Some feed back on 123RF please - WARNING...this is a MIZ posted thread

[keo]

i like 123fr, this is my first microstock site.
- About 250 images (illustration/vector), earn $70+this month.
- Better than Ft, BS, CR.
- DL are rise every month
- Upload easy and fast review.

[shutterdrop]

To delete images on 123rf you must go to upload history and check image one at a time. 123rf has not allow me to delete all my image. [it is all screwy]

I have emailed several time to delete my account and entire history. To this date it has not been completed.

I have decided to focus all my top producing agencies and have started exclusive images with two agencies. 

Good luck to the 123 rf contributors.

[helix7]

123RF isn't doing much more than paying for a few lunches each month for me. And the missing image vector upload bug remains unfixed, despite several emails to Alex and posts in forums from many people reporting the same bug. The site admins seem to be of the opinion that the problem is with our images, not their system, despite the fact that the other 9 sites I upload the same exact images to have zero issues.

[nativelight]

I just deleted all of my images from 123rf. I had less than $9 in sales and I was on the site for the better part of a year with approx. 200 images.  I've decided to quit messing around with non-performing sites and concentrate on SS, IS and DT (and maybe FT).  Stockxpert and Bigstock will be the next two to go.  In addition to the bigger sites, I'll concentrate on midstock.

[Phil]

I found that donating my images for free made a big difference in sales, they doubled from one month to the next and putting on 10 or so free images a month they have stayed at that level.

interesting, I did three iterations of 10-15 images for free, each time available for a mix of 1-2 weeks. didn't notice any change in sales at all

[epixx]

They are increasing for me, particularly credit sales. BME in June, and better than BS and StockXpert.

[sharpshot]

My sales have gone up quite a lot without having to donate images for free.  Who knows why sales go up and down on each site?  It could just be coincidence that a few people who give them free images have had higher sales.

[Nemo1024]

What frustrates me the most with 123Rf is the constant need to re-login. Other than that - it's a great site.

[DanP68]

They are increasing for me, particularly credit sales. BME in June, and better than BS and StockXpert.

This is exactly what I am seeing.  The first 4 days of July have been amazing too.  I'm already at 40% of last month's BME.  I don't expect it to last long, but 123RF is ahead of Fotolia and iStock so far this month, and it is happening due to some serious volume.

[cphoto]

They are increasing for me, particularly credit sales. BME in June, and better than BS and StockXpert.

This is exactly what I am seeing.  The first 4 days of July have been amazing too.  I'm already at 40% of last month's BME.  I don't expect it to last long, but 123RF is ahead of Fotolia and iStock so far this month, and it is happening due to some serious volume.

If the trend continues, 123rf is in pass of becoming my 3rd, after SS and StockXpert.
Fotolia and Istock are sinking for me.

[MikLav]

It's pretty much like BSB for me too, as for some other people (i.e. quite low, but not too bad to stop uploading). It jumped last month due to several extended licenses and it was the first time I sold any extended licenses on 123rf.

My portfolio is ~650 pics there.

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