I understand your frustration when you say something like this, “Shutterstock refusing to update the photographer side of the site (views, easy image management, etc).” However then you say something like this, “Small sites that promise to do things different and get no sales. Ever. That?s not different. That?s the same if you?re a small site. Here?s a hint: photographers + images + sales = more of all of the above. Thousands of images with no buyers, thousands of buyers with few images – neither works. Stop trying to do it overnight and BUILD your site.”

I think you hit the nail on the head with these two points and they go together in a lot of ways. It really highlights that chicken vs. the egg problem and when do you focus on your sellers needs vs your buyers needs. Such a tough balancing act and one I would love to solve.

“Sites without FTP annoy me. ” Still don’t get why one site in particular never got this. Must have been by design. I would add that sites without FTP annoy me but sites with the ability to parse out IPTC data during an FTP are immediately defined as useless.

I could go on for a bit more but have to get back to work. Interesting feedback and I am thinking along the lines that you are. Keep up the good work. John