Steve Bower Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 While it's awfully early to make any predictions, the first four days of March have been pretty good . I'm at level 3 so my share of the sales were far lower than I hoped but I've had two ODs, one SO (tiny) and two ELs (both smaller than I ever would have expected) plus a number of "high" subscription sales (.73 and .56) . However, it's a much better start to the month than what I experienced the first two months of this year. Let's hope this continues! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Charles Lewis Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Steven Tritton said: You did pretty well last month if I recall correctly? I did, which makes the beginning of this month all the more strange. It's like sales just fell off a cliff. Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 10 minutes ago, Charles Lewis said: I did, which makes the beginning of this month all the more strange. It's like sales just fell off a cliff. Yep, that's exactly what happened with my port last month and again so far this month. It's not explained by the new contributor payments either as the system has been in effect for some months. But just like you said, sales just dropped off a cliff. In particular in my case, videos. Also, a lot more 10 cent garbage than previously too. Link to post Share on other sites
Roxane 134 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 11 hours ago, Thijs de Graaf said: Yippee !! Just sold the hundredth photo! Level2! let the big money come now! 😎 so did I lets wait for the money to roll in LOL .... Alamy doing much better for me than this site! Good luck in level two ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Thijs de Graaf Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 11 minutes ago, Roxane 134 said: so did I lets wait for the money to roll in LOL .... Alamy doing much better for me than this site! Good luck in level two ... Thanks and congratulations. 😉 With me, Alamy also sells better ($ 74 in 2021) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Trending down to about 1/10th of what I use to make in a good month. If you're not sure whether your port is being adversely impacted by the new policies and sales strategies, believe me, you'll know when it does hit. It's a blatantly obvious free fall in sales and earnings. Link to post Share on other sites
paula french Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 March very slow for me - I've recently started uploading to P5, so hoping I get a few sales there to boost my income!. February for me was a terrible month - I just about made my payout - which is the first time I've been that close to no payout for about 5 years. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilm Ihlenfeld Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 March 01-05, 2021 vs. March 01-05, 2020 Downloads minus 22,5% Income minus 28% Link to post Share on other sites
Former_Poster Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Download numbers steady. Revenue down 75% on same time last year. Link to post Share on other sites
Studio 2 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 So, only 1.6 million contributors: "Today, I’m proud to share that Shutterstock has launched “All The Best Artists,” the first artist-focused campaign where we celebrate the visionary work of photographers, videographers, and illustrators from around the world that make up our rich and diverse 1.6 million contributor community". https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-best-artists-shutterstock-stan-pavlovsky Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 19 hours ago, paula french said: March very slow for me - I've recently started uploading to P5, so hoping I get a few sales there to boost my income!. February for me was a terrible month - I just about made my payout - which is the first time I've been that close to no payout for about 5 years. Looks like your results are much like mine. Good move on uploading to P5, I found them a bit slow at first but it does pick up and each download pays much better. 👌 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Tritton Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Monday afternoon Oz time and almost predictably not one sale today. Once upon a time (like 12 months ago) there would be sales for the beginning of the week in this part of the world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel Rommens Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Not a great start of the month, mostly $0,10 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Primus1 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 What a down wave ... $0.20 ... ??? 🤐 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Former_Poster Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 week on and im back to January. The interspaced high value image and video sales of last month have gone. Download numbers are the same, revenue is 20% of last month by this period. Link to post Share on other sites
Awana JF Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 March started Ok but it's dead for me this week with ... 2 dowloads making a amazing total of... 20 cents... Link to post Share on other sites
Thijs de Graaf Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 9 minutes ago, Awana JF said: March started Ok but it's dead for me this week with ... 2 dowloads making a amazing total of... 20 cents... That is a coincidence! Exactly the same. AS: Today one 0,33 Link to post Share on other sites
Charles Lewis Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 My sales volume continues to be terrible. Downloads are at about 25% of what they should be and what they were in January and February. I'm actually wondering if there is a glitch in the system and sales are not getting reported. Or maybe there has been a change in the algorithm and that is hurting volume. Link to post Share on other sites
Awana JF Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 25 minutes ago, Thijs de Graaf said: AS: Today one 0,33 Well AS is also quiet for me this month with only 3 downloads for less than 2 bucks in total... Link to post Share on other sites
Traudl Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 I am on Shutterstock for 12 years. I have never had sales this low (not even the first month I started back in 2009.) January not even made to payout (~20$), February a bit over 35$. I think I am done with this website. Link to post Share on other sites
Traudl Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 4 minutes ago, Thijs de Graaf said: Mine: At the first glance it looks like you have better numbers but the amount is pretty much the same. I am Level 3 btw. Link to post Share on other sites
Thijs de Graaf Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 13 minutes ago, Traudl said: At the first glance it looks like you have better numbers but the amount is pretty much the same. I am Level 3 btw. Yes, the start was better. Level two. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Primus1 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Shit so far this March ... :] 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Evgeniia Ozerkina Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Complete disaster on SS is in March and February. Adobe Stock is good. Ugh ugh ugh Link to post Share on other sites
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