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Same here, I had a payout in Feb, and since then my balance remained $0.00

Never sold a pic on FP.    =tom

I have not sold a single picture there since April 15th! Unless they sell anything by the end of this month, I shall stop uploading. It is not worth.

don't feel so bad now.
i have been with fotolia for 4 months too, and zippo for sales.
submitted like over 100 images, in the first 3 weeks, got thrashed
rejected by the mass murderer.
the other reviewer was good, and took what was left, and what this reviewer rejected, there was a good reason given.

so maybe that mass murderer reviewer who mass rejected the other 90 odd images took away some potential business for fotolia.

as for featurepics, i like them, they accept everything. but zippo on sales either.
i think featurepics is good, they are communicative, and do not employ a freako reviewer like fotolia. (thank goodness )...
but perharps they (featurepics) are lacking in sales promotion.

can 't say much about fotolia either, but i think already others have said just about all there is to know about them.

i guess we'll just have to try somewhere else !!!

This is probably the best way to use FP.

FP for me is not a worst. I have over 1000 images and had 4 payouts, fifth is going to finish. They are a bit different and I like them. Just thought that I will upload my next couple thousands and then can expect a payout every month.

It's up and down for me, as with any other agency, although slower than most. I'm still comfortable with them. It's where I send customers who want to buy my photos, since they generate much more profit per sale than others.

I'm much more worried about places like Crestock and Snapvillage, where I have a similar sales volume, but just a fraction of the profit.

I had my latest sale there 2 days ago, so they are absolutely alive 

When I was on FP, even my views seemed to stop dead. So in March I think I dumped this dog.

steadily increasing sales all year, nothing amazing but good steady growth.  Payout now about every 4-5 weeks and with new uploads in bulk and 100% acceptance rate they are one I'm sticking with.   

Good luck Dan let us know how it goes !

Good move, Dan.  Even if FP is slower than many sites, I like them and I do reasonably well there.  Got 7 sales there this month, what puts it not very behind BigStock and 123 for me in $$.

Regards,
Adelaide

My little experience is: 5 sales joining all sites, I'm an absolutely beginner and I'm microstocking just fun (I'm not good enough yet and my equipment is just a coolpix L2 , but the one I've sold on FP has give me 70% of all my earnings.

The idea of being exclusive on FP in the future is in my mind, the site is the way I like and you could set your own price which I think is very interesting. I think microstock prices are absolutely crazy because they don't respect the talent of the photographer at all. Arts and commercial should be together in my opinion.