Shutterstock is still the best at consistently selling our illustrations. A couple of months ago I decided to start posting the lifetime earnings of each of the sites. I feel like it's one thing to tell people you can make money creating stock images, and another thing to actually state the numbers. I've uploaded my illustrations to have this be a passive income (meaning that I don't really actively create and upload new images on a consistent basis), so it's fantastic to make between 200 and 300 dollars a month on something I'm barely paying attention to.
On the other hand, some of the sites are suffering because of it. Istockphoto used to reach almost $100 (if not more) each month. That's reflected in the lifetime total earnings, but also in the fact that it now makes less than Dreamstime each month.
Some of these sites continue to make money...others, such as Crestock, have yet to get off the ground and probably never will. In March I signed up for a new site called DrawShop. I've heard the sales aren't the best, but they have the possibility to do custom jobs, so I wanted to see how that would play out. I've only uploaded 65 files...
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