Hi there,

I noticed that my best sellers are quite different from one site to another :

- Dreamstime : my best sellers are macro and close ups, business and office related (money, stationery, IT..) + people.
- Fotolia : same + architecture (office buildings...) and outdoors (parks...). Outdoors don't sell for me as much at DT.
- 123RF : very different than DT and FT... I sold a LOT of my beach/seaside images that don't sell at all at Fotolia and Dreamstime.

As I'm new at StockXpert and IS, I can't give any conclusions regarding those sites.

Did you notice any differences between your best seller categories for each site you're submitting to ?

Hello,

I still have 21 days to prepare my second Shutterstock application, after having my 1st one beeing rejected last week. (and still 13 days before Alamy will do the same, as i'm expecting...)

I understood from my rejection and various forums that i'd rather submit images containing :
- Absolutely no noise (mine were rejected for this reason, despite the fact i used Noiseware).
- Not over processed
- No shallow DOF, everything in focus.

Submitting only images accepted at IS could be a good idea, but unfortunately, that's what I did, and my batch has been rejected at SS...

Any other advices ?
Could it be possible to see some of the images of your first batch ?

I really would like to have my account activated next time.... 

My application was reviewed after only a few hours, and i'm currently uploading my first batch at Lucky Oliver. I really LOVE the way photographers can submit images (no categories, FTP, IPTC data).

The layout is really nice and useful as well. I hope this site will be successful. After a few hundred uploads, i'll keep you updated about my sales.

I just discovered Shutterpoint (www.shutterpoint.com) a few days ago. They're asking the photographers to pay the hosting fees (100MB = $25/year... = approx. 30 images.) On the other hand, they let photographers choose their own prices ($50/image av.)
Does it worth the money ?

Hello,

I'm new at Microstockgroup.com
I'm french, spending most of my time and working in Romania (eastern europe) - currently in France till september.

I'm shooting for microstocks since june 2006. I'm currently submitting to :
- Dreamstime
- Fotolia (stopped - sales don't worth time to upload and categorize)
- 123RF (low sales but no categories  )
- Istock but planning to stop : 20 files/week is like a joke..., and i really hate their submission system.

My first Shutterstock application has just been rejected yesterday (see http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt12246.html )  and i just sent my first Alamy application today, hope it will be accepted.

I'm also planning to build my small personnal RM stock site about Romania. I've got lots of quality photos of the country, and i'm going sell them on my own site.

I'm a freelance webdesigner, planning to quit webdesign for full time stock photography when i'll be earning enough to make a decent living in Romania: in March 2007 if I can reach my expectations (In Romania, i need 3 times less money than i need in france - Actually, �110 = minimum salary / around �200 to 250 = average salary... �500 is really ok, and is approximately equivalent as what you could buy for �1500-2000 in Fance)

Oh, and i'm using an Olympus E-500 (I LOVE this camera