Comments on: Microstock Photography Stats – Earnings and Downloads from 2002-2009

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:16:50 +0000

[...] Last week I wrote about total earnings and downloads and the trends associated with pricing, downloads and earnings. In this post, I looked at the same data and adjusted for active users in that year to get an [...]

By: mystockphoto

mystockphoto — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:14:17 +0000

Hey Rahul,
nice to see that kind of curve!
I'd also like to know how many contributors was "crunched" to get your chart. Let's see what the new year will bring us… and waiting for new great Lookstat insights!
Best,
roberto

By: Rahul Pathak

Rahul Pathak — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:07:15 +0000

Hi Lee,

Thanks for the comments and the historical insight!

This is not user adjusted data. That is coming soon and has some interesting wrinkles of its own. Also, the y axis for total earnings & downloads is intentionally omitted.

Rahul

By: Lee Torrens

Lee Torrens — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:52:33 +0000

Thanks Rahul, another smidgen of insight from the vastly rich data source of the LookStat database. Always appreciated and well received.

Given iStockphoto was the only player in 2002, I guess the $0.05 RPD was the commission from the $0.20, which I'm told was the first fee. That's certainly some historically cool data you've got there!

Also, it would be great to know how many contributors' accounts were used to create this data. I realize that might be giving away some sensitive information, but the perspective it would lend to the data would be invaluable. Specifically, is the total earnings line averaged out by the quantity of accounts active in each year to account for the different length of time each contributor has been active?

Also, is the total earnings chart showing annual RPI on the same scale (i.e. $3 in 2009) or is the scale for that chart just not shown?

I'm inspired by the RPD growth. Most agencies are raising prices and simultaneously cutting commissions but that line shows the net benefit to contributors is definitely positive.

By: Rahul Pathak

Rahul Pathak — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:05:03 +0000

same to you Luis!