Time to level 5
posted on 24th of july, 2011
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As time marches forward I find it interesting to see which of my images will become my top sellers. Some you kind of know right away, while others come out of nowhere...
I did a little bit of number crunching to see if it is clear cut right from the start, and if they all seem to grow at the same speed. Naturally, it is not clear cut at all and hard to find trends. The only one that holds across all my best sellers is that I get the first sale in the first month of being online.
Aside from that here are some average number across a bunch of my level 5's:
Time to first sale: within first month
Time to Level 2: under two months
Time to level 3: under three months
Time to level 4: eight months
Time to level 5: sixteen months
One thing that is interesting is that of the level 5s I have that were uploaded in 2008, they were slower to acquire downloads than my 2008 or 2009 images. My longest time to level 5 is 28 months, while the shortest was 7 months.
I guess the moral is to not give up hope on the older images - they still get sales and eventually get to the higher levels...
On another note, when I started stock I had a goal in mind for monthly income. I hit it last October, but it has it's ups and downs month to month. I finally notice that my average monthly income in my stats for the last 13 months is now over that number! Go Dreamstime!
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Tags: future growth levels numbers statistics
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Comments (20)
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Congratulations! I especially like your Future Vision.
- posted by
Kphotos6411
on December 05, 2011 |
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Congratulations!
- posted by
Powershot36
on August 01, 2011 |
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Congrats!
- posted by
Hunor83
on July 28, 2011 |
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[imgl]http://www.17082813[/imgl]Interesting and inspiring.
- posted by
Williamardrey
on July 28, 2011 |
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Congratulations, very inspiring stats!
I am very pleased myself at how my pf is doing here as well. And so a big, Go Dreamstime!!!
- posted by
Jeniicorv8
on July 27, 2011 |
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Congratulations. Keep up the great effort.
- posted by
Vwimage
on July 27, 2011 |
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True, it isn't 2008, but I still have a level 5 from 2010. Back in 2008 people were saying the easy days were gone, now people look back at 2008 as the easy days :)
- posted by
Bradcalkins
on July 26, 2011 |
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Nice job. Try to upload an image with an apple in present (like your's best sell: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-apple-image7888502 ). You will get a: this is not we are looking for. :) 2011 is not 2008. :) Good luck my friend.
- posted by
Alvera
on July 26, 2011 |
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Excellent, well done! I think DT's popularity is definitely climbing which is good for all of us :)
- posted by
Tamarabauer
on July 26, 2011 |
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Congratulations!!
- posted by
Grafvision
on July 26, 2011 |
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Great, congratulations!!!
- posted by
Nero67
on July 26, 2011 |
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my goal is 100$/month.But I only get 20$ for this month.
- posted by
Xiaofeng123
on July 25, 2011 |
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Congrats!
- posted by
Laurasinelle
on July 25, 2011 |
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It is great, congratulatons.
- posted by
Egomezta
on July 25, 2011 |
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Interesting trends ... thanks for sharing
- posted by
Karenfoleyphotography
on July 25, 2011 |
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Congratulations on your success.
Best wishes
Chris
- posted by
Rigsby8131
on July 25, 2011 |
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Congratulations and thanks for sharing your successes :-)
Brett
- posted by
BCritchley
on July 25, 2011 |
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Congratulations for the beautiful pictures you have and for sales, we hope that sooner or later I will achieve your results
- posted by
FabioConcetta
on July 25, 2011 |
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cong:)
- posted by
Halilin
on July 25, 2011 |
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Great achievement! I agree with you - sometimes there is a surprise and it´s not good to give up on older images! Congratulations!!!
- posted by
Mariaam
on July 25, 2011 |
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Brad Calkins
(Bradcalkins)
Calgary, CA
>Collections:Autumn Colors, Kids!. Textures and Closeups, New York,Beaches
Managed collections: Business Metaphors, Climate Change
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