Microstock earnings report - May 2010

2. June 2010, 07:02 Selling graphics

It looks like that microstock season is here – the sales at the end of May were similar to sales before Christmas! Especially sales on Shutterstock were nice – I had there my best month ever and another BME was on BigStock.

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Books about microstock and making money from images

18. April 2010, 23:51 Selling graphics

Microstock is here for more than 10 years! Now everyone can sell own photos in agencies like iStockphoto, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Fotolia. Everyone can make money from own photos, vector illustrations, footage. There is innumerable websites with articles, instuctions and tips, how to do it (for example my sellinggraphics site). But did you know, that there are also paper books about it?

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April discount code for iSyndica

1. April 2010, 04:07 Selling graphics

If you want to get 30% off pay-per-use credits on a great tool iSyndica
(which will help you with uploads to various microstock agencies), then try this code: NOJOKE

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Microstock earnings report - March 2010

1. April 2010, 04:04 Selling graphics

Spring is already here and the earnings from my microstock portfolio is slowly growing like a flower. Shutterstock (my favourite agency) is doing well, within 2–3 months I will get on the same level as I was in the 2009 autumn season. This month only iStockphoto earnings reach the BME (best month ever) level, but BigStockPhoto and 123RF were quite close too.

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What is the best vector image size for selling in microstock? [UPDATED]

30. March 2010, 06:42 Selling graphics

Few months ago I wrote an article about preparing vector illustration for sale in microstock and there I wrote, that 16 Megapixels should be the ideal size for the JPG preview. But now I made a small research and found, that 16 Megapixels is not enough!. Now – after the closing of StockXpert microstock agency site – the situation is a bit different and 15 Megapixels is enough

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Microstock earnings report - February 2010

3. March 2010, 04:39 Selling graphics

The biggest painful incident in February was closing of one of the best microstock sites – Stockxpert. It has quite a big impact on my microstock earnings. Most of the buyers from Stockxpert were moved to iStockphoto, so maybe that's the reason why I had the BME (Best Month Ever) on iStock.

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Most popular microstock photos, illustrations and videos

10. February 2010, 23:31 Buying graphics, Selling graphics

What are the most popular images and videos on microstock? You can find them in the lists on nearly each microstock agency (on some agencies you have to register to display the list). Sometimes they offer also overview of most searched keywords, which is very useful for the contributors.

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Microstock earnings report - January 2010

3. February 2010, 07:28 Selling graphics

First month of the year is over and my microstock earnings report is here again. The slump after Christmas season was not so big as I expected. Even better – the numbers are much higher than previous year – check the last graph in my article.

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Valentine discount code for iSyndica

28. January 2010, 03:36 Selling graphics

If you want to get 25% off pay-per-use credits on a great tool iSyndica
(which will help you with uploads to various microstock agencies), then try this code: BEMYVALENTINE

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Microstock earnings report - December 2009 + 2008 / 2009 comparison

4. January 2010, 06:09 Selling graphics

The year 2009 is over and it is time to put here some information about the earnings in December and also compare the whole year 2009 earnings with the previous year.

Although December is every year weaker month than November, I reached Best Month Ever on three agencies – Fotolia, Stockxpert and iStockphoto, so it was good month for me.

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