Microstock July 2008 Update
It looks like this should be the month I switch over to reporting only monthly earnings. I almost doubled my entire previous earnings with 48 downloads raking in $27.85, giving me a total from microstock of $61.37. Guess I wont be getting any new camera equipment for a while. I would like to cover some of cost of the Nikon 18-200 VR lens I bought recently. The way the earnings are being made across several sites makes it look like I’m still several months from a payout.
The horse picture I refered to in my post Microstock RPI (return per image) actually accounts for a large portion of this months earnings. It was 2 of the 3 downloads from Stockxpert for $6.50 and several downloads on ShutterStock. The other big picture for the month was another animal shot, namely our wonderful alpaca cria that was born recently. The head shot was the EL from Fotolia and the only download for the month from IStockPhoto. And I didn’t think alpaca shots would sell very well!
Overall I’m really pleased with my results for the month. I’m still working out a workflow that will hopefully allow me to get some more consistent uploads, especially to SS, but to also build my portfolios on the other sites. Verizon finally made DSL available in my area so it’s a big help actually having broadband at home and not having the take the files to work an upload them. Actually one of my goals now is to get my microstock earnings to cover the cost of it on a monthly basis.
It’s still July somewhere but I think I’m pretty safe to post this a couple hours before midnight at the international dateline. Maybe some one from Hawaii will buy one in the next couple hours and I’ll have to edit the post.
| Sites | Portfolio Size | Downloads | Balance | Comments |
| Fotolia | 144 | 2 | $8.25 | I doubled my balance here with only two sales. Got my first EL which accounts for $6.60 of the total. |
| IStockPhoto | 55 | 1 | $2.10 | |
| Crestock | 21 | 0 | $0.00 | The only thing that changes as this site is my portfolio size. |
| ShutterStock | 54 | 42 | $10.50 | Didn’t nearly as many new ones on here as I had hoped. |
| Stockxpert |
99 | 3 | $7.00 | Still trying to figure this site out. Have gotten several images online, but not working with it effeciently |
| Dreamstime | 14 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| 123RF | 110 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| Totals | Avg.71 | 48 | $27.85 |
Here’s a couple other blogs I follow that report their earnings:
Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away
Captured Little Moments <– Just found and added
Allen