Colblimp Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 No sales here since 27th January. Views way down most days too, thanks to the new search engine nonsense which benefits absolutely nobody. Very disheartening. Geoff. Don't be disheartened - you'll sell loads from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 A good month for me, only 2 sales, but I'm a newbie aiming for 1 sale per month this year. I had 1 in January, so I'm ahead of my target. My views are way up so who knows, I could get another sale soon. We live in hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Pixel Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 One small sale in January, anothe one small a few days ago. Last year was more fruitful with much less images. ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrumu Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This month is ok for me. Sales are neither better nor worse compared to the last few months. CTR is up again in my usual range between 1.00 and 1.10 after a steep drop in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addict Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Terrible sales for me since they have been making changes or is the market just going further into hell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arletta Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Same here, Addict. Don't know what is goign on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 My sales are way down too this month which is turning into the worst for as long as I can remember. $$$ are down to 1/3 of what I normally get, volume about 1/2. A number are small distributor sales too. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Gillis Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Volume 50% down on last years monthly average ???? Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 way down here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I had a healthy 4 sales by Feb 9, which made me think it might be a banner month. Usual is 4-5 a month. But nothing since. Zooms about 2/3 of normal. Not sure if there are any sales waiting for complete across-the-board updates or not. It seems what's going on behind the scenes is keeping us guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Average month 2015 = 6 Average month 2016 = 7 So far in February 5 sales, 3 Stock and 2 Stockimo. I have had two educational books so far this month. It is only the 24th. There are a few more days left of course, for more sales to drop in to make this an average month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 8 reasonable sales in February up to now - not any since the 21st though. But the number is a little over average and satisfactory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I've always taken the view that I would build an income and spend 10 years doing it. Right now I'm in my 4th full year. I have gradually grown my collection. My sales had built up to around 10 per month. But January & February dreadful. I hope this is only a blip for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Seems like those with relatively small ports have more or less the same sales, but those with big ports (+15,000 images) suffer considerably more. I notice the same trend whether it are sales / views / zooms or even placement in search results. I truly hope the recent developments aren't demoting those with daily sales......... but it sure looks like it when I read the complaints in the different forums Cheers, Philippe I have genuine sympathy for your situation, Philippe, but it is not just port size which is determining the sales experience. Since mid-November I have seen just three sales grossing $36 and no indication in views or zooms that this is going to change anytime soon. I am dismayed because I genuinely thought (and still think) I had done a good job in captioning and keywording my submissions ready for whatever the new IM would bring. Wrong, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 It's more like a slow 8 months for me because for years I had one or two a month from my tiny port and then suddenIy it all stopped and I haven't seen a sale since last July. I guess my images may have either slipped to the bottom of the 90 million image quicksand or they are just unsaleable rubbish. Whatever the reason, it's disappointing. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 If It is assumed that Alamy is not losing sales with the new system, who are the winners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 $349.42 gross so far this month, six sales. Better than my average. One license, educational, was zoomed a couple of weeks ago. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Three more working days to go. Need a miracle! Nuff said Pretty much what I predicted in December when the new search engine took place. Needless to say this "joke" is costing me a lot of money Cheers, Philippe I can beat that. I've never seen one sale for a month in more than 10 years: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 December and January were dreadful for me with average volumes. February volume is average, but sales have doubled from December and January. I think things are looking up. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Seems like those with relatively small ports have more or less the same sales, but those with big ports (+15,000 images) suffer considerably more. I notice the same trend whether it are sales / views / zooms or even placement in search results. I truly hope the recent developments aren't demoting those with daily sales......... but it sure looks like it when I read the complaints in the different forums Cheers, Philippe This month is slightly below average for me, but still a couple of days to go and I normally get newspaper sales at the end of the month. Sales numbers have been up the last few months even if the total money hasn't. I think it has more to do with diversity of images than size of portfolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lewis Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Hi All Were have the updates gone I haven't had an update since the 22nd and that was sort of half an update. Has anyone else had an update ??/ Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Hi All Were have the updates gone I haven't had an update since the 22nd and that was sort of half an update. Has anyone else had an update ??/ Jon Someone in another thread mentioned that Alamy said the next update will be on the 28th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 There was a database update over the weekend. I changed some keywords on Friday and they had updated by Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 There was a database update over the weekend. I changed some keywords on Friday and they had updated by Sunday morning. The Alamy Measures database hasn't updated for ages. The last days I can get views figures for are all pre-February 22nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 There was a database update over the weekend. I changed some keywords on Friday and they had updated by Sunday morning. The Alamy Measures database hasn't updated for ages. The last days I can get views figures for are all pre-February 22nd. Ditto here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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