Sometimes surprises come out of the blue
Shutterstock has been a big disappointment for a few months, with my earnings dipping well below $1000 month after month. I haven’t done a lot of analysis, but the relative lack of “on demands” and particularly Enhanced Downloads, seems to be a major reason for the fall.
So it is nice to sometimes open up the earnings page and see a pleasant surprise:
The simple shots are often the best
This simple macro shot of a pile of pins sold this morning for $88.50. I’ll start the day with a spring in my step…
UPDATE: Today, I noticed a big jump in my Shutterstock earnings and found two significant purchases. I hope this is a sign of things to come!
Sold for $30
Sold for $80.39
All told, I’m now at $668 for the month on Shutterstock.
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Oh nice, congrats on the surprise! Nice work done 🙂 And indeed, SS is falling down seriously month by month, SoDs and ODDs fading away and many people say about huge dissapointment…
At the same time I notice more acitivity on non micro sites and so, for example I had another nice sale from Picfair, which is getting almost regular 🙂
Did you try them? How are you doing there?
Thanks!
I did upload to Picfair – I have almost 8000 images there now, but zero sales, I’m afraid. Very few views on my images – perhaps 5 is the maximum?
So not great so far!