Quote from: SNP on March 20, 2013, 18:43

well, I had my first sales on SS today.

Fotolia and Dreamstime, do they both require 6 month commitment?

Congrats on your first sale at SS, Stacey!

I've seen negative news here about Fotolia. I can't recall the specifics (I hope someone else can chime in with a few highlights), but I figure that since I left IS exclusivity partly due to trends that were anti-contributor, I would just be making a deal with the devil I don't know if I linked up with Fotolia. A year or two back I was excited about them but am under the impression now that they've started down IS's path. If I am mistaken, I'll take it back.

I had enough frustration with DT back before becoming exclusive that I won't work with them again.

For me going forward, it's co-ops and agencies that pay 50% commissions or better. I will contribute to SS also, because they're a major player with good sales that's been transparent with contributors. I still have a soft spot for Jon from the time(s) they gave contributors a raise back in the day. Imagine that! 

When contributors create a Shutterstock account via submit.shutterstock.com, they are asked to submit 10 images for review. If a contributor is leaving exclusivity to submit to Shutterstock, we ask that they write a note to the reviewer mentioning their exclusive status with a link to their portfolio

Are they alluding that they may use a combination of submission and proven work - that's pretty cool of them.  Not that it wouldn't be in their best interest to have access to a huge pool of new and proven material.