Haje Jan Kamps experiments with microstock, and discovers that while he sold three times more photos, he earned 40 times less money from the micro stock sales than from a full-on agency – with the exact same photos on sale…
The lesson? If you’re a decent photographer, stay the hell away from micro-stock: The bigger agencies treat you better, pay you more, and actually make an effort to sell your photos on a bigger scale.
Check it out here.