losdemas Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 OK, staying in and waiting for Jools Holland to start (UK reference, sorry to those outside the UK!) Despite a lot of moaning from me about low prices and licensing abuse (expect this to expand to include references to % in the New Year!), 2018 was my best year here, both in number of licenses and $ totals. I actually passed my 2017 totals around June, then things slowed considerably. The average licence value ,though, slipped yet again to its lowest ever (~$36 gross). Sale volume was helped and sales value was helped considerably by my first Live News sales. At least I know where my future efforts should be directed here on Alamy! December saw 4 sales for $129, the last of which appears to be a relicense of an abused presentation sale (I've yet to confirm this with Alamy). The total for the year was 54 sales for $1,945. Edit: Happy and prosperous New Year to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 December: 23 for $760, continuing a modest increase month on month since July. 2018: 203 for $6757, a reasonable jump on 2017 but largely due to increase in portfolio, one would assume. Average gross per licence 2017: $33.06 2018: $33.29. Welcome surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njene Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 sales for December for $175 gross this is my best year for number of sales but the total revenue is down from last year unfortunately this has been the trend the past 2 years, namely number of sales is up, but revenue is down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December was a good month with 12 sales (average) for $847 gross (above average). Three $$$ sales (thanks, Alamy) and some solid $$ ones in the mix. Despite a sizeable balance in the kitty, this will be the first month in many moons that I won't see a payout. Bummer. I ended up with 10 sales less than last year. Nonetheless, 2018 was my second best year for sales (after 2017), but certainly not for revenue, which continues to trend downward. Not looking forward to the upcoming commission "haircut" but shall have to adapt. Happy New Year everyone. Time for a drink (or two perhaps)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December saw 7 sales for $254 gross, I'd say lower $ than normal but number of sales about average. 2018 was my best year yet, by a long shot. I managed 82 sales for $3,680 gross, which I'm very pleased with, considering my small port. As a comparison, 2017 was 39 sales for $1,368 gross and 2016, my first year, was 5 for $346 gross. Onwards and upwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December very poor, even compared to my own previous Decembers. 4 sales for $31.24 net. 2018 second best year for earnings, but still $27 below 2013, when my port was half what it is now. Current strategy re-evaluated and found wanting. New strategy starting today, which is actually reverting to my previous modus operandi (splitting stock between micro, where I earn more, and here). Different files, and still RM here. Good luck everyone, and hold onto your hats. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Kelly Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Wondering if we should do separate threads - one for December and one for 2018? What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December - 6 licences for $530.30, including 3 over $$$. 2018 - number of sales up over 40% from 67 in 2017, to 94 in 2018. Sadly, gross revenue only $59 better than 2017. $4,087 in 2017 increasing to $4,146 in 2018. Average licence fee 2018 $44.10, down from $61.00 in 2017. 191 images added in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Gina Kelly said: Wondering if we should do separate threads - one for December and one for 2018? What do you Agree 100%. Much better as separate threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Jacobs Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December was a bit better than average for me, even with only two sales. In 2018 I have earned 25% less than in 2017, with the exact same number of sales and over 3.000 uploaded in 2018. Am very disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December 14 sales slightly less than average for the year. Best $191, but a distributor sale. While many of my sales tend to be of local subjects December bucked that trend, don't know if this is a blip or start of a new trend. UK 6 USA 3 France 2 Portugal 1 Italy 1 Holland 1 2018 was disappointing. From 2007 to 2017 I saw a steady growth in sales numbers in every year, but 2018 was down below the 2016 figure. I'm down 16% on sales volume compared to 2017 and down 22% on gross income. I suspect that my net income is down further as I have been seeing a greater proportion of distributor sales this year. Gross per sale is down by 7.2%, despite a very welcome $822 sale earlier in 2018. The good news is that I am still in the land of the living and will be paying less photo related tax this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broad Norfolk Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, Bryan said: The good news is that I am still in the land of the living and will be paying less photo related tax this year! Same here, Bryan!! December was disappointing with just 2 sales. Views were 3726, zooms 15, and CTR at 0.40. 2018 produced a new record sales quantity beating last years record by 1!! Income, however, was down 20%. All this despite uploading another 1K+ images. Time to do something different in 2019!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Bottle Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 At the risk of appearing to gloat, I can report a record year, up on last year, which itself had been a record. Sales volume +33% Sales Revenue +66% Average sale price +26%, partly helped by highest value license ever ($950) Still quite small overall figures - not enough income yet to retire! Probably just luck. But I did spend many hours improving tagging in AIM and became more critical of my own work, selecting fewer, but better quality images for uploading. Happy New Year everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December: three for $114 2018 vs. 2017: sales volume up 230%, revenue up 16%, average sale $96 Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Convery Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December was my worst month ever with 7 sales and 3 refunds earning $24 gross. The year saw my revenue continue the downward trend. 2016 224 sales $5,413 gross 2017 225 sales $4,859 gross 2018 217 sales $4,626 gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My December was 9 sales for $255. CTR average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Two threads and no pretty graphs. Disappointing compared to last year's enlightening thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 A rather disappointing 19 sales averaging out at $19 each. Highest $97, lowest $*.** (I'll leave to your imagination). I'm guessing that December is normally quite slow because of the extended holiday period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Heinrich Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December was OK - 6 sales for $211 gross though 2 were dubious PU and 1 a distributor. Views and zooms well down though. For the year overall 50 for $1714 gross - both sales and revenue down on last year. For contrast I looked back over the years and realised that my second best year for revenue was actually way back in 2007 when a mere 12 sales generated $1946 gross. Demonstrates just how far prices have fallen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December: 6 sales for $86, while the sales are slightly above average, the average price continues to fall to a degree if this was the yearly average it would no longer be worthwhile continuing to upload. 2018: Sales and revenue up 26% but images up 75%. Best year in regard to amount of sales but still way behind by best year in revenue (2011). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 20 sales in December for $423 gross, slightly below average for the year. 2018 was my fifth year on Alamy and to stock photography. I added 1376 images before the recent news but have stalled uploading for the last couple of months while I looked at my options. Overall the year was a good one by my standards. I'm still in a growth phase for sales volume and revenue with 275 sales (2017: 175) producing $5900 gross (2017: $4517) from those sales. DACs added another $153 to produce a nett of $2995, a welcome addition to my pension income but one that any would be pro could well be discouraged by. My thanks to all who contribute in detail to this and the monthly How was your? threads. The information provided has helped me - and no doubt others - get a feeling for the health of the stock business beyond my own experience. Doom and gloom might be evident in some cases but it's good to also hear about the success of others. Happy and prosperous 2018 to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December not so good, with 8 licences. For the year 2018 as a whole tho..... about 230 images added Sales volume up 13% (123 licences) Revenue up 10% Best year for sales numbers and revenue. Happy new year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 December - very disappointing. 2018 - best year ever on Alamy. My previous best year was 2012 (when I had exactly 1/3 of the images on file I do now) before the commission changed. It has taken this long to beat that total. However, total income is up, number of sales is up by over 100 on last year and the number of pics per sale (sales per pic if you prefer) has improved. Average fee has dropped marginally but did not continue the cliff-edge fall I've seen over the previous five or six years. So, with one very obvious exception, 2019 looks potentially promissing. Three more months to get 30,000 images checked and exclusivitised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, Phil Robinson said: Three more months to get 30,000 images checked and exclusivitised. For bigger collections, Alamy will make all pix exclusive with a press of the big red button... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 12 sales for $299. Better than last December, but a much slower month than the last few. I can't compare 2018 to previous years as I was really just getting going and learning the ropes in 2017. 134 sales for gross $5714, which is not a bad average. Only one distributor sale, fortunately, and no refunds that weren't bought for a different price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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