^^^ So why do iStock/Getty still have more buyers?  Istock have raised prices a lot over the years.  They have exclusive images but the other sites have millions of images that they don't have.  Until they start losing buyers on a big scale, I think they will continue to be the No. 1 in the industry and they will continue squeezing as much money out of their contributors as possible.

None deactivated so far.
As the lowered commissions kick in next year, I will start deactivating then, not before.

It will be interesting to see what happens in January, as I assume many independents who plan to delete their portfolios will wait until then. Only then we will see if that will lead to a significant number of images disappearing from Istock or not.

None yet. Too early.  I haven't uploaded to micros in two years, I think.

ive only upl'd 4 images to istock this year, since it takes so long to submit, AND their sales have been miserable compared to other agencies;  for me IS consistently comes in 5 or lower

so i'm not bothering doing anything - if what's there sells, fine, i've already done the work.  oddly, this month is about twice my monthly avg over the past year

steve