It was nice to see that photographer's payout helped her through "Ike."  I really didn't think people were earning that much already through Cutcaster!  I'd love to see her portfolio.

I've been toying with the idea of uploading to Cutcaster but so far haven't.  The reason?  I've looked through some portolios and have been horrified at the low technical quality that's been accepted.  I've only been doing microstock for about a year in my spare time and have been trained through the SS and IS "school of hard knocks."  Now I know what to look for and I'm my own worst critic.  I can't even look at a friend's photos anymore for fear they'll ask me "what I think."  (well, your white balance is off, the focus is soft and the composition is not very interesting.)  I'm in no way proclaiming to be a great photographer- far from it, but I'm always looking to improve and use rejections as a stepping stone.

So- back to the original dilemma.  I really love John's attitude and the way he's running things over there.  On the other hand, how can a site that offers lower quality for more $$$ compete with sites that have a high standard for less $$$?  But then you hear a story like "Fern" so obviously something is selling there...plus I joined Photoshelter about a month ago (may she rest in peace) so I'm still reeling from that one and wondering if it's worth my time to try another new site, especially with the above mentioned problems.

I really need someone to shed a fresh perspective on this.  Any thoughts?

Very nice reply, whitechild!  It's always helpful to get a fresh perspective. 

As whitechild has pointed out, Cutcaster has a great customer service, and that alone is a good reason for me to give them a fair chance.

Today all my photos have price of 20 $...
Does anyone know why!?

My price option is : Cutcaster algorithm...

I have no problem opening cutcaster.com all day long.

20$ is the starting price, if you choose cutcaster algorithm. All my photos were 20$ the first day they were uploaded. It will change in time.

I signed up with Cutcaster after John contacted me directly and asked me to check it out. That is something that no one has ever done with me before, and I figured that alone made it worth my time. Sure it's an unproven site, and generally I avoid newcomers, but the fact that John seems to have such dedication and drive to make the site succeed and gets so personally involved in building Cutcaster's roster of talent makes me believe that taking a chance on Cutcaster is nothing like taking a chance on some of the many other new sites that don't put as much into it as John has. I'm not saying that anyone else should or shouldn't sign up. That's up to you guys. I just happen to have had a good experience with Cutcaster so far, and I am inclined to believe that we may see this site sticking around for a while, possibly even shaking things up a bit in the list of top microstock sites at some point.

Sharing pretty much the same experience as you guys with Cutcaster. John's dedication is unbelievable. Hell, he even answers to mails on the run. Not sure he sleeps at all;)

Keep up the great work, Cutcaster.

The same with me. Sometimes I feel that we don't send mail to each other because it looks more like a live chat.

) His Blackberry skills are amazing.

p.s.: John, calm down, man!;)
p.p.s.: Whitechild, pička mu materina, dober je!;)

Hahaha, good one domencolja 

Hahaha.  I said when I started and made a pledge to always be available and not hide behind a PO box or [email protected] email. 

You can see that pledge on the contact us page at Cutcaster.  http://www.cutcaster.com/info/contact

If you guys are going to trust me with your hard work, I am going to be there to provide feedback and work my butt off to sell your images.

I'm gonna try out cutcaster as well.  I had high hopes with Photoshelter, but that all went south.  I really don't want to go back to Microstock; especially Shutterstock with their two bit (literally) commission.  Ive got several
hundred good images, so as I have the time Ill see how things go over there.

Anyone care to comment about how they're doing on Cutcaster?  It's a new site but doesn't seem to be going anywhere; perhaps it's still too early----visions of Un-Lucky Oliver come to mind.....