The cameras I had rejected by Alamy were the Lumiz FZ330 and FujiFilm XF10. The latter rejection was particularly ridiculous as the XF10 has a 24MP APS-C sensor.

I assume this barrier to entry has resulted in Alamy losing ground to it's competitors.

I deleted an image and re-uploaded about an hour later. They rejected it as Approved on Site: This image has already been accepted into our collection.

Shutterstock's forum has this today from Aaron of L.A. Photography:-

"This is for the admins and Mods. It has been over a week and every time my photos or videos accepted some are not appearing in my port. You guys take more of us but can't fix this problem. When will this be CORRECTED!!!??? I get 3/4 of my photos accepted from the 100 I send in to be reviewed but I only get 1/4 of them appear in my port. FIX THIS * ISSUE!"

Thanks for the advice.

I've deleted the 6 images and re-uploaded them.

Will let you know what happens.

So far this year my earnings are up 30% on the first quarter of 2020. I'm submitting (images only) to Dreamstime, iStock, Shutterstock, Deposit Photos and Adobe Stock. I submit about 50 images per month to each site expect Adobe where it's about 10.

I keep my costs down by taking photos from my mountain bike in about a 25 miles radius of where I live in the UK. My camera is also cheap but effective for street style photography - Fujifilm XF10.

I sold 101 photos on SS in January 2021.

So, I moved to tier 2 on 1st February.

43% of my income in January was from on-demand sales.

I'm still think I can make more on SS in 2021 than in 2020.

For me the bottom line, is I sold 562 photos on in the last six months and 41 on Deposit Photos! Only in one month (in the last six) was Deposit Photo's RPD higher than .

I'm going to stick with the other "minow" site Dreamstime, because their RPD is generally better than .

Dreamstime is preventing me uploading editorial images and putting up the following message when I hit submit.

"Your need to provide a cutline."

I've had to submit editorial content as commercial.

They've accepted 8 of my images this week as commercial even though they were clearly editorial content.

Does anyone know what's going on?

I sold 71 images on iStock in November 2020 with an RPD $0.50.

Just an average month.

This is the Terms of Service section they referred to:-

https://submit.shutterstock.com/legal/terms?/

14. Confidentiality

By submitting any Content to Shutterstock, you acknowledge that you will acquire certain confidential and proprietary information, including but not limited to royalty rates, royalty payments and earnings data (collectively, "Confidential Information"). You agree to keep Confidential Information confidential and to not disclose Confidential Information to any third party other than representatives, agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors and advisors with a bona fide need to know, who shall first agree to keep the terms confidential.

Here's my earnings report for November 2020.

• Shutterstock (Level 4) - Port 3258 - 124 downloads -  RPD $1.44
• Adobe Stock - Port 1106 - 31 downloads - RPD �0.91
• Deposit Photos - Port 1518 - 13 downloads - RPD $0.31
• Dreamstime - Port 1754 - 5 downloads - RPD $1.47
• iStock - Port 3192 - data available on 20th Dec 2020

Here's my sales information for October 2020.

Shutterstock (Level 4) - Port 3196 Downloads 95 RPD $0.60
Adobe Stock - Port 1090 Downloads 23 RPD �0.96
Dreamstime - Port 1690 Downloads 8 RPD $0.82
Deposit Photos - Port 1450 Downloads 4 RPD $0.30
iStock - Port 3130 Downloads 100 RPD (available on 20th Nov)

From last month, I had improved RPD on Adobe Stock and Shutterstock, reduced on Dreamstime and no change Deposit Photos.

Dreamstime have a very good RPD. I've earned between $1.01 and $2.07 per download this year.

I have a port of 1548 images and an outstanding earning balance of $65.79. I should reach the payment threshold in Spring 2021.