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rinder99 · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:31 pm

Anyone else? Im down 50% in the past 11 days,DL's and Income.It has been steady as a rock for a year. Uh Oh.

algol · Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 610

Not been so good as usual for me the last few days while SS has been on the blink... :(

klsbear · Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 313

I don't have a long history but it's been a strong month overall for me. Some up and down and bucking the trends (like no sales last Friday which was unusual but more than usual over the weekend) but yesterday and today have been very good. I'm wondering if they search testing is having an impact but it's still my standard top sellers that are selling so any changes don't seem to be bringing more to the table, just higher quantities of the old favorites these past two days.

hhltdave5 · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:41 pm

Laurin mine have been excellent. Large numbers of ODs along with slightly above average in 25 a day downloads and a couple of ELs.

klsbear · Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 313

red06 · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 1280

check this out

http://www.shutterstock.com/buzz/improved-search-system?rid=212929&ref=212929

My sales dropped massively suddenly 2 days ago. I was wondering what happen. I figured a Zombie attack but just SS messing with things.

lmel900 · Joined: 13 Mar 2011 Posts: 4946

It is my best week at SS for downloads and money, and I'm surprised since many of my new images were missing. No EL's yet, but one $15.00 SOD, and an increased number of ODs which is unusual for me.

okiepony · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 5:03 pm

It's been a weird month for sure - some very bad and very good days.

rixie · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3430 Location: Hampshire, UK

twoellis · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 1072

Here, here! Last month blew the doors off, though I had quite a few days with zero or few overseas downloads. I've been here long enough to know it isn't right. And the trend continues this month. There is definitely something goofy going on!

triceratops · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 7856 Location: The other Nevada

So far it's been a great month for me. DL's and OD's daily. An occasional SOD. No EL's yet :>( I doubt it'll be a BME, except possibly for the month of May. We'll see what happens when the new algorithm kicks in.

rudyumans · Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:12 pm

My month is average so far.

Laurin you are here since 2005. Now it's 2012. You are just at a seven year itch. Listen to your cousin; sales go up and sales go down or something along those lines.

You will be fine

robhainer · Joined: 03 May 2010 Posts: 2740 Location: Dallas, GA, USA

About the same, but I've added a lot more images so it should be growing. It's more like the new images are keeping it from going down more.

BME last month for me. On the second Friday of April, I had the same number of downloads I've gotten today.

jhuls · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 1046

Things are looking bad for me this month as well. I have 10 fewer overall downloads for the 11th day than I did last month and 5 less ODD's than this time last month. The thing that makes it especially bad is that I have 100 more images in my portfolio now than I did on the 11th of last month. Makes me feel like something is going on. Or it could be the summer slump that I hear everyone talk about.

rtguest · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

My images have maintained a good level of sales so I don't put it down to SS glitches, although some sales may be interrupted. I put it down to a worldwide downturn over the past few months which is now kicking in and hitting industry hard. Hopefully things will settle down in the very near future.