contributor. It  will interesting to monitor as low  IS can go as it is 4th out of 7th at the moment.

 Media distribution Q1

 Media distribution Q2

Looking at the  split between, photo still accounts for more of 80% of total earnings, video was quite stable between Q1 and Q2 whereas audio had a nice increase from 4 to 7%.

April 2011 earnings

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Highlights

April photo sales were 25% down from last March  which follows the trend observed also last year. Audio and video had  another BME, both combined taking 30% of  total earnings.

• Photo

Shutterstock finished number one, very far from its BME, followed by Fotolia and Dreamstime. One good surprise came from Mosphotos with a BME finishing number 6 amongst all agencies.Istock still gloom and doom, 40% down  from April 2010.Overall, photo sales are 18% up compare to April 2010.

• Video

Another BME with 3 clips sold at Pond5, 2 at Clipcanvas and one (also the first) at CSP.

• Audio

Best month ever with Pond5 taking  most of the earnings.



Stay tuned for more blog updates in May  and in the meantime, you can follow my  updates on Twitter. You can also join my facebook photo page here.

March 2011 earnings

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March was a good month with decent photo, video and audio sales with the respective following split between media: 81%, 14% and 5%.

• Photo

Shutterstock finished  number one once again, only few dollars away from a BME,  Fotolia and Istock falling well far behind. 123rf and Veer performed quite well and ended up very close to Istock who is clearly goes downhill for more than a year now. Dreamstime also did not perform very well this month.

• Video

Few dollars away from a new  a BME. Four clips were sold  at Pond5 and one at Shutterstock. No sales to report at Revostock and Clipcanvas this month.

• Audio

Another best month ever with Pond5 taking  most of the earnings.


Stay tuned for more blog updates in April   and in the meantime, you can follow my  updates on Twitter. You can also join my facebook photo page here.

February 2011 earnings

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A slight drop in earnings compared to last month with  photo earnings more or less the same than  last year at the same period, video seen a slight increase and audio taking for the first time more than 5% of total earnings.

• Photo

The big 5 had average earnings this month with SS still leading the pack. A nice surprise came from CSP  with a BME. Sales at Istock regained some momentum as IS ranked second, Fotolia being third and  Veer fourth.

• Video

3 clips were sold this month at Shutterstock with a BME  and one at Pond.

• Audio

Best month ever overall with the bulk of sales from Pond5 with a portfolio of 143 files.

Stay tuned for more blog updates in March  and in the meantime, you can follow my  updates on Twitter. You can also join my facebook photo page here.

January 2011 earnings

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This first month of the year was pretty good with a significant increase of sales in photo, video and audio compared to January 2010.

• Photo

No BME to report this month. SS finished first, quite far away from  Istock and Fotolia. Sales at Veer and Fotolia were pretty low  and Istock was  only saved by two EL sales. Compared to january 2010, Shutterstock earnings were  up 18%, Fotolia up 3%, Dreamstime up 74% and Istock up 14%.

• Video

3 clips were sold this month at Pond5 and Clipcanvas making actually  a BME.

• Audio

Few sales at Pond5 with only 1% of total multimedia earnings.

Stay tuned for more blog updates in February  and in the meantime, you can follow my  updates on Twitter. You can also join my facebook photo page here.

12 Graphic Food and Drink Background Pictures

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Foods and drinks can made amazing  abstracts and backgrounds, even a simple pile of spaghetti or a  glass of beer on the counter. I made in this post a compillation of my most interesting  food and drink backgrounds  in this post, enjoy your visit:).
You can click on each picture to open it  a new window  and also  to order  a  license for commercial use.

December 2010 earnings

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Highlights

December earnings were quite stable compared to last month and 9% up compared to December 2009. Distribution between media  changed slightly this month with audio (5%) earned more than video (1%), pictures accounted for  the remaining 94%.

Reporting by media

• Photo

No BME to report this month and  Shutterstock is once again leading the pack, with Fotolia a not so distant second. Good performance of Veer which finished number three ahead of Istock.

• Video

Dissapointing results this month and with only one clip sold, video took only 1% of total earnings.

• Audio

With 5 % of total earnings, audio was close to a new  BME.

Looking up to 2011, I wish you a great photographic new year! Stay tuned for more blog updates in January  and in the meantime, you can follow my  updates on Twitter. You can also join my facebook photo page here.