MicrostockGroup

Hm... I have just read, they pay you only 20% of sale to photographer (for non exclusive images). that is too low. Is it worth uploading to istock?


For example, if I have 1000 images online, can I earn 100$ per month?

the biggest on FT sale for me was for 5 credits resulting in $1.59, on IS for L size image $2.50.
FT, not IS pays low.

tnx! as soon as I finish my expanding to StockXpert I will start uploading on istock (I hate that small weekly limit), and once I upload most of the photos, I expect 1000$ per month in total (FT+SS+DS+StockXpert+IS).

I am thinking to expand on bigstock, but dont have much time for upload and stuff.... and I dont thing bigstock is such a good earner....  if it is less than 50$ per month, it is not worth it. it takes a lot of time to manage all those sites.....



boy when I remeber when I was exclusive to fotolia! I was making 100 bucks, and was happy! lol!


anyway, FT is still my best earner, but SS is very close. in mart I think that SS-FT will be 50-50

With 1000 good Photos i make more than 1000.-  $ every month at macrostocks like Alamy. And i get 65% there... Here is something wrong....

With their price increase I made $3.19 per image last month in regular sales.  This month doesn't look as high, but they sure know how to sell photos at Istock... enough to make most of us forgive the lousy 20%.

 I  make over 2000$ every month with  less than a 1000 images at microstock sites so maybe there's nothing wrong.

Oh ok I thought you meant altogether from your stock sites.  Which RM site would you reccomend to start with? I have being toying with the idea for a while now of every shoot I do for RF doing a few extras just for RM.

I think iStock is the #1 earner for most people who match all of these criteria:
1. People who have been in microstock for at least a year.
2. People who do NOT use their upload limit in full.
3. People who do not upload very much (new uploads help in SS but nowhere else).

I fall in this category and if I could get 40% commission as diamond level contributors I would go exclusive. Right now I am bronze so it is not worth it.

I have 260 pics in portfolio and I make between $100 and $200 a month.

I started uploading to IS 4 months ago and average around $1.50/download. Most of my sales come from my illustrations which tend to be downloaded at larger sizes. Not to mention the recent price increase, which has been getting me lots of $2-4 L and XL downloads. I have not gotten a single extended license from IS though.