WMY there for me.  Subs only 27% of DLs but RPD only $0.67 compared to $1.80 in January.  Had more subs last month but they kind of dried up this month.  So far it doesn't seem to have affected sales at SS so that is good.

I must have rotated up when the OP went down because I am having a BME there.  Still a lot of subs but also some decent credit sales.  Many of the subs were level 0 so it's good to get those ones moved up.  At least the subs sales help advance the levels so when you get credit sales they are for more - let's look on the bright side.  Next month I'll probably rotate back to the bottom but for now I am happy and DT is contending for #2 this month.

I started uploading there a couple of months ago after reading about them on MSG.  Last month had 2 sales, netting me a little over $60 with only 15 images online.  That's more than I made on most of the low-tier agencies combined with very little extra effort, so I think FAA is great!  I won't go with a paid account until I have over 25 images online, which may take a while as I'm in no particular hurry.  And I've got the first two years paid for.  Maybe I just got lucky, but hope to see some more sales there soon.

If you have anything that needs a release, a model or any visible property, you need to say you either have a property release, or you dont. If you dont, it has to be RM, and you can only sell RM if its not sold as RF elsewhere. FOr example, if you have a photo of a barn selling without release as RF on the micros, you cannot put it on Alamy as RF because on Alamy everything needs a release. YOu cant offer it as RM either because you are selling it as RF already. Just read the Alamy website to get familiar because Alamy is completely different cup of tea.

I don't think this is correct - the question from Alamy is not whether there is any property, but any property that requires a release.  That is a big difference.  I think any kind of public property is OK, just not property that would require a release, and AFAIK they leave it to the photographer to decide.  The rules for people are much more strict but for property you can put them RF without a release provided it isn't private.  Or at least that's my interpretation and I am not alone because there are tons of RF pictures of buildings and other property on Alamy with no releases.

I've noticed the same thing - I assume it's a temporary glitch.

Solid but unspectacular month.  BME on FT for $$$ and on SS and BS for DLs but not $$$.  Starting to see a lot of subs on BS so sales are up but revenue down - I am afraid subs sales there are taking away from regular DLs. 123rf dropping rapidly and ended up #6 this month after fighting for #3 for quite a while before the royalty cuts.  A couple of nice sales on FAA made them #2 at around 50% of SS, although they will drop to #3 after iS PP sales come in next month.  That was a nice bonus with only 15 images on FAA.  Overall SS was 39% of the total, 47% of the microstock total excluding FAA.

I've noticed the same thing - subs are very strong but ODs and SODs are about half of last month.  I thought it was just variation from a small port but if others are noticing the same thing then maybe it indicates a change.

Welcome to the wild world of independence!  You're going to have an interesting ride.

I think iS inspectors generally are the best in the business as far as providing feedback.  They often have been very helpful to me with very specific rejection reasons, sometimes including an enclosure to show the point that allowed me to identify the problem and how to fix it - and how to avoid it in the future.  They have really helped me improve my photography.  Rejection reasons at other agencies are sometimes mystifying and often hard to decipher.

One thing I think many former iS exclusives are going to find out is that in addition to faster reviews they are also more lenient.  As Leaf pointed out, they are more likely to look at the overall image, while most other agencies will focus on every technical detail.  This will now change for you at iS as well - I'm pretty sure that if you submitted those same images to iS as a non-exclusive they would very likely be rejected for being overprocessed.  I had a couple of overprocessed rejections this week for images that were much less processed than yours.  I think their standards for non-exclusives are much higher than they are for exclusives - you will see whether this is true with your next submissions.  If you really want opinions on possible technical problems you'll need to post 100% crops.  In the first one it looks like there is a halo around the light, possibly from a shadows/highlights adjustment.  Some of the others might get dinged for lighting - you'll get more specific feedback if you submit to Shutterstock.

I agree with others that at FT they really like isolations but are much more difficult for outdoor/nature shots.  However, I've had a near 100% AR there lately including a lot of outdoor shots so it can be done, just took a while to figure out what they wanted.

At SS you are going to meet the Focus Nazi and the Composition Nazi - that agency has made me paranoid about focus, they are much stricter about that than at iS (even for non-exclusives).  Not sure how to please the Composition Nazi, since the same images that get rejected for composition at SS often sell fine elsewhere.  SS reviewers also don't like strong shadows in my experience.

Have fun sorting this all out.  If you get frustrated with the reviews you can post some with 100% crops here or to the SS forums - you will get a lot of good advice.  I think your images look great and will sell well once they get past the reviewers - and I agree with gostwyck that they are perfect to try on FAA.

Mine was more than 30% higher than Dec. 2012 and more than 100% better than Jan 2012.  I still don't have any PP sales for the first few days of the month so not sure if that is incomplete accounting or no sales, but in any event I guess I was lucky.

I just received $0.189 for an S size download. Is this normal? It's the lowest amount I've ever received for a small size download.

Unfortunately I think this is the new normal following the royalty cuts and reduced credit prices.  I had one for $0.14 last month and today had a PEL for $10.01.  Get used to it if you stay with them - hope it doesn't go any lower.

At SS currently 33c (hope to be at 36c soon) but would be at 31c with those RC targets.  At BS will be at 25c.

Those numbers are very close to my experience as well.

It looks like you can get the latest digital Rebel - the 650D/T4i - for around $650 new. The reviews of it were very good - sounds like an improvement from the T3i, but would still be very similar to the one you have so not much learning to curve to use it, and it's a ton cheaper than a used 5D Mk II.  If it were me at that price for repairs I'd go for new.