My first EL sold on 123RF

Photo of the day

Photo of the Day

10 images a day

Finally I decide to streamline my upload workflow. I have been using sitecopy for months but I was always manually picking files for upload before running it. I decided that it takes too much time. Script modifications allow me to run in from task scheduler at 1AM.

1. Pick 10 random files from my ready images (no repetitions from series should happen)
2. Upload with sitecopy to all the sites in the list
3. Move uploaded images to backup location (I am thinking about putting backup on Amazon S3)

In the morning it does not take long to submit 10 images on every site.

May 2009 earnings breakdown

Basically all my top 5 under performed this month. Some are barely above 50% of last month some are even 30%. On the other hand Fotolia and IStock did better than usual but both are still below 5% of my earnings. Other slow earners like SV or CS did well too. I guess it's easy to double when you are so low :-)


May May/Apr
SS 50.86% 61.89%
DT 14.66% 32.29%
SXP 13.08% 53.99%
123RF 9.19% 24.46%
FT 4.64% 153.85%
IS 3.78% 159.80%
SV 1.63% 175.00%
CS 1.55% 200.00%
BS 0.39% 25.00%
CSP 0.23% 1.52%
Total 46.64%


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February 2009 earnings breakdown

My Top 5 stays the same. SS is first as always and FT is fifth. SXP recovered to normal level and grabbed second place. 123RF and DT are below expectations.

Feb    Feb/Jan
SS    69.20%    96.90%
SXP    10.81%    111.59%
123RF    8.26%    95.53%
DT    6.41%    32.17%
FT    2.21%    47.09%
CS    1.05%    120.00%
IS    0.72%    39.31%
BS    0.70%    200.00%
Total     85.15%

January 2009 earnings breakdown

My Top 5 stays the same. SS is first as always and FT is fifth. SXP got very bad result last month so this time it returned to normal level.
123RF got BME in December now is back to normal levels too. DT continues slow ascending trend. This month will be BME for them.

Jan Jan/Dec
SS 61.39% 92.49%
DT 16.46% 262.79%
SXP 8.26% 187.50%
123RF 7.31% 30.67%
FT 3.91% 65.34%
IS 1.60% 72.58%
CS 0.76% 125.00%
BS 0.31% 100.00%
Total 87.94%


December Earning Breakdown

Almost the same result as in November but different agencies contributed to overall result:

Dec Dec/Nov
SS 58.37% 105.23%
123RF 20.96% 248.47% BME
DT 5.51% 62.40%
FT 5.26% 615.09% BME
SXP 3.87% 37.50%
SV 1.94% 200.00%
IS 1.94% 73.67%
YM 1.34%
CS 0.54% 80.00%
BS 0.27% 50.00%
100.00% 104.35%


StockXpert died in the middle of the month while Fotolia got surprisingly good result in comparison to previous months. Most low earners keep it low and IStockPhoto joined them this month.

September Earnings Breakdown

SS    61.49%
123RF    13.67%     (BME)
SXP    10.48%
DT    8.51%    (BME)
IS    2.51%    (BME)
BS    1.89%
FT    1.44%
SV    0.57%

Overall 18% less than in August due to poor SS performance. Finally reached payout at SXP and 123RF. 123RF and DT performed quite well in comparison to previous months so maybe it would start a trend.

MostPhotos

Just started uploading to new microstock website. The Swedish based picture agency Mostphotos is different than other agencies. There’s no image review process, photos are rated by other contributors. The agency’s website offers free membership and is run and administered by the photographers themselves.  Also interesting new concept is introduced - New Exclusivity - you have the option to sell photos with an exclusive buyout license at a price of your choice.  The buyer isn’t buying the copyright, but contributors are agreeing that there are no other license holders for the photo and that it will not be sold again.