December 2009 earnings breakdown

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/04/2010 08:31:13 AM · #1

This is my stock photography sales statistic for December 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with here.

These are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for December 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. Fotolia
3. DepositPhotos
4. StockXpert

December had as always a decrease to November, but this year it was higher with 41% compared to November. Overall 2009 was a very good year with more then doubling the revenue compared to 2008. It was the best month ever for Scandinavian Stock Photo, Graphic Leftover, and DepositPhotos.

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

01/04/2010 08:45:40 AM · #2

I am not "into" stock, but I find this information interesting. I am curious to know if you have the same images at multiple agencies, or if some of the agencies require that the images you have with them be "exclusive" to them.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/04/2010 09:16:17 AM · #3

no microstock agencies 'require' you to have your images exclusive, but some give you the OPTION to have your images exclusive with them.

Dreamstime and Fotolia allow you to list images as exclusive to them (on an image by image basis) for a higher payout on those images.

iStock is all or nothing. You can become an exclusive photographer but then ALL your images must be exclusive. You are not allowed to sell RF images anywhere else.

However, if you want to upload the images non-exclusively you can upload them to all the sites.

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/04/2010 09:43:33 AM · #4

Hmmm...thanks - which do find is most profitable overall - exclusive images, or non-exclusive images ?

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/04/2010 11:44:59 AM · #5

This is very interesting.... I thought iStockPhoto would have been higher given their relationship to Getty.

01/04/2010 12:39:25 PM · #6

I have some images exclusive with some agencies but 99% of my images are available at all the agencies with an RF license.

iStockPhoto rejects a lot of my images and the upload process is time consuming. So my portfolio is much smaller there. I am over 1/3 behind with uploading there compared to my complete stock of images.

Slagathor

Nikon D300

01/05/2010 06:37:52 AM · #7

Originally posted by oboy:

I have recently joined iStock. They are actually limiting my uploads to 15 per week. And their approval time is almost glacial.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/05/2010 10:56:18 AM · #8

Slagathor, just in case you don't now about DeepMeta ( //www.deepmeta.com/ ) just take look. It really is helping with the submitting process with iStock.

Message edited by author 2010-01-05 10:56:33.

dleach

Canon EOS-20D

01/05/2010 06:18:50 PM · #9

A question (that I'll understand if you don't want to answer) but ballpark figure of the overall take for 2009?

And about how many photos do you have on these stock sites?

Message edited by author 2010-01-05 18:20:37.