Dry January

[Phil Robinson 803]

11 hours ago, RedSnapper said:

 

The end-of-month 'surge', of UK newspaper on-line  and print usages being reported,  happens on the last two or three days...which this month should be the 29/30/31 of January......

 

km

 

 

Without going into detail, how's you month going so far? - I need to hear someone is doing well.

[andremichel 219]

12 hours ago, LawrensonPhoto said:

I Had a tiddler reported on Friday from the Observer

All my sales have been tiddlers this month. I can't remember the last time things were this bad. 

[Niels Quist 574]

7 hours ago, Phil Robinson said:

Without going into detail, how's you month going so far? - I need to hear someone is doing well.

 

Two sales just ticked in - a PU - and a $$$ sale of the Jelling Runic Stone.

Edited January 29 by Niels Quist

[Perry 111]

Had two sales the last two days. both $$$ !!

Saves my january.

 

[RedSnapper 1,035]

18 hours ago, Allan Bell said:

That may be because a lot of us on here, and possibly you included, are not submitting images via the News channel.

 

 

While a lot of the 'surge' image sales are from LiveNews submissions, the majority are still general stock......in my experience.

 

YMMV

 

km

[Phil Robinson 803]

4 hours ago, Niels Quist said:

 

 the Jelling Runic Stone.

sounds like an obscure Yogi Bear cartoon

[Niels Quist 574]

25 minutes ago, Phil Robinson said:

sounds like an obscure Yogi Bear cartoon

 

 

[Alex Ramsay 374]

12 hours ago, Phil Robinson said:

Without going into detail, how's you month going so far? - I need to hear someone is doing well.

Very slow start - which is why I began this thread - but it's picked up over the last week, and looks like being a fair average month for me

Alex

[RedSnapper 1,035]

Right on-cue, Guardian on-line usages are starting to roll in today......6 so far

 

km

[Allan Bell 1,540]

Yay! Had a surge today of ZOOMs.

 

Allan

 

 

[Rico 70]

8 hours ago, Allan Bell said:

Yay! Had a surge today of ZOOMs.

 

Allan

 

 

Oddly enough, me too!

21 zooms of the same subject (Tsuu T'ina  First Nation) using the keyword tsuu.

First time anything like that has happened to me. My CTR went through the roof

Rick

Edited January 29 by Rico

[Starsphinx 366]

I would love to have a surge of zooms 

[Bill Brooks 985]

Normal month. Surge in sales mid month. Second surge in sales end of month.

 

Sales departments in any business tend to be under pressure at these times of the month and are likely to call in pending sales. How is the month shaping up at mid month? How is the month turning out at end of month?

[Craig Yates 895]

Just had my 11th personal use sale drop in. Not the kind of surge i wanted. PU licenses are unfortunately on the increase.They are set too cheap and the price should be increased.

 

 

Craig.

[Starsphinx 366]

1 hour ago, Craig Yates said:

Just had my 11th personal use sale drop in. Not the kind of surge i wanted. PU licenses are unfortunately on the increase.They are set too cheap and the price should be increased.

 

 

Craig.

Or the order of the price list should be changed with the default being the most expensive and appearing at the top so people do actually scroll down and read what they are buying

[Betty LaRue 1,797]

No surge here. Two sales, one a $$$, and one a distributor, higher $ My share. Yet still more $ this month than the  $ of the 4 I had last month.

It’s not so mich about how many licenses, but the amount they bring. One good one is worth 10 piddling ones.

Betty

[John Mitchell 2,827]

8 hours ago, Craig Yates said:

Just had my 11th personal use sale drop in. Not the kind of surge i wanted. PU licenses are unfortunately on the increase.They are set too cheap and the price should be increased.

 

 

Craig.

 

PU licenses do appear to be surging. I had two show up today, one full price ($19.99) and the second for much less with the usage terms in German.

Edited January 30 by John Mitchell

[William Caram 32]

Well i've had 2 PU sales only for this month...both were distributor sales and $11 gross total before deductions  both images were more suited to a commercial use being a cement truck..and a shipping container on the back of a semi trailer....Ahh well no real joy in those sales for me, just hoping something better will happen soonish 

[Marb 102]

Yay absolutely dead. Nothing.

[mickfly 353]

Quiet for me this month especially after opting out of PU, but my second sale of the month is from the BBC, website use, very low $, so maybe I should have kept PU.

[Phil Robinson 803]

1 hour ago, mickfly said:

Quiet for me this month especially after opting out of PU, but my second sale of the month is from the BBC, website use, very low $, so maybe I should have kept PU.

Yes, sad to say compared to some sales, including websites and national newspapers, PU sales can look relatively lucrative

[Avpics 566]

Not a good month (yet). UKNS reports have just come in, but the values are never great. Could really do with some live news or other higher values squeezing in at the end.

[Colblimp 1,177]

Still only 1 sale this month, the PU sale which shouldn't have happened because I'm opted out of PU!  Not a great start to the year...

[Avpics 566]

14 minutes ago, Colblimp said:

Still only 1 sale this month, the PU sale which shouldn't have happened because I'm opted out of PU!  Not a great start to the year...

My UKNS sales have now been added to by a PU, for a value which is the largest of the day (thus far). Would you not reconsider your decision based on current pricing?

[aphperspective 155]

2 sales very early in the month 1 for $$ the other not worth mentioning, since then been watching the tumbleweed blowing across the table top.