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Are you saying you only want people who do this for a hobby to submit their content on your site, or was it a deliberate insult to the many people who do this for a living, the majority of which are paying your bills.

Yes Lisa!

This seems a strange sort of agency, one minute, good, next minute, dead.
Maybe I should reconsider this one before uploading too much.

best.

Sounds like a bad case of contradiction here-
Commentary 1 - Dawn Donahue:         BigStock welcomes hobbyist to submit
Commentary 2 - puravida:                  BigStock rejects images with "This is a Snapshot".

So what's the real deal?  BigStock, what do you really want ?

Agree on that. BigStock is slow moving like a snail, but yes, Supports Liz and Joseph are always responsive. Sales could be better, though... but sometimes I feel BigStock aren't doing enough to get to #1. Not sure if it
s because they don't want to or they can't. 

Larry,
do they offer any exclusivity incentives? 

I do great with BS. I have consistant sales and get .50 to 2.00 on them. I've always done well with BS. Some people do well with them while others don't...it's the same with Fotolia...I've got the same stuff on all my stock's and I hardly sell anything on Fotolia. I think it depends on your style, but I personally have had good luck with BS from day 1 and I don't consider myself as having a huge portfolio.

Not a joke!
I was with them (BigStock) only for about 2 years, then they started the "snapshot" insults and I started looking at other sites and started uploading to them. I did let them know that I took it as an insult and not just a rejection reason. The word "snapshot" was to stay, I was told. .... so I left.

After a long wait I went back onto BigStock when others said the "Snapshot" insults had stopped. That was several months ago and everything is going fine now.
The best news is BigStock outsells (in dollars earned for me!) all the other sites combined that I am on. Has been and still is.

To any site CEO reading this: Reviewers can make or break you. .... your choice.

My 2 cents.
-Larry

You must 
Just had a look. 8 sales on June 8, one for 3$. Just 4 sales since then, all of my top 4 photos there, always the same. It's a nice and quiet site that gives a good and steady side income.

Same!

With 400 images in my portfolio , a have only 2 $ this month...

Fast or Sloooooow Sales at BigStock depend on what the subject is that your selling.
Mine is GOLF, SNOW SPORTS, REAL ESTATE, CITY OF MILWAUKEE, STATE OF WISCONSIN, for my images, BigStock outsells in dollars and in the number of dl's than ALL the other sites I am on put together. That's right, ALL of them. For the last 90 days BigStock is about 25 DL's and $30.00 ahead of all the rest put together.

I know I have knocked BigStock many times when they had it coming to them, but I will also step up to the plate and defend them when they are in the right. I still think it is the best site to work with.

-Larry

Totally agree with you Tan, on the great support people there, and in addition to Liz and Joseph, I get the feeling Dawn and Tim and still very hands-on.  BigStock are one of the few sites that have retained the same attitude of service and responsiveness that they had when they started out.

I do wish sales were better, but at least they aren't spiraling down the drain, like they are at 123. 

In perpetual slow decline for the last couple of years for me. They've gone from averaging 7% of my total earnings in May 2007 to about 2.5% in May 2009 (and that was a relatively good month). They are projected to drop below 2% this month despite having recently uploaded several hundred new images.