Yuri Arcurs – Leading Microstock Photographer BlogI made a little money in June, but it wasn’t much so I haven’t even bothered pulling them together. I am finally uploading some again so hopefully I’ll have some approved and get things rolling again.
Allen
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I suppose I’m taking a slight risk posting this before the actual end of the month, but I’m willing to take that chance. I’ll update the post if I actually get a Sunday download.
It’s now been two months since I’ve done any uploading of images. I’m actually really getting the itch to get back to uploading, just don’t have much time right now. The reason I want to get more pictures uploaded is because I’m really starting to see the financial effect a large, high quality microstock portfolio can have for me. Although I can’t really say my portfolio is large or high quality.
| Site | Portfolio Size | Downloads | Earnings | Comments |
| Fotolia | 172 | 2 | $2.10 | |
| IStockPhoto | 122 | 3 | $3.42 | |
| Crestock | 21 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| ShutterStock | 141 | 7 | $1.75 | |
| Stockxpert |
236 | 4 | $5.90 | |
| Dreamstime | 39 | 2 | $0.95 | |
| 123RF | 239 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| BigStockPhoto | 46 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| Totals | Avg. 125 | 18 | $14.12 |
Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away
Allen
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January has been an interesting month. It started out with better downloads and a renewed commitment from me to keep more pictures uploaded consistently. I did pretty good for about a week! Actually I’m still trying to get into a routine of regularly shooting and uploading. My goal is to ten a week, but I’ve really only done that one week in January.
We just got back from a long weekend where I was doing a bunch of shooting. The down side is that it was at the beach and those shots are tough to get approved and selling. I doubt I came up with anything real original.
I did add another agency this past month, BigStockphoto, and I’ve actually had a couple downloads already.
| Site | Portfolio Size | Downloads | Earnings | Comments |
| Fotolia | 164 | 1 | $0.99 | |
| IStockPhoto | 100 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| Crestock | 21 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| ShutterStock | 131 | 18 | $4.50 | |
| Stockxpert |
177 | 3 | $0.90 | |
| Dreamstime | 39 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| 123RF | 206 | 4 | $2.08 | |
| BigStockPhoto | 19 | 2 | $1.50 | New one in this month |
| Totals | Avg.107 | 28 | $9.97 |
I’m glad to see I kept my average the same while adding a new site.
Here’s a couple other blogs I follow that report their earnings:
Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away
Allen
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December was really busy with Christmas and everything so not much happened. I hope people don’t find my numbers discouraging, especially since I don’t. I’ve not really been putting much time into this endeavor. I’m doing it more to learning something new and get better at photography.
| Site | Portfolio Size | Downloads | Earnings | Comments |
| Fotolia | 155 | 0 | $0.00 | Added one file, but no sales |
| IStockPhoto | 98 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| Crestock | 21 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| ShutterStock | 111 | 11 | $2.75 | |
| Stockxpert |
152 | 2 | $0.60 | |
| Dreamstime | 39 | 0 | $0.00 | |
| 123RF | 174 | 1 | $0.36 | |
| Totals | Avg.107 | 23 | $3.71 |
Here’s a couple other blogs I follow that report their earnings:
Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away
Allen
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