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It's obviously not wrong to talk about the need for partner accounts these days, but it's something of a red herring because the vast majority of submitters have never made any money to speak of.
And there is a lot of myth in many of the other points that have been raised here: for example the small TGP v large TGP issue. One large TGP springs to mind which accepts and posts galleries all day long, so your gallery appears but immediately slides down away from the zone which generates most clicks. Some small TGPs are set up in ways that filter traffic better that the big essentially one-page sites, and such that some traffic is still coming through months later. In other words if there is a good and bad, it's more complex than simply big or small.
Someone else said to place your main ad in the middle, where it grabs attention. Good advice on the face of it, but a lot of TGPs won't accept that layout. Yet another praised the benefits of exclusive content, but after 5 years of submissions I don't believe the average surfers has a clue, or cares, whether content is exclusive or not. Only what it is...
Very few galleries make you sit up and take notice: whether it is because the design is mediochre, or the content is ordinary, or there is no sales pitch, or whatever. But surely it's obvious that one way or another a gallery must have the "Wow!" factor if it is going to persuade someone to get out his credit card, instead of just passing on.
It is also worth pointing out that some categories are vastly over-subscribed: much more popular with webmasters than they are with surfers, perhaps in part because content is easier to find. This means your chance for a good listing (even for being listed at all) is less. And if you are listed, you are going to be pushed out of the way faster. That, rather than any inherent virtue in promoting niche sites in general, is why some people report good results from niche sites.
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