Dont worry about what others are getting  concentrate on improving and getting more each month

Yep I think part of being smarter is spotting niches that are hard for factories to emulate e.g less well known and local to me locations

IMO there is no big 4 - for me there is a BIG ONE - shutterstock followed by the middle sized 4 - Fotolia, 123, Istock Dreamstime - Dreamstime is trending sharply down for me but has often sprung back in the past. Contary to many reports I stock is trending up. Just sayin!

Adobe buying photo marketplace Fotolia for $800M � 4:20 PM
Eric Jhonsa, SA News Editor
Along with its FQ4 beat, Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) announces it's buying Fotolio, a top marketplace for royalty-free photos and videos, for $800M in cash. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2015.
Fotolia, which competes against the likes of Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Getty Images, claims to offer 34M+ photos and videos for sale. Naturally, Adobe plans to integrate Fotolia with Creative Cloud, and offer its services to the Creative Cloud base.
The purchase follows Adobe's 2012 acquisition of digital artwork/portfolio-sharing site Behance, reportedly for ~$150M. More recently, Adobe launched a curated marketplace for Creative Cloud content (icons, vector graphics, etc.).
ADBE +5% AH.

Adobe Press Release


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Should pay out very soon - if you were over the payout at end of month if I remember correctly - waiting for mine!

It said it was important......well it might be if I ever sold anything there way down my priority list to start loading again

I do batches of twenty everywhere - find it keeps things manageable

"F40. Can I resubmit rejected files with DeepMeta?
No, this is not possible. The iStock API does not support this." - from FAQ.

Seems I can find rejected files in DM then need to work out where I've stored them make any changes then resubmit doable but PIA

Thanks - oh well some work for the long dark evenings!

Funnily enough I'm having a great month by my mediocre standards - for me DT seems to have  good spells followed by (longer  ) moribund periods

I have had some images rejected for incorrect editorial captions - any thoughts on the best workflow to resubmit - looks a bit of a slog to me!!!

I'm getting OK sales but almost Everything Rejected over the last 3-4 months.

DT seem to be accepting almost everything now - apart from their similars policy I used to think they were very fair in the past. Unlike Dune who I also used to think were fair and reject almost everything now.