MicrostockGroup

as mentioned in other thread I tried 3 times and saw no benefit.  If there had been a significant (20%??) increase I would have continued taking the view it was marketing.

It also been pointed out to me recently how many free images are now out there (person telling me had a few thousand) and how there are number of people who check sites daily just grabbing the freebies and never buying. also made the point that the 'not good enough for stock' was good enough 2 years ago and end user requirements hasn't really changed.

I posted some on 123rf and saw no benefit.

Miz

I am the person you are quoting about the free images and can I say they I have never complained about subs. Its a personal opinion if you opt in or out of subs, personally I have tried opting in and out, and not found a large difference either way. So have stayed in.

As for the free images they are only available as small web size but help that image rise up the search results so you sell more larger images. Again it works for me, maybe because of the images I produce maybe for some other reason. I do this as my job so I wouldn't give my images away if it didnt work.

I don't agree with this.  I think that buyers often browse portfolios if they see an image that they like and if you have a 'million' inferior images then the 'hundred' good ones will get lost and the buyer won't be bothered to wade through the whole lot to find anything worth buying