I am a microstock contributor. I create and sell mostly vector images. Some time ago i was intensively looking for a new profitable agencies where i could upload my vector works. One day in one microstocker's blog i've found good responses about Graphicriver. I've never heard about this agency before so i didn't expect much from it, but anyway i've decided to try it. Now it's about a year when i am contributor in this site and i must say i'm really happy to be there Let me share my experience with it:

http://graphicriver.net/?ref=vecart - agency that belongs to Envato group, together with photodune.net, videohive.net, themeforest.net and other sites.

Advantages:

Good sales - probably the biggest and main advantage of this site. For me it is strong no.2 earner. Only Shutterstock does better for me.
Steady sales - different microstock agencies has different search engines. In this agency number of sales rises very significantly for several days after new works are uploaded. After that it falls down a bit but still remain good. Even if new works aren't uploaded for a long time - sales doesn't drop dramatically and remains steady.
50 USD payout minimum- small payout minumum is always advantage.
Good contributor support - some time ago i had some questions about using Graphicriver, so i wrote letters to it's staff. Staff was very helpful, polite and answered quickly.
Different format works - You can submit there not only vector illustrations, but also PSD works, also logos, print templates, t-shirt designs etc.
Great stats displaying - i like thorough sales and referral stats and anyway contributor account is easy and comfortable to use.

Disadvantages:

Time-consuming file submitting process - For vectors (i don't know how for other formats) You have to prepare three different files for each design: 1)  80x80 px size JPEG thumbnail image 2) 590 px width size JPEG preview image 3) zipped file with high resolution JPEG file, vector file, and some additional formats (optional) inside.
Preparing these files requires additional efforts and time.
High rejection rate - i don't know how about other contributors, but i get a lot of rejections there - more than in other agencies. Most common reason for files rejection - design didn't fit Graphicriver's high quality standarts.

Other features:

File pricing - File price is set by Graphicriver's reviewer. It is often 2-5 USD for RF vector work zip. Sometimes this price may be different. I get 33 percent earnings per sale. This percentage also depends on how many sales contributor made overall.

So i can conclude that graphicriver has it pros and cons, but anyway it is very professional agency with big potential and it is worth to try.
My link:

http://graphicriver.net/?ref=vecart

If some of other contributors sell works here, it would be nice to hear their opinion

Doing quite good there. I upload mostly vectors. Rare rejections, pretty good sales. It is my no. 5 earner currently. But things there are slowly getting better.

hello,
Already for several days i simply can't access www.fotolia.com page. It simply doesn't open. Tried different browsers, two different computers. Does anyone experience the same - is it something wrong with Fotolia website currently?

Hi,
recently searching in the web i've found something that made me smile

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1224130304/tt1687277

it's a link to a "Insight" 2011 hollywood movie page in imdb. And i saw something familiar to me in the poster of this movie It's one of my first microstock vector illustrations, which i've created and uploaded when i've started working in microstock in 2009 december. My illustration:

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photos-stress-image12562488

I have a question: When account in Istock is closed - you don't have possibility to create new account there with the same ID ?

Yeah as some mentioned sales maybe good.. BUT,

- Not crediting contributor's name..
- Paying %20

are 2 unacceptable issues..

well, yes those two issues aren't big advantages. But if sales are good there, i think it might be worth to try. I'm going to contact them for some more contributor information.
I checked stats of this site - alexa rank and traffic looks quite good.

I knew what the 'essence' of this thread was, but I don't understand why you're asking the question, there's a poll on the right whereby a number of people have entered information that means the agencies listed in the "low earner" section are, for the high majority of the people who voted 'low earners' , but now you're asking the exact same people which of the agencies they said were low earners give them a good income - so without pointing out the obvious oxymoron   none of the agencies in the poll results under "low earners" provide a good income for the majority of people here, because if they did they wouldn't be in the "low earners section"....

ok, ok i admit - the name of the topic isn't very good - sorry for my bad english,( i'm not good at it, i know )
but about the Poll results - it doesn't always reflect real potential of microstock sites. For example, some time ago  i've already tried some of the "low earners" category sites - all of them were completely unsuccesful... So after that i didn't paid any attention to site called graphicriver , because it was somewhere in the bottom of the list... - i thought it would be just another waste of time there... but  one day one microstocker reccomended it to me  so ,i registered to this site and now it's one of my best earners. I'm sure that it doesn't matter what theme or style vectors You create - You'll be much more succesful there than in most of "low tier" or even "middle tier" agencies.
http://graphicriver.net/?ref=vecart
next great earner from "low earners " category - clipartof. Take a look at this:
http://www.graphicgravy.com/2011/09/vector-microstock-power-rankings-%e2%80%93-august-2011/   - unfortunately they don't accept new contributors anymore

I am doing that too this minute.. regarding the helix agency I don�t know which is it.. but I have one not a new one that ain�t there too, just finished my upload there, I will let you know, only you
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Thanks you're very kind

Hello,
Which of "Low earners" category (in Microstock Poll Results)  sites brings best profit for You? We have quite long list there of "low earners" in the right side of webpage and probably most of these sites earns only cents for contributors... But for some contributors some of these agencies are good earners and even better then some middle tier or top tier agencies.
For example, for me (i create mostly vectors) good agencies from "low earners" are graphicriver, vectorstock (about the same earnings as Dreamstime). Graphicleftovers have some sales and are getting better.
Please, share Your experience: what do You mostly upload (vectors, photography, video...) and which of the low earners is best for You?

So, what is wrong with it?

Hi,
Several months ago i started uploading vector images to vectorstock.com. The beggining was slow. But now it is getting better and better with earnings there. The commisions at first were 0,25 dollar for one image sale. But when i reached 500 downloads mark (bronze level) - commisions became 0,30. Sales aren't big, but stable and growing up steadily. i guess soon i will reach 50 usd/month mark there.
In this blog i see mostly negative comments about this site because of small vector price, small sales... But anyway i guess it is not so bad there because i see a lot of new vector artists in vectorstock. I even noticed one of the best microstock illustrators Anja Kaiser there.
How is Your experience with vectorstock.com? Are You happy with Your earnings?

Hi,
recently i've found on this blog very interesting site of one of the microstocker's - http://www.veoelmundo.com/ .  In this site photographer Holger writes about how he visits many different countries of the world and during these journeys he makes photos for microstock.
I think this kind of job - traveling photographer sounds absolutely awsome. Are there any other travelling microstockers? I've heard that travel photos are very succesful in microstock, but can this kind of bussiness payback - i mean  all travelling expenses should be huge - plane, train tickets, hotels or hostels, food, etc. Is it possible for those photos made during these travels to earn enough to compensate all those expenses?  Of course, i realize that it strongly depends from the skills of the photographer and from what countries are visited... But anyway, if You do this it would be interesting to hear something from Your experience.