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10,000 Downloads from iStockphoto

26 May 2010 6 Comments

I started my adventure with microstock photography with submitting pictures to iStockphoto in November 2007 and, later, to other agencies. Today, I just reached the golden canister level at iStock. The picture below crossed that milestone of 10,000 downloads.

Nowadays, iStock dominates my microstock sales providing more than 40% of earnings with a portfolio of ~1300 pictures.

I am getting more upload slots, 25 instead of 20 per week, which is nice. I don’t think that I am really ready to upload more pictures to iStock, but the process will be more convenient. I am not sure if there are any other benefits of reaching the gold level in my case, i.e., not an exclusive photographer.

Some milestones in my iStock performance during last 2 and half years:

November 15, 2007	my first picture online
March 4, 2008	100 images accepted and $50 earnings
March 22, 2008	first $100 of earnings and payout
June 10, 2008	250 downloads (bronze canister level)
September 30, 2008	500 downloads
April 16, 2009	1000 downloads, 653 pictures online
August 15, 2009	2500 downloads (silver canister level), 840 pictures online
May 25, 2010	10,000 downloads (gold canister level), 1303 pictures online

Related post:
Microstock Earnings – First 30 Months

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Lee Torrens said:

Congratulations Marek! That’s an awesome milestone, and achieved in a very short time. Great work.

So now that you’re Gold, will you be going exclusive with iStock???

-Lee

# 27 May 2010 at 6:52 am

Bartek said:

Great job! Today i just reached 400DL after 14 months on iStock.

# 27 May 2010 at 9:43 am

Marek (author) said:

I am still independent and diversified.

# 28 May 2010 at 12:09 pm

Isaac said:

Wow! I couldn’t imagine having that many downloads! Congrats! I’ve been at it for about a year at Istock and have just crossed 400 downloads. So good job on being on the pulse of what people want to download!

# 4 June 2010 at 5:28 am

Luis Santos said:

Hi Marek! Great milestone

I have always been a fan of your work and progress, you are always strong and keeping up! Too bad you have stopped posting your microstock earnings but I get it once it takes a few hours and that time is precious and much more worth to create photos!

congratulations

# 16 June 2010 at 3:28 am

kevin faile said:

Ive just begun learning how to sell photos online.I have over 50000.How many can you download at a time on these sites.Im disabled recovering from quadriplegia. After surgery i can move and walk but my job prospects r slim Would you suggest these sites for me and others? Great job and excellant photos.

# 6 November 2012 at 4:35 am