The Lord must have blessed me this week.  I actually got 15 sales within a two hour period for $.50 each and  two others today - one at $2.70 and one at $1.50.   That much activity for me is very unusual as I have just over 300 images there.

So you sharp shooters with thousands of images should see some interesting activity soon.

Thanks Anita!  Together with what was previously sted I think I can work with it now.  Changes sometimes takes getting used to. 

I just used the new editor when pushing through my uploaded images.

The keywords were picked up and appeared in a gray box.  You are able to type in a new keyword or two under the visible keywords appearing in the gray box.  At first everthing seemed cool.  When I pushed the images forward for review, I was told that all images had errors - I had to enter at least 7 keywords.  All of the keywords appearing in the box had to be retyped or copied from my IPTC section of my files and pasted  under the grayed box.  Apparently the uploaded keyword wer rejected, because the commas were dropped. 

Did anyone else have this problem?  How do you get the keywords appearing in the gray box to work or get accepted?

Thanks for any help!
Roadrunner

Unfortunately IRS is not going to get involved with ACCURACY.  It is easier for the agents to assume that the total business Income is the AGGREGATE of all 1099's submitted.  This is based on thgeir training - "All income is taxable unless otherwise provided for."  This is in accordance with IRC. Section 61 A.  A $20,000 lump sumn payout will show up on the Currency Transaction Report reviewed by their Special Enforcement Agents.  On the other hand, if you receive 20 payouts from agencies of $1,000 each, and they issue 1099s, then all that income should be reported according to IRS.  If Pay Pal issues a 1099 for the same $20,000, I doubt if IRS will deduct any of the other other 1099s from that amount.

Just make sure you attach a schedule showing the Income that is taxable based on the individual 1099s issued by each MS site and how the Pay Pal 1099 was a duplicate issue.  I am sad to tell you that hte Officials at the top of the IRS and the Treasury are incompetent.  Did you know that the Goverment can not account for 25% of its income? Also bear in mind who calls the shots - Charley Rangle and others.

At any rate your accountant should be aware of the duplication in reporting income by the source of the income as well as PAay Pal,  Bingo!  Do you think the Banks will also be issuing 1099s for the deposits people make in addition to the Interest earned?  To me PAY Pal is a form of banking service!

Race Photo - You got it right.  That is what I am beginning to ponder.  Is it worth it?  To the few that pull in 80% of the nugets of gold, the answer is yes.  To old Roadrunner it isn't a way to waste my time.

I understand the quality idea, the need to be creative and such, but when I consider the increase for the seed planted, it isn't looking like a place to concetrate my efforts.  Im glad I married a woman that has a rich husband.    So I no longer try to upload to six sites.  Three are enough.  The other three are for tose truly blessed with special gifts/talent to meet the needs of the extremely fussy ones.  I understand my place; I'm not able to stay woith you better photogs.

That is why I can't see writing to 100 people to get all kinds of releases.  Especially since I really do not need the money - Thank God for that!  To those that need it; I wish them the best.  THough I am blessed to see that on occasion someone can use what I have to offer.  Even thouth you top guns grab the lions share - which you deserve because of your talent and dedication.  To me - you folks shoulld get more than $.50 and even less on some sites.

Surprisingly I received a $28 commission for a single download last week on Shutterstock.  I never thought there was such a thing.  Until then, the most I ever received on that site was $1.88. Most ofen I get $.25.  But I do get more than on the sites I stoped uploading to. May God bless you all!

I wish I were as smart as many of you seem to be.  With me it is just a matter of expending energy for cash.  When I see certain sites want PERFECTION, uniqueness and exclusivity, and then pay the contributor $.50 or less per sale, I think it is insulting and not worth my time.

I have boiled my targeted sites down to three.  Now I spend much less time and haven't lost anything.  Before I spend over $4,000 for a camera to earn less than $.50, I forget about it.

Just my two cents.  Like I said, you folks are much smarter than me, but I have to consider whether the return is worth the effort.

I do senior portraits for the younguns at the church for free, and I end up making more money than I would get from stock.  They feel led to give me what they can afford and what they think it is worth.  I do that work as a labor of love.  Funny ting is, I know the sites would reject them for some reason or other.  Yet when they show me the prints they get from the disc I give them, I can't find a flaw anywhere?  Do you think the print is less able to magnify flaws when compared to 100% views on a monitor?  The prints do look better to me than what I see on my monitor.

At any react - Good Luck!

Consider who is in charge - Gathers and Rangle, two frauds!

To cover your buts, printout the monthly Transactions for funds receivedd from Pay Pal showing the sites making the deposit into your account.  This is what you should report for income tax purposes.  Considering you are on a cash basis rather than accrual basis.

If you are audited, you can show that there was a duplicate filing of a 1099 (Pay Pal as well as each site.).  No agent can refute that.  If he/she tries; just appeal the decision to the Appelatte Division.  the Appeals officer will see things clearly.  If the Revenue Agent ever drags his heels after you supply information, call the IRS and ask to speak to the Problem Resolution Officer (PRO) in your Area.  The Pro will move things more quickly to resolve an issue; especially if you have tried to get something accomplished with a couple of call to the Examination Division.  Just don't panic or loose your temper.

Seems to me that this is going to work something like a Currency Transaction Report.  IRS will probably use it in their Special Enforcement Group to compare Reported Income to what shows up in a Transaction Report of some sort.  I wouldn't loose any sleep over it.

Sleep tight!
Roadrunner

That's interesting.  I have never had a resubmitted image accepted at iStock.  They usually rejected my images for "Overfiltered".  So I resubmitted with no processing except to convert to JPG.  Then it was rejected for artifacts.  I corected them and resubmitted - then rejected again for "Overfiltered".

Now my images are rejected for "lighting" and "Color not correct".  Before I shoot, I use the ExpoDisc.  Since I use good glass (Nikkor Lenses f/2. and a Nikon D-300, I just don't understand why I can't seem to get anything accepted.  After 2 years with iStock getting 95% rejections, I finally gave up uploading to them.  It would be very difficult for me to catch up to taht Yuri fellowat that rate! 

Now I'm concetrating on two micro sites and Alamy.  With Alamy I have a 90% acceptance rate.  So I guess that makes me an inferior photographer.

Dang!  Just when I thought I was getting close to increasing my acceptance rate to 25%.  Well now I can just concentrate on four cites and not worry about 80% of my uploads being rejected for "OVETRFILTERED".   This will be a real timesaver for me.

When I try to upload files to DT, my uploader indicates that the files are being sent, but DT doesnt show them in the Ufinished Bin.  Apparently the aren't being received.  Has anyone else experienced this recently (8/6/2010).

It's them - I got error message page also.   Could be they are performing a major overhaul or they were hacked into. 

Old Roadrunnere is probably the least of the photogs on any site, and I'm retired to a meager pension.  I'm 73 and still successful at uploading to BigStock.  I admit it took this old brain at least 5 minutes to figure it out.  Like Lisa, I have had no problems.    Just take a deep breath and calm down.  After you log in, click on "My Account" up top.  Seems the choises for finding Earnings etc. will be listed on the left column.  I upload to all sites using FTP and Windows Explorer 7.  We do have to be extra careful when adding metadata before pushing through though.  Sometimes I think they change things just so they can claim they are innovative.  Often making changes just for the sake of change can be a disaster!  Sor of like Washington D.C.  Ya know what I mean.

Hang in there; you will make it.