Hi all! i like to know if Panthermedia is a good site to sell illustrations and photos?
worth the effort to upload all the portfolio? they sell vectors? i don�t see the vector opcion in the prices!

thanks for the help!!!!

Sales volume was always low, but there used to be sales for good money. These sales disappeared for all practical reasons to be replaced by subscription sales of EUR 0.23. On top of that they deduct 15% from your payment due to some obscure German legislation.  At the current exchange rate this effectively renders subscription sales of US $ 0.21. Avoid them - not worth the effort.

A lot of dark spots�

I earned 113 Euro there last year, better than nothing. But there is still hope! 

Yes, I opted out 2 years ago. Sales are rare. But they give then often more revenue as the common microstock level.

One sold this month with 13 Eur for me. But you get one sale/3-4 months.
I have only 300 images there.

There are many agencies with less sales as PM. So give them a try. IMO the most horrible thing is the non functional user interface. Some functions doesn't work at all since they changed to the "new" interface some years ago.

It's not just Panther.  It's Panther and their 83 dubious partners. 

http://contributor.panthermedia.net/cms/distribution-partners

They do not allow contributors to opt out. 

yes Ariene, i read them but are old threads, this is why i don't uploade before on Panthermedia, but i read some good reviews about them too... i'm a little confuse, this is why i post my question here!

Ana, it's not my case to care about what you do with you time, but I would honestly suggest the time given for upload you better spend on making new work and upload to agencies that really can sell. Don't waste your time on so very low earners (subs for 0,23, occasionally sales? phhhi!), where you can NOT opt out of partner sales, using site is very time consuming, not everything works as should, etc, etc... In my opinion PM has it's best days behind, long time ago.

Why don't you focus on some good sellers and try support sites with fair share (at least 40-50%).
Uploading 1000s files to agency that maybe will sell few files (in subs!) monthly is very naive and poor in my opinion.

Uploading 1000s files to agency that maybe will sell few files (in subs!) monthly is very naive and poor in my opinion.

Once more: There is an OPT OUT fur subscriptions! And this is more than some other agencies offer!

@Ariene: There must be something wrong in one or another way. After I opted out my lowest sales were at least 2 or 3 Euro.

BTW: Just to mention it: I like your pictures, and I love the finish of your material. Would fit perfectly with Stocksy I think.

So, I tried to register with panthermedia, but I found out, that my photos are already in the database. Is panthermedia partner site of fotolia or any other stock site?

Yes I know it's an old thread... maybe someone could be still interested since recently I had the same experience and found out quickly that the port i have (had) on depositphotos was replicated entirely on panthermedia without being aware. I don't have any problems with subs, but it's just a matter of knowing vs hiding.
I had to ask 3 times to DP to remove those images from PM (DP operators, they are instructed not to answer to any panthermedia/affiliate/partner question and so it was not easy, at the end i had to call them by phone before having success).

Anyway, actually 90% of the images on PM come from DP (easily found with the advanced search/partner option on PM) and combined with the fact that the images are listed/ranked in the 100% exactly same order on both sites, It makes me feel to be in front of a mother and son, or mirror if you prefer.

Consider also that you're not allowed to remove permanently any of your images on DP (aka "The Mother").