After trying six of the top microstock site's I am most impressed with the performance of ClusterShot.com. According to Microstock Insider these guys joined the stock photo business late last year and hit the ground running. Unlike many stock services, ClusterShot allows sellers to manage their own inventory of photographs without approval or intervention from a site moderator (think Flickr, in fact you can feed in your Flickr photos!) As a result photos I submit are instantly available for sale (rather than waiting in queues that can take weeks to approve).

I particularly like Clustershot's WebDev technology that allows me to cut and paste all my files from one folder on my desktop to a virtual folder on the Clustershot server thus saving me from the laborious effort of web browser based uploading.

My account is fairly fresh and my portfolio still light, but I'm hopeful that ClusterShot will meet my expectations for Microstock sales. I'll be sure to update this post when the results are in and offer a comparative performance with one of the better known microstock suppliers.

Check out my newly established Photography Collection and Portfolio at Clustershot>>