Passive Income and Microstock Earnings for January 2010
By Cory • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Business of IllustrationIt’s a new year. The month started off kind of slow, but it seemed to pick up at the end. Overall, I’m still down from my best month, but it looks like it is my second best month ever. It is also way over December’s numbers, so the Christmas slump is over.
Here’s the breakdown:
| Company |
Portfolio Size
|
% Income
|
EL
|
Earnings
|
| iStockphoto |
1746
|
33%
|
1
|
$674.36
|
| Shutterstock |
4558
|
32%
|
8
|
$655.89
|
| Dreamstime |
2115
|
11%
|
0
|
$223.26
|
| Fotolia |
2095
|
10%
|
0
|
$194.94
|
| StockXpert |
2202
|
5%
|
0
|
$99.60
|
| Affiliates |
-
|
2%
|
-
|
$38.10
|
| Big Stock Photo |
1224
|
2%
|
0
|
$34.00
|
| ClipArtOf |
147
|
1.5%
|
0
|
$27.50
|
| 123RF |
660
|
1%
|
0
|
$24.58
|
| VectorStock |
192
|
1%
|
0
|
$23.50
|
| Zazzle |
256
|
0.5%
|
-
|
$12.09
|
| Can Stock Photo |
106
|
0.5%
|
0
|
$9.75
|
| Graphic Leftovers |
94
|
0.25%
|
0
|
$5.20
|
| Crestock |
104
|
0.25%
|
0
|
$4.75
|
| Veer Marketplace |
105
|
0%
|
0
|
$0.00
|
|
Total: $2027.52
|
As usual, feel free to post a link to your results in the comments.
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You do inspire me… Make me remember each month that it IS possible to make money doing this…. I have a heck of a long way to go yet though! So, thankyou for sharing - and inspiring!
Hi, Thanks for sharing.
What kind of portfolio do you have? vectors?
Yes. It is all vectors.