Downloads At iStock 12% Lower Than 2012

Posted on 1/2/2014 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

Based on the downloads of 420 of iStock’s most productive contributors who have a combined total of at least 50,777,000 downloads the number of downloads in 2013 were down about 12% compared to 2012. This group of contributors have approximately one-third* of all iStock downloads since the company’s founding.

Since early in 2009 I have been tracking downloads of 192 of iStockphoto’s most productive contributors. At the end of 2011, I added 228 additional contributors to my tracking list for a total of 420. All the people on this list have more than 45,000 downloads and 171 of them have more than 100,000 total downloads.

At the end of 2012 this group had minimum total downloads of 47,617,000. This was up a minimum of 3,780,000 from 43,837,000 at the end or 2011. Given the way iStock reports downloads the group had a possible maximum of 5,927,000 during 2012. For 2013 the minimum downloads were 3,160,000 and the maximum 5,388,000.



Assuming that some contributors has just passed the minimum download number reported and others were about to reach the maximum and go to the next higher level, we have averaged the high and low number for each year. The average downloads for 2013 is 4,853,500 and for 2013 it is 4,274,000. Thus, the average downloads in 2013 is about 12% lower than 2012.
    In the early years iStock used to provide the actual number of downloads of each contributor on the contributor’s “User_view” page. In June of 2009 they switched to listing a whole number and indicating that the total downloads were “greater than” that number. When downloads hit the next higher whole number that number was listed. For example, a contributor’s downloads may have been listed at >10,000. The actual number was somewhere between 10,000 and 10,999. When the number hits 11,000, it would be shown as >11,000.

    I determined the minimum number of downloads for each contributor from iStock and calculated what the maximum downloads could be if the contributor was within one download of the next higher number. Then I took an average of the two numbers and totaled the averages of all contributors. There was a 12% decline in the 2013 number compared to 2012.



    *As of January 2, 2012 the 38,163 contributors iStockcharts was tracking had a combined minimum total of 114,875,519 downloads since the founding of iStock. These contributors owned over 90% of all the images on iStock.  Given the weak sales in the last two years, I believe total iStock downloads are below 150 million.
It should be noted that in July iStock launched a half-price promotion and cut the price of all the content from its non-exclusive contributors in half in the hopes of generating more downloads. Simultaneously, they adjusted the search-return-order in a way that favored their higher priced exclusive collections that remained at the same price.

It was reported at that time that 70% of all iStock sales were for the higher priced exclusive images. After the end of the 3rd quarter there were reports that 75% of all downloads were for exclusive images.



While lowering the price of non-exclusive images did not seem to increase sales overall, revenue many not have declined due to a higher percentage of exclusive sales.

For individual trend data see the chart below. The second column indicates whether the contributor is Exclusive (E) or Non-exclusive (N) with iStock. Of the 420 contributors 114 (27%) are non-exclusive and have their images on many other sites as well as iStock. The chart is indexed by the number of total downloads in the last two years. Note that 19% of the contributors have had fewer than 5,000 total downloads during the two-year period. Also note the number of contributors who have added very few images to the collection in the last year and how that appears to have affected their sales.

  Exc.         Downloads Downloads     Images
  or Downloads Downloads Downloads   2 year 2 year   Images added in
People Non End 2011 End 2012 End 2013   Low High   End 2013 2 Years
                     
Yuri Arcurs E 1,300,000 1,400,000 1,500,000   200,000 300,000   26,665 16,697
DNY59 E 980,000 1,000,000 1,100,000   120,000 220,000   11,449 2,565
skynesher E 180,000 320,000 390,000   210,000 220,000   21,789 10,581
LiseGagne E 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,200,000   100,000 200,000   8,868 1,060
monkeybusinessimages N 360,000 430,000 520,000   160,000 170,000   17,728 13,124
alexsl E 490,000 560,000 600,000   110,000 120,000   7,951 1,539
neustockimages E 260,000 310,000 350,000   90,000 100,000   12,810 4,682
asiseeit E 130,000 180,000 220,000   90,000 100,000   15,669 6,227
kupicoo E 58,000 100,000 140,000   82,000 92,000   10,710 4,783
pixdeluxe E 190,000 250,000 270,000   80,000 90,000   1,547 -7,993
laflor E 180,000 240,000 260,000   80,000 90,000   3,435 -8,300
Nikada E 360,000 400,000 430,000   70,000 80,000   11,826 3,307
4x6 E 270,000 310,000 340,000   70,000 80,000   35,967 17,265
GlobalP N 230,000 270,000 300,000   70,000 80,000   13,497 5,903
bubaone E 230,000 260,000 300,000   70,000 80,000   17,791 3,163
pagadesign E 140,000 190,000 210,000   70,000 80,000   7,192 1,899
Photomorphic E 110,000 150,000 180,000   70,000 80,000   4,822 2,658
Squaredpixels E 50,000 88,000 120,000   70,000 80,000   14,608 8,269
CEFutcher E 84,000 120,000 150,000   66,000 76,000   10,987 7,024
webphotographeer E 300,000 330,000 360,000   60,000 70,000   11,368 103
mstay N 210,000 240,000 270,000   60,000 70,000   9,736 3,398
aldomurillo E 200,000 240,000 260,000   60,000 70,000   9,628 3,423
TommL E 170,000 210,000 230,000   60,000 70,000   3,422 1,212
aleksandarvelasevic N 150,000 180,000 210,000   60,000 70,000   682 225
mediaphotos E 64,000 97,000 120,000   56,000 66,000   22,826 14,248
hidesy E 670,000 700,000 720,000   50,000 60,000   18,978 2,687
enjoynz E 270,000 300,000 320,000   50,000 60,000   3,473 685
shironosov N 230,000 250,000 280,000   50,000 60,000   17,199 10,649
YinYang E 190,000 220,000 240,000   50,000 60,000   11,344 3,344
digitalskillet E 180,000 210,000 230,000   50,000 60,000   6,735 1,035
RapidEye E 170,000 200,000 220,000   50,000 60,000   17,556 8,110
malerapaso E 86,000 120,000 130,000   44,000 54,000   3,089 1,078
jhorracks E 510,000 530,000 550,000   40,000 50,000   8,145 1,342
skodonnell E 290,000 310,000 330,000   40,000 50,000   3,951 1,126
andresr N 270,000 290,000 310,000   40,000 50,000   7,509 3,699
A-Digit E 190,000 210,000 230,000   40,000 50,000   9,199 5,042
filo E 190,000 210,000 230,000   40,000 50,000   4,216 1,272
MorganL N 150,000 170,000 190,000   40,000 50,000   5,263 -1,900
Juanmonino E 150,000 170,000 190,000   40,000 50,000   21,631 6,882
stevecoleimages E 150,000 170,000 190,000   40,000 50,000   4,403 2,494
Floortje E 140,000 160,000 180,000   40,000 50,000   7,421 2,293
PeskyMonkey E 140,000 160,000 180,000   40,000 50,000   10,845 2,042
Elenathewise N 130,000 150,000 170,000   40,000 50,000   8,612 1,659
DomenicoGelermo N 120,000 140,000 160,000   40,000 50,000   6,591 1,867
EricHood E 110,000 140,000 150,000   40,000 50,000   7,012 1,704
Henrik5000 E 82,000 100,000 120,000   38,000 48,000   1,241 415
kzenon N 84,000 100,000 120,000   36,000 46,000   6,516 1,938
wragg E 85,000 110,000 120,000   35,000 45,000   10,170 2,281
small_frog E 66,000 88,000 100,000   34,000 44,000   2,769 306
AlexRaths N 87,000 100,000 120,000   33,000 43,000   2,947 1,020
mattjeacock E 87,000 100,000 120,000   33,000 43,000   15,854 6,696
adventtr E 79,000 99,000 110,000   31,000 41,000   2,032 975
duncan1890 E 340,000 360,000 370,000   30,000 40,000   12,289 3,444
blackred E 330,000 340,000 360,000   30,000 40,000   6,011 1,627
sodafish E 310,000 330,000 340,000   30,000 40,000   930 158
peepo E 260,000 280,000 290,000   30,000 40,000   8,386 145
jgroup N 250,000 260,000 280,000   30,000 40,000   1,957 48
izusek E 180,000 190,000 210,000   30,000 40,000   10,110 3,505
appleuzr E 170,000 190,000 200,000   30,000 40,000   1,349 280
browndogstudios E 140,000 160,000 170,000   30,000 40,000   1,272 178
Ultra_generic N 130,000 140,000 160,000   30,000 40,000   3,743 1,011
Stockphoto4U E 120,000 140,000 150,000   30,000 40,000   9,064 3,875
diego-cervo N 110,000 120,000 140,000   30,000 40,000   3,831 600
Robynmac N 110,000 120,000 140,000   30,000 40,000   4,203 732
Leontura E 110,000 130,000 140,000   30,000 40,000   3,054 941
scottdunlap E 110,000 130,000 140,000   30,000 40,000   405 15
Jbryson N 100,000 120,000 130,000   30,000 40,000   6,150 519
pictafolio E 100,000 120,000 130,000   30,000 40,000   2,007 609
Dean Mitchell E 50,000 72,000 87,000   37,000 38,000   8,393 5,501
shapecharge E 84,000 100,000 110,000   26,000 36,000   3,564 -3,091
Pgiam N 74,000 92,000 100,000   26,000 36,000   5,817 1,493
LauriPatterson E 59,000 80,000 93,000   34,000 35,000   10,240 3,395
nico_blue E 330,000 340,000 350,000   20,000 30,000   3,477 20
caracterdesign E 290,000 300,000 310,000   20,000 30,000   6,450 2,257
sdominick E 230,000 240,000 250,000   20,000 30,000   7,274 1,534
kirstypargeter N 220,000 230,000 240,000   20,000 30,000   6,092 1,761
AndrewJohnson E 220,000 240,000 240,000   20,000 30,000   4,197 -1,112
Mlenny E 200,000 210,000 220,000   20,000 30,000   10,601 1,534
lugo E 180,000 200,000 200,000   20,000 30,000   4,551 131
narvikk E 180,000 190,000 200,000   20,000 30,000   3,123 671
Palto N 150,000 160,000 170,000   20,000 30,000   2,971 803
billnoll E 150,000 170,000 170,000   20,000 30,000   5,594 1,569
nyul N 140,000 150,000 160,000   20,000 30,000   5,978 2,200
jacomstephens E 140,000 150,000 160,000   20,000 30,000   3,259 588
Turnervisual E 140,000 150,000 160,000   20,000 30,000   988 181
ooyoo E 140,000 150,000 160,000   20,000 30,000   5,321 1,481
LeggNet E 140,000 150,000 160,000   20,000 30,000   10,826 2,926
ThePalmer E 130,000 150,000 150,000   20,000 30,000   15,336 6,754
russelltatedotcom E 130,000 140,000 150,000   20,000 30,000   2,870 278
francisblack E 120,000 130,000 140,000   20,000 30,000   1,648 578
iofoto N 110,000 120,000 130,000   20,000 30,000   1,578 5
johnwoodcock E 110,000 120,000 130,000   20,000 30,000   3,363 594
konradlew E 110,000 120,000 130,000   20,000 30,000   1,748 209
kycstudio E 110,000 120,000 130,000   20,000 30,000   2,644 532
leezsnow E 110,000 120,000 130,000   20,000 30,000   4,629 779
ZoneCreative E 110,000 120,000 130,000   20,000 30,000   4,888 1,823
piksel N 100,000 110,000 120,000   20,000 30,000   7,211 2,384
Eraxion N 100,000 110,000 120,000   20,000 30,000   1,895 332
H-Gall E 100,000 120,000 120,000   20,000 30,000   627 105
MarsBars E 100,000 110,000 120,000   20,000 30,000   1,261 190
ArtisticCaptures E 100,000 110,000 120,000   20,000 30,000   4,605 1,122
mxtama N 59,000 75,000 86,000   27,000 28,000   511 143
simonkr E 93,000 100,000 110,000   17,000 27,000   25,291 5,141
mammuth E 94,000 100,000 110,000   16,000 26,000   6,715 3,277
Okea N 57,000 70,000 82,000   25,000 26,000   1,224 181
kameleon007 E 85,000 94,000 100,000   15,000 25,000   15,068 1,664
deliormanli E 96,000 100,000 110,000   14,000 24,000   2,284 417
talaj E 75,000 89,000 98,000   23,000 24,000   17,116 5,451
edge69 N 74,000 85,000 95,000   21,000 22,000   480 170
DenisTangneyJr E 49,000 61,000 70,000   21,000 22,000   6,030 1,462
borchee E 48,000 61,000 69,000   21,000 22,000   2,949 660
Franck-Boston N 89,000 99,000 100,000   11,000 21,000   3,104 -1
Bim E 89,000 100,000 100,000   11,000 21,000   3,482 1,229
pawel.gaul E 79,000 91,000 99,000   20,000 21,000   5,060 947
Cimmerian E 230,000 230,000 240,000   10,000 20,000   3,034 4
mammamaart E 220,000 230,000 230,000   10,000 20,000   2,056 594
enot-poloskun E 190,000 200,000 200,000   10,000 20,000   622 219
Kativ E 190,000 190,000 200,000   10,000 20,000   2,461 259
bluestocking E 180,000 190,000 190,000   10,000 20,000   948 24
sx70 E 180,000 190,000 190,000   10,000 20,000   2,136 -4
geopaul E 180,000 190,000 190,000   10,000 20,000   2,238 -13
Grafissimo E 150,000 160,000 160,000   10,000 20,000   5,691 1,560
joshblake E 150,000 150,000 160,000   10,000 20,000   1,828 90
Avtg E 140,000 150,000 150,000   10,000 20,000   2,920 580
kemie E 140,000 150,000 150,000   10,000 20,000   1,016 -3
mbbirdy E 140,000 150,000 150,000   10,000 20,000   7,693 2,116
tacojim E 140,000 150,000 150,000   10,000 20,000   4,389 53
aldra E 140,000 140,000 150,000   10,000 20,000   8,080 33
barsik N 130,000 140,000 140,000   10,000 20,000   2,291 -1
koun N 130,000 140,000 140,000   10,000 20,000   233 0
snapphoto E 130,000 140,000 140,000   10,000 20,000   4,458 115
Graffizone E 130,000 130,000 140,000   10,000 20,000   4,535 243
jsmith E 130,000 130,000 140,000   10,000 20,000   1,176 558
PhotoEuphoria N 120,000 120,000 130,000   10,000 20,000   5,146 20
buzbuzzer E 120,000 130,000 130,000   10,000 20,000   2,013 111
Sportstock E 120,000 130,000 130,000   10,000 20,000   3,271 54
ImagineGolf E 120,000 120,000 130,000   10,000 20,000   5,710 1,894
TriggerPhoto E 120,000 120,000 130,000   10,000 20,000   2,582 35
Viorika E 120,000 120,000 130,000   10,000 20,000   1,914 45
eyeidea N 110,000 120,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   2,506 -449
duckycards E 110,000 120,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   3,493 342
kate_sept2004 E 110,000 120,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   5,709 1,222
Vasko E 110,000 120,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   4,056 309
LajosRepasi E 110,000 120,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   1,460 14
andipantz E 110,000 110,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   9,319 1,922
veni E 110,000 110,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   1,363 21
akurtz E 110,000 110,000 120,000   10,000 20,000   1,609 154
loooby N 100,000 110,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   1,644 347
solarseven N 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   930 118
rzdeb E 100,000 110,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   2,134 486
gmnicholas E 100,000 110,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   3,878 30
plainview E 100,000 110,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   1,267 566
DSGPro E 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   2,177 4
jangeltun E 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   1,074 179
kickstand E 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   1,584 182
LPETTET E 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   4,948 1,188
redmal E 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   1,538 5
tomazl E 100,000 100,000 110,000   10,000 20,000   4,017 701
fstop123 E 79,000 89,000 98,000   19,000 20,000   12,956 5,126
amriphoto E 76,000 88,000 95,000   19,000 20,000   6,931 1,464
Thomas_Eyedesign E 72,000 83,000 91,000   19,000 20,000   6,361 1,698
Ljupco N 70,000 79,000 89,000   19,000 20,000   8,343 3,902
ozgurdonmaz E 54,000 64,000 73,000   19,000 20,000   7,842 2,348
evirgen E 91,000 99,000 100,000   9,000 19,000   699 158
ZargonDesign E 75,000 86,000 93,000   18,000 19,000   2,325 558
fotosipsak E 55,000 66,000 73,000   18,000 19,000   1,168 328
porcorex E 50,000 61,000 68,000   18,000 19,000   2,962 289
BartCo E 52,000 62,000 69,000   17,000 18,000   5,722 1,688
julos N 50,000 59,000 67,000   17,000 18,000   10,857 4,918
cdwheatley E 70,000 80,000 86,000   16,000 17,000   1,951 482
Rtimages N 68,000 76,000 84,000   16,000 17,000   2,411 318
nycshooter E 61,000 71,000 77,000   16,000 17,000   2,029 606
Goldmund N 58,000 69,000 74,000   16,000 17,000   2,307 792
simonox N 94,000 98,000 100,000   6,000 16,000   9,279 408
chuwy E 94,000 100,000 100,000   6,000 16,000   1,775 399
onurdongel E 94,000 100,000 100,000   6,000 16,000   1,158 409
subjug E 94,000 100,000 100,000   6,000 16,000   640 42
slobo E 82,000 91,000 97,000   15,000 16,000   4,899 754
procurator N 73,000 81,000 88,000   15,000 16,000   751 103
laughingmango E 71,000 81,000 86,000   15,000 16,000   3,201 791
Ivanovainga N 59,000 67,000 74,000   15,000 16,000   2,090 258
RyanJLane E 55,000 62,000 70,000   15,000 16,000   3,750 1,635
nullplus E 54,000 63,000 69,000   15,000 16,000   7,204 3,985
rontech2000 E 83,000 91,000 97,000   14,000 15,000   2,815 487
jaroon E 79,000 88,000 93,000   14,000 15,000   8,383 2,225
Devonyu N 69,000 76,000 83,000   14,000 15,000   8,098 1,987
Aaltazar N 60,000 67,000 74,000   14,000 15,000   3,393 1,203
sharply_done E 59,000 67,000 73,000   14,000 15,000   1,935 0
zentilia N 56,000 63,000 70,000   14,000 15,000   1,668 127
multifocus N 45,000 53,000 59,000   14,000 15,000   5,614 1,573
1001nights E 96,000 100,000 100,000   4,000 14,000   17,107 1,550
da-kuk E 83,000 91,000 96,000   13,000 14,000   2,840 484
ideabug E 61,000 69,000 74,000   13,000 14,000   4,328 1,643
gchutka E 58,000 66,000 71,000   13,000 14,000   1,843 70
coloroftime E 58,000 66,000 71,000   13,000 14,000   23,198 12,791
lucato N 97,000 100,000 100,000   3,000 13,000   7,468 332
manley099 E 74,000 81,000 86,000   12,000 13,000   3,195 199
alvarez E 63,000 70,000 75,000   12,000 13,000   4,179 1,814
Fertnig E 57,000 64,000 69,000   12,000 13,000   5,045 1,514
domin_domin E 52,000 59,000 64,000   12,000 13,000   2,750 927
EasyBuy4u E 52,000 59,000 64,000   12,000 13,000   3,269 655
Pingwin E 45,000 51,000 57,000   12,000 13,000   1,329 144
belterz E 98,000 100,000 100,000   2,000 12,000   4,850 565
ftwitty E 98,000 100,000 100,000   2,000 12,000   2,814 98
blackjack3D E 87,000 94,000 98,000   11,000 12,000   760 283
prill N 83,000 89,000 94,000   11,000 12,000   11,999 3,023
studiovision E 80,000 87,000 91,000   11,000 12,000   551 100
JoeGough N 73,000 78,000 84,000   11,000 12,000   4,751 441
ziggymaj E 67,000 73,000 78,000   11,000 12,000   1,950 -3
sculpies N 63,000 68,000 74,000   11,000 12,000   317 12
damircudic E 62,000 69,000 73,000   11,000 12,000   1,322 400
Deejpilot E 60,000 66,000 71,000   11,000 12,000   2,450 774
gmutlu E 57,000 63,000 68,000   11,000 12,000   4,403 919
adamkaz E 54,000 61,000 65,000   11,000 12,000   2,192 443
dmbaker N 53,000 58,000 64,000   11,000 12,000   4,172 583
dwphotos N 51,000 56,000 62,000   11,000 12,000   681 53
Paha_L N 87,000 92,000 97,000   10,000 11,000   7,401 2,446
matka_wariatka N 86,000 90,000 96,000   10,000 11,000   9,665 749
tunart E 69,000 75,000 79,000   10,000 11,000   7,908 1,715
GeorgePeters E 68,000 74,000 78,000   10,000 11,000   3,054 686
inhauscreativbe E 66,000 72,000 76,000   10,000 11,000   4,953 1,710
Claudiad E 64,000 70,000 74,000   10,000 11,000   12,358 1,169
Kuzma N 61,000 65,000 71,000   10,000 11,000   4,216 384
arekmaiang N 60,000 64,000 70,000   10,000 11,000   5,163 -140
nicolesy E 59,000 65,000 69,000   10,000 11,000   7,134 397
Andrew_Howe E 58,000 64,000 68,000   10,000 11,000   5,686 1,884
kathykonkle N 56,000 60,000 66,000   10,000 11,000   3,262 1,508
LordRunar E 52,000 58,000 62,000   10,000 11,000   2,863 931
georgeclerk E 49,000 55,000 59,000   10,000 11,000   3,167 921
MichaelDeLeon E 46,000 52,000 56,000   10,000 11,000   3,292 261
fpm E 140,000 140,000 140,000   0 10,000   458 4
misha N 120,000 120,000 120,000   0 10,000   1,697 47
abzee E 120,000 120,000 120,000   0 10,000   4,773 630
dlewis33 E 120,000 120,000 120,000   0 10,000   4,372 292
molotovcoketail E 120,000 120,000 120,000   0 10,000   588 15
nano E 120,000 120,000 120,000   0 10,000   956 -1
RBFried E 120,000 120,000 120,000   0 10,000   2,871 3
lovleah N 100,000 100,000 100,000   0 10,000   4,739 372
phildate N 100,000 100,000 100,000   0 10,000   4,667 0
Art-Y E 100,000 100,000 100,000   0 10,000   712 22
ggodby E 100,000 100,000 100,000   0 10,000   648 26
NickS E 100,000 100,000 100,000   0 10,000   1,779 5
anouchka E 88,000 92,000 97,000   9,000 10,000   11,991 4,591
davidf E 87,000 92,000 96,000   9,000 10,000   8,341 3,244
arsenik E 82,000 88,000 91,000   9,000 10,000   4,981 91
TerryJ E 67,000 72,000 76,000   9,000 10,000   3,561 632
kertlis E 64,000 70,000 73,000   9,000 10,000   1,849 575
FreeTransform E 64,000 69,000 73,000   9,000 10,000   769 -78
FotografiaBasica E 64,000 69,000 73,000   9,000 10,000   5,414 1,859
adlifemarketing N 58,000 62,000 67,000   9,000 10,000   3,781 62
CostinT E 58,000 63,000 67,000   9,000 10,000   1,010 111
compassandcamera E 55,000 60,000 64,000   9,000 10,000   2,679 451
Tpopova N 52,000 56,000 61,000   9,000 10,000   6,812 1,708
totallyjamie N 46,000 51,000 55,000   9,000 10,000   1,933 329
ChrisGorgio N 45,000 50,000 54,000   9,000 10,000   4,015 2,088
sisoje E 80,000 85,000 88,000   8,000 9,000   9,818 2,065
exdez E 78,000 82,000 86,000   8,000 9,000   2,279 769
Beboy_ltd N 76,000 80,000 84,000   8,000 9,000   1,464 102
mipan N 73,000 77,000 81,000   8,000 9,000   900 260
pavlen E 70,000 75,000 78,000   8,000 9,000   1,782 166
Trout55 E 68,000 73,000 76,000   8,000 9,000   3,014 252
creacart E 66,000 71,000 74,000   8,000 9,000   4,408 892
mikdam N 60,000 63,000 68,000   8,000 9,000   2,277 385
pidjoe E 57,000 62,000 65,000   8,000 9,000   7,273 2,855
SchulteProductions E 57,000 62,000 65,000   8,000 9,000   4,266 792
Silberkorn N 55,000 59,000 63,000   8,000 9,000   2,423 -167
imagestock E 53,000 57,000 61,000   8,000 9,000   2,198 164
Rouzes E 52,000 57,000 60,000   8,000 9,000   2,736 734
acilo E 49,000 54,000 57,000   8,000 9,000   2,485 441
timsa E 49,000 53,000 57,000   8,000 9,000   1,518 242
Lya_Cattel E 48,000 52,000 56,000   8,000 9,000   4,623 1,240
javarman3 N 46,000 49,000 54,000   8,000 9,000   5,329 1,777
Acik N 45,000 50,000 53,000   8,000 9,000   389 19
penfold E 85,000 89,000 92,000   7,000 8,000   948 -5
YanC N 79,000 82,000 86,000   7,000 8,000   2,691 -3
chictype E 79,000 83,000 86,000   7,000 8,000   843 99
Renphoto E 74,000 78,000 81,000   7,000 8,000   4,829 1,232
endopack N 68,000 71,000 75,000   7,000 8,000   1,155 292
Ceneri E 68,000 72,000 75,000   7,000 8,000   1,750 49
eyecrave E 68,000 72,000 75,000   7,000 8,000   17,318 401
ktsimage N 62,000 65,000 69,000   7,000 8,000   891 339
gbrundin E 62,000 66,000 69,000   7,000 8,000   3,811 55
MCCAIG E 62,000 66,000 69,000   7,000 8,000   4,017 676
pringletta N 61,000 64,000 68,000   7,000 8,000   1,103 251
theboone E 61,000 65,000 68,000   7,000 8,000   3,272 708
Brasil2 E 60,000 64,000 67,000   7,000 8,000   3,041 316
Livingimages E 60,000 64,000 67,000   7,000 8,000   3,556 388
matthewleesdixon N 54,000 58,000 61,000   7,000 8,000   2,827 138
apomares E 51,000 55,000 58,000   7,000 8,000   4,355 1,003
johnnyscriv E 50,000 54,000 57,000   7,000 8,000   2,224 166
xavierarnau E 49,000 53,000 56,000   7,000 8,000   4,204 1,424
JoeBiafore E 46,000 50,000 53,000   7,000 8,000   1,978 393
aabejon E 92,000 95,000 98,000   6,000 7,000   3,596 96
Illustrious N 88,000 91,000 94,000   6,000 7,000   511 0
grajte N 71,000 75,000 77,000   6,000 7,000   527 -1
angelhell E 68,000 71,000 74,000   6,000 7,000   1,608 167
klikk N 67,000 70,000 73,000   6,000 7,000   1,523 116
aleaimage E 67,000 70,000 73,000   6,000 7,000   1,882 158
Mentalart N 66,000 69,000 72,000   6,000 7,000   1,207 -776
susaro E 66,000 70,000 72,000   6,000 7,000   1,063 105
Kemter E 66,000 70,000 72,000   6,000 7,000   2,959 518
keeweeboy N 64,000 67,000 70,000   6,000 7,000   4,977 -19
winterling N 62,000 64,000 68,000   6,000 7,000   1,911 0
chihhang N 60,000 64,000 66,000   6,000 7,000   660 117
mecaleha N 60,000 63,000 66,000   6,000 7,000   2,466 1,128
pederk E 58,000 61,000 64,000   6,000 7,000   951 10
Pannonia E 56,000 59,000 62,000   6,000 7,000   4,406 846
macroworld E 55,000 58,000 61,000   6,000 7,000   3,378 1,354
Azemdega E 54,000 58,000 60,000   6,000 7,000   1,803 252
alptraum N 52,000 55,000 58,000   6,000 7,000   2,787 93
Enjoylife2 N 48,000 51,000 54,000   6,000 7,000   2,189 -10
Romaoslo E 48,000 51,000 54,000   6,000 7,000   4,831 1,192
Roob N 46,000 49,000 52,000   6,000 7,000   3,639 762
AlexMax N 46,000 49,000 52,000   6,000 7,000   1,134 43
Petrovich9 E 82,000 85,000 87,000   5,000 6,000   250 44
JLGutierrez E 77,000 79,000 82,000   5,000 6,000   3,242 5
webking N 75,000 77,000 80,000   5,000 6,000   3,816 -1
clu E 69,000 71,000 74,000   5,000 6,000   5,491 1,649
thelinke E 68,000 71,000 73,000   5,000 6,000   2,191 277
bkindler E 65,000 68,000 70,000   5,000 6,000   991 20
groveb E 65,000 68,000 70,000   5,000 6,000   1,871 120
jpa1999 E 65,000 68,000 70,000   5,000 6,000   1,456 46
MaszaS N 61,000 63,000 66,000   5,000 6,000   2,259 0
thumb N 60,000 62,000 65,000   5,000 6,000   5,120 247
perkmeup N 60,000 61,000 65,000   5,000 6,000   1,509 0
VisualField E 60,000 62,000 65,000   5,000 6,000   446 0
og-vision N 57,000 59,000 62,000   5,000 6,000   984 146
janrysavy E 53,000 56,000 58,000   5,000 6,000   199 13
jane E 53,000 56,000 58,000   5,000 6,000   2,510 15
stevegeer E 53,000 56,000 58,000   5,000 6,000   7,755 1,341
BenGoode N 52,000 54,000 57,000   5,000 6,000   510 115
selensergen N 51,000 54,000 56,000   5,000 6,000   2,541 864
Brainsil E 49,000 52,000 54,000   5,000 6,000   7,051 1,418
claudiobaba N 48,000 50,000 53,000   5,000 6,000   771 0
Freezingtime N 46,000 49,000 51,000   5,000 6,000   905 -3
Ayakovlev N 46,000 49,000 51,000   5,000 6,000   2,170 380
Mandygodbehear N 46,000 48,000 51,000   5,000 6,000   1,060 147
Spanic E 46,000 49,000 51,000   5,000 6,000   7,285 1,089
stphillips E 45,000 48,000 50,000   5,000 6,000   1,875 195
tharrison E 45,000 47,000 50,000   5,000 6,000   799 -13
Natural_Warp E 89,000 91,000 93,000   4,000 5,000   1,131 -2
sandocir E 87,000 90,000 91,000   4,000 5,000   718 6
CTRd E 81,000 83,000 85,000   4,000 5,000   576 -11
77DZIGN E 75,000 77,000 79,000   4,000 5,000   1,087 0
Luso E 74,000 76,000 78,000   4,000 5,000   3,676 -60
naphtalina E 71,000 73,000 75,000   4,000 5,000   3,159 160
Marje E 70,000 72,000 74,000   4,000 5,000   2,025 290
pkline E 70,000 72,000 74,000   4,000 5,000   2,733 3
hypergon E 69,000 71,000 73,000   4,000 5,000   576 -1
jamesbenet E 69,000 71,000 73,000   4,000 5,000   3,465 601
shorrocks E 67,000 70,000 71,000   4,000 5,000   1,671 7
Nic_Taylor E 67,000 69,000 71,000   4,000 5,000   2,793 -17
bonniej E 66,000 68,000 70,000   4,000 5,000   473 -300
DrGrounds E 66,000 68,000 70,000   4,000 5,000   1,935 560
killerb10 E 62,000 64,000 66,000   4,000 5,000   2,095 114
mariusFM77 E 61,000 64,000 65,000   4,000 5,000   2,264 626
dashek N 60,000 61,000 64,000   4,000 5,000   4,887 409
laartist E 60,000 62,000 64,000   4,000 5,000   2,109 0
Inok E 58,000 60,000 62,000   4,000 5,000   743 148
CDH_Design E 57,000 59,000 61,000   4,000 5,000   859 -6
humonia N 56,000 58,000 60,000   4,000 5,000   2,384 680
Spanishalex N 55,000 57,000 59,000   4,000 5,000   2,899 2
sunnyfrog N 55,000 57,000 59,000   4,000 5,000   2,677 502
Atropat N 52,000 55,000 56,000   4,000 5,000   192 0
absolut_100 N 52,000 53,000 56,000   4,000 5,000   1,227 8
MistikaS E 52,000 54,000 56,000   4,000 5,000   1,672 71
Terraxplorer E 52,000 54,000 56,000   4,000 5,000   2,354 201
PaulCowan N 50,000 52,000 54,000   4,000 5,000   4,406 573
starfotograf N 50,000 51,000 54,000   4,000 5,000   1,121 0
walik E 50,000 52,000 54,000   4,000 5,000   2,026 441
jfelton N 47,000 49,000 51,000   4,000 5,000   336 -2
Funwithfood E 46,000 48,000 50,000   4,000 5,000   2,001 13
ManoAfrica E 46,000 48,000 50,000   4,000 5,000   2,525 8
Gizmo E 45,000 47,000 49,000   4,000 5,000   3,741 147
LoBoCo N 73,000 75,000 76,000   3,000 4,000   1,706 0
Elerium E 69,000 71,000 72,000   3,000 4,000   569 0
Akirastock E 65,000 67,000 68,000   3,000 4,000   1,013 0
StanRohrer E 63,000 64,000 66,000   3,000 4,000   1,405 21
zoomstudio E 62,000 64,000 65,000   3,000 4,000   2,793 171
wolv E 60,000 62,000 63,000   3,000 4,000   1,640 0
intergalacticDesign Studio E 60,000 61,000 63,000   3,000 4,000   685 7
AngelGILD N 59,000 60,000 62,000   3,000 4,000   628 0
aykuterdogan N 59,000 60,000 62,000   3,000 4,000   258 83
dreaming2004 E 58,000 60,000 61,000   3,000 4,000   845 22
ShyMan E 56,000 58,000 59,000   3,000 4,000   3,984 617
highhorse E 53,000 55,000 56,000   3,000 4,000   500 0
Lingbeek E 53,000 55,000 56,000   3,000 4,000   4,803 5
ShaneKato E 51,000 53,000 54,000   3,000 4,000   654 51
Soubrette E 51,000 52,000 54,000   3,000 4,000   882 0
jtyler E 51,000 52,000 54,000   3,000 4,000   5,107 217
Sean_Warren E 50,000 52,000 53,000   3,000 4,000   1,408 0
Andyd E 49,000 51,000 52,000   3,000 4,000   1,355 142
bigredlynx N 48,000 49,000 51,000   3,000 4,000   609 29
Digical E 48,000 49,000 51,000   3,000 4,000   1,375 118
Rpsycho E 48,000 49,000 51,000   3,000 4,000   1,128 0
jallfree E 47,000 49,000 50,000   3,000 4,000   950 80
rdegrie E 47,000 49,000 50,000   3,000 4,000   1,242 17
kkgas N 45,000 46,000 48,000   3,000 4,000   2,140 -106
clintspencer E 45,000 47,000 48,000   3,000 4,000   1,391 273
Hanis E 45,000 47,000 48,000   3,000 4,000   2,715 25
Hartcreations E 45,000 46,000 48,000   3,000 4,000   1,229 1
LawrenceSawyer E 45,000 46,000 48,000   3,000 4,000   1,594 26
dstephens E 39,000 41,000 42,000   3,000 4,000   1,318 137
sweetym E 76,000 77,000 78,000   2,000 3,000   247 2
Pinopic E 69,000 70,000 71,000   2,000 3,000   740 0
claylib E 67,000 68,000 69,000   2,000 3,000   1,321 11
Tammy616 E 57,000 58,000 59,000   2,000 3,000   1,489 53
Tolchik N 56,000 57,000 58,000   2,000 3,000   2,235 476
Dizzo E 56,000 57,000 58,000   2,000 3,000   997 0
prawny N 53,000 54,000 55,000   2,000 3,000   1,566 -6
alwyncooper E 49,000 50,000 51,000   2,000 3,000   499 0
Kronick E 47,000 48,000 49,000   2,000 3,000   384 34
danielle71 N 78,000 78,000 79,000   1,000 2,000   486 -4
U.P.images N 52,000 53,000 53,000   1,000 2,000   326 -1
Skashkin E 49,000 50,000 50,000   1,000 2,000   1,980 2
Flutter_97321 E 48,000 48,000 49,000   1,000 2,000   1,127 22
creativepictures E 45,000 45,000 46,000   1,000 2,000   296 0
andhedesigns E 45,000 45,000 45,000   0 1,000   223 0
kcline E 230,000 190,000 190,000   -40,000 -40,000   2,343 -78
                     
    43,837,000 47,617,000 50,777,000   6,940,000 9,158,000   1,794,494 427,052

Copyright © 2014 Jim Pickerell. The above article may not be copied, reproduced, excerpted or distributed in any manner without written permission from the author. All requests should be submitted to Selling Stock at 10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 162, Bethesda, MD 20817, phone 301-461-7627, e-mail: wvz@fpcubgbf.pbz
Jim Pickerell is founder of www.selling-stock.com, an online newsletter that publishes daily. He is also available for personal telephone consultations on pricing and other matters related to stock photography. He occasionally acts as an expert witness on matters related to stock photography. For his current curriculum vitae go to: http://www.jimpickerell.com/Curriculum-Vitae.aspx.  

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