2009 Review

2009 was relatively slow, thanks for the fact that I uploaded less than 30 photos for the year, so I am thankful for all the sales, overall results for the year was 6800.00 which is about 1100.00 less than 2009, here is the year end chart:

Oct. 09 Summary

Oct of the last three years are typically one of the best month of the year, but this year is different, certainly I have not been actively contributing would be a main reason for that, here is the running total:


IS: $135.04 a slow but a reputable month
FT: $114.05 solid month for FT
SS: $ 72.19 fairly decent
DT: $ 62.85 another slow month
SXP: $ 51.10 not a bad one
BSP: $ 33.50 nothing to be exciting
123rf: $ 16.42 non factor

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TOTAL: $485.15 worst month of the year.

Sept 09 Summary

Very poor performance for the month, actually Sept. is one of the worst month ever, here is the breakdown by sites:

IS 147.74 Continue to chip away SS's overall lead, not too bad
FT 81.79 a little slower for FT
DT 68.84 one of the worst month
BSP 62.50 not bad
SXP 50.50 not bad for SXP
SS 48.45 made a new record on lowest earning ever
123rf 23.80 nothing to be excited
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Total: 483.60 probably one of the worst ever.

August 09 Summary

SS has the best month overall, thanks to it's 8 ELS sales, DT is also pretty impressive, while FT and IS faded a little, overall results are better than any other month this year:

SS 281.12 Good to be the leader, maybe all time high for SS?
IS 144.96 At least beat last month's result
DT 110.33 Solid month
FT 71.31 Fairly slow month, also a big minus due to one of the purchaser has a bad credit card, so previous sales were reversed
BSP 42.50 Not much going on
123rf 28.92 Same thing here
SXP 26.70 Another last place performance
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Total: 705.84

July 09 Summary

July started pretty good, but tapered off in the second half of the month. FT stands out due to 2 extended license sale. Most agencies are pretty slow, here is the rundown:

1. IS 126.77 barely hang on to the 1st place
2. FT 123.58 solid month with extended license sale, maybe I should increase the price
3. DT 88.91 20% drop
4. SS 74.38 SS is losing steams by the day
5. 123rf 33.24 Moved up a little
6. BSP 32.50 Nothing exciting happening there
7. SXP 23.20 With the sale to IS, I don't know how the revenue will be impacted
Totol: 502.58 worst month this year so far.

June 09 Summary

The last few months the dollar amount is pretty consistent, stay around 600, even though I have not uploaded any images for over 8 months, not too bad.

IS: 172.82 IS has been the most consistent one in the last 5 months
SS: 125.71 thanks for the two extended license, great month for SS
FT: 105.38 Beat DT by a penny, a great month
DT: 105.37 Solid month, better than May and in line with Apr and Feb
BSP: 51.00 Slower month as usual
SXP: 47.70 Not too much activities
123rf: 20.79 Nothing to be excited
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Total: 628.77

Extended License Sales from SS:

House Backyard in the night:


Lavender Field:

May 09 Summary

6 months of inactive in terms of uploading, the May result is actually pretty decent, thanks for two ELS from Shutterstock:
1. School music teacher

2. Korean Doll


As usual, the leading performer is:
1. Istockphoto 181.61
2. Shutterstock 113.60 thanks for the two extended license sale
3. Fotolia 103.13 have been a very consistent player
4. Dreamstime 93.42 a slower month
5. Bigstockphoto 54.00 nothing exciting there
6. Stockxpert 46.70 same there
7. 123rf 24.41 one of the worst month
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Total for May 616.87 Slightly better than last month