My take on 2007

I have been doing stock photo since July 2006, and this year I have the first full year of production, the total result for 2007 is $5,172.04, which is $431.00/month average.

Overall I feel I got lots of joy in doing it, while in the meantime, I spent lots of time working on it, so it is not that you can put it on and forget it, you have to consistently adding more to it in order to grow.

2008 I don't have big plan for that, but I certainly wish I can exceed $500/month on average, which is probably not that hard, I like to keep it as a fun and interesting thing, instead of laboring to a point like a part time job, then all the fun will be gone.

So submit a few per week, over time, I am sure my total online files should gradually increase, my minimum expectation for myself is to exceed 1000 files on all sites other than Istockphoto ( which I hope I will get over 600 files by year end )

Anyway the goal is have fun while in the meantime making a few bucks:)

Dec 2007 Result

Dec. was a slow month as last Dec. it was OK the first half, but the second half is non existence, here are the run down for the month:

SS has a really slow month, finished the month with only 137.37, a huge drop from last two month, but still good enough to lead the pack;
IS has 4 straight month of progress, finished the month with best ever result: 116.77
DT was similar as last month, finished third with 85.13
BSP has a decent month with 58.50
SXP is a little slower, with only 33.30
FT continues to lag, finished the month with nasty looking 21.70
Of course new comer 123rf got only 6.70 for a couple of weeks of work, hope next month it will improve.

Here is the monthly chart:

2nd ELS for the same picture

One of my all time favorite got a second ELS today, it's from SS, last time it was FT, not too bad:

Nov 2007 Update

Nov comes in as the second best month ever, a drop from Oct's great result, a couple of notables:

SS finished with 2 ELS, compared with 3 last month and also a 130 less DL, so the total for the month is $224.41, shy of $282.58 last month.

IS has a solid month, dollar wise it's the best month ever, $106, but DL is little shy of the record 143 last month.

DT comes in 3rd place, but it was a slow month $87.65, a similar pattern as last year, so the Dec will most likely be lower as well.

SXP for the first time comes in 4th place, beating BSP and FT, with $49.40, a solid showing, largely due to lots of large size sales.

BSP got more than 30% drop last month, finished at $45.

FT continues to lag, finished the month with a pathetic $25.76

So the overall for the month is about $537, second best month ever, not too bad.