Thank you all for the welcome.  I don't know if I've chosen the best strategy, but I muddle on (with my user manual firm in hand).

gk

Thanks all for your welcome.

Charl, I think that applies to all forums!

sjlocke, microstock forces me to be disciplined, focused and hopefully improving.  I also belong to a local photo club which has a monthly challenge.  That also helps keep me focused.

jsnover, not yet, but good info to have.  Maybe in the future. 

gk

I hope I�m posting in the right place.  If not, please advise.  I have 3 questions.

I submitted 24 photos to ShutterStock and BigStock, using FileZilla.  This was the first time I used FZ, so it didn�t go smoothly, but I successfully uploaded to SS.  I had problems with BS and in the end I uploaded only 17images successfully � but I uploaded them twice � and the images as well as the acceptances and rejections were different in each lot.  The result is my portfolio at BS now has 5 duplicate images.  My portfolio is small (67 images), so the duplicates are obvious.

My questions are:

1.  Is it possible to delete the duplicates easily?  Will I have to go through BS to delete them?

2.  Is it better just to leave the duplicates?  Frankly I wouldn�t bother if my portfolio weren�t so small.

3.  Do most people here use ftp to upload?  If so, is FileZilla the best choice?

I�ll appreciate any help you can give.

gk