Well, to be honest, this month sucked! My sales fell considerably with approximately a 24% decrease. Right now, I’m not currently sure what the reason for the falloff is, but I suspect that it is seasonal. Last year between March and April at Shutterstock I had a 24% drop in sales. I noticed that the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Stock Photography’
April 4, 2008
Microstock results for March
This month was quiet on the submissions side – most of the month was spent with either myself or one of my kids sick. Also the weather at the end of the month reduced the amount of time I was able to shoot. Nevertheless, I still had a record month thanks to some extended sales [...]
April 2, 2008
My strategy for stock photography
I have made it no secret that I currently sell a number of my pictures on several different microstock sites. This has become increasingly more profitable, and I expect some day in the future I may be able to make $1000 a month just from microstock. I am currently not near this number, but my [...]
March 10, 2008
Microstock Report for February
I had thought due to the fact that February is shorter, I would have a more difficult time getting good numbers. This turned out to be far from the truth, as a I had a new best month ever. My previous goal was to make $250 this month, and I wound up with $321, breaking [...]
February 21, 2008
Why microstocks threaten traditional stock
There has been much debate about sites such as Shutterstock and IStockPhoto and whether they threaten the traditional stock photography business. The issue is of extreme concern to many photographers, who fear that traditional licenses fees of fifty to several thousand dollars per image are threatened by fees as cheap as a few cents. Many [...]
February 4, 2008
Microstock report for January
Last year I started selling pictures on different microstock agencies. When I started, I didn’t really figure that the money would amount to much, but over time it has grown rather significant and now is the primary source of funds for new lenses. For those interested in also selling pictures – or those who belong [...]
