Best website for selling art?

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So, me and a friend of mine (me - graphic designer, them - photographer) have recently started to wonder why we're not selling our work via a clip art / stock photo site. Having decided to move forward on this, I'd like to get some opinions on the best sites to upload to and sell through. Which have you used? Had the most success with? Which to avoid? Which one's pay the best? Their work will be mostly scenic photography, with basic stock images; and the vast majority of mine will be vector images. In all honest humility, we're both pretty dern good at it. A lot of people have said my illustrator files look like photoshop filters; and they tend to think their's are heavily doctored images, when in fact they're setup and "snapped" that way... Any advice will be appreciated (the better the advice, the more the appreciation. ;-D )
Danke Sheon!

Bianca · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I am a photographer and also design abstract textures in Photoshop.  I don't do any vector stuff.  I have been contributing to a few stock sites for a few months now.  Here is my assessment so far:

1.  iStockphoto - You have to submit test images.  I'm not sure how many vector images they require.  I applied to be a photographer and it was 3.  It took me 2 tries to get in.  They are fairly strict compared to a few of the other microstock sites.  I've made a handful of sales there but only have about 40 images in my portfolio.  I have read that they are great for vector artists.  My 3rd best earner.

2.  Shutterstock - 10 images as a test submission.  Again it took me 2 tries to get in.  They are for me slightly less strict than iStockphoto and I make quite a few downloads with them.  They are my top earner.  

3.  Texturevault - only about a year old but they are my 2nd best earner.  They operate like the other stock sites in that each image is approved or not approved by a reviewer but they don't require any test submissions to get in.

4.  Dreamstime, Fotolia, BigStock, 123RF, Featurepics...all of these are pretty lame for me as far as sales go.  I keep uploading however as I do get scattered sales.

Hope this helps!

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