Hi guys.. had a particular interest in IB and after reading everyone's posts couldn't not post my opinion� In the last 3,5 weeks I have submitted to 42 briefs with an average of 3-4 photos per brief, - and never.got.a.one.sale. I would have thought that I completely suck as a photog but they've shortlisted my 5 images. They are all high res and all, and I actually try hard and spend sometimes a lot of time rummaging through photos in order to answer their requirements on subject/theme instead of uploading whatever-is-available-on the HD�
anyways...Then they closed one brief with the shortlisted image (their normal explanation is "Brief's closed. That's all, folks!"�..no additional comments, no explanation..no respect I'd say - we are not money beggars there and they don't do any charity, they Get Paid wit every single sale whether it's a free or premium account); and in the other brief with another shortlisted image they have awarded a photo that looked nearly same as mine!!! with two differences: mine was posted earlier (!!) and the awarded photog had a premium account. You can see for yourselves here: http://www.imagebrief.com/briefs/sea-blue-green-colour-slash-close-up-details-zKESEX#/entries (my name there is Irina Mia, Spain).
After reading all your posts I can only say Thank you first of all for sharing your thoughts/ concerns.. and secondly - if anyone finds it helpful - I don't wanna submit to any more briefs for now. See how it goes and defo not going for premium account until I got at least 1 sale. They actually have contacted me like 3 times encouraging me to upgrade, but with all my honesty I said that I don't believe in this whole thing until my image(s) start selling�
Good luck to all of us and I'll write here if there's any news.