As of Feb 09 2013
| # sub | # accept | Stock | editorial | Rejected | Accept ratio | sales Jan | Feb | RTI | ||
| Shutter Stock | 282 | 88 | 63 | 25 | 219 | 28.66% | $8.50 | $0.50 | $9.00 | 0.10 |
| iStock | 102 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 58 | 43.14% | $3.14 | $3.14 | 0.07 | |
| bigstockphoto | 150 | 94 | 90 | 4 | 56 | 62.67% | $0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| fotolia | 46 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 21.74% | $0.25 | $0.25 | $0.50 | 0.05 |
| Canstock | 254 | 173 | 173 | 0 | 81 | 68.11% | $0.75 | $0.75 | 0.00 | |
| Dreamstime | 227 | 79 | 72 | 7 | 148 | 34.80% | 0.00 | |||
| 123rf | 134 | 125 | 108 | 17 | 9 | 93.28% | $0.43 | $0.43 | 0.00 | |
| Veer | 100 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 66 | 34.00% | 0.00 | |||
| photodune | 232 | 196 | 196 | 0 | 36 | 84.48% | 0.00 | |||
| Pond5 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | ||||
| GraphicLeftover | 93 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | 53.76% | ||||
| Deposit Photos | 55 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 72.73% | ||||
| panthermedia | 10 | |||||||||
| Alamy | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | ||||||
| 1715 | 955 | 899 | 56 | 775 | 55.20% | $13.07 | $0.75 | $13.82 | 0.01 |
I am slowly learning how this market works.
As you can see from the chart my big earner is Shutter Stock. Comparing my stats to the “normal” stats you can find online I am avaerage. I get about 80% of my income from Shutter Stock.
I have to decide if the other sites are worth the effort for my very small portfolio.
Using other peoples numbers I now realize that it is going to take some time to create a worthwhile portfolio, that will generate a steady pay.
As an example Shutter Stock has an average download of about 30%-35% per month.
with a portfolio of 1000 images that may get me a payout of $85 per month.
Right now I have less than 100 images accepted. At the rate I get accepted it may take me 12 to 15 months to reach the 1000 images.
My acceptance rate may be higher if I was shooting studio images but right now I don’t have access so……
I do need to improve my acceptance rates, and shoot more salable images.
My Goal for February is to have 100 images in Shutter Stock, my long term goal is 200 by the end of March. The first should be doable the second…. we’ll see
