Hi all -

I've searched and read a lot of threads on this topic, but I wanted to directly discuss this.  I'm fairly new to micro-stock.  I have images on Getty, but this is my first effort on micro-stock.  I'm currently contributing to Shutterstock, iStock, Dreamstime, and Fotolia. 

For non-microstock stuff, I alway export with some light sharpening.  However...  I was getting some photos kicked back on Shutterstock for over-sharpening.  So, I turned off sharpening all together.  Ironically, I still got images kicked back by Shutterstock for over sharpening (I think Shutterstock just likes to clear queues a lot).

Anyway, I turned off all my sharpening and now I got some images on Fotolia kicked back from being soft.  However, the focus is spot on. 

So... what's the right thing to do?  Add a little sharpening or not?  I personally feel that all digital files need a little sharpening due to the aliasing filter.  But... my thoughts aren't really important...  what works best for micro-stock?

Thoughts?