Fotolia is the first of the main stocks that accepted and also sold one of my photographs.
It’s growing fast (about 1,3 millions images) in September 06.
They sell pictures for 1$, 2$, 3$ (M, L, XL dimension) and the photographer has a 33% commission for every download. The commission is higher if you sells photos exclusively through Fotolia. This is a normal behavior of most stocks.
Fotolia supports FTP upload.
I found easier to have my images accepted than iStockphoto and ShutterStock.
You have to deal with strange valutations by inspectors… for example, I uploaded 4 pictures created from the same base-image (a keyboard): 2 accepted, 1 rejected for quality reason, 1 rejected with reason “Your photograph would be emphasized better in an artistic database”…
As every stock does, Fotolia has an affiliation program that permits you potential additional earning. You can use in your site and mail, banners, link to Fotolia with your partner ID, link to your portfolio, slideshow with your pictures. If someone signs in Fotolia with your ID and buys/sells photos, you’ll get a commission. So, if you’re planning to join the Fotolia’s community, please follow my link
http://www.fotolia.com/partner/125066