Let's go if I can put this on: Just want to know: what's better, a system based on number of sales on ecah image and level based on images, like DT or a system based on number of sales from the photographer(white, bronze,silver,etc), like fotolia?
The DT system of course, since it's also better for the buyer. The level system is a Darwinian system that makes the most salable images rise to the top by the only criterion that matters:
sales. Agencies don"t sell contributors but
images. A high volume contributor can upload crap images once in a while, and an occasional one can upload a flame.