IKuzmin Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, Nick Hatton said: What else would we do Cry.. No, sorry, it's not healthy. So just do not care, do not bother. I do not believe it can improve for individual contributors. Edited January 2 by IKuzmin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 20 hours ago, John Mitchell said: But as you say, it is what it is Indeed. But it is... what? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 1 minute ago, IKuzmin said: Indeed. But it is... what? 😉 What it is.. is apparently completely random results. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 10 minutes ago, Phil said: What it is.. is apparently completely random results. I do not think so estimating RPI from the numbers that people post here. The results are really depressing with very few rare exceptions, like Wim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 minutes ago, IKuzmin said: I do not think so estimating RPI from the numbers that people post here. The results are really depressing with very few rare exceptions, like Wim. For RPI agree - most all show considerable degradation. I was thinking in terms of sale quantities.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Alamy gross $37,814 US, lowest since joining 2004; (so assuming ~43% average cut = net = $16,260 net...) Other place my net = $26,530; 2023 is first year since ?1995? my stock photo net was NOT above $50K... My Wall Street investments did better than all other major indexes again; hence my Wallaholism overrides my Licensaholism... mentioning here because my investments included companies on which some of us rely, e.g., ADBE, NVDA, INTL, MSFT, etc., most shares I sold in 2023, some still holding for higher price... Looking forward to buying again when next market correction hits... note: my method requires little work, time, research...just tremendous patience: Brokerage-(my account) 52.67% Russell 2000 Index 15.09% Dow Jones Industrial Average 13.70% S&P 500 Index 24.23% NASDAQ Composite Index 43.42% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 23 hours ago, Cryptoprocta said: Wow, your chart shows a very steady trajectory - mine are all over the place, especially revenue. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/420ic91s1nso3tm95ga8p/Alamy-charts-to-2023.jpg?rlkey=apserkju8ll28dqiz6vu09vmm&dl=0 (I've forgotten yet again how to get a photo to show directly without a dropbox link. At one time, I remember you could drag and drop, but that doesn't appear to work now ...) Thanks. Wow, you're right, revenue is all over the place. Maybe it smooths out when you get over a certain number of sales - mine was a lot choppier when I had a smaller collection. Getting non Alamy photos into posts - I uploaded my graphs to imgbb.com and copied the direct links from there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radim Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Last year, 889 sales for $11,305, 736 sales this year for $12,043 Revenues have been growing every year, except for a slight dip in 2018 After a good start to 2023, I expected a better result, but the end of the year was not so good. I wish everyone a successful year 🎉 Radim 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, Phil said: For RPI agree - most all show considerable degradation. I was thinking in terms of sale quantities.. Come on. More quantities are on microstock(s). With the same or better RPI than many folks report here. Oh, wait, microstocks do not accept/sell such images that Alamy does. Now I guess I have at least a clue to my own question above, RE: what it is 😉. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Best sales volume (394) since I started in 2014 but revenue down massively. $7963 in 2019 and <$5k in 2023. Hoping to travel a bit more in '24 so hopefully more subject availability. HNY everyone. Have a good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Volume DOWN - From 217 to 206 Revenue DOWN - Huge drop - $7,213 to $4,472 Average price $22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 My average was $21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2023 sales; 203, Revenue $3,448. 2022 sales; 215, Revenue $4,279. Sales down 6% revenue down 19%. Sales second best (over 17 years) and revenue 7th best. Average price was only £17. Happy New Year! John. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFleming Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Sales 26% down, revenue 57% up, compared to 2022. Average price $29 4th best year since joining 10 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2023: Total sales 759 2022: Total sales 796 - a reduction of 4.6% 2023: Total gross income: $16961 plus $891 "Other income" = $ 17852 . Average sale therefore $22 gross. 2022: Total gross income: $13649 - an increase of 30.7%. (!). 32 sales throughout the year of $$$, including 4 in the medium range, best $384. I suspect most of these were infringement payments. Good to see Alamy seem to be chasing infringements much more efficiently these days, for those of us who are selling only through Alamy. I put my year on year income increase down to that, so thanks Alamy. Total image numbers for sale: 30,349; an increase of only about 800 in the year. I have many more to put up and need to do so! Best wishes to all for 2024! Kumar 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) Sales volume increased by 27% over 2022, Revenue by 58% over 2022 - which sounds better than it is - 2022 was one of my better years for sales volume but was really poor for revenue, about half of what I usually make. A better barometer is that this year's revenue is slightly higher than most of my better years, including 2021, and very slightly below my best year which was way back in 2015. With 1,600 images I had 30 sales, so better than the average 1 per 1,000 per month, and despite some tiny sales my average per sale was okay. I was ill a lot of the year, didn't take many new image and only added 20 new photos all year (Edit: actually it was 70, not sure how I made that mistake - but a lot less than I'd hoped). Seeing my sales revenue return to normal was a win. I did take part in the Alamy POTM a few times, something I hadn't done before, sharing on here and on X, formerly known as twitter. Don't think any of those sold but maybe it helped get me get noticed a little - or not - maybe it's just random. With 30 sales, I'd imagine it's more likely random. Anyway, wishing everyone a happy New Year and fabulous sales in 2024! Edited January 4 by Marianne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Record month in terms of sales with 165 but wasn't a record year in terms of net sales at just under $1k net. Increased my port size by 10% year-on-year. I've written a super comprehensive year-end report and also a YouTube video where I discuss all the agencies I upload. Here's the link to the Report and YouTube video (41 mins long). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Brasilnut said: Here's the link to the Report I believe your understanding of RPI as I see it in the report is basically wrong. RPI is the net divided by the number of images in portfolio, not per download. I. e., from your previous table: Agency 2023 net earnings 2022 net earnings $Delta Port size Dec 2023 Port size Dec 2022 Growth in assets Growth % RPI (2023 net per Dec 2022 port) AXXXl 750* 2,135 -1,385 3,626 2,017 1,609 44% 0.37 Alamy 988 496 529 15,863 14,282 1,581 10% 0.07 AXXXk 889 730 159 4,509 4,037 472 10% 0.220213029 SXXXk 1,779 1,671 108 12,127 11,213 914 7% 0.158655132 iXXXk 939 798 141 8,808 7,879 929 10% 0.119177561 In other words, on Alamy you get $1/year per 15 uploaded images 🙂 And it is worst among the agencies that you submit. Edited January 3 by IKuzmin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, IKuzmin said: I believe your understanding of RPI as I see it in the report is basically wrong. RPI is the net divided by the number of images in portfolio, not per download. I. e., from your previous table: Agency 2023 net earnings 2022 net earnings $Delta Port size Dec 2023 Port size Dec 2022 Growth in assets Growth % RPI (2023 net per Dec 2022 port) AXXXl 750* 2,135 -1,385 3,626 2,017 1,609 44% 0.37 Alamy 988 496 529 15,863 14,282 1,581 10% 0.07 AXXXk 889 730 159 4,509 4,037 472 10% 0.220213029 SXXXk 1,779 1,671 108 12,127 11,213 914 7% 0.158655132 iXXXk 939 798 141 8,808 7,879 929 10% 0.119177561 In other words, on Alamy you get $1/year per 15 uploaded images 🙂 And it is worst among the agencies that you submit. Hi, I'm not calculating Return Per Image but Return per Download (was a typo on the column). In other words, $988 net from Alamy in 2023 with 165 downloads is a RPD average of $5.99. Average return per image would be an interesting metric and will take a look at subsequent reports to compare results. Edited January 3 by Brasilnut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 124 sales* for $2,277 gross, $910 net. *Includes 6 infringement fees for about $600 gross $250 net So, not too bad a year, although the infringements are a key contributor to why my Alamy sale revenue recovered a bit on last year. Revenue was increasing steadily until 2018, but it's been a bit bumpy since. I deleted quite a few images (over 500?) when the new contract came in to reduce any potential 3rd party liability risks, which hasn't helped my sales, (especially as some were quite saleable). The remainder of the variation is due to falling revenues per sale and a couple of Alamy reranks. Mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brasilnut said: return per image would be an interesting metric I think it is the basic and the most important metric from the commercial/business prospective when we think of stock photography en masse. Another thing is that many of us, me included, consider not only the commercial profit but block "cheap options" in distribution of our images, buying a peace of mind for reducing the number of sales and the RPI... Edited January 3 by IKuzmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2023 - 4 sales, the last being this image of the Stikine river and canyon in northern B.C. Single company, multiple use print and digital. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizbee Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Best year I have had on Alamy. 39 sales (2022 - 35), $1405 gross (2022 - $447), 10724 views (2022 - 9151), 85 zooms (2022 - 82). Gross figure helped by 4x$$$ sales, which was very pleasing and especially one image (of which there are very few on Alamy) which sold 3 times during the year for just over $330. And, unlike last year, I have already surpassed the $250 gross that I need to retain my gold account status at the end of June. Only downside is seeing the sales graph sitting on the bottom for the start of the new year, meaning I now have to do it all over again. 🙄 Ah well... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdCoffee Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 38 sales for $1034 gross .. average price $27 Comparable to the last few years. I didn't upload much in 2023. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 22 hours ago, Hazel said: 2023 - 4 sales, the last being this image of the Stikine river and canyon in northern B.C. Single company, multiple use print and digital. You have some really nice BC images. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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