... at TS, you get $.25...there is no chance of ever earning more than that
You'd better get a refund from that Crystal Ball course you did! 
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=307512&page=1
Oops, you're right! Gosh, non-exclusive TSers will now earn a whole $.28 instead of $.25!
That's funny to me for the argument for the last half a year "we'll never get a raise from IS for the ThinkStock photos." OK I would have agreed with you that it would never happen, I was wrong. Maybe they read the forum and said, we're equal to the worst bottom level pay and only equal to the competition from price cutters.
What's ironic is they cut the IS commission to non-exclusives and gave the TSPers a raise. So who's really paying for the raise? Not Getty! The non-exclusive cut from Jan. is supporting it.
I agree with everyone having the choice to go for PP sales or not, IS or not, (or any other agency for that matter) without being called names or insulted for their personal choice. Well maybe except the kool-aid drinking agency apologists, and pay for upload dead ends, pick your favorite one.
