same here, tried to upload, all broke together and now I can't even enter the site IS IT ALL MY FAULT?

Quote from: hospitalera on August 31, 2006, 16:18

A week ago I uploaded one only photo to http://galastock.com/referal.php?id=247 and it already sold!!! Excuse me, have to upload the rest of my portfolio to them... In case somebody wants to join, the link is a referral link SY

Curiously, mine too...If you don't mind me asking, is the date by any chance August 30???

No, my sale is from August 28...

the expression -urban legend- comes to mind...

I dropped them too...

They are getting a little bit funny in their approvals, a fractal was rejected because of: "it's a little too primitive for what we're looking for. Try another one." The same fractal got approved at SS AND sold in the first hour! Otherwise they have accepted pics of mine that most of the other sites have rejected... What's about a little bit reviewer training?  ::)SY

I asked them to delete my account, the few pics they wanted "This image is not what we are looking for" never sold. If a site is sooo picky I expect that what they pick sells! As easy like this. SY

I have 69 pics online and 1 sale so far  SY

Oxfordshire, UK 

Hi, I remember that there was a question earlier about how much you can earn with an affiliate program at the different sites� Here you go, if somebody finds more information feel free to post it here or if you have further questions pm me. All is well and recently researched but I can�t take any responsibility for correctness as the site politics may change J BTW these are all referral links, feel free to use them SY

ShutterStock, 0.03US$ per download if the photographer/artist was referred by you � as long as these artist is a member of SS !!! Best affiliate/referral program in the trade J

123rf: for 1 year 15% of every purchase of a buyer referred by you and for 6 months between 0.03US$ and 2.00US$ (depending on license) for every image sold by an artist who was referred by you.

Fotolia,10 % commission on sales and 15 % on purchases, no time limit!

GimmeStock, referral by email or try to make your own link out of a referral email sent to your good self For each download made from the person you referred 0.01 US$ will be credited into your account. So if some of your friends join GS and 30.000 downloads are made from their images, that might be the friends that will help you buy some new gear!


CanStock: For 6 months and up to $50 you can earn 10% of a referred member's purchases and $5 for every 50 photos a referred photographer sells. If they become a photographer and purchases photos, you can earn double commission!


BigStock: 25% of buyers first credit purchase and 5US$ when new photographer hits 75 approved photos.

Dreamstime, 5US$ instantly for putting a badge on your website (pending approval), during 6 months you�ll get 10% for all sales a referee of yours makes.

Featurepics, will pay 1.5% for referring an Artist whose image has been sold and 1.5% for referring a Buyer. The total referral fees are 3% per Image. Timelimit?

xiStock, For each successful referred buyer iStockphoto pays US$5. You have to enrol in this program from your account.

Imagevortex, requires separate registration, free with a company called sharesale, which manages the referral program on behalf of IV and depending approval of your website, you can get 10% of all image purchases made by referred buyers for 90 days following the first website visit.

Stockxpert, 10% of the value of each credit purchase that has been made by customers who came through ads from your website(s) if they make a purchase within 30 days of their arrival. This only applies to new customers, and only for the first 3 months of their membership. Also here you need to have a website and apply separately for this affiliate program from your account.

Not a micro stock site, but a place where you can sell products with your design without any upfront cost, for the basic shop. Give it a try, it�s really easy: CafePress Generally, Affiliates can earn up to 20% commission on each sale of a Qualifying Product in accordance with the Affiliate Commission Schedule. Additionally, Affiliates can also earn up to 5% of the base price for each product sold by a referred Shopkeeper in accordance with the Affiliate Commission Schedule (for one year).

Anybody else with similar experience? I submitted a very varied mixture of pictures (film+scan,dslr,compact digi) of different subjects (concepts, landscapes, animals, flowers, signs, objects etc.) and even put 2 illustrations in for good measure. All images noisefree and around 4MP. The same images I submitted to 10+ other stocksite and all normal, every site had it pick and choose the pics they liked and rejected the ones they don't like. Only Imagevortex rejected all and everything, so I wonder if it is worth to continue to upload there... Anybody else here with positive/ negative experiences??? Thanks SY

Hi, my 3 months of waiting are over, does anybody here has some tips how and with what pics I have a chance at SS? My main subjects are food, flowers (including macros), dogs, no peolple shots. Thanks a lot! SY

my referral links:Fotolia,123rf,BigStock,CanStock,Dreamstime,FeaturePics,
GimmeStock,ImageVortex,iStock, ShutterStock,StockXpert

They currently have about 4900 photos online and have had 49 sales.

Where did you find the ratio 49/4900, is it somewhere on the site?