November 2011 sales

BME but as always with this speed I'm expecting for Dec2011 to break all totals this year

WM of this year .

Worst Month of the Year

(Edited on 2011-12-01 01:05:11 by dem10)

Worst month of the year

Worst month of the year
Compared to November last year:  DL's -40%   $$ -25% 

Worse than last November.


Better than last month for D/Ls but worse for R/Ls.

A little premature considering several stats are not in.  But looks a little better than October which is good even witha ll the wonkyness.

Worst month of the year

Worst month since October 2004. istock beaten by almost every other agency ...

Projected $$: WMTY (by far), -30% on November 2010, -33% on October 2011 !!!

ETA: editted to put doom and gloom in check

(Edited on 2011-12-01 01:37:31 by swilmor)

Wow guys.. That was quite a string of downers after the comparatively sunny results of the previous page.


This month was good for me. I'm uncertain if it will be a BME, but if the Getty/PP results come through strong then it'll be a shoe in.

DL's & $$ marginally better than October which isn't saying a great deal but at least a year long slide towards nothingness was slowed down.

Photos - Worst month since 2007. 30% down on DL compared with Nov 2010. Videos are even worse

BME on $ and DL.


I was able to hit the next level early november. That helped a lot with the royalties. DL's were also up approx. 8% from previous BME. But I have no exact info at the moment.


No action though since the downtime yesterday.

Looks like bright and dark diamonds suffer the most. There something wrong.

Disappointing $ and DL's.  Worse than October 11.  Equal to Nov 10 

Might become my BME. Waiting for the stats from the last 4 days and then the Getty cash. Will report back at the end of the month when everything's sorted.

It looks as if people are reporting extremes. Amongst the diamonds, I see several BMEs and a few more reporting 'worst'.

"Looks like bright and dark diamonds suffer the most. There something wrong"


It doesn't take an accountant to work out that it's in IS's interest to push sales for people who have a lower payout in commission, especially if overall ( and this is pure speculation) sales on the site are down.

The Worst Month Of The YEAR! Unbeliveable iStock! From January until now just going down!
Diamond, a lot of years as exlusivity loayaty and in the "community". I don't think it makes any difference these days for iStock! The old times are really old times!