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I’m on a bit of a Power Week v2 right now.? I’m trying to find out how many images I can get uploaded in a week – from editing, keywording, uploading & submitting.
Here’s the issue – you run into bottlenecks, tie-ups – places that slow you down.? It doesn’t matter where that place is, somewhere along the line you will hit it if you’re fast enough.? Does anyone remember Power Week v1?? My bottleneck was not having enough images to process.? I could literally edit images faster than Sarah & …

 Monthly Results         5 comments

Ok, I know I didn?t post Sept OR October results. I do have them.

I?m going to make new charts for my stats. In the meantime, here?s what I did:

September

Shutterstock…

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Shutterstock
1247
252.80
IstockPhoto
89
11.83
Dreamstime
1135
74.69
Fotolia
631
18.51
Bigstockphoto
1256
22
123RF
1396
27.87
StockXpert
1084
10.90
FotoMind
1445
0.08
FeaturePics
1209
0
November 2008 Earnings
October 2008 Earnings
September 2008 Earnings
August 2008 Earnings
July 2008 Earnings
June 2008 Earnings
May 2008 Earnings
April 2008 Earnings
March 2008 Earnings

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So here are those delayed results – July was a BME! Crazily, Dreamstime was amazingly good. 123RF also had a BME. Not bad for as little work as I did. August is worse for my schedule. I can?t WAIT until October.

Shutterstock

1247
384.49

IstockPhoto

89

7.48

Dreamstime

1133
82.55

Fotolia

629

14.67

Bigstockphoto

1256

22

123RF

1396

33.64

StockXpert

1084

9.60

FotoMind

1445

3.19

FeaturePics

1209

5.34

MostPhotos

1320

12.50

YayMicro

1452

0

Total – $575.46
So I didn?t beat Lee this month?dang!
November 2008 Earnings
October 2008 Earnings
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Shutterstock
1015
398.59

IstockPhoto
89
4.2

Dreamstime
1006
45.57

Fotolia
610
18.43

Bigstockphoto
1065
25

123RF
1133
22.65

StockXpert
791
9.6

FotoMind
1158
0.8

FeaturePics
1024
0

YayMicro
1161
0

Simple and to the point this month, like my month of work.
Overall gallery increased from 5777 to 9052 but that was mostly the result of adding YayMicro and 1100 images as well as pending May images finally being reviewed.
Overall income increased to a record $524.84 and 5 agencies had a Best Month Ever despite me doing basically no work.? Not a bad month, but I hope to dramatically improve it in July.? That was disappointing.
November 2008 Earnings
October 2008 Earnings
September 2008 Earnings
August 2008 Earnings
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Well, the overall did not increase as much as I would have liked, mainly in part to having an amazing Shutterstock last month with one video sale AND one EL in the same month.? That was an extra $26 to catch up just to make the same money with the same DLs.? Best Month Ever on 7 of the 9 (Istock & Dreamstime with no BME but both up from last month.)
Overall feeling this month was fantastic on the slower sites but the words of the day are ?wasted opportunity.?? …

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Ok, I?m making a few changes this month – I?m dropping my non-earners including Lucky Oliver (RIP), Canstock, Crestock and – likely next month – FeaturePics.
In their place, I have begun uploading to MostPhotos, Zymmetrical, and YayMicro.? Because I do not have enough data, I have left those 3 off this chart for now although it should be said that MostPhotos is very easy to upload to and I have over 500 images there already.
April was an absolutely fun month!? Increasing my income $160 in one month was thrilling especially …

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April is so far all about the pending images.
123RF – 39 pending
Bigstock – 42 pending
Canstock – 99 pending
Crestock – 65 pending
Dreamstime – 65 pending
FeaturePics – 65 pending
Fotolia – 32 pending
FotoMind – 11 pending
IStock – 20 pending
LuckyOliver – 65 pending
Shutterstock – 48 pending
StockXpert – 109 pending

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March was an all around Best Month EVER. Shutterstock was BME and double last month?s sales on 94 new images. Dreamstime was almost 4x my BME. The new sites got into the act late in the month – Crestock, SXP, LO and FotoMind all pulled their first sales. Slightly down month on Bigstock and 123RF.

Agency
Portfolio
Earnings

Shutterstock
255
$125.23

IstockPhoto
68
$9.46

Dreamstime
200
$44.16

Fotolia
228
$5.93

Crestock
49
$1

Bigstockphoto
160
$1

CanstockPhoto
163
0

123RF
232
$1.16

StockXpert
25
$1.2

Lucky Oliver
163
$1

FotoMind
221
$1.5

FeaturePics
170
0

Month total – $191.64
Last month?s total portfolio – 657. This …

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In the beginning, there was nil.
Ok, that?s not exactly true.? My microstock journey began in 2004 – in fact April of 2004 if you ask IstockPhoto.? IStock was the first agency I signed up with following recommendations on a website I frequented at the time.
So where is Nil?? That?s where we need to get to.? Where are we now and where are we headed?
Now – I have 68 files and 1073 downloads on Istock and I?m signed up with another 9 agencies.? I have 2 applications pending as well (Lucky …