Yu - know who has 2 that I know of at iStock, though previously it wasn't allowed.

I'm curious, why do you want to set up two accounts?

(NB not me!) I first discovered it wasn't allowed some years back when someone who shot both children and 'adult material' for iS wanted to separate them in case parents of potential models came across them when checking out his port, or the kids themselves came upon them when looking for their photos online. (I think the adult filter is 'on' by default, but there were a few occasions around that time when it was 'buggy' and reset in either direction.) Anyway s/he asked if they could have two accounts for that reason and was told 'No'.

Nowadays they'd probably allow it as long as you didn't hope to merge the RCs.

I believe it is a no no on SS.

oooh this case gets even more curious, this new 2nd account created at FT has only 40 downloads but it is already Saphire

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I believe it is a no no on SS.

I could email SS asking about this, I am talking about a very big contributor if not the biggest one at this moment... (no its not Yuri)

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I wonder if it's the same with Istock. I made two accounts there by mistake. First I made one when I got into microstock and signed up at all agencies. Then I decided not to apply to Istock right away because I wanted to improve my skills. So after a few months when I finally decided to apply, I totally forgot that I already have an account and made another one. I realized it after I sent the 3 test pictures. They didn't accept me as a contributor, but I want to keep on trying to get accepted so I'm a bit worried about the other account.

I guess it should be fine because I'll never use both of them, but Istock is well known as a weird agency. I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow find out about that other account and ban me forever :/

I always wonder if it was allowed.
I think that it could be useful and helpful to have separate portfolios if you have different media (photos, illustration, footage, audio).