Comments on: Microstock Earnings Report December 2008

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:59:24 +0000

That’s a good point Mikhail, but the reason is simple. The photos I have at the top agencies but not at StockXpert are my earlier photos, most of which would be rejected if submitted today.

Naturally I’ve gone through and picked out the high selling ones and uploaded them to StockXpert and the other new agencies. If I was to do so for all those images, my return per image would fall heavily for those agencies, not to mention my approval rate!

-Lee

By: MikLav

MikLav — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:51:51 +0000

Hello Lee
Looking at your stats I wonder why don’t you upload more to SXP as it’s on the 3rd place for you in Return per Image, but your portfolio is less than half of the top 2?

By: Lori Osterberg

Lori Osterberg — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:36:58 +0000

Thanks for the insight on how well you can do with stock photography. Microstock is only as good as the amount of time you spend on it – I know that for a fact too. I’ve been so busy with other things, this portion has also fallen off for me. Guess its always where you put your time … Now, if I could just clone me.

By: James

James — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:06:43 +0000

Hey Lee!

Well, what are you waiting for, start shooting! And editing! And posting!

I haven’t been doing much with my portfolio recently either, but hope to change that soon!

Best of luck for 2009!

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:51:11 +0000

Hey Matthew,

I’d have to say blogging. I’ve learned so much as a result of blogging about microstock and creating relationships in the stock photo industry. It’s not overly well reflected in my shooting due to my low time investment (I’m not shooting much), but I wonder how well I would be doing without the knowledge I’ve gained through this experience.

My other activities are outside microstock – I’m primarily a web developer – but the opportunities in this space, of which Yuri is taking great advantage, are plentiful. I expect there will be a lot of movement in the ‘mash’ space for the microstock market in 2009.

-Lee

By: Marek

Marek — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:04:09 +0000

I managed to keep the same earnings in December as I had in November, but with uploading new pictures although much less than in previous months. A couple of ELs helped.

I am moving my microstock stuff including the December earnings report to a separate blog:
http://microstock.PixelsAway.com

Marek

By: Matthew Botos

Matthew Botos — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:10:59 +0000

Happy new year – and hopefully a profitable one!

You mentioned microstock being just one part of the picture, which seems to be true even for high-profile microstockers like Yuri Arcurs. What other areas do you find blend well with microstock?

By: Rahul Pathak

Rahul Pathak — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:33:06 +0000

Lee,

Thanks, as always, for sharing. Hope you had a great holiday season and Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Rahul