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By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:02:47 +0000

Hey Luis, yes, we did meet at the Che’lypse. I’ve been keeping an eye on your portfolio and you’re often mentioned by other iStockers here in BS AS (you know who they are)

Indeed things have been going surprisingly well for me in spite of my having not uploaded anything new all year. I don’t expect that will continue much longer, so I plan to get back into shooting seriously. I find it useful to compare year on year results to see growth. I expect most microstockers would find the charts interesting at least, and maybe inspirational or motivating, depending on what they see.

I’ll respond to you by email too.

-Lee

By: Luis Alvarez

Luis Alvarez — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:05:49 +0000

Never Posted on your blog but have been reading it for a while. I believe we met in the Che’lypse Buenos Aires. Great job with the blog!
I especially look forward to your monthly reports. I see that for since July things have been going up too. Interestingly not has strong as the previous years. Its been the case for me too but I have yet to check with previous years, to see if it should have grown more

take care!
Luis

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:14 +0000

Hey Nacho, no, those charts are only my photo earnings. My referral earnings are in addition to this income.

(about time we caught up again!)

-Lee

By: Anton Prado

Anton Prado — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:40:30 +0000

Hi Lee, haw are you?
Are you including your referral earnings in these charts?
Which part of your total earnings do they represent?
Thank you!

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:56:29 +0000

Hi elias, yes, I make money via referral programs though it’s less than why I earn with my photos. Only a few of the agency referral programs are worthwhile for me.

-Lee

By: Microstock Graphics

Microstock Graphics — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:46:30 +0000

Very intersting figures. My portfolio is a mix of 3D graphics and some photographs, so it’s not really comparable. But Fotolia has always been my best source of income, most of it due to a few well selling travel pictures. Istock with its very picky reviewers was underperforming for a long time, but it has just started to gain momentum with 3D pictures. At Shutterstock I had a strong start but don’t earn too much currently.

By: Stock photo blog

Stock photo blog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:55:56 +0000

Lee, I think you should be very pleased with how your earnings are holding up to date despite your fairly lengthy pause in uploading. This shows it is possible to achieve a passive residual income from a solid microstock portfolio which is very encouraging for the many contributors who don’t want to be constantly upoading to maintain returns.

Alex

By: elias

elias — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:48 +0000

Many thanks for continuing to post these.
I have a slightly less related question – Do you actually make money via your referrals? I figure since you have a website about microstock you drive some traffic to the sites and get referrals now and then…

Thanks