imo if your looking to stay independant I'd add 123, BigStock, Canstock, and maybe deposit, cutcaster and/or yay

123RF is my worst earning agency. I'm really considering pulling out of there. After listening to all the chatter about them on here I personally would not include them in the Big 6, but that just my opinion

YMMV, but I've had good results at 123RF.  Right now they're close to Fotolia and way ahead of Dreamstime and BigStock, with CanStock barely registering.  Deposit's a question mark; sure, you can get a first payout from uploads, but will there be anything after that?

I'd go for BS !!  Sold nothing at Canstock and DP are unknown !

Having said that, sign up for DP and cash in while u can, it makes sense !  

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Right now DepositPhotos is your biggest chance for some payout out these 3 ;-)

If you have a larger portfolio, like say 500 good quality images, then sign up with Deposit Photos and be a part of the .20/ accepted upload deal they still have on there.  They're not all that picky with submitted images and you can make 100.00 with 500 accepted images.  Trying to make 100.00 in royalties at any of the other sites you're thinking of would take a really long time.  The only catch is that you have to leave your images on with DP for a minimum of 6 months.

I'm pretty sure BigStock has a 90 day commitment policy before allowing you to delete anything...

Quote from: disorderly on February 04, 2010, 20:37

YMMV, but I've had good results at 123RF.  Right now they're close to Fotolia and way ahead of Dreamstime and BigStock, with CanStock barely registering.  Deposit's a question mark; sure, you can get a first payout from uploads, but will there be anything after that?

Remember Albumo?

There I've said it all. 

What exactly have you said?  Yeah, Albumo vanished one day and left unpaid balances behind.  But I made a few hundred dollars there, which is an order of magnitude better than I did with Lucky Oliver.  Was it worth the time and effort?  I don't particularly regret it, and I won't regret whatever happens with Deposit.  Or Crestock for that matter, which owes me almost a hundred dollars that I'm not sure I'll see.

Intrigued about Deposit, but I'm not hearing much from the community in terms of real results.

3 subs sales in a week after uploading over 1,000. That's an RPD till now of 33.6$  .
I want to play honest with them, that's why I didn't stop at 500. They are conquering the market with brute force = $$$. Most of the new sites went because they were undercapitalized. DP is clearly overcapitalized (and we know why). Much will depend now on how their contributor relations evolve, and their marketing. Money can't buy you love. They have at least 6 months to prove it.

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Quote from: disorderly on February 04, 2010, 20:37

YMMV, but I've had good results at 123RF.  Right now they're close to Fotolia and way ahead of Dreamstime and BigStock, with CanStock barely registering.  Deposit's a question mark; sure, you can get a first payout from uploads, but will there be anything after that?

Remember Albumo?

There I've said it all. 

What exactly have you said?  Yeah, Albumo vanished one day and left unpaid balances behind.  But I made a few hundred dollars there, which is an order of magnitude better than I did with Lucky Oliver.  Was it worth the time and effort?  I don't particularly regret it, and I won't regret whatever happens with Deposit.  Or Crestock for that matter, which owes me almost a hundred dollars that I'm not sure I'll see.

They are wonderful, I'm impressed, they are the best new site in 2010, people will retire on the earnings from this fantastic site. OK is that better?

Within six months people will be complaining, no sale, no sales, reviewers will be "rejecting too many" photos. By the end of the year people will be asking why they get no response from the Admins. when they try to close their account. Reviews will start to take a month and by 2013 deposit photos will be gone. That's what I'm saying.

Of course by then we will see another dozen splash in the pan sites come and go as well.

Until someone comes up with something innovative and different, the big four, what's left of them, will dominate the industry.

Yours, "Mr. Negative"

I don't know why.  Care to elaborate? 

You've got mail.

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Quote from: lisafx on February 05, 2010, 18:48

I don't know why.  Care to elaborate? 

You've got mail.

I'm sure a lot of us don't know why.

Indeed - mind to share your knowledge? Thank you!

DepositPhotos definitely! They pay you 20 cents per accepted image. You may have $100 in almost no time with 500 uploaded and accepted there. If you have some luck maybe you get some sub sales on 30c also ;-)

Nevertheless, after uploading there you should add CanstockPhoto because they sell also on Fotosearch and occasionally you may have great single sales there.

Good Luck!

Quote from: FD-amateur on February 05, 2010, 19:42

Quote from: lisafx on February 05, 2010, 18:48

I don't know why.  Care to elaborate? 

You've got mail.

I'm sure a lot of us don't know why.

I have no idea either. Funny when he said "we all know why" I thought I was the only one who didn't know!