Same here, I had a payout in Feb, and since then my balance remained $0.00

Never sold a pic on FP.    =tom

I have not sold a single picture there since April 15th! Unless they sell anything by the end of this month, I shall stop uploading. It is not worth.

don't feel so bad now.
i have been with fotolia for 4 months too, and zippo for sales.
submitted like over 100 images, in the first 3 weeks, got thrashed
rejected by the mass murderer.
the other reviewer was good, and took what was left, and what this reviewer rejected, there was a good reason given.

so maybe that mass murderer reviewer who mass rejected the other 90 odd images took away some potential business for fotolia.

as for featurepics, i like them, they accept everything. but zippo on sales either.
i think featurepics is good, they are communicative, and do not employ a freako reviewer like fotolia. (thank goodness )...
but perharps they (featurepics) are lacking in sales promotion.

can 't say much about fotolia either, but i think already others have said just about all there is to know about them.

i guess we'll just have to try somewhere else !!!

I was considering rejoining FP to use them as a backbone for a personal website.  Is anyone selling through their own website using FP?  I'd like to look at some examples of what can be done design wise.

This is probably the best way to use FP.

FP for me is not a worst. I have over 1000 images and had 4 payouts, fifth is going to finish. They are a bit different and I like them. Just thought that I will upload my next couple thousands and then can expect a payout every month.

It's up and down for me, as with any other agency, although slower than most. I'm still comfortable with them. It's where I send customers who want to buy my photos, since they generate much more profit per sale than others.

I'm much more worried about places like Crestock and Snapvillage, where I have a similar sales volume, but just a fraction of the profit.

I had my latest sale there 2 days ago, so they are absolutely alive 

When I was on FP, even my views seemed to stop dead. So in March I think I dumped this dog.

steadily increasing sales all year, nothing amazing but good steady growth.  Payout now about every 4-5 weeks and with new uploads in bulk and 100% acceptance rate they are one I'm sticking with.   

Good luck Dan let us know how it goes !

Good move, Dan.  Even if FP is slower than many sites, I like them and I do reasonably well there.  Got 7 sales there this month, what puts it not very behind BigStock and 123 for me in $$.

Regards,
Adelaide

My little experience is: 5 sales joining all sites, I'm an absolutely beginner and I'm microstocking just fun (I'm not good enough yet and my equipment is just a coolpix L2 , but the one I've sold on FP has give me 70% of all my earnings.

The idea of being exclusive on FP in the future is in my mind, the site is the way I like and you could set your own price which I think is very interesting. I think microstock prices are absolutely crazy because they don't respect the talent of the photographer at all. Arts and commercial should be together in my opinion.