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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: John W. on January 30, 2013, 11:02
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Although it was my plan when I started microstock in 2009 I have no intention to become IS exclusive. But I clicked the "Become Exclusive" to see what they had to say nowadays and noticed my downloads had been set to 0 and I don't qualify.
I wonder if it's just another site bug or perhaps because they don't want new exclusives anymore.
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How very interesting! I started Microstock Jan 2012 and also planned to go exclusive with iStock. Like you I have absolutely no intention of even considering iStock exclusivity given the current state of things.
I just tried clicking on the "become exclusive" button and my downloads too have been set at '0' meaning that I couldn't opt for exclusivity either. How strange?
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Me three.
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Maybe someone who can should post on the Help forum there, maybe the bugs thread to see if it's a bug or intentional.
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Maybe someone who can should post on the Help forum there, maybe the bugs thread to see if it's a bug or intentional.
A bug? At Istock? Surely not.
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^^ ;D ::)
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I just did ask.
Apparently for some time you have had to contact support in order to become exclusive. It's no longer an automated click-and-join programme.
To give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they got a lot of automated applications that weren't valid and want to discuss it first (but they could have said "contact support" rather than that you don't qualify).
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Hmmm. Kelvin says it's an on-off bug.
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Although it was my plan when I started microstock in 2009 I have no intention to become IS exclusive. But I clicked the "Become Exclusive" to see what they had to say nowadays and noticed my downloads had been set to 0 and I don't qualify.
I wonder if it's just another site bug or perhaps because they don't want new exclusives anymore.
It's a bug. I was going exclusive for audio and the answer was, keep trying. Just about every day I went and looked. One day it was working, and I was in.
It comes and goes, and has been that way for months.
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Istock professionalism at its finest!
:P
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Although it was my plan when I started microstock in 2009 I have no intention to become IS exclusive. But I clicked the "Become Exclusive" to see what they had to say nowadays and noticed my downloads had been set to 0 and I don't qualify.
I wonder if it's just another site bug or perhaps because they don't want new exclusives anymore.
It's a bug. I was going exclusive for audio and the answer was, keep trying. Just about every day I went and looked. One day it was working, and I was in.
It comes and goes, and has been that way for months.
Maybe it's one of those weird tests to gauge your level of commitment. :P "If you're willing to accept our buggy application, you'd be willing to accept so much more!"