Author Topic: POLL: How many agencies do you contribute to? (Read 14882 times)

luissantos84 · « **on:** February 23, 2012, 17:00 »

this won´t be the poll of 2012 but I believe it may be interesting to see if contributors are looking for more income beside the top 5 agencies, please vote

lisafx · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2012, 17:23 »

I'm on 15 now, counting Alamy. I still make 90% of my income from the top four, though. Some, like Depositphoto, Photodune, and Veer, are doing okay. Then there are sites like Crestock and StockFresh that just seem dead, dead, dead.

w7lwi · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2012, 18:53 »

Currently eight including Alamy. Three in the top tier, two in the middle tier and two in the low earners, plus Alamy. Considering adding Deposit Photos. Is DP worthwhile?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2012, 19:44 »

Quote from: lisafx on February 23, 2012, 17:23

I'm on 15 now, counting Alamy. I still make 90% of my income from the top four, though. Some, like Depositphoto, Photodune, and Veer, are doing okay. Then there are sites like Crestock and StockFresh that just seem dead, dead, dead.

don´t use the "dead" word, they might get you like CC did with me

(how sad...)

thanks for sharing Lisa, I believe I am over 30, basically if I am not shooting/editing for any reason (lazyness, etc) I am looking for more revenue, majority doesn´t take off or take like 2 years to a payout

some are nice surprises like iSignstock, at this moment I am uploading to 4 "new" agencies, all seem to have potential, will see that later (I am talking about agencies that are willing to do the submitting job)

will keep posted the intervenients of this post

p.s: 84% from top 5 agencies (2011 totals)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2012, 19:45 »

Quote from: w7lwi on February 23, 2012, 18:53

Currently eight including Alamy. Three in the top tier, two in the middle tier and two in the low earners, plus Alamy. Considering adding Deposit Photos. Is DP worthwhile?

sure it is

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:08 »

I checked 7-10, but I don't upload everything, regularly, to all of them. If an agency can't manage to make regular sales out of 500 files that I know sell, then I don't bother uploading more - Pixmac is in that category, for example. BigStock is too, but I had assumed I'd see sales at a similar level to what I had in the past there, and that meant I uploaded about 1,200 images there, but am not uploading more as it's a waste of time, IMO.

I don't try every new site, but I am on the lookout for something that may end up toppling the current crop of bloated, greedy agencies that are overdue for their comeuppance

I had hopes for PhotoDune, but it slowed down a lot after the initial surge of sales. I had hopes for Stockfresh because of Peter's track record, but sales are so slow I don't see any reason to upload more.

lagereek · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:16 »

I upload to 7 agencies. I am registered with more but not active. These seven include the big 4 and 3 in the middle tier. In RM, RF, its Getty and Alamy.

havent got the time for any more, besides, I believe in, better to produce utter quality, rather then quantity.

Paulo M. F. Pires · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2012, 07:43 »

As "stock rookie" shooting mostly what I like, I'm working with 18 agencies ( including Alamy and a private one ) , and will evaluate which ones will prevail, when hit 2 years of work ( + - Oct 2012 ).

Probably will keep those that I can easily feed up with my type of work, with regular income.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2012, 08:55 »

thanks for sharing everybody!

Eireann · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2012, 10:11 »

9 here.
Well... 10 actually.
A few days ago I started with 'All You Can Stock' - but at the moment I only have 20 images there. I plan to upload the rest though, so, yes, 10.
I had 1 more on my list - Panthermedia, but their upload system drove me mad, so I gave them up after a few tries.

@w7,
Deposit Photos worth uploading?
Absolutely, yes. Go ahead, it's easy and sales keep on growing. Well worth it.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2012, 10:18 »

Quote from: Eireann on February 24, 2012, 10:11

I had 1 more on my list - Panthermedia, but their upload system drove me mad, so I gave them up after a few tries.

actually they are quite better now, you can pick the all batch, copy the main keywords and then again the all batch only click the rights box and the last into 30%, you don´t need to change or add anything else

Druid · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2012, 13:38 »

I upload to 12, but like many who have replied one or two are really not worth the bother ie. Crestock and Cutcaster so have just about stopped uploading to them. I'm still waiting for my last upload to Crestock (4 weeks ago) to be reviewed so haven't bothered uploading any since complete waste of time and effort.

rubyroo · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2012, 01:48 »

10 for me.

I had a moment recently (when 123RF announced their upcoming commission cut) where I thought maybe I should spread my port further and abandon my cautious ways together with any sense of loyalty, but I think for now I'll stick with these. At least I know they're well-established companies with reputations to consider, and they're also reliable payers.

I still feel nervous and wary about trusting and joining brand new agencies. Perhaps as their stories unfold a little longer I'll change my mind, but for now, what I have will do for me.

eyecandy · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2012, 07:18 »

Only 4 so far. :/ It is super confusing with all the different uploading systems....

Thumbs up for those who can manage it!

ShadySue · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2012, 07:26 »

Alamy (RM), iStock (RF); quite enough for me ATM, though I'm still considering other RM outlets.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #15 on:** March 08, 2012, 14:08 »

Can someone figure out how this correlates to the charts on the right? Might be very interesting.

I'm thinking agencies vs income, but the big question would also be, how many images.

Example: Panther has an 8 rating. $8 a month. We don't know if that's 30 people with 1000 images or 100 people with 50 images?

Do the people who are only on 6 or less agencies also people with low image counts? So the bigg collections are spread out everywhere and bring in better returns, while someone with under 500 images might find having 25 agencies, a waste of time.

I don't know, but it would be interesting. I don't know if Leaf's annual survey can put this data together in any way? Kind of agencies ranked by number of images and number of agencies? Not just "how much to you make" but how many images do you have. Or for those who keep track, agency RPI.

But then the bigger question, is it illustration or photos. Do you shoot models or sliced vegetables. Is it a hobby with some fairly poor Microstock content (that would be me) or very serious with selective, very best images, which would be a bunch of the top people who read here.

Whatever, it's not as easy as How Much from what agency (survey on the right) or How many agencies. It's much more complex. The data needs to be somehow combined to make some sense of it.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 08, 2012, 14:29 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on March 08, 2012, 14:08

Can someone figure out how this correlates to the charts on the right? Might be very interesting.

I'm thinking agencies vs income, but the big question would also be, how many images.

Example: Panther has an 8 rating. $8 a month. We don't know if that's 30 people with 1000 images or 100 people with 50 images?

Do the people who are only on 6 or less agencies also people with low image counts? So the bigg collections are spread out everywhere and bring in better returns, while someone with under 500 images might find having 25 agencies, a waste of time.

I don't know, but it would be interesting. I don't know if Leaf's annual survey can put this data together in any way? Kind of agencies ranked by number of images and number of agencies? Not just "how much to you make" but how many images do you have. Or for those who keep track, agency RPI.

But then the bigger question, is it illustration or photos. Do you shoot models or sliced vegetables. Is it a hobby with some fairly poor Microstock content (that would be me) or very serious with selective, very best images, which would be a bunch of the top people who read here.

Whatever, it's not as easy as How Much from what agency (survey on the right) or How many agencies. It's much more complex. The data needs to be somehow combined to make some sense of it.

I agree, you have some good points, I believe that the quantity ain´t important once only a small % of it will sell, in my case from 3530 pictures at SS only 2305 sold at least once, so I believe even if you have a small port but a high % of it selling well it might be worth contributing to some smaller agencies (sure the worth is relative), its a lot better to shoot more stuff (better if possible) and submit than just upoading "everywhere".. in the end you are basically spending your time and what/how you would be spending it if you werent uploading/submitting.. I believe after a while you will understand what were worth or not..

RacePhoto · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2012, 14:43 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 08, 2012, 14:29

Quote from: RacePhoto on March 08, 2012, 14:08
Can someone figure out how this correlates to the charts on the right? Might be very interesting.

I'm thinking agencies vs income, but the big question would also be, how many images.

Example: Panther has an 8 rating. $8 a month. We don't know if that's 30 people with 1000 images or 100 people with 50 images?

Do the people who are only on 6 or less agencies also people with low image counts? So the bigg collections are spread out everywhere and bring in better returns, while someone with under 500 images might find having 25 agencies, a waste of time.

I don't know, but it would be interesting. I don't know if Leaf's annual survey can put this data together in any way? Kind of agencies ranked by number of images and number of agencies? Not just "how much to you make" but how many images do you have. Or for those who keep track, agency RPI.

But then the bigger question, is it illustration or photos. Do you shoot models or sliced vegetables. Is it a hobby with some fairly poor Microstock content (that would be me) or very serious with selective, very best images, which would be a bunch of the top people who read here.

Whatever, it's not as easy as How Much from what agency (survey on the right) or How many agencies. It's much more complex. The data needs to be somehow combined to make some sense of it.

I agree, you have some good points, I believe that the quantity ain´t important once only a small % of it will sell, in my case from 3530 pictures at SS only 2305 sold at least once, so I believe even if you have a small port but a high % of it selling well it might be worth contributing to some smaller agencies (sure the worth is relative), its a lot better to shoot more stuff (better if possible) and submit than just upoading "everywhere".. in the end you are basically spending your time and what/how you would be spending it if you werent uploading/submitting.. I believe after a while you will understand what were worth or not..

Nice work, and in case some think otherwise, nice survey, fun reading. I just wonder about the nuances of the details sometimes.

Yes I could remove about half of my images on SS and make my RPI skyrocket without risking more than a dollar in sales over the next year. Some are so bad, I'm still asking myself two things: 1) What Was I thinking? 2) Why did they accept it?

When you or someone else does this over again, do we have to count partners, so one account at FT is really 18 sites. (just kidding) LOL Was this specifically ONLY microstock sites. So people can leave out Getty, Corbis, Alamy, and that one that calls us LVSI (whatever?). You need more definitions and rules. And oh yes, go past 10! Try 15, 20 and over 25. I think you'll be surprised that some people are easily on over 25 and very active. It's almost the essence of crowd-sourcing and real microstock, to be everywhere possible!

I think Leaf said any site on the right needs 25 votes to appear. That's something else people can watch as an indication of how many people do ?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2012, 14:45 »

its 50 votes

wut · « **Reply #19 on:** March 08, 2012, 14:59 »

Quote from: lisafx on February 23, 2012, 17:23

I'm on 15 now, counting Alamy. I still make 90% of my income from the top four, though. Some, like Depositphoto, Photodune, and Veer, are doing okay. Then there are sites like Crestock and StockFresh that just seem dead, dead, dead.

I'm on 10 and Alamy. But just until NY or so, when I suddenly got the urge to sign up to a few more. I'm sorry I did, a lot of time wasted, just like Lisa I get roughly 90% from top 4, even more if I discard Alamy. CS was surprisingly good last month though, the rest were bringing me just peanuts or even less, just getting a few sales. The worst of all is BS, complicated UL process and pathetic returns. PD was, just like jsnover mentioned good for a few days after I uploaded half of my port over there. DP is going nowhere, I've been with them for six months or so, just stagnating from the 2nd month on, sales are very low. I don't upload to 123RF because of recent events, that made me puck in my mouth, although they are still my #4 earner (when the cuts become effective, they won't be anymore, even if I get to 45% since they're usually just 20$ ahead of DT). And that's that, a short summary of my performance at non big 4 agencies

RacePhoto · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2012, 16:49 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 08, 2012, 14:45

its 50 votes

OOPS! Make that fifty. Sorry for the weak memory.

Quote from: wut on March 08, 2012, 14:59

Quote from: lisafx on February 23, 2012, 17:23
I'm on 15 now, counting Alamy. I still make 90% of my income from the top four, though. Some, like Depositphoto, Photodune, and Veer, are doing okay. Then there are sites like Crestock and StockFresh that just seem dead, dead, dead.

I'm on 10 and Alamy. But just until NY or so, when I suddenly got the urge to sign up to a few more. I'm sorry I did, a lot of time wasted, just like Lisa I get roughly 90% from top 4, even more if I discard Alamy. CS was surprisingly good last month though, the rest were bringing me just peanuts or even less, just getting a few sales. The worst of all is BS, complicated UL process and pathetic returns. PD was, just like jsnover mentioned good for a few days after I uploaded half of my port over there. DP is going nowhere, I've been with them for six months or so, just stagnating from the 2nd month on, sales are very low. I don't upload to 123RF because of recent events, that made me puck in my mouth, although they are still my #4 earner (when the cuts become effective, they won't be anymore, even if I get to 45% since they're usually just 20$ ahead of DT). And that's that, a short summary of my performance at non big 4 agencies

Yes, but remember I'm lazy and by only contributing to two agencies, I cut out the middle men and get more time to nap, for pretty much the same return.

I'm in no way advocating that everyone else should only work with SS and IS, it's just what works for me. Lazy is also known as optimizing returns, but call it what you want, two works fine and I'm happy. Adding audio to IS is entertaining. Hey car sounds, anyone need some? I uploaded some video to SS, which looks like will be growing roots and sprouting new branches, before it gets reviewed.

Waiting for the survey to hit 100! Who's holding back?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2012, 16:55 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on March 08, 2012, 16:49

Waiting for the survey to hit 100! Who's holding back?

just did lol 71% contribute to < = 15 agencies

lisafx · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2012, 19:32 »

Would any of those who contribute to >25 agencies be willing to share if/why they feel it is worthwhile to do that? Are you making any money on the additional 10+ agencies?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 08, 2012, 20:02 »

Quote from: lisafx on March 08, 2012, 19:32

Would any of those who contribute to >25 agencies be willing to share if/why they feel it is worthwhile to do that? Are you making any money on the additional 10+ agencies?

in 2011
200$ to 250$ - canstockphoto, depositphotos, zazzle
150$ to 200$ - bigstock, panthermedia, photodune, isignstock, veer, stockxpert
80$ - mostphotos
4$ to 44$ - irockstock, superhug, crestock, featurepics, allyoucanstock, yaymicro, 3dstudio, stockfresh, scanstock, pixmac, glstock

nicku · « **Reply #24 on:** March 09, 2012, 01:03 »

Quote from: lisafx on February 23, 2012, 17:23

I'm on 15 now, counting Alamy. I still make 90% of my income from the top four, though. Some, like Depositphoto, Photodune, and Veer, are doing okay. Then there are sites like Crestock and StockFresh that just seem dead, dead, dead.

i contribute only on SS, DT,FT,1234RF,DP,CanStockPhoto.

SS,DT, FT and 123RF make over 95% of my income. why should I waste time on other agencies ( exept IS but that is a personal matter) for 5 max. 10%. that extra time i can use improving my port on the big 4.

PS i just started last week contributing on Alamy.

cthoman · « **Reply #25 on:** March 09, 2012, 01:38 »

Quote from: nicku on March 09, 2012, 01:03

i contribute only on SS, DT,FT,1234RF,DP,CanStockPhoto.

SS,DT, FT and 123RF make over 95% of my income. why should I waste time on other agencies ( exept IS but that is a personal matter) for 5 max. 10%. that extra time i can use improving my port on the big 4.

PS i just started last week contributing on Alamy.

I'd say you never really know until you try. The agencies you mentioned are only a little over 50% of my income, so everyone's numbers are a little different.

lagereek · « **Reply #26 on:** March 09, 2012, 02:52 »

To be honest, I dont see how anybody can have time to maintain quality when uploading to 20-25, agencies. Sure, same pics and all but just the uploading process, editing, etc, takes time.
So where is the time for photography?

Microbius · « **Reply #27 on:** March 09, 2012, 04:54 »

I upload to twenty agencies, uploading takes approx an hour and a half and I upload a batch every couple of days.
All jobs have sucky parts, and 1.5 hours every second day is less suckyness then a lot of the jobs I've had.

Keywording and the like would have to be done regardless.

wut · « **Reply #28 on:** March 09, 2012, 05:02 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 08, 2012, 20:02

Quote from: lisafx on March 08, 2012, 19:32
Would any of those who contribute to >25 agencies be willing to share if/why they feel it is worthwhile to do that? Are you making any money on the additional 10+ agencies?

in 2011
200$ to 250$ - canstockphoto, depositphotos, zazzle
150$ to 200$ - bigstock, panthermedia, photodune, isignstock, veer, stockxpert
80$ - mostphotos
4$ to 44$ - irockstock, superhug, crestock, featurepics, allyoucanstock, yaymicro, 3dstudio, stockfresh, scanstock, pixmac, glstock

Exactly! So why? 6$/month per agency for the top 3, few cents for the bottom. Beats me as to why would anyone contribute to those agencies

luissantos84 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 09, 2012, 08:57 »

Quote from: wut on March 09, 2012, 05:02

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 08, 2012, 20:02
Quote from: lisafx on March 08, 2012, 19:32
Would any of those who contribute to >25 agencies be willing to share if/why they feel it is worthwhile to do that? Are you making any money on the additional 10+ agencies?

in 2011
200$ to 250$ - canstockphoto, depositphotos, zazzle
150$ to 200$ - bigstock, panthermedia, photodune, isignstock, veer, stockxpert
80$ - mostphotos
4$ to 44$ - irockstock, superhug, crestock, featurepics, allyoucanstock, yaymicro, 3dstudio, stockfresh, scanstock, pixmac, glstock

Exactly! So why? 6$/month per agency for the top 3, few cents for the bottom. Beats me as to why would anyone contribute to those agencies

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 06, 2012, 19:54

you need to pick the right small players like I have said and also told you some numbers..

I will add that I have made around 10k $ in 2011, 1700$ were made in agencies beside the top5 (SS, IS, FT, 123RF, DT)

the time I have spent was worth? in my opinion hell yeah it was and why do I say this? because I wasn´t going to shoot/edit/keywording other stuff so I was uploading/submitting as I was browsing websites, watching TV, facebook, listening to music and this forum, so why not?

if you have plans for shooting more I would say shoot more not uploading to more agencies, you need to check agencies yourself and how they work for you, the majority of them are very quick

its not 6$ per agency for top 3 but over 16$ and the number is growing (actually I said 200 to 250$ per agency) those are not totals

wut · « **Reply #30 on:** March 09, 2012, 10:40 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 09, 2012, 08:57

Quote from: wut on March 09, 2012, 05:02
Quote from: luissantos84 on March 08, 2012, 20:02
Quote from: lisafx on March 08, 2012, 19:32
Would any of those who contribute to >25 agencies be willing to share if/why they feel it is worthwhile to do that? Are you making any money on the additional 10+ agencies?

in 2011
200$ to 250$ - canstockphoto, depositphotos, zazzle
150$ to 200$ - bigstock, panthermedia, photodune, isignstock, veer, stockxpert
80$ - mostphotos
4$ to 44$ - irockstock, superhug, crestock, featurepics, allyoucanstock, yaymicro, 3dstudio, stockfresh, scanstock, pixmac, glstock

Exactly! So why? 6$/month per agency for the top 3, few cents for the bottom. Beats me as to why would anyone contribute to those agencies

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 06, 2012, 19:54
you need to pick the right small players like I have said and also told you some numbers..

I will add that I have made around 10k $ in 2011, 1700$ were made in agencies beside the top5 (SS, IS, FT, 123RF, DT)

the time I have spent was worth? in my opinion hell yeah it was and why do I say this? because I wasn´t going to shoot/edit/keywording other stuff so I was uploading/submitting as I was browsing websites, watching TV, facebook, listening to music and this forum, so why not?

if you have plans for shooting more I would say shoot more not uploading to more agencies, you need to check agencies yourself and how they work for you, the majority of them are very quick

its not 6$ per agency for top 3 but over 16$ and the number is growing (actually I said 200 to 250$ per agency) those are not totals

You better brush up on your math, no wonder you don't see it as a waste of time

. 6x3x12=216

luissantos84 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 09, 2012, 11:24 »

JEEZ!

thats PER AGENCY

over 200$ at canstock, over 200 at deposit, over 200 at zazzle

read ok?

S. · « **Reply #32 on:** March 09, 2012, 12:33 »

>25? How can you submit to more than 25 agencies? Is it worth the time?!

I'm stuck at 10 microstock + alamy

lisafx · « **Reply #33 on:** March 09, 2012, 15:14 »

Thanks Luis for answering my question

If you are making the same at isignstock and panthermedia that you are making at BigStock and Photodune, that is very interesting information. I might consider them if I am looking to upload to a new site, particularly if they offer some assistance getting my current 7k portfolio uploaded.

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2012, 15:37 »

Quote from: lisafx on March 08, 2012, 19:32

Would any of those who contribute to >25 agencies be willing to share if/why they feel it is worthwhile to do that? Are you making any money on the additional 10+ agencies?

These are my February earnings (previous months are very similar)

"Other" includes: CC, CD, CRE, GL, PIX, POND5, SF, SH, SPM, ZOONAR, plus 5 other sites with zero sales.
Note: StockXpert sales are 0% since still not reported (usually about 2%)

So yes, it's worthwhile in my opinion if uploading is easy.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #35 on:** March 09, 2012, 16:12 »

Hi Claudio

What is PS, CD, SPM? (are they PhotoSpin, ClipDealer and StockPhotoMedia?)

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #36 on:** March 09, 2012, 16:14 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on March 09, 2012, 16:12

Hi Claudio
What is PS, CD, SPM? (are they PhotoSpin, ClipDealer and StockPhotoMedia?)

Yes!

luissantos84 · « **Reply #37 on:** March 09, 2012, 16:15 »

Quote from: lisafx on March 09, 2012, 15:14

Thanks Luis for answering my question

If you are making the same at isignstock and panthermedia that you are making at BigStock and Photodune, that is very interesting information. I might consider them if I am looking to upload to a new site, particularly if they offer some assistance getting my current 7k portfolio uploaded.

iSign is upload and DONE not even a click, Panther takes a little more but quite fast too

cascoly · « **Reply #38 on:** March 09, 2012, 16:39 »

i just counted & relaized i was currently dealing w 21 agencies plus 7 for footage

however, the only ones i make sure to send to are SS, Big, 123, & Dt , and Pond5 for video

photodune & most are borderline - fairly easy upls, but poor sales

the others get uploads when i can do it easily - so any agency such as fotolia or panther with poor sales and non-simple upl doesnt get updated often

i have large ports but no sales on superhug, cutcaster, isign, zoonar and seeral others, so those wont be seeing many new images

linma · « **Reply #39 on:** March 09, 2012, 22:41 »

Noted somebody uploading to Alamy, but really no knowledge about this site( only know it's a macrostock site ), why there are few people mention it? is it take much strict rule on image? and hard to earning money than microstock?

Elenathewise · « **Reply #40 on:** March 09, 2012, 23:45 »

Quote from: lagereek on March 09, 2012, 02:52

To be honest, I dont see how anybody can have time to maintain quality when uploading to 20-25, agencies. Sure, same pics and all but just the uploading process, editing, etc, takes time.
So where is the time for photography?

You get your husband (wife, children, pets... ) to do it:)

rubyroo · « **Reply #41 on:** March 10, 2012, 03:51 »

Quote from: Elenathewise on March 09, 2012, 23:45

You get your husband (wife, children, pets... ) to do it:)

Genius! Why didn't I think of that?!

Anita Potter · « **Reply #42 on:** March 10, 2012, 05:15 »

I'm on 11 microstock sites, 1 video site and Alamy. Of the 11 I only upload to 8 and Alamy, Pond 5 I haven't done much with coz it takes me forever to produce a video, and 3 others I don't upload to for personal reasons.

3 in the top tier, 3 in the middle tier and the rest in low earners.

DP is worth it as I keep seeing my sales go up every month. I also agree about being disappointed in StockFresh. I was never apart of StockXpert but thought I'd give them a shot.

Takes a bit to keep track of everything with image requirements and what certain agencies want and don't want from me. It's tedious but somehow I get it all done. I upload once a week.

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #43 on:** March 10, 2012, 06:44 »

Quote from: lagereek on March 09, 2012, 02:52

To be honest, I dont see how anybody can have time to maintain quality when uploading to 20-25, agencies. Sure, same pics and all but just the uploading process, editing, etc, takes time.
So where is the time for photography?

Quote from: rubyroo on March 10, 2012, 03:51

Quote from: Elenathewise on March 09, 2012, 23:45
You get your husband (wife, children, pets... ) to do it:)

Genius! Why didn't I think of that?!

Or if you happen not to have wife and children, a properly integrated use of ftp, lightburner, nightly uploads is the next best thing - I use on an old netbook (with Lunux) which is silent and low-energy, perfect for FTPing but otherwise useless;

it only takes 1 min to launch ftp before going to sleep, and 10 minutes next morning to login and process uploads (avoiding sites without ftp and with categories / too many clicks of course); I can't see how this could affect quality, really - and it's most cost-effective than shooting new photos.

Beach Bum · « **Reply #44 on:** March 10, 2012, 06:48 »

I'm on 14, but I've recently decided to restrict my future uploads to 3.

S. · « **Reply #45 on:** March 10, 2012, 06:54 »

Which low earner websites are worth submitting to?
I use picworkflow, so the upload process is not a big problem. But processing upload, if there are too many clicks involved for categories and stuff, is too much time consuming. So I'm looking for something like GL (just upload) or at least CanStockPhoto, 123RF and Veer (upload and a couple of clicks)

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #46 on:** March 10, 2012, 07:04 »

Quote from: Stepunk on March 10, 2012, 06:54

Which low earner websites are worth submitting to?
I use picworkflow, so the upload process is not a big problem. But processing upload, if there are too many clicks involved for categories and stuff, is too much time consuming. So I'm looking for something like GL (just upload) or at least CanStockPhoto, 123RF and Veer (upload and a couple of clicks)

The best ones - with sales! - are:

iSignStock (just ftp, no clicks at all)

Photodune (ftp, then submit all with few clicks)

wut · « **Reply #47 on:** March 10, 2012, 18:02 »

I remember checking a few of those low sellers a few months ago and there was something wrong with every single on of them. There was either no FTP ULing or you had to apply for it and you had to upload the photos 1 by one or there was no info on commissions (or I couldn't find it) or the pricing was totally confusing, like on superhug, where images are priced randomly from 1 to 4.5$. I couldn't find pricing on any of the sites and all look really amateurish, possibly selling all types of stuff, web templates etc. That doesn't give you much confidence in their sales potential and for those without FTP UL or if FTP is on demand/or you can get it after you have more than 100 files online, there's just no way I'm going to waste my time and probably won't get even 0,1% of SS's earnings.

Not that I wanted to sell at those sites, I just checked a few of them out, since there were threads about new sites or someone mentioned he got a sale at one of those and was totally psyched about it

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