Top iStock Contributors Adding Fewer Images

Posted on 1/5/2016 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

An increasing number of iStock’s most productive contributors have been dramatically reducing their production of new images in the last two years.
 
Of iStock’s estimated 30 million image collection, only about 2,606,101 (8.7%) belong to the 430 photographers and illustrators I have been tracking for more than four years. However, based on their total career downloads (56,070,00), these contributors are probably responsible for about one-third of all iStock downloads since the company was founded.

On average each of these contributors has 6,061 images in the collection, and an average of 21.5 downloads per image. Many of these contributors, particularly illustrators, have fewer than 1,000 images.



All contributors on this list have had more than 43,000 total career downloads and 46% of them have had more than 100,000 career downloads. Column 4 in the chart below shows the minimum number of career downloads each contributor has had as of the end of 2015. The actual number may be somewhere between this number and the next higher round number.

The list below is indexed on the number of images added in 2015 (Column 7). One would assume that the most successful and productive contributors in the past would be adding the most images, but for a significant number of these contributors that doesn’t seem to be the case. Forty-three percent of contributors have added fewer than 10 images to their collections in the last year. Almost one-quarter (23%) have added no images. Many of these people have over 100,000 career downloads.



Another 15% added between 10 and 100 images in 2015 for a total of 58% who added fewer than 100 images. The first 247 contributors on the list added more than 10 images but the 183 below them added less than 10, or no images at all. It is interesting to scroll through this lower half and note how many of these contributors have more than 100,000 total iStock downloads, and yet now they are not adding anything new, or pulling images.

Fifty-five percent have either grown their collection by less than 10% in the last two years, or removed images. 24% have added nothing in 2 years or removed images.

On the other hand a few contributors remain remain very active. Six large production operations at the top of the list added over 10,000 images to the iStock collection in 2015 and 62 more (15%) added between 1,000 and 10,000. Another 27% grew their collections by between 100 and 1,000 images.



Some might ask why those who are dissatisfied are not pulling everything and doing something else with their images. It would seem that the images they have in the collection are still generating revenue, just not enough to justify producing more, or as much as they might have generated in the past. These contributors have probably decided that they will ride-it-out and earn what they can as long as possible since no more work is required for them to leave the images where they are. It is also important to note that it requires a lot of time and effort to remove images and if the contributor has been exclusive, a lot of work to find a new home for them.

If the contributor is non-exclusive the same images may already be with other distributors and earning more from some of those distributors than from iStock. Some may have switched from being exclusive with iStock to non-exclusive in order to be able to place the same images with other distributors.

Many have certainly decided that the royalties they are receiving no longer justify the out-of-pocket expense costs, plus production time required, to continue to produce new images. They have moved on to another strategy for earning a living.

Chart Below


This list is indexed on Column 7. Column 2 indicates whether the contributor is exclusive or non-exclusive with iStock. Column 3 indicates whether the contributor is an illustrator (I), photographer (P) or a person who shows both photography and illustration (PI). Column 4 shows the contributor’s total career downloads as of the end of 2015. (For more information about downloads see here.)

Columns 5, 6 and 7 show the total images the contributor had in the collection at the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015. Column 7 shows the number of images added in 2015 and column 8 shows the images added over the last two years.

It is interesting to compare Column 8 with Column 6 to get a sense of how much many of the contributors have cut back on production in the last 2 years.

People E/N Cat Minimum   Images Images Images   Images Images
      Downloads   End 2013 End 2014 End 2015   Added Added
      End 2015           2015 2 Years
                     
shironosov N P 350,000   17,199 37,678 63,517   25,839 46,318
bubaone E I 330,000   17,791 26,344 51,343   24,999 33,552
4x6 E P 370,000   35,967 55,150 78,186   23,036 42,219
Yuri Arcurs E P 1,600,000   26,665 67,434 89,949   22,515 63,284
Rawpixel E PI 260,000   4,822 11,510 27,918   16,408 23,096
julos N I 75,000   10,857 21,552 37,316   15,764 26,459
CEFutcher E P 200,000   10,987 21,165 31,084   9,919 20,097
mediaphotos E P 160,000   22,826 32,295 41,764   9,469 18,938
monkeybusinessimages N P 650,000   17,728 25,684 34,434   8,750 16,706
skynesher E P 450,000   21,789 27,748 35,580   7,832 13,791
coloroftime E PI 79,000   23,198 29,465 36,433   6,968 13,235
PeopleImages E P 38,000     14,862 21,505   6,643 21,505
shapecharge E P 130,000   3,564 7,241 12,663   5,422 9,099
laflor E P 280,000   3,435 9,131 14,427   5,296 10,992
fstop123 E P 110,000   12,956 16,986 21,780   4,794 8,824
Squaredpixels E P 160,000   14,608 17,014 21,699   4,685 7,091
simonkr E P 140,000   25,291 27,442 32,117   4,675 6,826
aldomurillo E P 280,000   9,628 13,765 17,760   3,995 8,132
asiseeit E P 270,000   15,669 19,460 23,406   3,946 7,737
Tpopova N PI 66,000   6,812 6,916 10,838   3,922 4,026
Ljupco N P 100,000   8,343 14,941 18,839   3,898 10,496
pixdeluxe E P 300,000   1,547 4,853 8,544   3,691 6,997
andipantz E P 120,000   9,319 10,195 13,857   3,662 4,538
mattjeacock E PI 140,000   15,854 23,461 26,997   3,536 11,143
Eraxion N I 130,000   1,895 4,127 7,593   3,466 5,698
Juanmonino E P 210,000   21,631 26,478 29,888   3,410 8,257
talaj E I 100,000   17,116 20,713 23,939   3,226 6,823
ThePalmer E P 160,000   15,336 18,102 21,025   2,923 5,689
duncan1890 E RI 380,000   12,289 14,920 17,591   2,671 5,302
anouchka E P 100,000   11,991 15,060 17,700   2,640 5,709
kupicoo E P 180,000   10,710 12,837 15,309   2,472 4,599
izusek E P 230,000   10,110 11,758 14,094   2,336 3,984
dashek N P 67,000   4,887 6,411 8,739   2,328 3,852
kirstypargeter N I 250,000   6,092 7,975 10,281   2,306 4,189
kameleon007 E PI 100,000   15,068 15,179 17,363   2,184 2,295
nullplus E P 77,000   7,204 8,492 10,585   2,093 3,381
alexsl E I 620,000   7,951 9,680 11,743   2,063 3,792
stevecoleimages E P 200,000   4,403 4,918 6,787   1,869 2,384
neustockimages E P 380,000   12,810 15,919 17,773   1,854 4,963
ChrisGorgio N I 61,000   4,015 5,473 7,325   1,852 3,310
billnoll E PI 180,000   5,594 6,130 7,959   1,829 2,365
prill N I 99,000   11,999 14,037 15,855   1,818 3,856
FotografiaBasica E P 78,000   5,414 6,244 7,990   1,746 2,576
ozgurdonmaz E P 78,000   7,842 8,745 10,473   1,728 2,631
Nikada E P 460,000   11,826 13,333 15,000   1,667 3,174
YinYang E P 260,000   11,344 13,037 14,686   1,649 3,342
borchee E I 78,000   2,949 3,666 5,264   1,598 2,315
A-Digit E I 250,000   9,199 9,647 11,203   1,556 2,004
Urbancow E P 410,000   5,279 7,534 9,086   1,552 3,807
AlexRaths N PI 140,000   2,947 3,933 5,370   1,437 2,423
sx70 E I 190,000   2,136 3,304 4,719   1,415 2,583
EHStock E P 160,000   7,012 7,689 9,098   1,409 2,086
LauriPatterson E P 100,000   10,240 12,236 13,632   1,396 3,392
davidf E P 100,000   8,341 10,076 11,446   1,370 3,105
piksel N P 120,000   7,211 7,907 9,213   1,306 2,002
ZoneCreative E PI 130,000   4,888 5,692 6,989   1,297 2,101
creacart E P 78,000   4,408 5,053 6,313   1,260 1,905
bortonia E I 73,000   2,996 4,403 5,596   1,193 2,600
MCCAIG E PI 73,000   4,017 4,519 5,705   1,186 1,688
xavierarnau E P 63,000   4,204 5,492 6,646   1,154 2,442
RapidEye E P 240,000   17,556 22,241 23,335   1,094 5,779
DNY59 E P 1,100,000   11,449 12,483 13,561   1,078 2,112
blackjack3D E I 100,000   760 1,000 2,077   1,077 1,317
kzenon N P 140,000   6,516 8,519 9,562   1,043 3,046
kate_sept2004 E P 130,000   5,709 6,646 7,686   1,040 1,977
pidjoe E P 68,000   7,273 8,195 9,225   1,030 1,952
andresr N PI 330,000   7,509 7,505 8,531   1,026 1,022
Bim E P 110,000   3,482 4,420 5,423   1,003 1,941
Maica E P 200,000   7,868 8,575 9,565   990 1,697
sisoje E P 92,000   9,818 12,089 12,996   907 3,178
Franck-Boston N I 110,000   3,104 3,157 4,061   904 957
sdominick E P 250,000   7,274 8,376 9,271   895 1,997
Floortje E P 190,000   7,421 8,547 9,434   887 2,013
RyanJLane E PI 82,000   3,750 4,498 5,333   835 1,583
da-kuk E PI 100,000   2,840 3,143 3,957   814 1,117
stevegeer E P 61,000   7,755 8,687 9,500   813 1,745
LPETTET E P 110,000   4,948 6,189 6,996   807 2,048
adventtr E I 120,000   2,032 2,769 3,574   805 1,542
GeorgePeters E PI 82,000   3,054 3,510 4,315   805 1,261
Viorika E P 130,000   1,914 2,241 3,000   759 1,086
Rouzes E PI 63,000   2,736 2,922 3,676   754 940
Dean Mitchell E P 100,000   8,393 9,703 10,441   738 2,048
DenisTangneyJr E P 81,000   6,030 6,754 7,462   708 1,432
Elenathewise N P 190,000   8,612 9,430 10,128   698 1,516
gmutlu E PI 72,000   4,403 5,130 5,809   679 1,406
laughingmango E P 90,000   3,201 3,532 4,202   670 1,001
JJRD E P 61,000   2,706 3,281 3,947   666 1,241
selensergen N I 60,000   2,541 3,406 4,067   661 1,526
jaroon E P 97,000   8,383 9,395 10,048   653 1,665
Gizmo E PI 51,000   3,741 3,924 4,576   652 835
ooyoo E P 160,000   5,321 5,969 6,614   645 1,293
humonia N PI 64,000   2,384 3,581 4,223   642 1,839
digitalskillet E PI 240,000   6,735 7,420 8,004   584 1,269
LeggNet E P 170,000   10,826 11,503 12,087   584 1,261
lovleah N P 110,000   4,739 5,388 5,943   555 1,204
filo E PI 240,000   4,216 4,765 5,318   553 1,102
Leontura E I 150,000   3,054 3,522 4,072   550 1,018
tunart E P 84,000   7,908 9,234 9,767   533 1,859
alvarez E P 82,000   4,179 4,638 5,155   517 976
LiseGagne E P 1,200,000   8,868 9,766 10,273   507 1,405
cdwheatley E P 92,000   1,951 2,439 2,938   499 987
georgeclerk E PI 67,000   3,167 3,783 4,275   492 1,108
mbbirdy E PI 160,000   7,693 8,737 9,226   489 1,533
malerapaso E P 150,000   3,089 3,601 4,072   471 983
TerryJ E P 80,000   3,561 3,874 4,345   471 784
GlobalP N I 330,000   13,497 16,309 16,768   459 3,271
subjug E I 100,000   640 870 1,318   448 678
sunnyfrog N I 61,000   2,677 3,106 3,554   448 877
clu E P 76,000   5,491 6,399 6,829   430 1,338
Romaoslo E P 56,000   4,831 5,629 6,056   427 1,225
apomares E P 61,000   4,355 5,092 5,513   421 1,158
narvikk E PI 210,000   3,123 3,404 3,822   418 699
kertlis E P 75,000   1,849 2,535 2,950   415 1,101
Fertnig E P 76,000   5,045 5,393 5,775   382 730
LordRunar E PI 67,000   2,863 3,333 3,707   374 844
kathykonkle N I 71,000   3,262 4,218 4,571   353 1,309
exdez E I 92,000   2,279 2,935 3,285   350 1,006
appleuzr E I 220,000   1,349 1,688 2,022   334 673
JoeBiafore E P 56,000   1,978 2,190 2,524   334 546
skodonnell E P 340,000   3,951 4,507 4,829   322 878
ImagineGolf E P 130,000   5,710 6,464 6,784   320 1,074
inhauscreativbe E PI 81,000   4,953 5,932 6,251   319 1,298
tomazl E P 110,000   4,017 4,133 4,450   317 433
Mlenny E P 230,000   10,601 10,992 11,308   316 707
aleksandarvelasevic N I 230,000   682 861 1,171   310 489
onurdongel E I 110,000   1,158 1,419 1,724   305 566
mikdam N PI 73,000   2,277 2,619 2,917   298 640
ktsimage N I 74,000   891 1,328 1,611   283 720
thumb N I 68,000   5,120 5,383 5,658   275 538
Palto N I 180,000   2,971 3,312 3,580   268 609
prawny N I 56,000   1,566 1,721 1,982   261 416
jhorracks E P 560,000   8,145 8,361 8,614   253 469
Devonyu N P 93,000   8,098 10,919 11,163   244 3,065
Tolchik N I 59,000   2,235 2,738 2,982   244 747
compassandcamera E P 68,000   2,679 2,923 3,164   241 485
StanRohrer E PI 67,000   1,405 1,439 1,678   239 273
endopack N P 80,000   1,155 1,540 1,771   231 616
acilo E P 60,000   2,485 2,649 2,877   228 392
diane39 E PI 240,000   3,028 3,189 3,415   226 387
Brainsil E P 56,000   7,051 7,719 7,945   226 894
dmbaker N P 70,000   4,172 4,447 4,668   221 496
blackred E PI 380,000   6,011 6,438 6,656   218 645
Kemter E P 75,000   2,959 3,166 3,375   209 416
mammamaart E I 240,000   2,056 3,140 3,345   205 1,289
lucato N I 100,000   7,468 7,721 7,925   204 457
nycshooter E P 82,000   2,029 2,364 2,568   204 539
DrGrounds E P 71,000   1,935 2,055 2,259   204 324
matka_wariatka N P 100,000   9,665 10,039 10,238   199 573
Claudiad E P 78,000   12,358 12,723 12,919   196 561
Avtg E P 160,000   2,920 2,938 3,129   191 209
jacomstephens E P 160,000   3,259 3,439 3,625   186 366
Aaltazar N I 78,000   3,393 3,852 4,035   183 642
klikk N P 76,000   1,523 1,615 1,795   180 272
Spanic E P 53,000   7,285 7,321 7,501   180 216
Sbayram E I 130,000   1,275 1,450 1,625   175 350
TriggerPhoto E P 130,000   2,582 3,199 3,374   175 792
diego-cervo N P 150,000   3,831 4,123 4,294   171 463
amriphoto E PI 100,000   6,931 7,254 7,422   168 491
enjoynz E I 330,000   3,473 3,486 3,653   167 180
eyecrave E P 78,000   17,318 17,462 17,627   165 309
slobo E P 100,000   4,899 5,742 5,905   163 1,006
mariusFM77 E PI 67,000   2,264 2,638 2,798   160 534
Deejpilot E PI 76,000   2,450 2,747 2,906   159 456
walik E P 56,000   2,026 2,281 2,436   155 410
ArtisticCaptures E P 120,000   4,605 4,804 4,958   154 353
TommL E P 250,000   3,422 3,864 4,016   152 594
eyeidea N PI 120,000   2,506 2,509 2,661   152 155
ValuaVitaly N P 170,000   6,591 8,359 8,507   148 1,916
pictafolio E I 140,000   2,007 2,081 2,229   148 222
adamkaz E PI 69,000   2,192 2,193 2,341   148 149
mammuth E I 110,000   6,715 7,928 8,074   146 1,359
mipan N I 85,000   900 1,044 1,181   137 281
Renphoto E P 84,000   4,829 5,182 5,313   131 484
johnwoodcock E I 140,000   3,363 3,577 3,707   130 344
pringletta N I 69,000   1,103 1,146 1,275   129 172
Avaion_Studio E P 100,000   2,769 2,827 2,954   127 185
keeweeboy N P 73,000   4,977 5,069 5,192   123 215
ideabug E PI 79,000   4,328 4,829 4,950   121 622
Okea N P 93,000   1,224 1,317 1,435   118 211
Robynmac N PI 150,000   4,203 4,603 4,715   112 512
Stockphoto4U E P 160,000   9,064 10,775 10,883   108 1,819
Petrovich9 E I 89,000   250 339 444   105 194
Turnervisual E P 160,000   988 1,010 1,113   103 125
Cimmerian E P 240,000   3,034 3,041 3,140   99 106
Grafissimo E PI 170,000   5,691 6,422 6,520   98 829
solarseven N I 110,000   930 1,133 1,231   98 301
ranplett E P 280,000   1,654 1,773 1,861   88 207
dlewis33 E P 130,000   4,372 4,314 4,401   87 29
Terraxplorer E P 58,000   2,354 2,462 2,544   82 190
peepo E P 310,000   8,386 8,491 8,572   81 186
damircudic E P 78,000   1,322 1,654 1,735   81 413
deliormanli E PI 110,000   2,284 2,336 2,416   80 132
jsmith E P 140,000   1,176 1,665 1,739   74 563
joshblake E PI 160,000   1,828 1,838 1,911   73 83
enot-poloskun E I 210,000   622 681 752   71 130
Brasil2 E P 69,000   3,041 3,014 3,085   71 44
Inok E I 63,000   743 796 867   71 124
studiovision E I 94,000   551 582 652   70 101
pawel.gaul E P 100,000   5,060 5,311 5,380   69 320
duckycards E P 130,000   3,493 3,593 3,660   67 167
Graffizone E PI 140,000   4,535 4,543 4,608   65 73
leezsnow E P 130,000   4,629 4,746 4,811   65 182
evirgen E PI 100,000   699 790 854   64 155
mxtama N I 94,000   511 607 671   64 160
BartCo E P 75,000   5,722 6,167 6,230   63 508
Thomas_Eyedesign E P 99,000   6,361 6,569 6,630   61 269
dwphotos N PI 67,000   681 703 764   61 83
stphillips E PI 52,000   1,875 1,963 2,024   61 149
domin_domin E PI 69,000   2,750 3,107 3,163   56 413
SchulteProductions E PI 68,000   4,266 4,466 4,521   55 255
rontech2000 E PI 100,000   2,815 2,944 2,998   54 183
ZargonDesign E I 98,000   2,325 2,391 2,445   54 120
caracterdesign E PI 310,000   6,450 6,737 6,790   53 340
Andrew_Howe E P 71,000   5,686 5,744 5,792   48 106
MarsBars E PI 130,000   1,261 1,271 1,317   46 56
chictype E P 88,000   843 907 953   46 110
Trout55 E P 78,000   3,014 3,300 3,346   46 332
aleaimage E P 75,000   1,882 1,932 1,977   45 95
kickstand E P 110,000   1,584 1,599 1,642   43 58
fotosipsak E PI 76,000   1,168 1,303 1,345   42 177
Vasko E P 120,000   4,056 4,355 4,394   39 338
Andyd E PI 52,000   1,355 1,378 1,412   34 57
Mandygodbehear N P 53,000   1,060 1,112 1,146   34 86
belterz E I 100,000   4,850 4,991 5,024   33 174
edge69 N I 100,000   480 579 612   33 132
konradlew E P 140,000   1,748 1,837 1,869   32 121
simonox N I 100,000   9,279 9,420 9,452   32 173
russelltatedotcom E I 150,000   2,870 2,967 2,998   31 128
CostinT E P 69,000   1,010 1,032 1,063   31 53
Pingwin E I 60,000   1,329 1,336 1,364   28 35
PaulCowan N P 57,000   4,406 4,951 4,977   26 571
pkline E PI 75,000   2,733 2,733 2,757   24 24
chuwy E I 110,000   1,775 1,854 1,875   21 100
jpa1999 E I 72,000   1,456 1,468 1,488   20 32
mstay N I 290,000   9,736 10,532 10,551   19 815
jamesbenet E I 75,000   3,465 3,635 3,654   19 189
Silberkorn N PI 66,000   2,423 2,251 2,269   18 -154
og-vision N PI 65,000   984 1,017 1,035   18 51
spxchrome E PI 370,000   2,871 2,928 2,945   17 74
clintspencer E PI 49,000   1,391 1,456 1,473   17 82
kycstudio E PI 130,000   2,644 2,837 2,853   16 209
Marje E P 76,000   2,025 1,745 1,761   16 -264
bigredlynx N I 52,000   609 628 642   14 33
gbrundin E PI 71,000   3,811 4,298 4,311   13 500
Skashkin E P 51,000   1,980 1,962 1,975   13 -5
viafilms (MorganL) N P 200,000   5,263 5,506 5,518   12 255
chihhang N I 68,000   660 677 689   12 29
buzbuzzer E P 140,000   2,013 1,931 1,941   10 -72
willselarep E P 130,000   1,148 1,142 1,150   8 2
Kronick E I 49,000   384 384 392   8 8
wragg E P 130,000   10,170 10,846 10,853   7 683
claylib E PI 70,000   1,321 1,314 1,319   5 -2
Lya_Cattel E P 59,000   4,623 4,612 4,617   5 -6
jallfree E P 52,000   950 970 975   5 25
rdegrie E I 51,000   1,242 1,240 1,245   5 3
akurtz E P 120,000   1,609 1,522 1,526   4 -83
abzee E P 130,000   4,773 4,808 4,811   3 38
procurator N I 92,000   751 751 754   3 3
plainview E P 110,000   1,267 1,377 1,379   2 112
ggodby E I 100,000   648 653 655   2 7
bkindler E PI 71,000   991 1,033 1,035   2 44
Pannonia E P 64,000   4,406 4,497 4,499   2 93
Acik N PI 55,000   389 393 395   2 6
Sean_Warren E P 55,000   1,408 1,404 1,406   2 -2
ayzek N I 150,000   1,315 1,329 1,330   1 15
Henrik5000 E I 130,000   1,241 1,447 1,448   1 207
gmnicholas E P 110,000   3,878 3,731 3,732   1 -146
ftwitty E P 100,000   2,814 2,771 2,772   1 -42
manley099 E P 90,000   3,195 3,176 3,177   1 -18
AlexMax N PI 54,000   1,134 1,209 1,210   1 76
jgroup N PI 290,000   1,957 1,957 1,957   0 0
mevans E PI 270,000   1,942 1,941 1,941   0 -1
pagadesign E I 220,000   7,192 7,614 7,614   0 422
lugo E P 210,000   4,551 4,536 4,536   0 -15
Kativ E PI 200,000   2,461 2,457 2,457   0 -4
bluestocking E I 200,000   948 980 980   0 32
geopaul E I 200,000   2,238 2,238 2,238   0 0
kcline E P 190,000   2,343 2,343 2,343   0 0
kemie E I 150,000   1,016 1,016 1,016   0 0
francisblack E P 150,000   1,648 1,770 1,770   0 122
barsik N P 140,000   2,291 2,285 2,285   0 -6
fpm E I 140,000   458 462 462   0 4
snapphoto E P 140,000   4,458 4,456 4,456   0 -2
koun N I 140,000   233 233 233   0 0
scottdunlap E PI 140,000   405 405 405   0 0
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nano E P 120,000   956 936 936   0 -20
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NickS E PI 100,000   1,779 1,769 1,769   0 -10
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sandocir E P 92,000   718 713 713   0 -5
CTRd E I 86,000   576 576 576   0 0
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77DZIGN E I 80,000   1,087 1,086 1,086   0 -1
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grajte N I 79,000   527 527 527   0 0
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sculpies N P 79,000   317 316 316   0 -1
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gchutka E P 74,000   1,843 1,843 1,843   0 0
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arekmaiang N P 76,000   5,163 5,162 5,162   0 -1
bonniej E PI 71,000   473 472 472   0 -1
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Elerium E PI 72,000   569 568 567   -1 -2
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Pinopic E PI 72,000   740 740 739   -1 -1
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Paha_L N P 100,000   7,401 7,532 7,530   -2 129
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thelinke E P 74,000   2,191 2,259 2,257   -2 66
Rpsycho E P 52,000   1,128 1,126 1,124   -2 -4
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aabejon E P 100,000   3,596 3,580 3,577   -3 -19
penfold E I 94,000   948 936 933   -3 -15
YanC N PI 89,000   2,691 2,685 2,682   -3 -9
ziggymaj E   81,000   1,950 1,897 1,894   -3 -56
nico_blue E PI 350,000   3,477 3,465 3,461   -4 -16
PhotoEuphoria N P 130,000   5,146 5,261 5,257   -4 111
imagesbytrista E P 63,000   1,174 1,174 1,170   -4 -4
imagestock E PI 63,000   2,198 2,141 2,137   -4 -61
multifocus N PI 65,000   5,614 5,604 5,600   -4 -14
hidesy E P 730,000   18,978 21,233 21,228   -5 2,250
Luso E PI 79,000   3,676 3,666 3,661   -5 -15
zoomstudio E PI 67,000   2,793 2,801 2,796   -5 3
EasyBuy4u E PI 67,000   3,269 3,267 3,262   -5 -7
pederk E PI 65,000   951 951 946   -5 -5
webphotographeer E P 370,000   11,368 11,434 11,428   -6 60
AndrewJohnson E I 250,000   4,197 4,046 4,040   -6 -157
matthewleesdixon N P 66,000   2,827 2,698 2,692   -6 -135
johnnyscriv E P 59,000   2,224 2,224 2,218   -6 -6
Pgiam N PI 110,000   5,817 6,166 6,159   -7 342
veni E P 120,000   1,363 1,358 1,349   -9 -14
nicolesy E P 73,000   7,134 7,193 7,183   -10 49
Yuri E P 85,000     77,925 77,914   -11 77,914
phildate N P 110,000   4,667 4,667 4,656   -11 -11
pavlen E I 80,000   1,782 1,881 1,870   -11 88
laartist E P 64,000   2,109 2,108 2,096   -12 -13
Spanishalex N PI 61,000   2,899 2,902 2,890   -12 -9
naphtalina E P 77,000   3,159 3,156 3,141   -15 -18
ShaneKato E P 55,000   654 680 664   -16 10
Atom Studios N P 49,000   2,140 2,111 2,095   -16 -45
Rtimages N P 91,000   2,411 2,717 2,700   -17 289
H-Gall E P 120,000   627 640 622   -18 -5
Goldmund N PI 76,000   2,307 2,152 2,132   -20 -175
tacojim E P 150,000   4,389 4,413 4,387   -26 -2
Ivanovainga N PI 80,000   2,090 2,061 2,019   -42 -71
Lingbeek E P 58,000   4,803 4,685 4,631   -54 -172
Kevinruss N P 200,000   9,659 9,605 9,546   -59 -113
nyul N P 180,000   5,978 7,153 7,093   -60 1,115
PeskyMonkey E P 190,000   10,845 11,061 10,853   -208 8
aldra E P 150,000   8,080 8,080 7,818   -262 -262
1001nights E P 110,000   17,107 17,680 17,012   -668 -95
Roob N PI 54,000   3,639 2,880 476   -2,404 -3,163
                     
      56,070,000 0 1,827,171 2,253,524 2,606,101 0 349,833 778,930


Copyright © 2016 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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