I'm in Micro & Midstock for 3,5 months now.
SS only 2,5 months.
Portfolio >200, SS 140 FT: 65
Voted SS (But starters are pushed up for the first month!) 270DLs + 123RF 20DL + StockXpert (14DLs).
My real 2nd is - from start on and regular selling better than 123RF and StockXpert - Snapvillage >24DLs
5th = FP, 6th CC and DT only 7th. FT en CS only 4DL and yesterday had the very first 2 sales on BigStock.

To less and to short probably to make conclusions!? But a different result here from what's common.  

I only voted for FT and SS as they are way above the others.  Next come DT IS and StockXpert all about equal so I didn't want to put a third.

Quote from: Kngkyle on November 13, 2008, 21:29
Shutterstock
Dreamstime
StockXpert

Fotolia close 4th

Ditto

SS,IS,DT...

Funny, usually is FT on my 4th place but this month it's BigStock.

What is noticable here is the low rating og BigStock

SS is way in front of everyone. Also DT seem to go in front of IS like the MSG poll is showing actually. Maybe the two new best match's are affecting peoples rating. There's also 4 groups.

SS by itself
DT and IS
StockXpert and FT
123RF and BigStock

It will be interesting to look more closely at the MSG polls for the next months and see if there's some changes

Quote from: takestock on November 14, 2008, 21:22
What is noticable here is the low rating og BigStock

It's difficult to imagine BigStock and 123RF are anyone's best 3 sites.  I like BigStock and they give me a very regular income, often coming at 5th, but they are far behind the first four (StockXpert,IS,DT,FT) most of the time.  123RF is a very poor performer for me, considering they are an active site.

Regards,
Adelaide

Quote from: madelaide on November 14, 2008, 23:49

Quote from: takestock on November 14, 2008, 21:22
What is noticable here is the low rating og BigStock

It's difficult to imagine BigStock and 123RF are anyone's best 3 sites.  I like BigStock and they give me a very regular income, often coming at 5th, but they are far behind the first four (StockXpert,IS,DT,FT) most of the time.  123RF is a very poor performer for me, considering they are an active site.

Regards,
Adelaide

Well 123rf is at nr 3 for me this month. With current trend (read sucky best match and nice growth at 123rf ) it will surpass IS next month.

Here we go with almost 100 voters. You can now see the results as pourcentage


% of people having in their top 3

SS- 76%   1st
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DT- 56%   2nd group
IS- 52%
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FT- 37%   3rd group
StockXpert- 31%
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BigStock- 6%    4th group
123RF- 5%

Dreamstime seem to be officially in front of Istock now, even more if there was exclusive voters, and Shutterstock is still the best one for almost everyone

Quote from: madelaide on November 14, 2008, 23:49

Quote from: takestock on November 14, 2008, 21:22
What is noticable here is the low rating og BigStock

It's difficult to imagine BigStock and 123RF are anyone's best 3 sites.  I like BigStock and they give me a very regular income, often coming at 5th, but they are far behind the first four (StockXpert,IS,DT,FT) most of the time.  123RF is a very poor performer for me, considering they are an active site.

Regards,
Adelaide

Someone may not be accepted at StockXpert or have a very small portfolios on IS.    The non-exclusive limit at IS that makes it difficult to get any big numbers of photos up at 15 per week Max. and rejections nibbling into that. Then there are "some people" who have given up on FT, 123 and IS, which will make the other four the top three. Hypothetically SS is #1 then you are forced to pick two of these, StockXpert,BS,DT.

Just some ideas how BS or StockXpert are #3 in some cases. Elimination. 

---Someone may not be accepted at StockXpert or have a very small portfolios on IS---



Mine was SS, DT and IS. But I want to remember that there is some photographers with small portfolio or sales who are actually able to vote like the IS exclusive. Microstock is an overall community and in a way, those votes reflect exactly what microstock is today with exclusive, non exclusive, veterans and new comers. Those votes are appreciated from anyone.

Ours being the 100th vote, I'm chiming in...
SS is our #1
DT is a VERY close 2nd
StockXpert has shown such an improvement, even with subs, so it came in at 3rd

IS.. well, if we are lucky, we get two or three sales a month, so they are our #8

If we had to choose a site to go exclusive with, it would be DT, hands down.

My results:
SS
IS
StockXpert
Of course, Shutterstock makes much-much more in money than IS, but in correlation of sales-money Istock goes much better than others, almost without ELs:).

vonkara, is this going to be a month to month poll, or just for today?

Quote from: hali on November 19, 2008, 23:24
vonkara, is this going to be a month to month poll, or just for today?

Maybe once a couple of months because things could not change every months, but others can do their own. Also it seem to be pretty the same results as the MSG poll on the right. Then maybe the next one could have a different question.

Quote from: RGebbiePhoto on November 15, 2008, 18:49
If we had to choose a site to go exclusive with, it would be DT, hands down.

Agreed!!

  perharps i should stop saying StockXpert is the best, as ever since i did that,
my review time has expanded to become almost like IS,
ie. from almost instantly to the same day, to now being over a week 

where are your reviewers Steve?

Quote from: hali on November 20, 2008, 20:21
perharps i should stop saying StockXpert is the best, as ever since i did that,
my review time has expanded to become almost like IS,
ie. from almost instantly to the same day, to now being over a week 

where are your reviewers Steve?

You should send them a site mail, I uploaded a batch yesterday and they were approved overnight all except one file which was corrupted, I reuploaded it this morning and it's been approved already.

Quote from: RT on November 20, 2008, 22:19
You should send them a site mail, I uploaded a batch yesterday and they were approved overnight all except one file which was corrupted, I reuploaded it this morning and it's been approved already.

y'know, maybe i should. as before, my images were always approved with a few hours. i 've had 100% for quite a while, except for 2 images that were rejected due to PR.
i hope they did not forget about me.
a week in my case with StockXpert is looooonng.

SS, IS and DT are still my top selling agencies, but this month, BS is not far behind, on a strong 4th position competing with FT. StockXpert is sinking like a stone for me   

for me SS is the best followed very closely by StockXpert, then by FT, DT and unfortunately trailing IS.

I'm new, I have ~150 photos online on each site (except IS).

It's interesting to see IS drop to fourth place in the poll results on the right. The only site from the big6 that's going down.

I'm only nearly 5 months in microstock business, doing vector illustrations only. This is my experience so far:

StockXpert is definitely my best earner, it's stable and relies mostly on quality of images uploaded. RPI above 1, I can say it's nearly 1,5. Also, other aspects of the site work quite satisfying, regarding support, payment, approval time and so on.

SS is the second one. But I seriously doubt it will be in the future, cos I'm not a mass-producer type of guy. There is slow but steady drop in my sales since the beginning.

DT is on a third place. Weird site, with probably the best interface, but unpredictable. Also very unfair policy towards contributors.

BS is there just in case. Sales here and there, but their low payout limit is enough for me.

Regarding IS, my third test file is pending approval. From what I have read on this forum (and variety of others), no luck for the non-exclusives, but I'm going to wait and see.

wow, interesting to hear that StockXpert is doing so well for you. 

Don't know, it seems StockXpert does well for illustrators. Not a single reason for complaints so far.