I thought it would be a good idea to review some of the different services I use. This review is for 123RF, a microstock agency.

A microstock agency is basically a stock art site that lets artists post their artwork on the site and sell royalty free licenses. Artists retain all the rights to their work and collect a percentage of the royalties when their artwork sells on the site.

123RF was a late entry for me in the microstock game, but it quickly became competitive with Big Stock Photo and Fotolia. That being said, it is still on the lower tier of earners.

Although earnings are the main reason to join a site, they aren’t the only reason. The site is fairly easy to use. It doesn’t have FTP upload for illustrations That makes the uploading process a little more time consuming, but not as bad as the champion of tedious uploading, iStockphoto.

Overall, 123RF is a steady stream of income. If you’re looking for another small source of income, then you might want to check it out . If you are looking for a big earner, then you may want to skip this site.

This post was written on IllustrationInfo.com. Content copyright 2008 Cory Thoman.