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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Third extended license this month.

This time it is a picture of my daughter playing on the beach. I wonder who/where it going to be used.

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Second extended license this month

This time usual stuff, landscape shot taken at Bodega Head. Three days of February and two extended licenses already. I wish I got got one every second day :-)

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January 2011 earnings breakdown

It looks like this year’s start was quite slow. All top 5 agencies results, besides 123RF, were below expectations. My total earning went down 25% from December. Unfortunately IS partner program result are always late so I might be missing half of earnings there. It’s interesting that IS got usually one of the highest RPD when only earning reported are from main site when I add lots of 25 cents subscriptions from ThinkStock RPD drops to one of the lowest. SXP failed to post results from November, I guess I have report them in February. We got huge mess here. I can only hope Veer would generate more to cover losses I got at SXP. I do not have many expectations for any other sites. Results are at most random to see any potential.

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January 2011	January	Jan/Dec	RPD
SS	55.15%	83.26%	0.46
123RF	19.05%	148.27%	0.81
IS	8.30%	65.72%	1.33
DT	5.93%	50.99%	0.60
FT	5.03%	101.26%	0.74
Veer	2.37%	433.33%	1.52
CS	1.36%	1040.00%	1.30
CUT	1.35%		1.29
CSP	1.20%	5.45%	0.58
BS	0.26%	25.00%	0.50
		74.97%

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