I see that there are a number of sites in the poll results that rank above the middle tier (3.5)  Does anyone have any experience with any of these, are they worth the time?  Vivozoom, PhotoSpin, Paxxion, Photocase are all above the middle tier and ranked by a dozen people.   http://www.microstockgroup.com/pollsresults/

Found these guys as one of the few Macro/midstock sites listed in the  2011 The Photographers Market book that are willing to take on non-exclusive RF contributers.  www.painetworks.com   Quality of work has that slightly dated characteristic 35mm look so they've probably been around a while, image prices are in the hundreds, does anybody have any experience contributing to them? Is it worth the time they seem to have kind of an alamy-ish feel they offer 60% commission and give photographers their own website where they earn 100% commission (still confused on how that actually works?)  I have been putting in a lot of research time in finding other outlets that offer fair commissions.... with all these micro commission cuts it is not really sustainable any more to be solely in micro, however there are only a few big guys that will work without exclusivity. 

So anyone have any sales with these folks.?

I have been with agefotostock now for over a year, I was told it has similar sales as Alamy, but to date I have had ZERO sales at Age as compared to some pretty good sales at Alamy....has anyone had sales at Age.  Wondering if it is worth the effort to continue uploading.

I am thinking of including another friend who is a trained photographer into my microstock production and starting a small two person stock photography operation.  I feel we would have the potential to be more than twice as productive if there was a second person.  I wonder how those of you who are husband and wife teams or just two people working together handle the logistics of having a coworker. What business model works for you.  Should one person solely be responsible for editing or keywords or shooting or uploading or do you divide tasks equally and simply split profits equally.  I am not looking to pay an employee an hourly wage, I simply want a partner who splits all earnings in the hopes that the division of labor makes us both more profitable, splitting equipment costs would also be a bonus I would think.  Please share your experiences working with other people.