Do photos.com DLs count toward obtaining a new canister level?  If so, if some one was close to the next canister level it might make sense to temporarily opt into the partner program in hopes of making it to the next canister level before February 24th.

I have been having about 20% of my images accepted the last couple of months.  Almost all the rejections are because "Your photograph did not reach our desired level of aesthetic quality. "  Frustrating.

Just had my first sale ($7.20).  Been on a little over a month with 350 images.

^^^ I was wondering the same thing.

Had a image I submitted to StockXpert about 3 weeks ago sell as a JIU sub thru StockXpert today.  I thought that it was odd that they are still migrating StockXpert images to JIU.

You can queue up your files and FTP them to multiple sites using filezilla.

See this thread:
http://www.microstockgroup.com/software-general/how-to-schedule-uploads-with-filezilla/msg85839/

Where is the best place to provide copy space in an image?  I am guessing the "rules" are different depending on whether to image is vertical or horizontal.

Thanks,

Mark

I am seeing very similar results on FT as well so far this month, but I have a small portfolio (162 images) so it is probably random fluctuations.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.

Got it to work after a few tries.  Thanks!

Limits were just increased again.

June 1, 2009 (03:24)
Contributors: we have increased the upload limit to 300. - posted by Tangie

Below is part of post from Achillies:

Continuing its steady ascendant trend, Dreamstime has registered a 90% traffic growth rate in the last 12 months according to third parties that provide web analytics. Similar results have been registered for all other parameters as well: number of registered users, buyers, submissions and images online (while the waiting time gets close to 0 now!)
While a strong positioning has already been secured within the market, our aim is to continue growth at the same if not even higher rates.

We've just released a price update, 9 months after our previous adjustments (credits 2008). This is not an update of the pricing in credits, but of the credit value itself. The credit amount required for image download will not change. Subscription plans will also stay the same.

Full details can't be provided here, due to the dynamics of the purchase tool, but most of you will already see updated royalties for the latest downloads. A few examples are in the above graphics. As you can see, for the lower volumes, a non exclusive photographer will receive $0.84 instead of $0.50 per credit. A 5 credits image will bring him $4.2 (up from $2.5) while the exclusive will receive $5.01 (up from $3) .

Overall, adding discounts and additional credits, the price update should translate in over 30-40% increase in sales and royalties. Coming right before the summer season, we expect this to bring better earnings for everyone and record months for most contributors.
Although this is a significant increase, we still continue to provide the best prices for buyers!

The actual thread is here:
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_17369

About 20 minutes each way to drive 13 miles.  Can be much worse during snow or when an accident backs things up.