Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Pretty good summation I'd say. I've seen a lot of photo discussions in the past few years about the glut of 'joe blow' photographers on the scene these days due to the availability of cheap digicams. Potential customers are happy to settle sometimes for mediocre images if it means they can have'em cheap. It can be frustrating at times for those of us who are both experienced and who have formal photography training (college/university).

Personally, I think online isn't really the marketplace I'd want to explore mostly, though. I'm thinking someone would be more apt to buy an image if they saw it nicely framed and presented at a mall kiosk, as opposed to looking at a reduced-size, compressed online image. Hard to say for sure.