The real question that should be asked here, are the contributing admin / inspectors drawing cards from the bottom of the deck? When a buyer does a search are they getting preferential treatment? Istock won't allow for anyone to peek behind the curtain and see what the wizard is doing. Do I smell congressional hearing?  

I went exclusive within the last year or so because I would have a larger upload allotment.  I am guessing that I will just stay put until I have built my portfolio until I hit my target # of images. At that point I will re-evaluate moving the entire portfolio vs. "down grading" to non-exclusive and spreading the port over multiple agencies.

I have no problem with a comp schedule that is based on recent sales data rather than extended historical data. However, after looking at the new Istock commission break points I must say that the company put the proverbial carrot a bit too far from the donkey's nose. So, while I build I will be hoping that the numbers persuade Istock's management to move the commission tiers in close enough for the us donkeys to get a taste of the carrot every now and then.