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I haven't been able to upload using Firefox for months now, but Safari thankfully works just fine.
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Travel + Leisure Magazine (USA), online version, November 2009
AP6H3H Northwest Airlines hub at Detroit, Michigan
Credit: Images-USA
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-and-worst-airlines-for-lost-luggage/5/
AGWE07 Hawaiian Airlines plane landing
Credit: Andy Jackson
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-and-worst-airlines-for-lost-luggage/10/
APPHGP AirTran Airlines plane landing
Credit: David Osborn
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-and-worst-airlines-for-lost-luggage/11/
AT6N1G Alaska Airlines plane landing
Credit: Mason Vranish
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-and-worst-airlines-for-lost-luggage/12/
ARHMMG Mesa Airlines plane landing
Credit: David Osborn
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-and-worst-airlines-for-lost-luggage/14/
ABTHMF Delta Airlines plane interior with passengers
Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-and-worst-airlines-for-lost-luggage/15/
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Ah ha! Thank you! :-)
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How long does it typically take for a credit card sale to complete processing? I have one that is over a month old, and I thought it would only take a few days to process (as opposed to a credit account sale). Any ideas why it might be taking so long?
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Amateur wrote:Karin, interesting examples. No need to back off, some of us don't bite  I stayed away from micros because I don't think my images have 'mass appeal' (able to sell 1000's of times) and I found the commission rate gross exploitation.
Haha! I was worried about being caught in a spitting match.
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Looks like everyone missed my post with some actual numbers.
Back away from this thread, Karin...back slowly away..................................
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wayoutwest wrote:If you look at the sales numbers on istock, it is possible to make hundreds and even thousands for an individual image. These can be sold on lots of microstock sites. This isn't just a few images, there are lots of them. Sometimes it might be better to sell an image 500 times for $1 than once for $200.
That's so true. A friend of mine has only 36 images online at istock and 2708 total sales, 2118 of which have come from one single image he uploaded in November 2006. Just a simple background illustration designers find highly useful. If he only earned a 20 cent commission on each sale, that equals $423 in just over a year...but the average commission is much higher than 20 cents due to the variety of sizes available, so he has earned quite a lot more than $423. My own personal average commission was 65 cents per sale last year, so if he earned the same as my average, that's $1,376 on one image.
Another friend, another photo, this time just a simple house. 2400 sales since August 2006 earning at the very least $480. With my average of 65 cents per sale, that equals $1,560. He has several of these hot selling houses in his portfolio of only 126 images.
And yet another friend only started uploading in September 2006 and has sold over 26,000 images with currently just over 1,000 images online. Using the bare minimum 20 cents per sale, she's earned at least $5,200. However, using my average commission of 65 cents, she probably earned closer to $16,900. After less than a year selling at the micros, she was able to give up her day job and pursue photography full-time living in Los Angeles.
All three of these stories don't include figures from the other microstock sites these folks contribute to, so their overall earnings on these images and portfolios go even higher.
I could go on and on and on with story after story about great selling images or people who were able to become full-time professional photographers from microstock earnings alone. It happens a lot more often than anyone realizes.
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What I've done is write all of the information down and given copies to both of my children (usernames, passwords, agency info, payment methods, etc.). I also label all of my photos with names that will tell them which agencies are representing which photos, and whether they are RF, RM or editorial. For example, all of my photos that are RM with Alamy are labeled ARM123 - Subject. Alamy RF photos are labeled A123 - Subject.
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RE: the 48 hour turnaround, the following is from a form letter I received today:
Quote:As you will also know, we are working on a project to reduce QC times
down to 48 hours for everyone. For this reason we are trialling a number
of different methods which means some people will be selected for the
trial and it will mean their images go through quicker than others.
Again, this is a random selection, and your images may be part of this
group the next time you upload.
Whilst we finalize and modify our QC process there will be inconsistent
speeds of turnaround times for a number of contributors - we know it is
frustrating which is why we are working as hard as we can to bring in 48
hour turnaround times for all contributors before the end of quarter 1
2008.
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My batches have been waiting since December 28th...a full 40 days now.  I've never had to wait anything longer than the standard 25, and am beginning to wonder if there is a glitch.
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