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Independant 2009 Microstock Photography Survey
A survey for anyone who was involved in microstock photography during 2009
There are 29 questions in this survey.
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General Questions
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Are you male or female?
Female
Male
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Your age?
Only numbers may be entered in this field
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Are you exclusive to iStock
Yes
No
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How much money did you gross from microstock photography in 2009?
Only numbers may be entered in this field
Feel free to round the number to the nearest $10, $100, or $1000 - depending on what fits.
answer in US $
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Is microstock photography your primary source of income (over 50%)
Yes
No
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In the future do you hope to make microstock photography your primary source of income?
Yes
No
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Are you happy to keep microstock photography your primary source of income?
Yes
No
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How much did you spend on photography / computer equipment and software last year?
Only numbers may be entered in this field
Answer in US $
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How much did you spend on microstock photography shoots?
Only numbers may be entered in this field
Do not include sofware or camera equipment
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What percentage of your total income is earned from microstock photography?
Only numbers may be entered in this field
round to nearest 5%
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Do you feel the future of microstock photography is positive
Yes
No
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Do you activley submit images to Alamy
Yes
No
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Which microstock photography websites do you actively submit to?
Check any that apply
Shutterstock
Dreamstime
Fotolia
iStock
StockXpert
123RF
Bigstock
Crestock
Veer Marketplace
Yaymicro
Featurepics
MostPhotos
CanStockPhoto
Other:
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Excluding Alamy, do you submit to any Macrostock agencies
Yes
No
example: Corbis, Getty, Stockfood ...
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Which macrostock sites do you actively contribute to?
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On average, how many hours a week do you spent on microstock photography
Only numbers may be entered in this field
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In December of last year, how many images did you have for sale in the microstock marketplace.
Only numbers may be entered in this field
Take the amount of images from the site where you have most images online.
How many images did you add to your microstock collection in 2009
Only numbers may be entered in this field
If you uploaded one image to several sites, it still only counts as one image.
What types of media do you submit to microstock agencies?
Check any that apply
Photography
Vectors
Video
Audio
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Do you have any employees or work as a team with anyone creating microstock imagry?
Yes
No
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How many MONTHS have you been involved in microstock photography
Only numbers may be entered in this field
How many months ago did you submit your first image to a microstock site.
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Do you have any sort of formal photography training
Yes
No
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Are you planning / hoping to go exclusive with iStock within the next 12 months
Yes
No
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Are you considering becoming a non exclusive photographer in the next 12 months
Yes
No
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Given the constantly changing microstock marketplace - how do you keep yourself updated (pick all that apply)
Check any that apply
independant forums
microstock site forums
friends
independant blogs
microstock site blogs
social media sites (twitter, facebook etc..)
microstock site emails
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On which site did you generate the most income last year?
Choose one of the following answers
Shutterstock
Dreamstime
Fotolia
iStock
StockXpert
123RF
Bigstock
Crestock
Veer Marketplace
Yaymicro
Featurepics
MostPhotos
CanStockPhoto
Other
What percentage of your income came from your top grossing site?
%
Only numbers may be entered in this field
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In 2009 which site gave you the highest return per image (RPI)?
Choose one of the following answers
Shutterstock
Dreamstime
Fotolia
iStock
StockXpert
123RF
Bigstock
Crestock
Snapvillage
Yaymicro
Featurepics
MostPhotos
CanStockPhoto
Other
Totals earnings on a given site / Number of images on that site
Did your exclusive / non-exclusive status change last year?
Yes
No
No answer
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