I entered the world of stock photography in 2014 after a long thought (1.5 years) between Alamy and microstock sites. Back then, to my knowledge, Alamy pays decent amount of money while microstock gives you 30 to 50 cents per image. Come on, what the heck 30 cents! Of course, I was aware of those reviews about microstock sites saying that the number of downloads would outweigh the “good pay” at Alamy but I was not convinced. I decided to upload my images on Alamy. I was uploading and uploading and waiting and waiting for some sells but nothing happened. I signed up to become a contributor at Shutterstock, Depositphotos, Istock, Dreamstime, Canstock and Fotolia and was accepted right away. I was quite surprised, but let say I uploaded my very best shots. So I started to upload photo at those 6 microstock sites as well. I uploaded about 200 pictures but did not sell any. The situation pissed me off. With all the time I spent manipulating, uploading and keywording those photos I’ve got $7. I decided to withdraw all my photos at Canstock and Fotolia and cancelled my account. I was also trying to withdraw all my photo at Dreamstime but it did not allow me to delete all of them. So I still have some photos there. I also thought maybe it is not bad to have some photos hanging around there. I had a feeling that some people find my picture at Dreamstime ...