I know it is not exactly fashionable these days, at least that people would admit around here, but are many people still choosing to go exclusive at IS?
And if one ignores the loss of sales (potential or real) at other agencies and takes into account the impending wallop to commission rates, can a bump in sales be expected after going exclusive? In terms of $$$ and number of downloads (not that the number of downloads really matters if the $$$ are coming in).
I have been disappointed with some of the rejections from IS lately but by sticking to the kind of shots they prefer it is possible to get a high acceptance rate. Sales are good, enough to not be discouraged yet. Corporation seems at times to be run by dull minds (*cough* devious Machiavellis) at the behest of an evil market-dominating empire, but I am hopeful that their customers and important suppliers will thrash them until they discover their innate business sense. The places where they need to improve have been discussed endlessly, but I will summarize: (i) better commissions, (ii) easier to use search tools, e.g. to differentiate by categories of the customer's choosing, especially PRICE, (iii) better IT infrastructure and more attentive responses to glitches and bugs, (iv) more fairness and transparency to outside contributors and customers, eliminating perceptions of conflicts of interest by insiders. [If you think about it, getting (ii) to (iv) right is the key to winning on (i)]