nice to hear that, go rjmiz!

And one more quetion, How to download your video?

Thank's you rjmiz.

Can I request Video how to isloted object?

I set my price litle lower than fotolia but give me same ammount or even higher of commission.
Sales not much but better than 123rf for me.

Fotolia is number one for me.

Seem Yuri Arcur happy with fotolia too, read here:
http://www.fotolia.com/forum/?thems=106996

I have about 200 images at FT and got 61 downloads in two months (1 month 24 days actualy).

I'v tried joomla and drupal CMS, I like drupal more.
Drupal more Search engine fiendly, URL friendly, you can even sell photo with credit system (usefull if your photo sell under $5 for small size).
With litle tweaking you can make microstock site with drupal.

Learn both of them you will know what you need.

Upload less then one month there and yesterday got first sell...feel good

stock_

I love your signature

"Support FeaturePics. RF Photos For Reasonable Prices And A Fair Share For Photographers.
http://www.featurepics.com/"

High acceptance rate there too, my experience what approved in fotolia also approved at featurpics, if you have 4000 pics at FP I believe you can make 100 USD permonth.
My experience StockXpert is very strickt.
Remember, larger porfolio has more chance to sell..this is the rule of this bussiness.

why people are upset with subscriptions (summary from posters):

1. subscription sales are much more destructive for the business as a whole, than microstock in general. Subscriptions enable customers to build large image archives that reduces the need to download photos in the future and thus our (photographers) profit potential.

2. average subscribers only use about 15 - 30% of the full potential of their membership. This means that most pictures in a subscription sell at a 5-6USD price-point in average, giving us (photographers) about 25 cents in commission. A bottom-line commission of about 5 percent. Even if I was totally wrong and every subscriber actually downloaded the double of what I have heard, the commission would still only be 10%.

3. Same price at all size, even 16mp the price same as 1.3mp?

4. Deep Discounts
First, in the business world, deep discounts are normally given to the best customers.  Giving a deep discount (up to 35% off or more from the normal price) is understandable.  But subscriptions go much, much deeper than that.

The approximate cost and royalty for a maximum size image is as follows at the top sites:

IS: $20 ($4)
DT: $8 ($4)
StockXpert: $10 ($5)
FT: $5 ($1.50)

So an artist will receive between $1.50 and $5 for a maximum size image from the largest sites.

If a customer buys lots of images, then a discount should be given.  Giving discounts to large customers is good business.  But most sites already have discounts for purchasing large token packages.  For example, on IS if you buy 1500 credits, then you will receive a 34% discount.  On DT, if you buy over 150 credits, then you will receive a 25% discount.  On StockXpert, if you buy 500 credits, then you will receive a 20% discount.

But subscriptions go above and beyond these deep discounts.  Almost to the point of giving away our images.

For example, on DT, a submitter receives 0.30 for a subscription.  That is a 93% discount from the normal royalty (of $8 for a maximum size image with over 100 sales).  On StockXpert, a submitter receives 0.30  for a subscription.  That is a 97% discount from the normal royalty (of $10 for an XXL image).

5. Macro Buyers
Second, the buyers that are purchasing subscription packages are normally the large agencies that need lots and lots of images.  These are the agencies that used to purchase macrostock images for $100s (if not $1,000s) of dollars apiece.  These are the customers that could actually afford to purchase images individually (if needed).  According to the financial news, this is a multi-billion dollar industry.  They have deep pockets.  But yet, they now want to offer them even deeper discounts (over 95% off) on images that are already cheap.  It makes no sense


Anything else?

opt out, I couldn't downsize my photos at SS, because I' not member there
And for microstockgroup admin, please add featurepics portfolio link form, I realy want make featurepics popular....


Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot (2756)
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna (68)
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware
rosendo  (313)
Lukasphoto
aremafoto (2147)
IKOphotos (1842)
Kiya
erwinova

Yuri..(i'm your fans) 

Everything will be going well, as long as photographers walking to the right direction...
If photographers support the subscription agency or agency that give 20%-30% share, that will be bad thing in the long term...
Keep support to low share agencies at the moment for your cash flow, also support the 50-70% share agency like featurepics for long term and better future (who knows). When your revenue in 50-70% share agency going to be high you can delete your file from low share agency...

The problem is the high share agency not popular yet righ now, photographers should be help to make it popular.

Imagine that you have same ammount of download at same price between 20% share agency vs 70% share agency...maybe you not going to created this topic
Imagine that all photographers (at least best phographers) stop uploading at low share agencies..
imagine that your 60 hours a week pay at 70%..
imagine that all agencies give you 70%..

it's all about photographers...

Just upload your picture in featurepics no matter price you will be set, if they has 4million pictures or more than other site, buyer will be interesting....

A week ago I read Robert Kiyosaki book about financial and bussiness, after read this topic I just realize that microstock agency use photographer as their bussiness leverage just like RK said.
Leverage is very important in bussines strategy, do you thing (as photographer) the microstock agency is your bussiness leverage? if not, how to make microstock to be photographer bussiness leverage?

maybe I know the answer...

How about Blog?
some blog owned by google, you know it will be search angine friendly

I just Uploaded 500mb of pictures in FP, and I believe FP is the best for photographer, ilustrator and buyer in the future.

If FP success in their bussiness, other website will follow FP system.
Gooo... FP