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I have only be at this microstock stuff for about 10 months.  I have anywhere from 100-500 photos at the different sites.  I am not the best photographer but people are buying some of my stuff.  I would guess that my annual sales would be around $1000.  My goal is to get to $5-10K so I can get a Full frame camera and new lenses some day... and then keep my habit fed.

But here is the deal......

Fotolia is rejecting a most (98%) of my stuff.  They did not do that in the past?  The stuff that is being reject is being accepted at the other sites (Istock, shutterstock, Stockexpert, dreamstime) and some are selling well (by my standards) AND almost right away.  But my sales at Fotolia are crawling to a standstill.

I had the impression that Fotolia was a site that was comparible to Istock and Shutterstock.

Are looking for something that the other sites are not looking for?

BTW Shutterstock is the best.... high approval rating for me.... fast reviews.... quick sales.

rejecting just about everything I upload !  they didn't use to  

  You have to be careful not to upload similar images from the same photoshoot. They tend to take one and reject the others. I try to stagger such shots, by uploading months apart.

OK... I do a lot of misc. landscape and HDR  : )

I have used to do more light box stuff.... maybe it was because of the type of stuff I submitted.

As others have said Bob, it most likely isn't you.

Many of us have had similar experiences of having random batches of images rejected at Fotolia for no apparent reason.

Lately they have been accepting my work though, so probably I should not have said anything.  Would hate to jinx it! 

I don`t agree with that.  I think that feeding the beast and putting up just about everything you have is what causes the rejection.
 

HaHa,
I thought that by feeding the beast you meant just putting everything you had up to them. They seem a lot more selective about the type of images they want compared to other sites. Luckily I produce the style of images that they want so have a pretty good acceptance rate.   I find IS a lot more difficult to get images approved at.

I don't want to brag, but Fotolia takes most of my images, maybe 95-98%. But I only do people shoots though...

thanks guys for the tip. i just did my first model released shoot this week, so i'll see if your theory pans out.


i had my two first ever landscapes approved by ft last week. but on closer inspection at 100%, you can actually see blobs of people.