What is your workflow for alamy.

Does it differ to the microstocks (other than the upsize at the end).

I have finally got around to shottig raw and am thinking of trying alamy.

Edit: what do you use to upsize.  I currently only have Elements but I dont think they accept teh upsizing that is done in this program 9only v7 and CS).  Is there any good freeware?  I dont want to invest incase I dont get accepted and even if I do, until I get sales.

Sales are slow but I get a few a month.  with high payout 70% it does as good a some of the other sites.  However, it does need to take off a bit in order for me to get a payout.

This new extended license seems interested.  Will wait to see how it works out (I have activated for all images)

The only one of interest is the small business one.  Not enough info though -  do we get more money - if so how much. how do we activate it.  Why only small businesses.

Actually I like LO which says "we took them all"

I stopped sharpening on the basis that it should be done only one and as the last step by the designer.  I have started to sharpen again but only on selective areas and only to a minor amount (i find it brings out detail on brickwork better).

Have you emailed/contacted the Olivers?  I am sure they have some wacky name for it.

I agree with IRCrockett.  It will reduce the risk of too many simlar rejections.  Once you have one photo in the que, all later uploads are added to that place so you have to wait until they have been reviewed before you upload more.

Alternatively get them all up there as time on site is the most important thing.  You wont get a DL it it isn't there.

Quote from: CJPhoto on August 18, 2006, 14:17

I dont think hobbies are taxable in the UK but I could be wrong.

LOL! If you earn money its not a hobby anymore i pay taxes since 15years for my hobby
I'm not a UK resident but just think about it you have to declare your income thats the same in every country i know. if you spend more money on cameras than you earn then you probably don't have to pay taxes but you still have to declare it.

I retract my statement above.

Hobbies are definately not taxable in New Zealand.  As NZ is a commonwealth country and our tax system is loosely based on the UK I made an assumption.

Anyway - my expenses far outwieght any income, even if only allocated 25% business - 75% personal.

Has anyone tryied downlaoding your own photos. Is it against the rules.

I agree it is pointless for me to be able to buy photos.  I take photos and would only uses ones that are significant to me in some way.

How they monitor the sale will be interesting but we have to assume Fotolia have this under control (has anyone ever asked how any of the sites track sales and if it is audited to ensure they account for the sale to us properly - With the internet, we have to trust and I think Fotlia is reputable at this stage.  They have pulled out of other deals where the photographer was getting a bad deal).

I think it makes sense the way payment works.  TM buys a single use photo (1 or 2 credits).  If someone buys the template, TM acts as agent to buy another photo from Fotolia (for 1 or 2 credits).  they could do this with EL but as another poster said, that would be a huge upfront cost.

here is an alexa graph of traffic, unfortunate to say, but istock looks pretty strong.

 
Offtopic post but:
These graphs are quite interesting - I had a look once at all the established sites.  If you look at just 2006, there is very little growth in the industry.  especially given the number of submiters is growing fast.

Kacper - The inital ones take a while but after than it is quick - they dont always tell you though so check your portfolio. �originally they sent you an email listing all approave shots, after than I got an email saying they were approved but with no details. �now I dont get anything. �(this is not a gripe - just a statement).

No sales this week which is unusual, I would normally have at least one.  My only batch in the last 2 months just got accepted today so they will be new in time fo the weekend - oh well.