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General - Top Sites / DT exclusive - advice wanted
« on: December 20, 2017, 08:21 »
Hello,
I've been a DT exclusive since about 2010 (you can start laughing your heads off right now)
4000+ images portfolio (half illustration, half pictures)
Until 2013 earnings were very decent.
During that year the earnings gradually dropped to half of what they used to be (despite a growing port and a growing number of sales)
Earnings remained "stable" afterwards. So I learned to get used to it.
Until July of this year, when -suddenly- earnings fell off the cliff entirely.
Struggling and just making the minimum payout amount every month now.
So I'm considering to drop my exclusivity. Long overdue I suppose.
However, I have a daytime job (not photography/illustration related) and have only 2 to 3 hours per week to start uploading to a (one?) new site.
Which one would be the best? One of the Big 4 mentioned here? What are the pros and cons of each of those 4 (upload process, treatment of contributors, earnings of recently uploaded images, ...)?
Thank you in advance.
I've been a DT exclusive since about 2010 (you can start laughing your heads off right now)
4000+ images portfolio (half illustration, half pictures)
Until 2013 earnings were very decent.
During that year the earnings gradually dropped to half of what they used to be (despite a growing port and a growing number of sales)
Earnings remained "stable" afterwards. So I learned to get used to it.
Until July of this year, when -suddenly- earnings fell off the cliff entirely.
Struggling and just making the minimum payout amount every month now.
So I'm considering to drop my exclusivity. Long overdue I suppose.
However, I have a daytime job (not photography/illustration related) and have only 2 to 3 hours per week to start uploading to a (one?) new site.
Which one would be the best? One of the Big 4 mentioned here? What are the pros and cons of each of those 4 (upload process, treatment of contributors, earnings of recently uploaded images, ...)?
Thank you in advance.