In the application process it asks for social media links. Is this important? I don't really put my images on social media because if I feel I have a good image I will try to license it rather than giving it away for free.

Has anyone else registered their interest by giving their email on the landing page and heard absolutely nothing back?

Is that it? Stock-Artsy=Stocksy? Therefore V+A style images?

Maybe include Decembers GI sales in the poll for January since we recieve it Jan? I know thats a bit skewed but it makes sense to include GI sales since it can be significant portion of income even if it is quite irregular.

I dont see an option to submit istock exclusive poll results on the poll page.

It would take too long to start a new microstock site from scratch between funding, infrastructure and marketing. By the time the site was up and running Getty will have found a way to lock in or make our images worthless to buyers. If we were to all jump together we would need to be doing it within the next three months. I think the preferred solution would be for "ex-exclusives" to all stick together and move to the same place together. That way the buyers would be more likely to move en masse with us.
What we could do is get a board of 10 trusted exclusives to broker a deal with an existing site to take us in under some kind of exclusive-esque conditions. That way we bring our brain power and talent to an existing infrastructure.