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easy upload system but also buyers/sales to go with it.  "If you upload, will they come?"

I dropped exclusivity shortly after the announcement and have been too busy (or lazy) to upload to other sites.  I had around 1000 photos on iStock and as expected my sales are now down next to nothing.  Over the last few months my interest in stock photography has waned (actually it's been longer than that).  I'm not sure I'll bother continuing since I'm a little tired of lining their pockets while getting such low percentages.  The days of big payouts and new gear from stock are gone for me.  I'll guess just stick to my paying client contracts.

I cancelled my exclusive contract back in 2006. Does that count?

Thanks Lisa.  Looking around it's obvious we are not the only ones becoming disillusioned.

And that's a good point, actually where I am sitting right now.  I did have every intent to upload to other sites and see how things went, but that didn't happen.  I think I have to either pull my entire portfolio and walk away with the intent of not making iStock any more money or just get over it and make as much as I can from each sale.  It still bothers me the way they treat contributors, the poor management, inept programming and their one-sided policies but, you're right, leaving my photos there at the lowest possible commission doesn't make a lot of sense.

There seem to be some other big-guns over there that are pretty irate about this whole deal.  I wonder how many birds will fall from the sky after this incident.  I suspect many that were on the fence over the royalty structure change just fell off the fence.

He hasn't said that. He said he's considering his options. He may not be a 'big gun' in your eyes but at his scale of operation he's probably representative of many more contributors. OOI how do you personally define 'a big gun'?

Almost all this money was payed not in 2010, but on January 2001; there were no payments on Christmas week (actually since December 22, telling by heart). Payments dind't happen until January, 2.

stop you're scaring me. 

or you could just file a 1040X.

I just dropped my exclusivity. My sales have tanked over the last few months and I just haven't seen the income that I used to on iStock.  Plus I don't know if you're following the whole credit card fraud thing but I lost a bit of money from that as well. Then I go on the forums to voice my opinion and try and get some answers to what happened and they ban me from the forums and my sitemails. What a mess, I don't know what's going on over there but it's not the same place it was 3 or 4 years ago.

i know I am beating a drum we have all heard; but if you drop exclusive, be prepared for a ton of work to get your port. on other sites.  i just drop excl. at DT and it is a ton of work to get the port. on the other sites.  Even with lightburner, it is still a ton of work.  Yes, some of the sites are a breeze but most are a royal pain, like BigStock and Panther.

This is my full-time job so must suck it up and work the long hours to get the port developed across the entire system.  Excl. is not an option at IS as I am only allowed 18 uploads a week and it would take years to get my port their.

Acceptance is going well, most sites well over 90%

+1. My IS dropped 70% i'm considering whether it's worthwhile to upload there anymore