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Hoodie Ninja:
I've been on Shutterstock for the past month and a half and have done quite well in the short amount of time.  I already have 179 pictures in my gallery.  I really enjoy their site and the generally quick response for reviews (usually 1 business day). 
So, I decided to try another site.  I picked iStock and was told it could take up to two weeks to be accepted!  Jeesh!  But at least they were up front about it.  I had two of three images accepted so now I am uploading a new third picture to be accepted.
Next, I decided to try Dreamstime.  No acceptance period...just upload pics.  So, I submitted 37 pictures and was told the ETR was 24 hours.  Well, the next day it was still 24 hours.  The next day it went up to 175 hours!  what?  Not too impressed with them at this point. 
Today I decided to get on the other three. 
Fotolia only had the option to upload one at a time....will have to see if I can do multiple files.
Stockxpert is a bit hard for me to navigate.
BigStockPhoto is slowwwww for uploading.  I uploaded 10 pictures and it says it could take up to 20 mintues for my thumbnails to show up. 

Basically, I find it interesting how some sites are more user friendly and have faster response times, whereas other sites are not so user friendly and slow as molasses.  If it weren't for the fact that I'm out to make money, I'd just stick with Shutterstock.  It was very easy to get signed up and I don't have any problems navigating the site. 

ozbandit:
Give 123RF a go, for me they are much better then Bigstock and their uploads and site is quite easy and stress free to use

Hoodie Ninja:

--- Quote from: ozbandit on April 30, 2008, 18:08 ---Give 123RF a go, for me they are much better then Bigstock and their uploads and site is quite easy and stress free to use

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Thanks.  I will give them a try.

jsolie:
123RF and Crestock make it very easy to upload there.  I'd be happier if there were more sales, but who wouldn't?

BigStock closes down their uploading about every other weekend it seems.  When they disable uploading, I don't think you can even go into your queue and assign categories & such.

The ETR at Dreamstime usually isn't that thrashed, but it is an estimate of sorts.

Hoodie Ninja:

--- Quote from: jsolie on April 30, 2008, 18:18 ---123RF and Crestock make it very easy to upload there.  I'd be happier if there were more sales, but who wouldn't?

BigStock closes down their uploading about every other weekend it seems.  When they disable uploading, I don't think you can even go into your queue and assign categories & such.

The ETR at Dreamstime usually isn't that thrashed, but it is an estimate of sorts.

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Well, for the time being, I'm going to not use DT.  If they're going to give an ETR, it should be remotely correct. 

So far, I feel I've done quite well on SS and enjoy their site.  And sales have been good.  I even had an Enhanced License Sale. :D

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