well if you didn't look at each single sale, you might be more interested in pushing yourself.  do you have monthly graphs, so you can see your monthly earnings which, can easily go into the thousdands if you work at it.

I am also a submitter on Alamy, but still prefer the micros.

good points.

good keywords could also help the $/photo avg rise.

Just to throw something out there...

It's not about being the best photographer you can be, it's about being smart in business...  Being a great photographer will get you to the top of the heap faster, having a sensible process and business plan behind any talent will make you a reliable income.

I know a few people in the photography business that arn't that good at the photography part, but still make a very good living because they got the business bit right first...

Cheers, Me.

When did Alamy become a big boy or girl. They will accept anyone and anything.

I think the big boys are Jupiter Stock's, Corbis and Getty's (among others) RF product lines. There you are selling your images for hundreds of dollars per sale, not pennies.

Someday. I am still finding this RF thing very weird, when I am used to selling my images with rights managed licenses for hundreds and thousands of dollars, depending on the use.

But I will give it a try.

Best.

gg

I applied to Getty a few weeks ago and my work is currently under review. I'm told by them that they will notify me one way or another. I am keeping my hopes humble.

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tom

It's tuff finding your way into the application area... Hope this works for you.
Go to  gettyimages.com
.. at the bottom of that screen click on   'about us'
.. at the bottom of that screen click on   ' media'
.. at the bottom of that screen click on  'contributors'

that will lead you to the 'get started'  area. 
There are a series of information packs to read. Once read, you would email them at the submission guidelines area requesting the specifics required.

they will mail you back the guidelines... there are a few questions to consider...  are you familiar with the workings of ad agencies and  working with models..    are you familiar with the model release legalities... are you able to work with art directors or follow their creative briefs...  are you able to finance your own shoots up front...are you confident in your own creative ability to produce highly saleable content....     do you have the willingness to go on assignment...  etc.

My impression is that they weren't especially interested in using all your current photo's  { although I also felt that they would take them } but rather, they are more interested with what you can now produce for them. Obviously, all of those photos in their inventory can't be,  'currently produced',  they must be from the photographer's past inventory. Some of the material you will read can be kind of vague.   
   They will ask for 15  low rez (72 dpi) examples of your best work. That can be submitted via email.

What I didn't notice anywhere was a minimum size requirement of the files. For example,  when I applied to Jupiter, they say right up front that you must be shooting with a camera producing a minimum 12 megapixels. I'm not at this time.  As for uprezing... I have no clue.  Getty said nothing of uprezed either. Yet Alamy requires you to uprez to 42 meg....  if  I'm understanding the Alamy requirement incorrectly, someone PLEASE, straigthen me out.

I answered the questions and sent in my 15 low rez and they acknowledged it all saying thanks,  and don't expect an answer for at least a month.

I hope that's of value to you, Bateleur.

Glad I could help. And thanks for the Alamy data.  I actually work between 3 pieces of software as each has a feature I prefer over the other.  Photoshop 7, Elements and Micrografx PP 7a.  UpRezzin is all new to me.  I'm trying it in Elements in a 'step' manner.   I guess the result looks good...  it's kind of blows my mind that I can take an 18meg pic blow it up to 42meg, and it still looks fine.  Whoa, where's all the extra dots come from....  ha ha ha ha ha.
     I've read that Alamy will soon allow application on-line so ya don't have to submit a disk.  Anyone know anything about that?

Thank you, VERY much! 
    tom

Well you can always join istock, and become a diamond (or gold by the time you have the downloads). Then you will be able to submit to getty.

Well, I had roughly 500 images up on Alamy for a whole year and never sold a one. So I took them all off and in April I'll be uploading them all the the micros.... I lost 1000s of $$ for my choice.

But I do know some photogs making as much on Alamy as they are in the micros so to each it's own I guess.

For me, the micros is the way to go and is the major part of my 2007 business plan.