I thought Picfair's whole principle was trying to be fair to contributors. That's why you are called Picfair from picture and fair.
I know of no other stock agency that tries to charge contributors money just to use an ftp upload.
It sounds like a really bad way to develop contributor trust.
You will have seen how shutterstock shot themselves in the foot this month ruining their online reputation by doing what they did to contributors.
I have never had to pay just to be in an agency. Surely you can make enough money out of commissions without trying to charge me fees too?
Poor you... what are you complaining about actually? Crying that Picfair is giving you 100% commission, they take 0% since COVID, and you call that unfair? Normally they take 20% and 80% for the free plan, and you compare them to Shutterstock?
I never had sales with them (and I actually only had 1800 images there), but since 21st of december 2020, I made 5 sales. Since they give great comission and I do see sales with such a low number of images, I am giving them a try and subscribed for 1 year. Will let you know of the results, but I don't see Picfair as an agency. More like a personnal website and they promote your images on their site as a plus.
We'll see how it goes, I will upload my full portfolio and see if I get better results, I don't hope for much but I like giving a fair agency a chance.