Reimar Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Well, that looks like a wrap for 2017. A step down from 2016 for me. Here are my number of sales since 2006. I could be forgiven for thinking in 2012 when I retired that stock sales would help my retirement income considerably. Didn't work out that way and since 2012 the exponential growth in sales numbers, or steady growth in sales amounts vanished. Here is the trend for sales numbers: And gross income: 2017 was my worst year since starting in 2006. Anyone else seeing the same picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Convery Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I had 225 sales, for $4859 gross. Sales volume was a record but I had over $5000 gross for each of the last four years. In 2013 sales volume was 165 for over $5000 which shows how much prices have fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 22 sales for $760. Still learning the ropes. Bigger and better next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdCoffee Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I had 33 sales for a gross total of $1,773 for 2017. Last year, I had 43 sales for $2200 .. but before that, my yearly sales were around 12. I add around 100-200 photos a year .. but with the last two years, it's really motivating to upload more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Those figures make depressing reading Reimar, you obviously benefited greatly during the good years, but, as prices have fallen, seen a hit. I was not fortunate enough to have a sizeable collection then, and have only substantially grown my port in the last 5 or so years. As a result, I am still seeing growth in sales numbers and gross revenue, but there is considerable variance from month to month and I am very aware that my improving income has been the result of a limited number of high value leases than may or may not transpire next year. Up until this month my sales volume was down on last year and looked to be remaining that way, but December has been kind to me. The annual figures; sales volume 215 up by 7.5%, gross revenue up by 19%. So something to celebrate today, but who knows what will happen next year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 39 sales for $1,369 gross. Still hoping for one more sneaky sale before year's end. Very happy with this year as it's only my second doing stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Not quite a wrap here, but as it stands 2017 will be my best year volume-wise with 136 sales. compared to 119 in 2016. However, my 2017 gross income is slightly lower than 2016's and over 30% less than my best year's (2014). For me, the biggest culprit has been the steady decline in the number of $100+ licenses. Still, I'm a happy camper. Thanks again, Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Looks like i'll end on 1,078 sales for the year... forgive me for not posting any financial figures, but you can get a good idea by using the data posted by others km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightphase - Neil Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Not one of the big sellers here, I mostly sell Steam Train images, this year i have had one sale less than last year, with only a $10 decrease in yearly income, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 My charts, with an average return per download chart added. As in another thread, it's not telling the whole story, as this year's 92 includes 21 unreported DM group uses back as far as 2011, but billed at last this year for much lower than they would have been back then. I really can't face putting these back into the correct years, so this is as it stands: I note from other threads that most others have much bigger RPDs than me, and Alamy claims $50 (gross) average (mine is half that this year). Are those with higher RPDs opted out of the UKNS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Too early to comment yet. Just had a sale pop up in the Net Revenue Sales Report (Friday evening 21.00 GMT). Two more days to go. 2017 isn't finished yet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 34 Sales $1853 dollars nothing to write home about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Lewis Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2016 3 sales for a gross of $104.97 3 RM & 1 RF sale 2017 3 sales for a gross of $89.53 1 RM & 2 RF sale Nothing can be concluded from my stats other than I need to get better at this craft and produce high quality editorial content, not just quantity for quantity sake. Happy New Year everyone, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2017 was my best year ever since joining in 2005 but this is my BYE only in number of sales....in terms of revenue, it was 40% less than my best revenue year (2011). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2017 has been my best year since joining Alamy in 2008. Both sales and revenue up 70%. I'm happy the way things are looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 # of Alamy stock sales 2014 = 57 2015 = 63 2016 = 57 2017 = 64 # of iPhone sales 2014 to 2017 = 64 Update: Make that 65 iPhone sales, had one more today! Very consistent numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Ten for $1907 gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 10 hours ago, AlbertSnapper said: Too early to comment yet. Just had a sale pop up in the Net Revenue Sales Report (Friday evening 21.00 GMT). Two more days to go. 2017 isn't finished yet ! I had two small ones appear in Net Revenue Sales this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Some people seem to do well with small portfolios and other with large portfolios are struggling I struggle with my 4409 images will try and to to 6000 images in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 6 hours ago, ReeRay said: 2017 has been my best year since joining Alamy in 2008. Both sales and revenue up 70%. I'm happy the way things are looking. A 70% increase in one year is huge for someone who has been contributing for nearly 10 years. Did you change your strategy in recent years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hyde Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 A good year for me. I only really got serious with stock two years ago and during that time I’ve uploaded about 1000 images. Having attended one of Keith’s excellent seminars (Red Snapper, I actually touched his Stock Photography bible!), putting into practice what I picked up there, and then joining and scouring this forum (which is full of brilliant advice) I’ve seen a big increase in sales this year. I’m still updating my back catalogue with stronger captioning, better keywording and thinning out similars but the target is to get 2000 images online by this time next year. A big thank you and prosperous new year to everyone at Alamy and to all the regular contributors in these forums. So... 2017 - 33 sales for $1522 which works at out $46 per sale compared to: 2016 - 12 sales for $338 which works out at $28 per sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Steve Hyde said: but the target is to get 2000 images online by this time next year. Snap! Let's push each other to keep us both on track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 16 minutes ago, Southpole said: Some people seem to do well with small portfolios and other with large portfolios are struggling I struggle with my 4409 images will try and to to 6000 images in 2018 Most of these small portfolios with impressive sales numbers are from contributors that have been on Alamy for a long time and use a very tightly edited strategy. For example it might take them 10 years to add 2000 images. So they've gone for extreme quality over quantity. At the other end you get the 5000 to 10,000 a year contributors. I think it is debatable which approach produces that best sales totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 18 minutes ago, Colblimp said: Snap! Let's push each other to keep us both on track! Get out with your camera lol. Happy New Year to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, Southpole said: Get out with your camera lol. Happy New Year to you. I'm actually going on a road trip today where I hope to get a bunch of pics to upload. And you?!! Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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