March 2009 Earnings
March was up overall but not a BME.? Kind of sad given a Powerweek in the middle of the month should have spurred new heights but when 50%+ gets rejected you don’t get very far.
So let’s see, Shutterstock still hasn’t gained the momentum I need simply because I’m not consistent enough.? I’m going to make myself cry if this keeps up!? Dreamstime was down $15-20 from my last few months.? Istock was in the right range.
The good news was the other big agencies: Fotolia was BME at $83.68, BSP also a BME at $31.50 and SXP a BME at $43.50.
Overall March earnings: $550.15
That’s good enough for second best month ever ($575.46 is overall BME).? I would be happier if SS was picking up momentum but in June I had $398.59 with 1247 images online and now $241.97 with 2143 online.? Sad!
Portfolio size average for my top 6 agencies is now 1903.? Fotolia’s 1599 brings that total down but SS, DT, 123, BSP and SXP are all now over 2000.
Coming soon: my first year back and what’s next for N2M.
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6 Comments
Apr 3, 20093:17 pm
Oh, it took me a while to figure out what BME means: Best Month Ever, right?
Apr 3, 20093:21 pm
Oh, and looking at your spreadsheet: Was there a reason you stopped uploading at istockphoto?
Apr 4, 20097:46 am
I got similar results in March: my smaller players went up with BME (FT, SXP, 123RF, BSP), DT and IS down, SS – OK and providing 50% of revenue. So, total income was up, but March (a longer month and more pictures) was slower than February.
http://microstock.pixelsaway.com/microstock-photography-earnings-march-2009/
Apr 4, 20099:38 am
@Coach You’re probably right about seeing the results Coach – Although I think the main issue is how bad the actual approved images total was. It needs to go up much higher much faster with much BETTER work if I’m going to hit my goals.
@R. Kneschke Sorry yes BME = Best Month Ever, BDE = Best Day Ever. 
I stopped uploading to Istock … well I don’t know. It’s harder, I get tons of rejections for stuff that’s selling everywhere else… Istock and I just never seemed very compatible. I may be wrong, throwing money away, etc. I always intend to get there and never do.
@Marek The longer month definitely helped. I still wanted to break BME but we do what we can do! onward!
Apr 6, 20096:19 am
I think also that you will see the results this month for your efforts. I am still chasing a BME also
http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/04/march-2009-earnings.html
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12:40 pm
You’ll probably see the fruits of your Power Week labor during April, and forward. – Don’t forget to update your 3/6/12 month averages.
Thanks for sharing this information.
I wish you continued, increasing success.