The month of November had a great start for downloads, and earnings at Shutterstock, but it got pretty bad during the third week. I believe was due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, slow image review times, and increased image rejection. Rejection mostly due to SS reviewers's lack of consistency since I was able to get some of them accepted afterwards. Overall, it was not too bad, but I was expecting to hit another BME( best month ever), since it was a trend for the past 4 months. Shutterstock had 343 downloads, and $ 180.39 which was 30% less than October for earnings.
Fotolia had a best month ever, so did 123 RF. Deposit Photos, and Dreamstime showed some reaction during the last two weeks of the month.
Looking forward to hit some milestones. Shutterstock will reach 4,000 downloads soon, and in a few months, I hope to reach the $0.36 club. Also, I have 1,665 images, and I'm working to get to 5,000 images by April next year.
I reached a new milestone at Fotolia today, now I'm on the next rank level. I need to increase the amount of images over there, but they reject too many pictures that sell pretty well everywhere else.
Some of my recent best sellers:
http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-757657p1.html
Well not a BME but another strong month all the same! Certainly the Thanksgiving holiday will have affected those with strong US sales (most of mine are in Europe and elsewhere). That 4000 milestone will be coming soon! Regards, David.
ReplyDeleteThank you, David! I usually had more sales in Europe, Africa ,and elsewhere for many months. It changed 2 months ago when US sales increased, and helped me to have my BME in October. Lot os success ,and sales for you!
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