Everyone has pretty much stated the reasons why I won't go exclusive with IS.
For me, the biggest reason is the instability of their search. At the beginning of this year, I was thinking about going exclusive, but then one of those search tweaks resulted in a loss of 2/3 of my income from IS. I used to earn several hundred dollars a month...now I'm just barely reaching a payout per month. On top of that, about 2/3 of my photos from the past six months don't even have a sale! Here it is a year later, and I'm actually considering walking away from IS because of the instability.
When sales at one site goes down, sales at another one goes up. That ebb and flow is what keep me afloat.
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