A quick review on www.depositphotos.com

Hello again,


Last month i joined depositphotos, i was a bit unsire about it from what i have read on the internet and also i was a bit unclear about some aspects of it. I thought i would write a quick review for you guys so you can have it from an amateur's perspective like myself.


So if i am honest the only reason I uploaded to depositphotos was because of the promotion programme that they have been running for the last year. The program was that for every image you had accepted they would give you $0.20 for up to 500 images. That means that if you upload 250 then you have $50.00 just like that and so you can cash out... marvellous.


I took that opportunity as i though that it was free money to be made. So as of late I have uploaded 148 images and so earned a total of $29.60, that is without a sale. FANTASTIC!!


Here is a link to my depositphotos portfolio 


However don't be fooled into joining for that reason now, because the promotion programme will be finishing soon and no new people can take part. It is such a shame it is finishing as i have not reached enough to cash-out yet
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Acceptance Ratio


The acceptance ratio is fair in my opinion and i have got more accepted there than anywhere else. That is for definite. I have only been uploading photographs and it is already my largest portfolio. It is nice to have "not so good" photographs accepted, especially just their acceptance has earned me some money
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Submit Procedure


The submit procedure is great actually, there are far fewer fields to fill in than other stock sites and so it is much quicker. BUT more importantly there is a brilliant auto-fill feature if you want to upload similar images. You can upload using the web, flash or FTP- standard really.
They respond within about 2 days which i am happy with.


Sales


Ha! sales, oh sales, i have had, in 2 months a grand total of...wait for it...zero sales. It is a little disappointing but hey it is early and i am hopeful!


Commission


It is between 40% and 60%, which is much better that fotolia's 25%


End Notes


Now that the promotion programme is over i would not recommend it as a stock site as i think the time uploading would not be worth it in terms of actual sales. So if you are new to this as i am then keep uploading to other stock sites.