I have about 5 or 6 collages of one of my niches that do extremely well (for me over 4 or 5 sales/mo on IS) Because there are many images on each they tend to sell as the maximum file size -- something that the individual images do not. I think it gives the users more flexibility in design at a smaller price per image. From my experience I don't think the collages detract from the individual sales enough to offset the larger file size sales.
None of my sites, including SS, have had any trouble accepting them. However, most were accepted several years ago so they may have changed their minds. That "composition" rejection of yours seems strange though. That's probably the most maddening of any of the rejections I get. I'm thinking it's the lazy equivalent of "just don't like it".

Another: http://blog.melchersystem.com/2010/05/21/corbis-sygma-files-for-liquidation/

They seem to have lost lots of money...much more than the lawsuit judgments they faced. Doomed any way you look at it. Which site is next? I nominate Yay and Veer.

If rejections of any kind are cause for hatred you won't be in this business long. That simply comes with the territory. If you read this group regularly you will no longer bother with any of the low earners or zero earners.

I'm not too excited with this promo. My 277 images are yielding almost nothing at Veer. I'm treating them as I would any newbie. If I get some sales coming in with some of my most productive images elsewhere I'll start uploading again. I'm sure if the marketing they're planning starts working I'll see some results. If not, no loss. At least with my images.

And to think that it's possible to sell ALL my images everyday! How cool is that?

I'm pulling all my images from IS, SS, DT, and FT right now to get in on this fabulous opportunity. And they're only charging $27?? How can they do it so cheaply? I hope they have an exclusivity feature!

   And I'm putting my Canon Mark III and all my lenses on ebay tonight!!!

   Hey, anyone know where I can buy some Lehman Brothers bonds?

Epantha,
 Thanks for your clarification of the book. I think it was Lee Trevino, the pro golfer, who once said "the more I practice, the luckier I get".

Big problem. I found my best selling image there courtesy of Fotolia, with no watermark. I easily copied it to my desktop, opened it in CS4 to a file size of 4.7" x 7.1" at 72 p/inch. It should have been captioned: "Steal Me".
Welcome to the world of artist exploitation.

A sweepstakes is a good idea. Put me down for next Tuesday, 8 AM. I can't see management continuing to ride this nag.

Micro stock is a microcosm of competitive spirit that has made this country the economic powerhouse it is today. Imagine the indignation of the buggy-whip makers when the Fords started streaming off the assembly lines. Our micro stock business is just evolving faster than most. So we keep up or jump into some other line of work that requires less adaptation.

Micro stock exists only because of the profits made by micro sites. And those profits are attainable only because of the profits of the users from paying far less per image than in the pre-micro age.

I agree that we photographers are at the bottom of the food chain existing purely by the laws of supply and demand. That's okay by me. It's open and transparent. And I enjoy the competition. And it is a business as long as we aren't selling for zero. If someone could figure out a method to profit for selling images for one cent that too will come to pass.

For now I choose to keep uploading.

How do you get to .03? Not a bad looking site. All the key words that interest me yielded mostly really bad images there. Is this site listed in a hidden below-low-earners section on the right?

No. I'd be afraid that some buyers would think they're X-rated images.

Microstock is a brutal business but the failure rate is probably about average for any startup business. Think of your local restaurant lineup versus five years ago.