MicrostockGroup

IMO, the royalty % that microstock pays is not as important as two other numbers:

1. The total royalty amount over all images: This is the number that others have discussed in this thread.  In other words, it is better to make 100 sales @ 0.20 (which is $20.00), then it is to make 10 sales at 0.50 (which is $5.00).  This figure is what makes Shutterstock a great site.  They have small royalties, but LOTS of sales.

2. The average royalty/image.

Here are my averages:

LuckyOliver	$1.043
Stockxpert	$0.856
DreamsTime	$0.813
Fotolia	$0.566
BigStockPhoto	$0.500
iStockphoto	$0.448
Shutterstock	$0.25
123RF	$0.270

As you can see, LuckyOliver has the highest average royalty/image (@ $1.04).  But this figure is only based on a few sales, so I will need to give it some time to get a better reading, but I believe that it will be one of the higher paying sites (based on average royalty/image).

But if sales pick up and the average royalty/image is high, then this site could be very good for photographers.

Yes, and yes.

Had a que waiting to get approved for at least 2 weeks. Used to be they would pile up for a few days, but like some agencies, when they got to you, they reviewed them all. Then I got a nice email saying which ones, if any, were decliend and why.  Now, I get the email below, and some number of my images aren't in the que anymore, but most are. Without comparing one on one with my portfolio, I don't know which ones they reviewed and which ones were approved. I hope they are as busy marketing as they say they are.


"Nice work! We received your latest bunch and the ones we've approved so far are now in your
portfolio."

That doesn't cut it.