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August 2010 Sales Report

Dave Navarro — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:46:24 +0000

The first half of August was a continuation of the summer slump with more sales woes. Things did start to pick up some mid-month and the final week was a very good week bringing August sales up to respectable levels.

August 2010 Agency Clips Sold Portfolio Size Pond5 66 (+4) 1099 (+52) RevoStock 11 [...]

July 2010 Sales Report

Dave Navarro — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:22:50 +0000

Better late than never…

July 2010 Agency Clips Sold Portfolio Size Pond5 62 (+1) 1047 (+10) RevoStock 2 (-5) 299 (+16) ShutterStock 6 (+5) 139 (+1) ClipCanvas 0 (-1) 209 (+5) MediaStock 0 (+0) 78 (+0) Can Stock 1 (+0) 44 (+0) iStock 0 (+0) 16 (+0) Fotolia 0 4 (+0)

I had a [...]

The right place at the right time…

Dave Navarro — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:13:07 +0000

Sometimes in your life you just happen to be at the right place at the right time. That happened to me yesterday… twice.

It was another hot day in Topeka and I needed to get out of the house. So I loaded up my camera equipment in the car and went for a drive. [...]

Mid June Update

Dave Navarro — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:18:53 +0000

Well, a little after mid-June, but better late than never…

The “summer slump” has officially arrived and sales are down all over the place. I’ve had zero sales at ClipCanvas and MediaStock this month. ShutterStock sales are down 80% from last month. And Pond5 sales are down nearly 30% from last month. The only [...]

Mid May Update

Dave Navarro — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:28:47 +0000

Middle of May already… this month is flying by fast. And so far things are mixed. ShutterStock sales are down, A LOT. RevoStock is normal with only 2 sales, which is still dismal. No more sales at MediaStock, things seem to have slowed down there. But Pond5 is off on another run towards Best [...]

RevoStock making a run for the title

Dave Navarro — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:04:07 +0000

It looks like RevoStock really wants to sell more footage, which is great news!

Within a few days of Pond5 adding support for embedded meta-data, RevoStock also added support. Both sites were working on it at the same time, Pond5 just beat them to the punch… But it was far from a knock out [...]

April 2010 Sales Report

Dave Navarro — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:11:20 +0000

(WordPress is having issues with the post title, not sure why… but this is the April 2010 report, not March.)

April is a mixed month with overall sales down about 9%, but a new Best Month Ever (BME) at both Pond5 and ShutterStock. ShutterStock was the surprise for me with 7 sales (8 actually, [...]

February 2010 Sales Stats and News

Dave Navarro — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:08:39 +0000

February was a busy month for me on the home front and I missed a couple of goals, but overall I think things were better. I increased my portfolio on all sites and my sales were a little up. MotionDrops put itself up for sale, so I’m dropping them until that plays out. And [...]

What is the future of MicroStock Footage?

Dave Navarro — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:37:54 +0000

Who knows what the future will be… might as well ask what tomorrow’s lottery numbers will be. I guess the better question is “What SHOULD the future of Stock Footage be?”

Most stock footage sites are all about making it easier on them to distribute your footage. Which means they impose a lot [...]

Free File of the …

Dave Navarro — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:19:47 +0000

The first week of February I was fortunate to have a clip selected as the Free File of the Week on RevoStock… or so I thought.

Click here to view the embedded video.

They selected one of my more recent clips and an animation which took me a lot time to set up and [...]