July 2011 Microstock Earnings
I haven’t been uploading but my microstock earnings were actually good for July. Total earnings were … $962.55, with Shutterstock and Alamy pushing me forward as always…
June 2011 Microstock Earnings
June 2011 was a fantastic month here at NiltoMil. Actually, it was my second best month ever. Now, for new readers – when I say ever, I joined stock agencies in 2006. So I’m at about 55 months and though I didn’t really begin stock work until early 2008 (39 months ago) to have my second highest earning month ever is pretty fabulous.
The total for the month, though not another $1k month like February, was $847.04
Highlights for the month include:
BME at 123RF for the 2nd time in 3 months. For …
Bigstock and 123RF redesigns
So by now most of you know that Bigstock is no longer BigstockPhoto and 123RF has also redesigned.? I’m surprised for a few reasons:
* Shutterstock (who owns Bigstock now) said the redesign proves they want to move forward with BSP.? What’s the idea of that?? Just keep stock photo buyers happy?? I like it but I wish they’d let us submit to one place and distribute on both networks.? I have many images on BSP that aren’t on SS – I’d like them combined.
* Both 123RF and Bigstock went for …
Away we go!
Hi & welcome back! NiltoMil is officially off and running again – I’m keywording, submitting, pushing images and then working on shooting some new today.? I’m going to be pushing some older images even though I know they won’t sell as well as I’d like simply because I want the momentum to begin NOW not in a month when I get new stuff edited.
I’m ready for 2010!? January will be a very poor month since I’m starting so late but February should show some recovery.
In the last 6 months …
June 2009 Earnings
Ah June.? Smells of bbq, flowers and sales worth dog poop.
As always my chart (which was done on the 1st btw!) is here.? And for Lee who is self-proclaimed lazy, I’m posting a June chart:
The work … well … let’s see.? For the month I started strong and have had a terrible last two weeks.? I had some personal stuff come up that has interfered with “work.”? I would say for the month I did about 4 days of uploading at about 2? hrs a day so 8 hrs of …
April 2009 Earnings
Total Earning: $555.49
So April was both a good month and a bad month, depending on your point of view.?? The good news is that my earnings rose $5 even with a sizable drop from SS, IS, and FT.? Last month those three combined for $340 while this month just $289.? However, Dreamstime recovered up $13 and Canstock and Bigstock had a BME.
My gallery size stayed very near the same numbers as March as SS went up 27, DT 26 and SXP 72.? So that is mainly the bad news.
The good …
Canstock Bulk Uploader
WHOA!? If you’ve read NiltoMil for any longer than 1 day you already know I’m all about speed, workflow and making things simple for us, especially across the smaller sites where it’s not necessarily worth our while to upload unless it’s dead easy.? Well I have had the opportunity to try Canstock‘s new bulk upload tool and I’m impressed!
According to Duncan, who is obviously still running things over at CSP after their buyout by Fotosearch, the main benefits of the bulk upload tool include:
You do not need to categorize …
List of the top 20, er… 19 microstock agencies
Top 20 19 Microstock Agencies
The BEST Sellers
1. Shutterstock
Shutterstock offers something most of the other agencies do not ? fast sales, early income. Shutterstock has *no* exclusivity program currently. High pay, high sales, commissions vary by user.
2. Istockphoto
The Godfather of microstock, IstockPhoto is one of the most difficult agencies to have images approved at and seems to give large bonuses to exclusive photographers such as larger upload queue, faster reviews, and higher search engine placement. High pay, medium sales, commissions vary for exclusive vs. non-exclusive and for photographer level.
3. …
No mas! Quitting (some) agencies
Let’s see how well you know logos.? Who am I quitting?? Want to guess why?
Do yourself a quick favor and compare the Long Tail we’ve been discussing to the chart on the “Recent Results” page of my spreadsheet.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZEgM338rPYAiUQorCHGoYQ&hl=en
Now if you understand that I suck at Istock and just move on from there, if this were a Long Tail situation, I would have a few sales at one of the bottom agencies.? I would have fewer but *some* sales at a couple and I’d have nearly no sales but a couple …
November 2008 Earnings
Total November Earnings: $445.31
First of all, you’ll notice a few changes in my earnings tables this month.? I am going to be tracking my NiltoMil project on Google Spreadsheets.?? NiltoMil Microstock Earnings
I found out something interesting though, related to my results.
Now you know that my main goal the last week or so has been “The Long Tail” of microstock.? If you look though, my “tail” breaks completely after the top 7 agencies. That’s not a tail – that’s a waste of time.? As of today, I’m no longer uploading to …
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