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Originally Posted by helix7
I have a love-hate relationship with istock. I love the earnings, I hate the royalty percentages. And I have a hard time getting my head around the decisions they make with the exclusivity program. It could be so much better, so much more appealing, and really with the right set of benefits and a modest investment by istock to raise the percentages, they could bring in far more exclusive artists then they do now, and do some serious damage to the competition. Instead, they opt to offer these worthless incentives, much to the disappointment of both exclusive and non-exclusive contributors alike.
Given the choice, I think most exclusives would trade the business cards, lypses, faster review times, upload limits, EL bonuses, all of it, for a single percentage point increase. Too bad istock has no clue that the key to more exclusive artists is not to be found in cheesy contests and worthless giveaways.
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Agreed. Most of what they offer exclusives doesn't matter in the larger scheme of things...except the increased upload limits and higher acceptance rates.
I would probably go exclusive, if they could just guarantee I wouldn't lose any income right out of the gate. It's just so hard to tell if exclusivity would be worth it when I currently can't get a solid representation of my work uploaded. A real incentive would be to provide non-exclusives a trial week or two of exclusive-like status so we can judge whether or not it would be the right decision for our businesses. I'm not about to risk pulling my photos from other sites only to find out later my decision cost me revenue.