I guess the FT rising is also due to Euro currency fall! Recently the customers with $ could buy 1 credit 10-15% cheaper then last year!

I don't think that has any impact, as FT sells credits in different currencies. US$ buyers pay 1$ per credit, while Euro buyers pay 1 Euro per credit.

So changing currency rates don't influence buyer behaviour. It does change profits for FT though (it's getting less expensive for them to sell Euro-contributor content to the US*, and more expensive to sell US-contributor content to Euro buyers).

*They're making sure that this does not happen. I have a photo that sells pretty well (for my standards), is on the first row of results (changing between first and third place) for it's main keyword (a search with more than 3000 results) on the German site.
It's nowhere to be found on the first couple of hundred results on the US site.
And that's not a language problem, it's number one on the UK site.

fotolia is about 15% of my SS earnings

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For me FT is 0% of SS

123RF beats Fotolia in my case, go figure! Shutterstock leads the pack of course.

I think I'm about done with this stock photography business. 4 years of getting it up the ass is enough for me, time to pull my pants back up and move on. I wanted more out of this (full-time for life) but that's impossible with the way these agencies operate.

Good luck though lads, you're gonna need it!

Don't let us stop you, please leave now, and MSG to. Good luck.

For me FT is 0% of SS

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