Twelve days into July and I can tell that the summer slump has smacked Pond5 in the face. My sales are about average with last year, which was dismal. And I think the Euro crisis has really hit ClipCanvas hard, as sales there have plummeted in the past two months. […] Read more »
Long slow year, mostly…
It’s mostly been a long slow year for my MicroStock portfolio. My Pond5 sales are down by 30% from same month sales last year. I know there’s a lot of infighting on the Pond5 forums about pricing, but when I slugged through the numbers I found a direct correlation between […] Read more »
A look back at 2011
With the sad death of iSyndica, it’s just too difficult to pull together the small details in numbers for 2011. But the overall numbers show a growth in sales for me, which is a good thing. But there’s a bit of bad news mixed in with the good. Sales on […] Read more »
Let’s talk about RevoStock
Back in mid November I was sent an email from the owner of another microstock related web site. In this email was the results of a survey taken from 44 RevoStock producers with 1000 stock footage clips or more in their portfolios. I knew from my own experience that RevoStock […] Read more »
2011 MicroStock Performance So Far
Sales this year so far have been interesting. Overall, they are above my 2010 sales at this time, but growth is slow. I think that’s mostly due to the fact that I haven’t been vigilant about adding new content to my portfolios. Sales are up considerably on ClipCanvas which seems […] Read more »