I spent much less time on microstock in August than usual. I added only 40+ pictures to my portfolio. Nevertheless, I reached to important milestones at iStockphoto and Shutterstock, and a new BME in total earnings.

iStock. BME, a steady growth during last 6 months, #1 with almost 50% of my microstock income. I reached the silver canister level in August (2500 downloads) and my weekly uploading limit increased from 15 to 20 pictures. I have a chance to resubmit some old pictures now. 22 new pictures added. $1.03/ download.

Shutterstock. A better performance than in July, but still well below the April or June. I reached $3000 total earnings in August, so my payment rate increased from $0.33 to $0.36 for subscriptions and from $2.48 to $2.70 for on-demand pictures. 33 new pictures added.

DreamsTime. ~15% down from July earnings. 30 new pictures added.

Fotolia. Better performace than in July which was pretty bad. 22new pictures added.

StockXpert. BME, still going strong with a lot of contributions from from Photos.com and JupiterImages subscriptions. Reviews and payments seems to take much longer time than it used be …

123rf. Slow!

Big Stock Photo. Better than in July.

CanStockPhoto. Earnings seem to stay on the same level: one big sale through PhotoSearch and a few $0.30 subscription sales. 2nd payout.

Featurepics. 2 small sales … Will I reach my first payout this year?

Veer. Almost 500 pictures accepted. My acceptance rate is above 80%, however, they rejected practically all my best selling pictures as not suitable for stock.

The 3D Studio. Some photographers reported pretty good sales there. I uploaded 100+ pictures: thousands of views, zero sales.

agency	portfolio size	downloads (EL)	earnings	% earnings	RPI
iStock	847	529	545.51	48.2%	0.644
Shutterstock	1362	582	271.34	24.0%	0.199
DreamsTime	1071	107	$92.25	8.1%	0.086
StockXpert	1315	143	$67.80	6.0%	0.052
Fotolia	892	73	$56.30	5.0%	0.063
Big Stock Photo	1260	28	$37.00	3.3%	0.029
CanStockPhoto	1201	19	$26.75	2.4%	0.022
123rf	1274	28	$16.69	1.5%	0.013
Veer	497	9	$14.65	1.3%	0.030
Featurepics	1333	2	$9.00	0.7%
	1599 total	1520 total	$1133.04 total		0.709

Some other bloggers are reporting monthly earnings from microstock:
Microstock Diaries … Microstock Experiment … NiltoMil … jrtb … MeLastMohican’s Blog …

My latest stock photos on Dreamstime

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