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« Reply #25 on: June 15, 2011, 15:43 »
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I think actually some illustrators at iStock who are doing very well as exclusives would get disappointed as non-exclusives. Some of the illustrations I see are made in a special iStock-"style" that is unique to the site, but those blue flames could easily drown and never make it when uploaded to the other sites, especially this late. At FT for instance, it appears they're not giving any attention to new uploads at the moment.


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« Reply #26 on: June 15, 2011, 16:40 »
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I beg to differ.
Exlusivity is great for us so far.
P+ is a good thing for exlusives as well.
If and when we will think exclusivity isn't profitable for us we will be the first to give our crown back.

I used to honestly think that there were a small number of people who really did benefit from exclusivity, but I'm not convinced anymore. Sorry. I just don't believe it's mathematically possible today to earn more with the crown than without, unless without the crown you were doing something very wrong (not working with enough sites, the right sites, etc). I don't hear anyone talking about increased earnings at istock, either exclusives nor independents. Most people talk about declining earnings. Many talk about plummeting earnings. So it can't just be me doing the math and figuring that it's absolutely guaranteed that exclusivity would slash my microstock earnings to pieces. Maybe I'm an anomaly and istock represents an especially low percentage of my total microstock earnings (looking to be around 8% this month). But even with more favorable numbers, it's still a longshot that exclusivity would benefit anyone more than independence. Illustrators especially.

Frankly I think that most exclusives just don't know they'd do better outside of istock. And how could they? Most were never independent, so there's not even any historic data to look back on to help in crunching the numbers.

I just can't figure out why anyone is hanging on to the crown with everything that's going on. Exclusivity never added up for me. The numbers never made sense, ever. But now? It's unthinkable. I know you believe it's working out well for you, as most exclusives do. I just don't see it being a strong possibility that it's really to anyone's financial benefit anymore. It doesn't seem possible at all.

Pssst! Don't try to bring us more competition, there's too much already. I think exclusivity is great and if you just think about it, you should go for it ;)

« Reply #27 on: June 15, 2011, 16:46 »
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I think actually some illustrators at iStock who are doing very well as exclusives would get disappointed as non-exclusives. Some of the illustrations I see are made in a special iStock-"style" that is unique to the site, but those blue flames could easily drown and never make it when uploaded to the other sites, especially this late. At Fotolia for instance, it appears they're not giving any attention to new uploads at the moment.

One of the reasons i hesitate to drop the crown is placement of my bestsellers. These vector files generate anywhere from $1k-$2k a year each for me. I expect them to keep generating for me for at least another 2 more years with minimal loss. Competition seems pretty fierce elsewhere and Im almost afraid they will get lost in the mix. If these files stopped generating for me, the decision would be so much easier.

« Reply #28 on: June 15, 2011, 17:49 »
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I think actually some illustrators at iStock who are doing very well as exclusives would get disappointed as non-exclusives. Some of the illustrations I see are made in a special iStock-"style" that is unique to the site, but those blue flames could easily drown and never make it when uploaded to the other sites, especially this late. At Fotolia for instance, it appears they're not giving any attention to new uploads at the moment.

One of the reasons i hesitate to drop the crown is placement of my bestsellers. These vector files generate anywhere from $1k-$2k a year each for me. I expect them to keep generating for me for at least another 2 more years with minimal loss. Competition seems pretty fierce elsewhere and Im almost afraid they will get lost in the mix. If these files stopped generating for me, the decision would be so much easier.

are you a vector only artist?  because you can always stay exclusive as vector artist but drop exclusivity for photo or other.  Just something to consider if you are possibly looking at alternatives. 


 

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