It helps I have done it. It approximately doubled my income at 123rf. Now I earn about $8 a month in the average with a little less than 100 images

Yeah my egg challenge image is still pending..

I uploaded early, so my image had a chance to get snappy But now I wait until sales start..

I think I have read on istock somewhere about this, but I am not sure where: I have in my mind that the titel and description do not to affect the search results. However without warranty.

Lol, is this a new way of earning money? 
Like: Oh, I do have a part time job, it is uploading to new agencies who are popping up all the time. The images do not sell, but you get money for uploading

Yep a good sales day yesterday and image got reviewed within less than 24h. Seem to come and go together.

Ok, uploaded, now I just have to wait 5 days or so Hope they will accept such a weird image.
Pr2is, I do not know if they are worth the effort. I might try a penguin with sunglasses (thats not too much work) and then see if I can go in such directions.. However in gerneral I want to keep it close to nature... 

Ying Yang and trust, I agree with both of you. The numbers represented in the poll are not perfect, but they do give us some interesting data. There might be better ways to compare, but you need to keep in mind that the simpler the poll the more people will participate.

Not all photographers upload all photos to all agencies. I for example have much less photos at BS then at even IS. (I actually was shocked after I calculated the $/image/month at BS. Just 3 cents.) So definetely the data is not perfect, but for me interesting non the less.

Here are mine

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4058579

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=1624988

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=1903827

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3247252

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3614410

I do understand if the last one does not qualify   Thanks!

I think the design looks great! About "the more transport images..." I think you should change to the same script as below.

Adelaide, no you cannot change it and i cannot either, maybe Leaf can.
I am probably not better, when I look at the image which have no penguins or iceberg in it..
Definetely need to improve.

Ok here is a new poll. I thought it would be interesting how much the average microstocker would make /image/month. I have no idea, only that it is assumed that the actual number should be between $1-$2, so I made the range pretty wide.

Here is the way you calculate it: Go to for example Istock, look at your numbers and divide the income of August by the number of your images. Example: $200 income in August, your portfolio there: 100 images. $200/ 100 = $2. You do the same for the other agencies. (We should limit it to the Big 6). Lets assume you have 2$ for IS and $0.25 at DT.
Then you calculate them together: $2+$0.25=$2.25. So your average $/image/month would be $2.25 if you have images only at DT and IS. Do not hesitate to take part, because you think you are well below the average or above. It will help us to see where we are, if we are doing well or if we should improve.

Thanks!

Traveller, it is good money for a student, and if I get that amount, I will do better $/month/image than on some microstock sites, (not all), and it would definetely be worth my time. Your are a professional, photography for me is currently a part-time work. I never have done any photography courses and thats how it is with most microstock photographers, keep that in mind. . So $/image/month on Alamy would be a nice increase. Why should you be surprised? A post before you said Alamy would pay much better than any microstock site. Which is not the case for me, if I would earn as much as you per image, by the way.
However, what can I say, I know nothing about the traditional agencies compared to you, so here I am to listen, what you have to say Well I will wait until you are back Looking forward to it. All the best for your shooting!

Pixart, you can calculate it this way: E.g. you have 100 images at IS and $200 earnings this month at IS. So you calculate 200/100  ($/number of images). That equals $2 per month/image at IS. You do that for every agency. And than add the average $/month/image from every agency together. Thats the total amount you will earn $/month/image. Lee did it in this way at www.microstockdiaries.com. Go back to his thread about the earnings of August. It is quite interesting.