Total Earnings: $408.01
I knew this month was going to be bad about 1/3 of the way through when I was on my way to possibly a Worst Month Ever.? I didn’t quite get that far down as May finished just over $400 for my 4th worst month since I started tracking in detail.? I’m fairly certain it couldn’t get much worse so I’m looking for a REALLY huge bounceback month in June!
Onto the details.
One BME to report – StockXpert – at $44.50 was my BME.? I didn’t have a $30 Photos.com sale this time, like I did in November, so I’m pleased with that BME.
Canstock was also notable this month – fourth consecutive month over $10 and 3rd of 4 to have over $25.? Considering that in 4 months I have now more than doubled my previous 4 year earnings, I’m very pleased with Canstock.
Shutterstock had a worst month for the last 12.? My momentum was completely gone by the beginning of the month and sales were tanked.? Then we seemed to have some database/sales problem as EVERYONE’s early May tanked.? I’m very sure my new momentum uploading will rebound Shutterstock in a BIG way.? I wouldn’t be surprised for a very large jump here next month.
Dreamstime was also off – about $20-$25 off my average month.? Not good news as I have no idea what caused the drop.? Normally I have at least some explanation but not for this.? Just a seasonal dip perhaps as last May was very low.? I need to continue adding new images to DT as well though.
IStock – well I don’t know why I was at $17 and now I don’t know why I’m back to $4.? Either way if I don’t have more than 100 images online, my months are bound to vary from superb to suck.
Fotolia – after three good months on Fotolia, this month was so bad I had to double check my results and I’m STILL not sure it’s right.? Terrible month here.
123RF was near a BME but not quite.? Bigstock was SmallStock once again with terrible earnings.? Nothing at all on MostPhotos, Crestock, ImageCatalog, CutCaster, Vivo or YayMicro.? Don’t honestly know why I bother with most of those.
As they are throughout the month and at the end of every month, detailed results are available here.
Others reporting microstock income:
Microstock Diaries
jrtb
CJ Photography
Driftless Ramblings
PDTNC
MelastMohican
Pixels Away
Bankizdjec
Microstock Experiment
MyStockPhoto
Stock Illustrator