Matt Ashmore Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, wiskerke said: Data without context is just info. Which is a nice way of saying it's worthless. Information is data with context. Knowledge however.. So has anyone any theory or conclusion? My conclusion is that you do a lot of thinking about these things! I am always very impressed by the conclusions you reach though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southmind Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Year Images Sales 2014 0 0 2015 0 0 2016 0 0 2017 1001 0 2018 6 0 There is a column showing no change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 YEAR SUBMISSIONS IMAGES 2017 32 351 2016 54 531 2015 33 303 2014 53 562 2013 64 673 2012 31 311 2011 43 462 2010 37 289 2009 32 173 2008 1 4 Too embarrassed to show my sales figures. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I don’t have time to count each year. In 2016 I made a goal to submit at least 100 images a month. I hit that goal and more. 2017, because of life challenges and being unable to get out and shoot as often, wasn’t good. 2017 - 710 2016 - 1214 Adding those two years together though, I get 1924, not far off an average of 1000 a year. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Betty LaRue said: I don’t have time to count each year. In 2016 I made a goal to submit at least 100 images a month. I hit that goal and more. 2017, because of life challenges and being unable to get out and shoot as often, wasn’t good. 2017 - 710 2016 - 1214 Adding those two years together though, I get 1924, not far off an average of 1000 a year. Betty I'm trying to upload at least 1000 images a year. I've got a back-log of nearly 2 years of photos to sort out. There are probably 2-3000 'Alamy suitable' images amongst them. Life keeps getting in the way though! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 6 hours ago, wiskerke said: Year Submissions Images Sales 2017 28 112 319 2016 48 248 351 2015 66 275 219 2014 71 241 185 2013 15 54 202 2012 35 187 134 2011 15 94 92 2010 41 204 74 2009 33 223 60 2008 33 285 54 2007 16 177 26 2006 1 309 8 2005 20 283 6 2004 1 11 0 Data without context is just info. Which is a nice way of saying it's worthless. Information is data with context. Knowledge however.. So has anyone any theory or conclusion? wim I'm always wary of conclusions, but I'd say that the number of new images uploaded per year is more important -- from a sales growth POV -- for newer contributors than for long-time ones who tend to rely on established repeat sellers for steady income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shantz Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I added 1242 in 2017 for an increase of 10% over the end of 2016. Numbers per year have ranged from a low of 175 to a high of 2090, with the first submissions in 2006. Total now is about 13,754. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 35 minutes ago, John Mitchell said: I'm always wary of conclusions, but I'd say that the number of new images uploaded per year is more important -- from a sales growth POV -- for newer contributors than for long-time ones who tend to rely on established repeat sellers for steady income. Or who at least aim for a significant amount of repeat sellers. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremichel Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 7 hours ago, wiskerke said: Data without context is just info. Which is a nice way of saying it's worthless. Information is data with context. Knowledge however.. So has anyone any theory or conclusion? wim I can conclude that it is difficult to come to conclusions that fit everyones data. One thing I can see is that most contributors reporting here are far more consistent than myself in keeping to a steady rate of submission through the years. Also it suggests that contributors were still going strong through 2017 after many years. Though that can be misleading as anyone losing interest and cutting down submitting, probably wouldn't bother to attend the forum or comment here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 2017 - 356 2016 - 228 2015 - 85 2014 - 176 2013 - 285 2012 - 431 2011 - 576 2010 - 994 2009 - 615 Not sure how to interpret that - I know that in 2016/7 death/illness (not mine) got in the way of travel plans. Not sure what happened in 2015, though - rain, probably, which is a very common issue hereabouts, and the pressure of having two gardens (mine/mum's) to look after when it's dry, not leaving many dry days for photography in any year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesH Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I started in February 2017 and managed to get 3000 images uploaded. A lot of work going back through catalogs, being annoyed with myself for not shooting more general shots as I was more into the landscape images etc. Not being in the UK I'm disadvantaged in some ways but I've made a challenge to try and shoot where I am with stock in mind. I'm also taking more video as that can be quite worth doing, sold some footage you wouldn't think people would buy. 10 sales last year but only 1 3 figure sale. 1 refund for $50. December was terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellonearth Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I only have data from 2013 onwards Year Added Total images 2013 87 439 2014 73 513 2015 191 704 2016 511 1318 2017 2851 4303 I have basically added 240 images a month over the last 18 months, so I do have a conclusion which is, that during the latter half of 2016 and the whole of 2017, I have made significant efforts to add images with the aim of generating more sales. I intend to continue to do this throughout 2018 at least in order to see if I can actually make some money at this game. I am not expecting a fortune but just some supplementary income. I will add that I do not expect to match 2851 additions this year but who knows! I dont know if my strategy is working but I can say that in 2017 I had more sales (27) than all the other years put together despite the fact that I only had 2 sales between Jan and May. Now back to processing and keywording! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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