Extended license on Shutterstock - San Jose City Hall

First day of the month brought me nice surprise, extended license sale on Shutterstock. I have been selling quite a few images from San Jose, California recently so it must by something going on :-)

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The current City Hall of San José California was opened to the public on October 15, 2005, and is located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, San José, California. It was designed by Richard Meier.

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May 2011 earnings breakdown

My total earning from all agencies went up 30% in comparison to April which I did not report here because of my trip to my homeland. It was quite a surprise to find out that it was also best month overall this year. It was mostly because unexpected extended licenses from Veer. It also shows how week are my sales at other agencies. It is so easy to grab second spot if there are extended licenses sold. SS was first as usual but it is quite interesting how others are trending. 123RF keeps going up every month and this one was actually best in current year. FT peaked in April and May was slightly worse but still way better than at the beginning of this year. DT also had best month this year. SXP is just so unpredictable. I am not even sure if they are able to count sales properly since every month when it is time to report they post and change result couple times. On other fronts I see almost no movements, I can sell a few photos a month or none.

 

May 2011	May	May/Apr	RPD
SS	42.72%	90.84%	0.53
Veer	16.81%	16300.00%	11.41
123RF	15.64%	165.17%	0.76
DT	8.33%	183.68%	0.86
FT	6.55%	88.61%	0.60
IS	4.97%	116.74%	1.30
SXP	2.43%	117.86%	0.25
CSP	1.19%	1350.00%	1.25
BS	0.74%	125.00%	0.63
MSP	0.38%	100.00%	065
CS	0.22%		0.25
		130.20%	0.71

 

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First extended lincense sold on Veer

After long time of no activity I finally I got 3 sales on one image. Two of them where extended license. Apparently somebody bought image first for normal price then purchased additional licenses: Unlimited reproduction and Multi-user.

It was one of my travel shots I took in Balboa Park in San Diego.

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Another extended license on Carlsbad Caverns photo

I sold EL for this photo in March and now I got another one.  Surprising development because usually nature photos are not big sellers.

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico.The primary attraction of the park for most visitors is the show cave, Carlsbad Caverns. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance, or take the elevator (the exit for everyone) directly to the Underground Lunchroom some 750 feet (230 m) below.

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March 2011 earnings breakdown

Total earning went down 13% comparing to record breaking last month so I would say it is not bad at all. Usual leader SS also got less than in February but it is much better than at the beginning of this year. Most surprising are results from DT and FT. FT got 62% better results and DT 16% better. If I look back, last month, DT was 109% better than in previous month and FT was 50% better. It looks like both are growing. 123RF on the other hand is slowly declining. For a first time in many months it is not on a second place. When I look at further positions there is very little going on. IS is declining because of lower number of subscriptions sold on ThinkStock.  I still do not have many hopes about SXP and CSP with few sales per entire month. Conclusion is similar to the one I got month ago, stick to top agencies.

March 2011	March	Mar/Feb	RPD
SS	59.56%	83.61%	0.58
DT	10.27%	116.55%	0.63
FT	8.69%	162.28%	0.56
123RF	8.37%	83.43%	0.60
IS	4.53%	48.73%	0.94
SXP	2.86%	33.70%	0.25
CSP	2.31%	403.23%	1.25
BS	1.29%	140.00%	1.17
Veer	1.29%		3.50
YM	0.74%		1.00
CS	0.09%	125.00%	0.25
		87.12%

 

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First extended license in March

A little surprise at the end of month was selling one of my oldest photos on Shutterstock.  In 2005 I spent a week in New Mexico and one of the places I visited was Carlsbad Caverns.  It is a biggest cave I have ever seen.

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico.The primary attraction of the park for most visitors is the show cave, Carlsbad Caverns. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance, or take the elevator (the exit for everyone) directly to the Underground Lunchroom some 750 feet (230 m) below.

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February 2011 earnings breakdown

My total earning from all agencies went up 53%, that great when you do not compare how each agency performed. Also comparing to January which was pretty bad start of the year means that it is only coming back to normal levels. SS as usual was number one with second best month ever. DT and FT rebound from very low results I have been observing for last couple months. 123RF is still slightly below average which is enough to score second place. IS is again showing its aspirations to claim fifth spot which was grabbed by SXP combined results from last 3 months showing as earned in February. Mentioned partner program on IS and SXP seems to be a total disaster. Not only they are always behind the schedule but also numbers are not looking too good. Accounting error again? Maybe they simple cannot provide volume of subscriptions comparable to SS. I opted out on IS and I will watch it only on SXP (no other option is possible). RPD is slightly up but again not as good as in couple last months of last year. What about others? I got nothing to say here. Everything below top 6 is just statistical error. I am uploading only to agencies that produce some result every month.

February 2011	February	Feb/Jan	RPD
SS	64.87%	182.58%	0.80
123RF	9.13%	74.43%	0.66
DT	8.02%	209.85%	0.70
SXP	7.73%		0.25
FT	4.88%	150.57%	0.60
IS	3.94%	73.66%	1.17
BS	0.84%	500.00%	0.63
CSP	0.52%	67.39%	0.52
CS	0.07%	7.69%	0.20
		153.54%	0.66

 

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