Comments on: Microstock Earnings Report January 2009

By: Alex Hinds

Alex Hinds — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:57:55 +0000

Hi Lee,

Re Canstock I can say my experience since Fotosearch got involved has been very positive with increased activity and several EL downloads. Prior to Fotosearch I’d pretty much decided not to waste any time uploading more to Canstock, but I will now. Howver I too am not creating much new content for the micros at them moment so as Cory says it is interesting to see how portfolios hold up in continuibg to return passive income.

Alex

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:46:19 +0000

Philip, it's starting to happen, yes. Keep an eye on Jack Hollingsworth and John Lund - two top traditional stock photographers who've got big plans for their online presence. Also look at assignment photographer Chase Javis who is doing great things with social media and sharing his experiences.

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:24:30 +0000

Yep, it’s disappointing that so many microstock blogs don’t last, but I totally understand why. It’s not very profitable in terms of direct return. If I calculated my hourly rate for building this blog it would be disturbingly low. I’ve been lucky that I’ve managed to gain some fantastic non-monetary benefits (knowledge, relationships and experiences), many of which help me increase my earnings. It’s not showing up in my earnings reports yet, but trust me, it’s helping.

By: claudio

claudio — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:27:20 +0000

i had no sales at all on canstock and then suddenly two sales through fotosearch – only $0.30 each but maybe things are getting better

By: pdtnc

pdtnc — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:10:15 +0000

January went like this (in actual payouts):
istock: $100.00
CSP: $0
BSP: $32.50
Fotolia: $100
Dreamstime: $200
Sutterstock: $0
SXP: $50.80
123RF: $0
Crestock: $0

Buoyed up by a nice referral at DT, SXP does a pretty regular $50/month for me, overall earnings were better than December.
I’d say that everyone who’s blogging about microstock is worthwhile in their part as its got to help people to make educated choices when signing up to agencies.
I have a total of 7943 images online which give me a return of 36c an image, though actual sold images are 13693.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:00:11 +0000

Yeah mine varies between .20 to .25

By: Stephen Strathdee

Stephen Strathdee — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:28:50 +0000

Yes, it is low – I’d say adequate performance there starts at $0.20.

By: Marek

Marek — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:11:36 +0000

Is really RPI=0.13 from DT really low?

I have only RPI=0.05 and I saw similar numbers on other two blogs reporting earnings.

By: David

David — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:16:50 +0000

Your RPI at DT is really low. Have you checked your keywords.

By: john

john — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:21:35 +0000

You might consider adding monthly downloads to your stats…