So true. I sold this one http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-63808306/ as an EL on Bigstock, for example.

Quote from: Rinderart on May 19, 2016, 23:15

Also..... I hate to say the thing they have about deleting Images is the best Move in all Of Microstock and I wish SS and the others did it.

but then there's this

http://forums.submit.shutterstock.com/topic/88521-dont-delete-anything/

Then it would be a Moot Point if sites did it. I wouldn't do it myself. But if all sites did it as standard. Im There.

I've gotten five times more sales during the same time period on ss than on dt. Their review times have gotten considerably longer too.

Only five times? So your sales on DT are good.
Or your sales on Shutterstock are so bad?

This month I have already 400 times more sales on Shutterstock than on Dreamstime��

I have just double earnings on SS as DT.    It's not like the old days but still ok.

Why it should take time??? It is microstock. Photos can be sold directly from the first second images are online. I dont get for what they need the time.

Quote from: substancep on May 24, 2016, 13:56

I've gotten five times more sales during the same time period on ss than on dt. Their review times have gotten considerably longer too.

Only five times? So your sales on DT are good.
Or your sales on Shutterstock are so bad?

This month I have already 400 times more sales on Shutterstock than on Dreamstime��

Just starting out, I have around a hundred images on both sites. The difference is still pretty significant.

My ratio is about 5:1 but SS has never been as far ahead for me as many. According to the poll next door it "should" be around 7:1

DT started dying with subscriptions introduction... All what was DT before it had gone!

So whats hapenning with DT. I haven't had a single sale for over a month now. Not that I was making some serious money before, but I had regular sales. Mostly credits and also some subs. But now not a single sale from May 9th. This is just weird.

They changed the search so that the default search is Best Selling instead of Most Relevant.  Some people do better from it some people do worse. Mostly the older contributors are doing better than the newer ones as they have more proven images.

DT has completely died for me also, I just sent in my 30 days notice to cancel exclusivity. I went from 20-40 sales per month, making $20-$30 (part time contributor) to just 10 in the last 30 days, total revenue, $10 approx.

exclusivity?? wow. can't blame DT for that Move.Why would you do That. Just curious. haven't heard anyone do that in many years.

I'm not blaming DT, they have to do what's best for their business. My reason for going exclusive is that I was a n00b and contributing to stock is just a side project, something I do in my spare time. I signed up to multiple agencies then decided that it was too much hassle to maintain multiple portfolios. DT's exclusive package looked to be the best and I also had my first sale on the site compared to none on the others.
I'll be having a little more time on my hands going forward as I'm returning to college to study full time in August, so I can spend more time uploading and maintaining ports

Actually I had a sale about 1 hour after I wrote that post. 10 credits sale.... First sale after a month and a day

June is really good month for me on 123rf, already twice as my average, I had 2 5$+ LELs and then 1 sale for 11$+ + one for 3$+ and some other sales...