I keep hitting BMEs on FT, so I wont drop them, their pricing isnt all too bad considering 123 and BS. I am just going to enjoy the sales, and ignore the rejections. I feel so much better about it now.

They accept most of my illustrations, and reject most of my photos. If I were mainly a photographer, I probably would have given up on them by now.

i'm still trying to work out what their "flavour" is. I don't do flowers, and only a bit of fruit every now and then (only if I'm shooting it for a client). did someone once say they don't like travel/landscapes?
they don't like backgrounds either (overfull category perhaps?)
my health/beauty stuff seems to be the only files that sell well.

Most of what I sell on Alamy has been rejected on other sites. Don't get me wrong I make money on micro sites which adds up but when you sell a photo that has been rejected and sold on Alamy and you get $5, $20 or even $100 or more for that one sale it's a good feeling.

Indeed, and I like Alamy, but the sales are relatively sparse, and they don't always make more than you'd get on the micros (usually I do, but there are some very low value sales with wide usage (RM). I have read that non-micro-style RF gets more money on Alamy, though.
Alamy does have a far better understanding of natural light, which is a Good Thing (if you shoot natural light).

Quote from: hroe on May 01, 2013, 08:24

On my last upload I got 100% acceptation at Alamy (new agency for me)

You do realize that on Alamy it is either 100% approved or 100% failed?  And they do not care at all what you upload as long as the image meets their technical requirements.

On FT I have a very high acceptance ratio, better than most other sites.  Not that my images are particularly good, just that I seem to take things they like to accept.  I have learned a little: never send FT flowers and never send them isolated fruit.  It will get rejected.  Despite the given rejection reasons I think on FT they look more at what the image is than other sites do and they reject things they do not want.

As Poncke has already said, if it is rejected either ignore it and take the sales from the other sites.  Or learn what the site wants and adapt, your choice.

LOL. Got 2 out of 2 flowers accepted today at FT. I was shocked!

You must have gotten the lucky reviewer on the landscapes.   Sigh.  I submitted a batch from my recent trip to Hawaii, and they rejected 3/4 of them.   The ones they kept were the ones I thought were the weakest images. 

The rest they rejected for being "too similar - subject oversaturated" or whatever.   So, apparently, they have tons and tons of aerial photos of Kauai already and don't need any more  (A search reveals a grand total of 49 in the database  )   

I had stopped contributing to them because I was getting so annoyed by the rejection rate, especially since I mostly do landscapes.   But I dropped iStock after the Getty/Google debacle, so I am back to dealing with Fotolia to make up the difference.   The kicker is the few landscape images of mine they do allow in the database always end up selling very well - so its not like their customers don't like them.  Maybe I should think of that as some sort of weird advantage - the few landscape images they do let in are competing in a much smaller pool than at the other agencies so they sell well.   

That sort of image is better off at Alamy.

I've been subscribed to this site for some time, listening, not saying anything. But this thread is suddenly "important" to me, since I just started uploading to Fotolia. Whew!

With over 1,400 images currently earning 33% royalties on SS http://www.shutterstock.com/g/marthamarks, I'm not a rookie, but I'm not super-experienced either. My port's on SS, DT, PhotoDune, Pond5, and Veer... and it was on iStock too until they dropped indie royalties to 15% 2-3 years back. Not worth the hassle and aggravation, so I left.

Every summer, I pick a new agency or two to expand my reach. This year, I chose Pond5 (which has taken almost everything I gave 'em but hasn't sold anything yet) and Fotolia.

Last week, I uploaded to FT the 1,642 images in my "official stock portfolio", all of which have been accepted somewhere or other. So far, FT has taken exactly 250 images http://us.fotolia.com/p/203392298, rejected about 900, and is still working its way through the remainder, so I've got under 30% acceptance to date.

I will give FT lots of credit for really fast turnaround!

Still, I've been stunned and disappointed by such a low rate, especially considering that these images have all passed muster somewhere else. Reading this thread has helped me feel soooo much better.

Yes, FT appears to be unfathonable and fickle, as somebody said. FT has rejected my best-sellers on SS and DT and accepted some that I almost didn't bother uploading. FT says "similar image" even when I can't find anything remotely resembling my image on their site. FT points to "technical problems" as the reason for rejection, but then lists so many possibilities that it's a stab in the dark to guess which one is the culprit. Aaargh!!!

So, thanks to all of you for your insights and words of comfort. :-)

Thanks, Warren, for your compliments. You're very kind!

Based on what I've seen these last two days, I suspect you're right about FT's lack of interest in wildlife and nature. I'll see how sales go and may not upload any more if they don't sell well.

Correction... I'm at 33 *cents* on SS, not 33 *%*. There really is a difference!

Hey, Silky, thanks (I think) for that news. Now I really don't feel so bad.  =:-0

Just got the last few rejections back from Fotolia, I'm done with them!
Photos rejected for blur and out of focus reasons. They seriously need to get a clue. I checked my photos at 100% (Actual Pixels) and beyond.
You can see pores on my models skin and peach fuzz hair on her face in focus, their reviewers have some serious mental issues from playing stink finger, maybe it that throttled their brains and affected their eye site!
Maybe it's time to boycott them for a while!

I will give FT lots of credit for really fast turnaround!

LOL, they were rejecting photos as I was uploading them. That is a fast turnaround.

I'm mostly wildlife and nature and they reject most of my images. I still upload them there anyway. It's just part of my workflow. I don't take rejections personal, just keep moving on.

Me too. They accept my illustrations, and reject photos. Dreamstime accepts photos and reject illustrations, so I assume DT+FT as a single agency for me.

But recently FT rejected many images from me, and at the same time I have 8 days in a row without a single view to my portfolio. Coincidence or search rank depends from acceptance ratio?