This indeed is a problem.
It has been brought to Veer attention already.
We can only hope they'll act on it, sooner rather than later.

Come on Thomas, more! Upload more
For now do it for the collection alone, upload your port, help Veer climb up the ladder. Sales will come in time (hopefully).
We have to try to stop IStock's 15% horror from spreading around.
It's in our hands. One step at a time.
Give Veer a chance, if you can

I cannot bring myself to upload to a site that pays 15% commission.
I gave it a lot of thought, but it's impossible.
I just can't do it, something inside me breaks.

I will not sell a single image for anything lower than 20%.
Stopped uploading. 
Delete port before the change takes place.
Do my best to let designers know what's happening and divert them away from IStock. Today, tomorrow, long term.

Buying from IStock is not cool anymore.

Veer is a special agency.
Not a newcomer, but a well known and well respected brand.
They're now part of Corbis, huge, a giant, but unlike Getty, they're generous. Very.
'Dash for Cash' was the best uploading offer I've ever heard of.
Artist commissions are some of the highest in the industry and sales are increasing.
Customer support is fast, polite and professional.
Uploading system - easy. 
Rejections - hopefully getting there.
Veer web site - the only microstock site I've seen so far that shows designer talent at work. Not quite flawless, but the best in my books. Beautiful.
There's nothing stopping Veer from climbing up there.
Nothing, they've got everything they need. And now they trained more inspectors. 
Good news Veer, step on it, we wish you all the best!

BlueFish,
thank you for doing your best to help us, and the industry
I've already sent emails, called my friends, everyone I know, printers and designers.
That's done. I'll be sure to do it again in a week or so. 
I'm working on a list of all creative agencies in Ireland.

Can someone draft a well-thought, standard email for us to send / post on web sites? Can I have a look pleaese? (PM).

Hi there Kat,
thanks for taking the time to post here
(This is not about my images, I don't matter, you won't be looking for me. This is about Fair-Trade and respect for contributing artists).
Could you please give us a hand and have a look at the agencies that pay us a fairer commission? Whenever you can, from time to time ...
I would recommend supporting sites like Dreamstime, Veer, Shutterstock and possibly a new comer, by designers for designers, GraphicLeftovers (unfortunately no model releases there yet)?

They're easy to deal with, prices are fair, solid collections, top Customer Support and unlike Getty, they treat artists with more respect.  
Give them a chance, if you can It can make a difference
Thank you!

I agree. I've had enough.
15 % commission is an insult, (to us and to the other sites). And so is their 1.400.000 credits target.
But enough about that already.
Let's move.

First thing first.
We need to keep this thread alive and focused.
There are too many idle threads already, it's confusing.

Louis, please bump this thread from time to time. 

We need to contact other contributors. Send them here. For now, this thread - meeting place.
We need to know who is willing to participate. 
We need ideas.
We need a leader.
We need organization.

I'm in, just tell me what to do and when to do it.

We may well fail. But at least we TRIED.

Blammo,
I don't want to hear that. Other agencies, in the past ... water under the bridge.
I don't want to hear about that anymore.

This is about now.
This is about 15% commission.
If we do nothing but moan, we deserve to be treated this way. It's our fault.

I don't know about cutting my nose ...
One thing for sure - accepting ANY offer, no matter how low, how insulting, it's not doing any good to my nose, and, most importantly, my future.
I have a hard time believing that IStock can't survive unless they cut my commission to 15%.
The same holds true for microstock contributors.
I have a hard time believing some microstock contributors really can't afford to withdraw ports at IS. They can. In most cases there's no real danger. Some can.
It's not so much about bills, food on the table and growing families.
It's about personality, nose if you will, and more, but I'll leave it at that.
To each its own.

In my case, I'm still in shock and I need a few more days to think this over.
I'm faced with a task that right now seems impossible to me. I can't bring myself to upload to a site that offers 15% commission. It's so low, it's unreal. IStock of all places!

Have a look at those targets. They're funny. Contributors who diversified by producing more than one media type - in my case vectors and photos - are being hit twice as hard.
To diversify your port is not a good thing anymore. At least at IStock it isn't.

Well, by myself I don't matter.
Unfortuntately we seem to be incapable of organizing ourselves  - there's no group or union that I can join or try to help.
IStock will go ahead, targets will be yearly adjusted and no independent contributor will ever make it to 20%. That's for sure.

Alrighty, the Impaler.
IStock is the bestest agency EVER!
They're SEXY!
Now relax, move on ...

@Loop,
right.
It's Voodoo

@Jamirae,
I don't hate you. I like you actually
And I wish you best of luck. I mean it.

And if indeed there are many IStock Exclusives who think independents have been treated unfairly over the years, well, they should have been more vocal.
I'm not going to go into all that now; let's just wait for the announcement and hope for the best.
For all of us.

@Loop,
Oh, please. Baldrick is right.
There are a lot of exclusives who don't give a  d*** about what happens to independents. Not only that, but deep down they harbour this lovely hope that independents get crushed further and further - commissions, best match - search position, exposure, collections access - , give nothing to independents, let them rot.
This is OUR site, We built it, We deserve every perk, it's US, the Exclusives who should get all the rewards. Independents are kindly invited to bear the blows and rot in hell.  
It's a common attitude and one of the main reasons I never wanted to be part of the 'crowned' group. Not cool. At all.
Of course Baldrick is right. And don't ask me to cut and paste, it's stupid, but I might well do it.
That doesn't mean that every exclusive is guilty.
And it's definitely not a subject we should be discussing right now.

What bothers me right now is this - how far is too far?
How many independents are willing to take the cut and submit their images for 15 % commission? Probably most of them.
I strongly belive that there's no such thing as 'going too far' in the world of microstock photographers.  10% commission is fine, and so is 5.
0.25 cents is better than nothing and the race is on.

I picked Dreamstime.
It's very easy to deal with, both buyers and contributors.
But I do like Shutterstock very much, Disorderly is right. It's a great agency.  
I like Veer as well. But they're not quite there yet.