I don't bother with the SS forums anymore because they are so depressing. The same people grinding the same axes over and over. Its a shame because they used to be great fun.
The only forum I bother reading nowadays is this one, everything you need to know ends up here, without a big pointless argument.

This is one of the nicest sites I have joined. The people are friendly and helpful, and most of all, totally human and approachable.
There are not many sales yet, but it is a new site so they will grow in time.
Most of all, making those little cards is great fun! I have uploaded about 250 so far, and really enjoyed it. Most of the pics I have for sale as stock adapt easily to business cards.
I was going through one of those flat uninspired times with the stock photography when this came along. I love playing around in Photoshop, so making frames and trying different backgrounds has been like relaxation after the stress of the micros.
Give it a go!

Impressive images Phil. I must give this a try.

I agree with Epyxx. I always have the most relevant keywords in the first dozen or so. It saves loads of time on sites like Fotolia, whose search is slanted towards the first few keywords. It will make uploading to CS a piece of cake.

I am all for a keyword limit. The spamming is getting ridiculous, and it must be putting buyers off.

I find 123Rf sporadic. I will go a couple of days without a sale, then 10 come all at once!

The high number of images in the queue tells me that Dreamstime is the place where people want to be. My sales there increase week on week.
The number of hours waiting time figure is generated by a computer program based on the number of pictures passing by the reviewers. Thats why it goes up sometimes, they have to sleep.
The review process is a lot slower than most sites, but I think it is a lot fairer than some. The rejection reasons are always right and fair.
I look on the suscription downloads as a extra, over and above the normal sales. They are attracting another sort of buyer who would not have bought the pictures from there otherwise.
They are my number two earner behind Shutterstock, and so far this month they are ahead of everyone.

I am in the UK, and I do other photography work beside stock sites. I deduct 33% of the cost of new equipment each year over three years, all travel costs, 20% of all light and heating costs in my home (because I have turned a spare bedroom into a small studio).
Last year I paid no tax on my photography income, but I expect to pay a small amount this year.
UK photographers need to be careful about falling into the VAT brackets, and being forced to charge VAT and pay it over to the government. This is worked out on your turnover, not your profit. Im nowhere near that area yet, but I imagine some people reading this could be.

A long time ago I read on these forum about American Frame. They sell frames, and you can upload your images to be sold with the frames. You set your own profit.
BEWARE.
I had a gallery on there, and last week received an email from their printing department. They had an order for one of my pictures, but did not have it on the database. They asked me to re upload, which I did.
I have not been credited with that sale. I have emailed support and received no reply.
Therefore, I have deleted all my images.
If you have any images with them, be warned, they don't pay you for sales!

I don't think it matter when you upload them, pictures can sell at anytime. I sold half a dozen Christmas pictures last week.
Designers work sometimes months ahead of the season, so they could easily be looking for winter pictures in the summer.
Also, the Internet is global. When it is winter in the northern hemisphere, its summer in the south.

What a great picture. I love it. Congratulations, very well deserved winner.

Still no luck here in Britian. (Pun intended!)

My sales are really taking off there, I hope the trend continues!