Stock Photography Statistic - DPChallenge Forums

09/04/2012 01:51:00 PM · #1

Post a link to your stock photography statistic here, and/or post your graphs here too.

09/04/2012 01:53:44 PM · #2

My statistic for August 2012: //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2012/09/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html
Best four: Shutterstock, Zazzle, DepositPhotos, Photospin
Up/Down to last month: 8% Up

10/04/2012 11:39:11 AM · #3

Down 10% to last month, and up 18 to September 2011. Best four: Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Zazzle, Photospin

Complete statistic at //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2012/10/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

11/02/2012 01:16:17 PM · #4

October was up 29% to last month, and up 26% to October 2011. Best four: Shutterstock, Zazzle , DepositPhotos, Dreamstime

Complete statistic at //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2012/11/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

11/02/2012 02:59:43 PM · #5

The Y-axis is missing. ;-)

Venser

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

11/02/2012 03:04:16 PM · #6

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

The Y-axis is missing. ;-)

It's the only one I care about.

11/02/2012 03:05:52 PM · #7

Originally posted by Venser:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
The Y-axis is missing. ;-)

It's the only one I care about.

That's what she said.

12/02/2012 08:15:58 PM · #8

November was down 7% to last month, and up 18% to November 2011. Best four: Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Zazzle, Fotolia

Complete statistic at //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2012/12/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

Message edited by author 2012-12-02 20:16:19.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

01/04/2013 11:46:01 AM · #9

December was up 22% to last month, and up 80% to December 2011. The year 2012 was up 36% compared to the year 2011. Best four: Zazzle, Shutterstock, Alamy, DepositPhotos

Complete statistic at //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/01/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

01/04/2013 06:26:27 PM · #10

Okay.....pie charts aside, did you make any money relative to your time invested?

01/23/2013 04:00:20 PM · #11

This is a good question! How much do I have to make so that is enough for my time invested?
I do it because I have fun, but the income I make with it sure helps paying my bills every month.

02/04/2013 12:58:59 PM · #12

January was very weak, down 37% to last month, and down 21% to January 2012. Best four: Shutterstock, Depositphotos, Dreamstime, and Zazzle.

Complete statistic at //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/02/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

02/04/2013 02:10:46 PM · #13

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

The Y-axis is missing. ;-)

Venser

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

02/04/2013 02:20:33 PM · #14

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

The Y-axis is missing. ;-)

Originally posted by oboy:

January was very weak, down 37% to last month, and down 21% to January 2012.

What order of magnitudes are you talking about? Being down 37% because you went from $50 down to $31.50 is inconsequential. Dropping $370 from $1000 means something.

Message edited by author 2013-02-04 14:31:21.

02/04/2013 05:39:51 PM · #15

The drop was in the few hundreds.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

02/05/2013 08:56:37 AM · #16

Originally posted by oboy:

The drop was in the few hundreds.

That's too bad, but the overall trend is nicely up, so I expect the following months will recover nicely. Congrats!

cowboy221977

Canon EOS-60D

02/05/2013 10:58:24 AM · #17

Just out of curiosity. On average, how do you profit on stock photography and what type of people/companies buy from you

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

02/05/2013 11:14:30 AM · #18

Strikeslip, I hope so too!

cowboy221977, The profit with stock photography comes from selling use licenses (RM and RF). I don't sell directly to customer, only through agencies. It is the same with prints and other product. I only sell through POD agencies. As my POD stores have increase in size over the last couple of year, they have become more and more a bigger part of my income. Zazzle is almost always in the top 4 each month.

cowboy221977

Canon EOS-60D

02/05/2013 11:20:19 AM · #19

do you use the same pics on all the sites...or are they unique to each site.

02/05/2013 03:29:54 PM · #20

Yes generally I submit the same image to all sites.

03/04/2013 12:36:27 PM · #21

February was 37% better then January and 38% better then February 2012.

The fore best agencies for February: Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Zazzle, Dreamstime

Complete statistic at: //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/03/stock-photography-sales-statistic.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

Message edited by author 2013-03-04 12:39:27.

04/02/2013 03:03:00 PM · #22

March was a good month with a small increase of 2% compared to February, and only down 5% compared to March 2012.

The fore best agencies for March: Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Zazzle, Dreamstime

Complete statistic at: //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/04/stock-photography-sales-statistic-march.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)

Message edited by author 2013-04-02 18:57:59.

06/04/2013 01:01:25 PM · #23

May had a very slow start, but tried to make a comeback in the second half. The result was only 4% down from the month before and still an 43% up compared to May 2012.

The best fore agencies this month: Shutterstock, Zazzle, DepositPhotos, PhotoSpin

You can find the full statistic at //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/06/stock-photography-sales-statistic-may.html

[size=8pt](The statistic includes referral income.)[/size]

Message edited by author 2013-06-04 13:02:15.

08/05/2013 10:54:13 AM · #24

Surprisingly July was a good month with an increase of 20% compare to June and and a 33% compared to July 2012.

Four best: Shutterstock, Zazzle, DepositPhotos, Photospin

Blog post: //microstockinfos.blogspot.com/2013/08/stock-photography-sales-statistic-july.html

(This statistic include referral earning at the different agencies)