I saw two of my pics being used, one by the Guardian and another by the BBC. So i'm pending those which they have 3 months to report. Perhaps you as well.

Overall, it seems really slow going and a game of patience...

I believe they are paid per image, so yes, taking a quick look and hitting the reject button takes way less time than actually inspecting the image at 100%. So the faster they go, the more images they inspect, the more $$ they make.

5 cents per image

Same here, 10 photos rejected for under or overexposed pics ??!! Never had this issue so far.

Must be the same reviewer. I would just re-submit with no changes.

erm...just got the first payment mail from shutterstock...which is somewhat strange. I only earned about 59 bucks and the payment mail says the payout was calculated to 118$.....

Is it a little gift ?
should I "complain"? anyone experiences this before?

Yes, me too, says I'm going to get just over double...they'll catch on sooner or later.

I don't mind the critique, but you're right, and I'm well aware of my level, kind of working on it

Me too, always improving is the key!

Do you post-process your images because many seem like they just came straight of the camera on JPEG. Some could do some with lighting adjustments, especially since the scenes are generally well-lit.

I normally don't submit a lot, maybe it'd be better to just hold off until they switch the search again and then submit all in bulk?

I do like the range of your images of markets and local people. In particular, it's great that you are getting portraits of local people which is something I should be doing more. Keep doing that.

You didn't ask for a critique, but I just think that, in my humble opinion, many of the shots look like snapshots. I can see that often the crops are too tight and you're cutting out key elements.

I tend to shot mostly travel, as I am a digital nomad (with a different main source of income than microstock ) and I'm traveling most of the time.

Me too.

In this case, for travel images, I would recommend 4corners and Robert Harding. Also, I'm trying out Water Rights for my water-related images.

Good luck!

I got 7,67$ (gross) for image on the top of the article.

Ugh so little. I shouldn't expect much more...here's mine at the top:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/apr/24/10-top-tips-from-our-rio-de-janeiro-correspondent

Ok, cool. I'm not too worried just not used to this business practice as i started out in Micro and only now transitioning more into Midstock.

I hope it will be a nice fat payout and they publish it on their print side. Makes me wonder how many other pics have been licensed and I haven't been paid, considering I'm getting a lot of "zooms" lately...

I had an interesting occurrence recently. I found one of my pics on the Guardian newspaper, which is a major publication in the UK. It's always nice to see but the joy washed over quickly when I saw that  I wasn't paid for it. Naturally, I got in contact with Alamy and soon after received this response:

"Thanks for sending this over, we have looked and do have a relevant download for this usage. Some of our editorial customers report usages to us over a period of time. If you don�t see the sale appear in your account within 3 months of the usage date (by 24/07/2017) then please let us know so we can chase this up for you."

Has this happened to anybody else and in the end did you get paid or will I need to keep chasing? I'm starting to google reverse image many of my RM to see where they've been licensed and how both out of curiosity and to get paid but it's really time consuming.

I know there were Easter holidays, but not so much as to ruin monthly sales. Anybody else can report something similar this month?

For the past 5 days i've only had subs which is disappointing

Some of my best sellers are boring airport duty free shops and passengers looking confused at departure panels.

Great start! You have a good eye for the potential use of copy space and that's crucial for stock.