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No sales.  I check a few times per month, but the effort is best spent elsewhere.

Thanks for all the comments.  I am working on getting more and more sales but we are definitely picking up and people are getting more sales as you can see.  Not everyone but I still need your support if we are going to create a future together that isn't selling images for 25c a pop.  Thanks for all your support and faith that we won't stop fighting and creating an alternative to what is out there now. 

Right now we are looking for a variety of new images.  If you check out our blog or our forums you will see that we have a bunch of things that people are looking for which you can use for ideas.  If you shoot those you will have more of a chance at selling images bc I know buyers are looking for those at this moment.  I talk to a bunch of buyers a day and always try to write down and communicate what they are looking for to you guys.  I hope it helps.

I had a sale on the 5th of March. I was surprised as I had just joined. I still don't have many photos there. The sale was $6.59, which gave me a grand total of $2.64. I do like Cutcaster and wish this was the more predominant model type out there. Microstock sites are good too, but think subscription sales only really benefit those with massive portfolios. I'm left with an unpleasant taste in my mouth, for any revenue received less than 50 cents.

You won't get punished by us for refusing because we dont offer subs.  I always felt that this just killed any pricing power that photogs had so never went w it after all our research.  It does make an agency lots of money.  Just something I won't do at the expense of others and devaluing work. 

The thing about subs is you make 25 to 50c and get what feels like a bunch of downloads which is exciting but doesnt really add up in the long run.  At CC you can have a sale for 10 bucks and make 50% which is 5 bucks a download.  You need to have 10-20 downloads with subs to get that total.  I think sometimes getting an email that you had a download excites people and they lose sight of the fact that they aren't making that much from the subs sales and the agency is making all the money.  I wish more photographers would move away from subs and more towards pay per download. 

No, not many sales at all.  I still hope it picks up but after seeing sites with more sales close, it is hard to be optimistic.

Well said. Patience guys. The system is so much nicer for contributors as we have more control over how we price our images, you can go for microstock prices if you want or price it higher if you think the image is worth more. I got my first payout with Cutcaster last year, with 5 sales and I only have 70 odd images with them. So they are attracting buyers, it does take time to establish a business like this and we can help by uploading and keeping our images with them. Even if you don't see any results immediately or in the near future, you never know what the future holds.

Where did I hear that before? LuckyOliver, Zymmetrical...
You have to take the market with a good pole position like 3DS or with shock and awe (deep pockets, pay to upload) like DepositF.

I have lots of patience and don't regret using Lucky Oliver and Zymmetrical.  I stick with sites, never seen the point in deleting portfolios, unless the site does something like cut commissions or has security issues.  But I am far from the typical microstock contributor.  People complain about the big sites, then delete their portfolios from the smaller sites when they don't get many downloads after a few months.  Then the buyers just go to the sites with the bigger collections.  It is just hard for me to see how Cutcaster can get around that problem.  I still hope John can do it and make people wish they had more patience but I think he needs to come up with something to break this trend.

January will be my BME at Cutcaster 2 EL's and 2 DL

My feelings exactly. I've had more downloads in 6 days since being accepted at SS than I have in four months at CC . The comparison is not quite fair given the time in the business and high profile of SS - but zero sales in three months is uneconomical to pursue.

I've also had good sales at SS ... over 200 sales in a month.  But, my revenue is only $50.  I've had 8 downloads at Cutcaster in over a year.  But, I've had two payouts totaling much more that $50. 
The comparison really is a case of apples and oranges.