'Jerry Maguire' movie, Rod Tidwell  line!

Thanks StockManiac.  I hope that more photographers wouldn't hesitate to express themselves on these sites so that the admin would invest more into a defensive marketing like SS does so well.

I didn't put any comments on the Gimmestock site, I'm not registered there, and probably won't in view of what madelaide mentioned. But here is my small personal contribution today at CanStockPhoto:

http://www.canstockphoto.com/forum_read.php?id=2517
Forums > CanStockPhoto Discussion > Feedback wanted!

Berryspun  Photographer with < 50 sales
 5 posts       
 September 13, 2006 (5 hours ago)
Oh, and I forgot... I would like this balance counter to be less static, so... more good exposure, go and reach the designers, which leads to more sales, and you will have plenty of happy photographers! All the rest is secondary.

well this site has something similar also in the works. Homefully soon at at the top where you see the word Dreamstime, you will see the headings of the major stock sites, as well as your downloads, and earnings.

That would be fantastic!  I hope that you can implement it soon.  Thank you Leaf for creating and improving this site.  I realized that checking on every stock forums was quite time-consuming, and to know that there is this central place where I can quickly get up-to-date with the major site events is really great.

For me the batch from Sept.1 was reviewed Sept 2, but the batches from Sept.2 and on are still in the queue.
On Sept.6, they mentioned that, in other words, they were swamped...  here is the thread:
http://www.luckyoliver.com/blog/91/Submission+Backlog

You're right, there is no confirmation in this answer about the million.  It seems that to justify this number FL counts the different websites which are translated but share the same pool of pictures.
I definitely like the emphasis on the sales, and hope that their bold (hopefully honest) marketing strategy will bear its fruits.

Here are the numbers I found on Answers.com via Wilkipedia:

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-stock-photography
Fotolia
Social marketplace for royalty free stock images (available in english, german, french and spanish)
Wikipedia:  Fotolia. 58,000 members - 4,000 new photos every day - 664,000 pictures

Reading more into the page, I see sites that are not existing anymore, so I'm not sure about the date of these referred numbers.  I didn't find a date associated with the chart.  The numbers are probably higher now.

It works now

No connection for me either at this time...

Leaf, t doesn't bother me to keep track, it frees my mind...

Mike, MS Excel is what I use, one column per site, the first three ones being for the file name, the title, and the thumbnail which I copy from one of the site and reduce to fit.

In each box I put the site file number (if any), the date submitted, the result date with any useful comments given from the site regarding the picture. Plus a color code for the practical visual aspect: blank for waiting, yellow for approved, grey for refused, and green for deleted by myself.  I also use bars to differentiate the dates submitted.

I find this system very practical.  This way, I don't have to think too much about what I did with what and with who, just entering the new info and go on shooting   

Have fun with whatever you choose!

After a few months when the site went into a ghost mood, even encouraging us lately to upload out pictures on other sites, I emailed MicroStockPhoto directly, wondering if they even had the desire for us to upload...  no answer.  This didn't prevent the admin to take off all the posts about the site news (it's blank now).  I wish that the owner John would have left us a little "thank you and sorry" note instead...  I checked the forum as a last farewell and saw a feeble sign of activity... from one of the photographers.  I'm quoting him:

"MSP is A Dead Parrot. It ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet his Maker. It has been. It's deceased. It's an ex stock site. It's like the Norvegian Blue

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYWA8DdVEw0" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYWA8DdVEw0</a>

. "

That video made my day 

Well, my last activity was to empty my portfolio, one by one, just in case the site itself would vanish or be sold for its content...

Thank you for this short ride, and Farewell MSP

Thanks DBV and Adelaide.  I had 2 sales total at MSP, the same picture, the same day... someone must have clicked twice by mistake!  It seems that the owner isn't putting his attention into it anymore.  Yes, it's probably a waste of time at this point to continue uploading, the attention shifts from one stock site to another...

Do you think that it would be wise to take off the pictures from the site before it closes or before it's sold to someone else ?  The TP experience remains present, where we don't know yet why the new owner bought the library and how he intends to use it.  It just '*poof*'.. disappeared...

dbvirago it seems to confirm that they have a mix-up in their photographer's email notifications, or it's manually done by the approvers, and then mistakes can be made.
Since I track the pictures individually, I would prefer to receive a notification email for each photo, whether it may be an individual or group email.  Individual would still be my preference:  an approver reviews the picture, decides a result, the 'click' decision automatically sending an email to the photographer.  We then don't have to wait for a last pending one to know that everything else has already been approved.  It also gives a hint about the ones they are not sure about, for whatever reason.
123rf is the only site where there is an individual reference when you submit, and then another new publicized number when the photo is approved.
MSP and SX don't even send a message about the results, so knowing with 123rf that some anonymous pictures have been approved isn't that helpful, but is a first step in the right direction.  I hope that they will be more precise in a near future

This is the format email notification:

"Accepted: 3
Rejected: 0"

No references to either the batch nor the picture.  Very vague.
The last ones I received didn't change my pending numbers, so I think that the emails were mistakenly sent to me.
I wish that the message would be more specific.  I would prefer to receive an email for each picture result, like some other sites do, I find it very practical and easy to follow.
What do you think?