Marb 174 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Nothing. Pretty much lost interest uploading anymore. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CandyAppleRed Images 140 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 One for $12. No wonder I haven't uploaded anything this year yet. Totally demotivated. They imposed a one-way system to help social distancing in my town last week, but I just couldn't be bothered to document it - all that effort for the slim chance of making less than $10 does not appeal. What I hoped would be a pension supplement is looking more and more like an occasional free pint when the pubs finally re-open. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites
nickmaslen 56 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Ten sales for $122 gross. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sultanpepa 1,198 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Marb said: Nothing. Pretty much lost interest uploading anymore. I haven't lost interest entirely but I do know how you feel. 5 for $32 bucks gross is pretty disheartening. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Harrison 768 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 minute ago, CandyAppleRed Images said: I haven't uploaded anything this year yet. Totally demotivated. It's just possible that the likelihood of your (our) pictures being used is affected by the fact that you haven't been uploading. No-one knows for sure but it could be one of the factors that affects the position of your pictures in the search results. I think I've noticed it for myself but it could just be paranoia. I certainly haven't always followed the advice but from looking at this forum I think the best course is to keep on uploading regularly, even small amounts, and to keep refining and improving the keywords and captions of your existing images. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Stokie 997 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 A very strange month for me. 7 sales for $362 Sales were the joint lowest since December 2018, but revenue was my highest for 10 months! Lowest $30, highest $120, so an average of $52 per sale!! 1 refund of $35.77 sold again for $35.51. Average sales per month last year was 11.5, this year it is down to 9. Views and zooms well below average. John. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Avpics 2,210 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 33 for $800. No big sales, but a reasonable number of middling values with few $ licences. Zooms very low though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
David eastley 135 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 horrible. Just 4 sales for $ pricing and like many others zooms down 40% and zooms down 50% Link to post Share on other sites
JaniMarkus Hasa 274 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Two sales for $ 23.17 gross, $ 10.54 net. Revenue wise the second-best month of my 12 months Alamy career, sadly enough. Two zooms with CTR 0.31, very low for the third month in a row. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 986 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 32 for $380 gross. No $$$ sales this month. Highest $36. LOwest >$5. Not such a good month but I'm surprised that people are still buying pics with all this havoc around us. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Broad Norfolk 270 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Sales recovered a bit in May to 5 for $103 gross. However, views and zooms were at their lowest for me since 2016. Hang in there!! Jim. Edited June 1, 2020 by Broad Norfolk Missed out a word! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Cryptoprocta 1,203 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 4 for $34.27 net 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John Richmond 1,240 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 21 for $323. Below average and not helped by two PU refunds. No, buyer you are not purchasing the plants, just a picture of them! Zooms a bit down at 62 for the month but views also down so CTR at 1.02 is being maintained. Difficult times, as others have said. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Doc 2,563 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 48 for $1122 gross - one $$$ for $133 (disappointingly originally credited for $233 and then refunded/resold) Views still down, but zooms improving so a reasonable CTR of 0.72 Comparative figures with May of last year: May 2020: Views: 23,207; Zooms: 168. Sales 48, Gross income $1122 May 2019: Views 38,700; Zooms: 226, Sales: 71, Gross income: $2666 Kumar 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
aphperspective 662 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Zip, diddly but in the great scheme of things these days its not that important, keep bashing away. 😕 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Gaul 70 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 OK in terms of sales with a total of 8 for my small port. Not so good in terms of prices. Interestingly all sales this month were Alamy exclusive. I had previously kept micro and Alamy ports separate but due to recent low prices here and commission cuts have been putting some micro work on Alamy and vice versa so it came as a surprise that it's the A exclusive that has sold what is slightly disappointing is that if it isn't available elsewhere why are we not seeing higher prices? Or is this just where the market is at? Link to post Share on other sites
Gnans 315 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 3 for $72 gross. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pearl 1,028 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Low side of average for volume at 33 but really disappointingly low prices. I don't have a record of figures but I would say it was the worst for $$ for about a decade, even when sales volume was much lower. Views and zooms not great so not hopeful that things will pick up soon if ever. Pearl Link to post Share on other sites
BobD 890 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Poor. 4 for $53 1 Link to post Share on other sites
shearwater 1,548 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 3 for $71. 4 zooms. CTR 0.53 Best month of the year so far. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
DDoug 2,960 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 One for $66. After a disastrous 2019, especially the latter half of it, I'm back on track this year with roughly one sale per thousand images per month and an average fee of $36. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
meanderingemu 2,207 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 i guess i'm in good company. Worse month in a year, and also no spots waiting to be reported so i guess it will get worse. Only positive is many outstanding sales from January on have cleared, so getting my highest (relatively speaking) payout.... 3 sales for $40. Zooms way down... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
woofit 17 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 0 yet again....no point downloading anymore tbh, I appear to be flogging a (very) dead horse here on Alamy. Good luck to everyone else, and stay safe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kat 337 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 for $68 gross ($34 net) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Heinrich 70 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 OK given the current situation. 3 sales for $68 gross (of which one was a personal use). Views well down but CTR has held up so could be worse. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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