Microstock earnings report - November 2009

1. December 2009, 04:57 Selling graphics

Well I did it again! November was again my Best Month Ever (BME) in microstock industry. The earnings were so good, that I had BME on every microstock agency, where I'm submitting my images.

The best improvement was on Fotolia – check the graph – the earnings are 4× bigger than they were in summer.

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Microstock earnings report - October 2009

1. November 2009, 03:50 Selling graphics

Exactly as I predicted, October was again Best Month Ever (BME) for me in microstock! The earnings were so good, that I'm not sure if the next month will be better again (November was the best month every year – look at the history graphs in my report). I had the BME on Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Stockxpert, Fotolia and 123RF!

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Microstock earnings report - September 2009

1. October 2009, 00:46 Selling graphics

September was the Best Month Ever (BME) for me in microstock. And I'm awaiting that another BME will be in October and also in November, because in those months are the microstock earnings the highest for every year (you can check it on my last graph in the article). I had also the BME on Shutterstock and Dreamstime.

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Microstock earnings report - August 2009

1. September 2009, 00:39 Selling graphics

August was quite a weak month – my sales drops to the March level. And it looks like August was weak month also in previous two years (in 2008 it was because my account on Shutterstock was disabled for several days). The sales went down on all my accounts, except Fotolia.

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How to pass iStockphoto Flash Developer Application Quiz

18. August 2009, 05:40 iStockPhoto, Selling graphics

Well this is another article about iStockphoto application quiz (check the quiz for vector illustrators and for photographers) – this time for flash developers. The quiz is really easy and consists of four questions only. Don't forget to read the Stock Flash Training Manual before uploading your flash files (it will save you some rejections).

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Microstock earnings report - July 2009

1. August 2009, 04:40 Selling graphics

In July, there was not any surprise in the overall earnings for me – July 2009 was just a little bit worse than June – it is very similar as in the previous years in microstock – check the last graph in the report, where you can compare the earnings since 2007. Only on iStockphoto I had the BME (without any extended licence) – last image was added to my iStock portfolio in May!

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iSyndica - easy multiple upload on several microstock sites

29. July 2009, 01:11 Selling graphics

Did you ever think about how much time you spend just by uploading your images to several microstock sites? I did and after that I decided, that I need some system, which will save me some time. The iSyndica service is one of the solutions – once you have account on this service, you will upload your files just to this one website (the upload there is quite quick) and after that you can easily distribute your images to all microstock agencies, where you are selling.

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Microstock earnings report - June 2009

1. July 2009, 05:35 Selling graphics

Well, June 2009 was my best month ever on microstock! To this article I also added one „history“ graph, showing my earnings for nearly three years in microstock. You can see, that the earnings are bigger and bigger – that's because I'm not lazy and my portfolio is growing.

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Microstock earnings report - May 2009

1. June 2009, 01:39 Selling graphics, Stock sites

In the middle of the May I made a decision, that I will post my microstock earnings here on my blog. Actually I don't want to post here my my earnings in dollars (I don't want to boast about my earnings), but I want to show the trends – if the earnings are going up or down (I'm quite stable in submitting). The graphs also show you, what are the best microstock sites for selling images – that's the reason, why there are 2 graphs – one showing the money and another showing number of submitted images.

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Fotolia accepts vectors in EPS and AI formats now

25. March 2009, 13:56 Fotolia, Selling graphics

In the past, Fotolia accepted vector illustrations only in SVG format (most of the other microstock agencies require EPS format – version Illustrator 8). But now you can sell your vectors in EPS or AI formats (version Illustrator 10, but 8 should be good enough too), that is a big improvement! The pricing system is also changed – the price depends on the complexity of the artwork.

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