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Noel
My biggest payout is from istock. I make about three times as much here as on Fotolio, and about 10 times as much as on Dreamstime. Upload system is frustrating.
Yan
I agree with the above posts. This site is a photographer's nightmare. I have roughly 200 images backlogged waiting to be subbmited because of their weekly limit.... next month bith Fotolia and Dreamstime will surpass my IStock earnings....
Ernst V
I work with 6 different stock agencies. Istockphoto is unique among agencies in that:
It does not provide batch uploading. Images uploaded manually one at a time.
It provides no reasonable form of contact for photographers to sort out problems or technical issues.
It is the slowest site to approve new uploads (approx 2 weeks).
It's forums are heavily policed and posts critical of istockphoto's procedures are deleted. It does not permit favorable comments about other stock agencies on its forums.
It offers the lowest pay per earnings ratio of any stock site (20%).
It has the highest rejection rate of any site.
Mark
istock doesn't seem to value the photographers that submit images. Have very limiting limits on the number of uploads and reject far more than other agencies, usually for "reasons" that are visible to the inspector only such as trademark/copyright when there is no logo to be found in the image. Istock used to be strong in sales, up with Shutterstock and Dreamstime, now they are seriously lagging and I've reached the point where I would rather spend my time shooting more photos to upload to the ohter agencies than to waste time uploading to istock. I think changes that have been made with this agency have it on its way out.
IamJoke
Very hard to get images accepted. But the largest place to sell. I only have 200 images (where other sites have accepted 400+). But it earns more than any site except Shutterstock!
Noel
My biggest payout is from istock. I make about three times as much here as on Fotolio, and about 10 times as much as on Dreamstime. Upload system is frustrating.