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Microstock August 2008 Update

  This month wasn’t an improvement from last month.  From everything I’ve heard though August is usually pretty bad.  So all things considered I think I did pretty good, especially since I didn’t really put a whole lot into uploads and/or growing the portfolio.  I was glad to see the big jump from IStockPhoto.  I guess some sites might start doing a little better over time.

Sites Portfolio Size Downloads Earnings Comments
Fotolia 148 2 $3.30 Sold two copies of an old file.
IStockPhoto 73 8 $9.69
Crestock 21 0 $0.00 Didn’t even get my portfolio sized increased in August
ShutterStock 75 26 $6.50 Did an upload at the beginning of the month and the end of the month.
Stockxpert
107 5 $4.10
Dreamstime 34 1 $0.30
123RF 121 1 $0.47
Totals Avg.82 43 $24.36

Here’s a couple other blogs I follow that report their earnings:

Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away
Captured Little Moments 

Allen