MicrostockGroup

Because of what I've been hearing here, I haven't submitted to veer yet. I'm going to wait and see. I did go to deposit photo. Low views and no sales so far. I stopped uploading there and working on the other sites where I actually get at least some views. You're probably looking for more experienced members, but I thought I'd add my 2 cents anyway.

Thanks for the replies.  Wonder who has rated them high enough to get them into the middle tier? 

I didn't do the poll this month but Veer have replaced DT in the Big 4 for me so far in August.  DepositPhotos have had a few sub sales and 1 credit sale and are well down my list.

veer are number 5 for me for the past few months. considering a couple of thousand of the images have bad keywording from snap and I have around 700 in the queue, I am very pleased with them. Easily outperform the rest of the middle tier

Deposit earns, but it is low. 1 or 2 subs or a low $ download most days. Has about half my port, when I upload a new batch I click through a few extras and so very slowly getting my whole port on. They are still gaining 30-40k images a week, like stockfresh I keep adding when I'm in the mood, but no great hurry. Considering its age, its not doing too bad, they have the mechanisms for driving traffic to the site, I'd put them in low earners, but I think they are one of the most likely to rise higher.

Veer is a slow earner for me but when I get a sale it seems to make up for the inactivity at that site.   I've had a few files sell there for $30+!  Just recieved a payout and I have a portfolio there with less than 250 images.

Wish they could review files as fast as the other sites!

I do want this site to become a main player!

Veer can be pretty decent some months and I still have hopes that they will increase business.  DepositPhotos is less for me than Veer.

DepositPhotos, GraphicLeftovers and crestock all have a 1.9 rating though so it could really go either way.  Yaymicro isn't far behind either.  That, and if more people put in their votes for Panthermedia and Pond5 they would be on the middle teer too and push the bottom ones out.

VEER is 1.0% of my total earnings (average 2010) - only slightly less than BS 1.7% and CAN 1.4%, while "Low Earners" are near 0% for me - so yes, it's "Middle Tier" in that sense.

Whether it's worth or not, it's another question; luckily - besides optimism and boredom as someone said - it's also very easy to upload to VEER (no categories).

DP I cannot say as I just started last month and only had a few subs sales.

so are those microstock website on right side which have no rating is arranged by voting too?

I mean I saw mostphotos are 3rf from the bottom, it means pond5 and photospin had better sales than mostphotos, for most contributors?

thanks.

Veer has a sound backer in Corbis. Over the medium to long term they are a reasonable investment given the time it takes to upload there. No way middle tier for me, but a good proposition if you're looking to increase the number of sites you submit to.

I would happily drop Crestock and Yay were it not that, again, their upload process in very easy.

Deposit I don't know enough about.

I'll happily give Veer time, and think it wise to have a prescence early on.

Oldhand

  For me Veer is running about the same as bigstock and 123rf- that is, not very good- about 4% of sales. For years I have had images in a collection at the macro veer site, but since Corbis came in, they seem to make one bad change after another, and the sales are dropping by huge leaps. I was hoping that the microstock website might be something that they could get going and make a splash with, but as always, everything is slow and half-hearted. As much as i detest some of the practices at istock, etc, there is at least a sense of urgency and competitiveness that is missing at corbis, and now veer. That's a shame, because veer has a great reputation with designers. It used to be the go to website for "fresh and new". Now, i don't know what they stand for. Take away Bill Gate's  money and maybe that would light a fire under them...

I had a brilliant august with Veer and to me it seems like they are starting to take off, September is starting well also.

As far as the top earning scale goes for me it is Shutterstock, iStock, Veer, Dreamstime, Panther...then a vast gulf until Fotolia and a few other dead loss sites.

My first submission to Veer resulted in 100% rejection (including material that had already sold on other sites), so I relegated it to a site that doesn't want what I do, and I haven't submitted anything since.