Sales are up in April all around! My goal of shooting a minimum of 100 new images a week has really kicked sales into high gear, and I am loving it. I am going to work on paying some more attention to each individual site to continue to boost my sales into the future. I started with iStock and went into the forums to suggest some of my images to be added to lightboxes. I have seen this help some other iStockers, and although I haven’t seen any noticeable boost yet, it can’t hurt! Today I am shifting my focus to one of my lower performers, 123 Royalty Free. Many people seem to like this site, so I am not willing to give up on it yet, but for the number of files in my portfolio I should be seeing greater sales. They have an option on the site where you can "Favorite" 5% of your portfolio for preferred rankings in search results. I started sorting through my portfolio, and plan on finishing that task later today.
Overall April is up. I saw sales increases on every site except for iStock and 123 Royalty Free, but the decrease in sales on those sites was not dramatic. iStock does not post partner program uploads until later in the month, and I am sure once those are posted I will end up in the green on iStock as well. I have had great results with the partner program, and hope it continues on! I love the little extra sales without having to upload to additional sites.
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