Mike Brooks Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Hi all, I know the subject of zooms has been raised before on the board, but am I the only one to experience a significant drop in zooms for this particular month? I noticed volumes started to go south in October, but since then the rate of decline appears to have accelerated. It seems to me an anomalous situation, so I'm posting to gauge whether anyone else has noticed a steep drop. I'd appreciate your views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 No. With two days figures to go I'm one away my best month ever for zooms (54). 11 in this morning helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Zooms up for me too (the re-rank helped)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Mine are a little lower at 80. Last month ranged between 80 and 97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Mine have just started to come back after a loooong period of nothing which followed a period of lots. So who knows. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 59 minutes ago, John Richmond said: No. With two days figures to go I'm one away my best month ever for zooms (54). 11 in this morning helped. that's a lot of zooms, I have more images than you but only 22 zooms this month, how are your sales? I know the sales this month are probably the results of zooms from about 3 months ago. I had 40 zooms 3 moths ago. My sales are pretty decent (number wise not $$) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, tarsierspectral said: that's a lot of zooms, I have more images thank you but only 22 zooms this month, how are your sales? Pretty reasonable for numbers. 17 so far this month. Should be a couple more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, John Richmond said: Pretty reasonable for numbers. 17 so far this month. Should be a couple more to come. I have 14 this month. How many zooms did you have in August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, tarsierspectral said: I have 14 this month. How many zooms did you have in August? 37 in August, 40 in September. I'm averaging 1 sale per 2.69 zooms this year And I got my figures wrong - I'm three away from my best month (56 in October 2017). Mea culpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 minute ago, John Richmond said: 37 in August, 40 in September. I'm averaging 1 sale per 2.69 zooms this year And I got my figures wrong - I'm three away from my best month (56 in October 2017). Mea culpa. I'm going to shoot flowers from now on! Just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, tarsierspectral said: I'm going to shoot flowers from now on! Just kidding Gardening, botanicals and horticulture are big markets. Always worth a try if you can provide the full Latin name and cultivar name if it's a selected form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyAppleRed Images Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 My zooms are around normal but since the apparent re-rank, my views are down by 40% or so. One day, I'll understand it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, CandyAppleRed Images said: My zooms are around normal but since the apparent re-rank, my views are down by 40% or so. One day, I'll understand it all! when did this rerank happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 29 minutes ago, John Richmond said: Gardening, botanicals and horticulture are big markets. Always worth a try if you can provide the full Latin name and cultivar name if it's a selected form. Good to know, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyAppleRed Images Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 28 minutes ago, tarsierspectral said: when did this rerank happen? http://discussion.alamy.com/topic/8684-has-there-been-a-re-rank/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cooper Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 No zooms yet for me but of course I only have a tiny portfolio (less than 100 images.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie5 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I had a big drop in zooms and sales in October continuing into November, but things seem to be picking up in the last week or two. The re-rank may have something to do with it or tweaks to the search engine. Sales prices way down though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southmind Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I started just 3 months ago so nothing significant, but I had 4 zooms the first 2 months (sept/oct) with half images in portfolio and 0 this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Brooks Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Thanks for all the responses. It's very curious. As I say, zooms for me have dropped off by about 50% over the last two months - which appears to me quite dramatic and is something I 've never seen before. Moreover when I look at the 'all other' zooms registered for particular views I'm seeing a lot of zeros! Until recently views for fairly popular subjects subjects such as, say, Cambridge or Stratford-Upon Avon would have resulted in a high number of zooms, but now it seems they attract few if any. And just to be clear: I'm speaking of zooms generally for such subjects. This has been a noticeable trend over the last two months. What can have changed? It's a mystery! So if you're zooms are holding up, or increasing, good for you - but it would appear that across the board they have, unaccountably, fallen off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Sorry Mike I don't want to depress you but with one day to go until end of November, I had the most zooms ever, more than double what I usually get. Sales as well, best month ever since I joined in 2003 in terms of volume. Hope the situation improves for you, don't despair, the stock market is always a bit of a gamble, ups and downs. Gen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 My zooms are now down significantly after surging to 97 in October. A week ago they stood at 80 for rolling month, but today down to 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Things will gradually tail off now as the holiday season looms. My sales tend to dwindle this time of year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Many zooms in November. Only 2 since Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 No zooms yet for me this December, but like Sultanpepa I usually find it dies out for me in December. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Bit of a drop since the last week of November which may be due to the re-rank, but could also be the time of year Kumar (the Doc one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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