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Other alternatives include:1. Direct selling via your own shop (see threads on Etsy and Shopify)2. Print on Demand (eg. Fine Art America, Society 6, RedBubble)3. Designer Resource Agencies (Creative Market, DesignBundles, Hungry JPEG)4. Book Covers (see Alex's blogs and threads)Upside. After about 6 months, its quite feasible on some of these sites to start earning as much as the middle tier agencies - with a potential to earn more. Once you're in, there is no reviewer system. You set your own prices. Lower or no agency commissions. (Not sure about book covers)Downside/s: Learning curve. Needs research to understand what buyers need. May have to change what you shoot. Some places are very choosy about who they accept. Without a reviewer system you have to become your own reviewer and may have to raise your quality standards to increase sales. Without an agency between you and the buyer you may have to put up with demanding buyers who can drive you crazy. You may have to do your own marketing. Site fees/costs on direct selling sites.Bottom line. After all of this hard work and effort, you may start to appreciate what agencies actually do for us. Although I still can't see how some of them justify taking up to 85% of our income to do this. And yes, we need more agencies that allow us to set our own prices. That's the main benefit of most of these alternative venues above.