MicrostockGroup

I've basically stopped uploading there recently, or limited my uploads to my least complex images. It doesn't really matter how detailed an image is, they still pretty much always price them at 1 credit. I contacted them a while back about it, and the response I got was that they believe they'll generate more income for contributors by keeping the prices lower and generating more frequent sales. So far, I'm not seeing much to suggest that the strategy is working. I hit a payout every couple of months, but it's not enough to warrant any added effort.

If they at least put some images at 3 or 5 credits, I'd probably be more inclined to give them more of a chance. But at 1 credit, I'm not sending much new work their way.

anyone got more comments?thanks.

in shutterstock the on demands and EL makes a lot of differences, and the subs download volume is many enough. how about in vectorstock?

Vectorstock hasn't really gotten the high volume of sales that I hoped for, given the low prices. I could live with the 30 cents per sale if the volume was there, and it would also be easier to climb the ranks and get those higher pay percentages faster. But so far, it hasn't panned out for me.

Vectorstock has some good and bad things about it.
On the bad side, you have to resize your thumbnails to dimensions which no other stock agency uses. And, of course, the 1 credit issue, mentioned above.

  On the good side, VS pays faster than any other site. Sometimes on the same day you request payment. And the site is fast and pretty easy to use.

Yep they're at 30 maximum keywords which makes it hard sometimes to figure out what words to cut out and which we think are the most important.

my files are still pending for quite some times, do we have to generate thumbnails for the ftp transfer option too?

are contributors able to delete own files anytime?

God why is this crappy site still around?? Its the most offensive site out there for contributors. You guys really need to stop contributing to this bs site even if its a hobby for u guys since it creates the impression to the general uninformed public that you can get vectors for dirt cheap and time spent creating them isnt valuable. you are really working for pennies. Sites like these really hurt professionals in the long run.

I think I'll just regard vectorstock as a dollar-bin site going forward. If I have an image that I really think is worth just $1, I might upload it. Other than that, I think I'm ready to give up hope that this site will ever grow into anything worthwhile. I had hoped that things would improve there, as the site grew they might reassess pricing, etc., but no progress has been made.