I think the 50/50 decision is short sighted.  Several sites offer 50/50 or better but they don't generate much in sales. So 50% of not a lot = not a lot.  I would focus on the big four first, then upload to the smaller volume sites.  I am speaking photos.  Illustrations and video mileage may vary.

Not to sound arrogant and rude, but I think most vector artist are not selling their artworks, but actually selling their dignity at 0.25 cents at the big 4 which seemed degrading to me. All those years of learning and honing of skills for the sake of 25 cents is a waste of time, and a question of self-worth.

I like the earnings at SS, but i quit as well at the end of this month.
And it seem to me that most buyers at SS and other cheap subscription microstock sites like to circulate the artworks they bought to FRee Vector sites. I actually saw some of my artworks and others in free site, and there is nothing the microstock sites would do for u if u lodge a complain.

I quit SS becos of lousy 25 cents and free giveaway at free vector sites.

35% of $0.13 is virtually giving out for free! This is really too cheapskate.

I have 375 downloads so far and i dun consider it very good. I have an average of abt 4 to 6 dls per day, and i made 1.50 to 3.5 bucks per file based on 15% commission which is miserable.

Ya, i forgot to ask something.

Is Offset an exclusive program for contributor as well??? I cant find any info on it.

It is hard to decide between this 2?
I am selling more files at SS, but earnings at SS is slightly a bit higher by a few hundreds buck than my Istock.

Btw, i am only selling blueprint raster illustration of my designs at SS, my vector files are only available at istock.

My initial plan in the beginning when i joined :
It would sound stupid to sell my vector files at 25cents at SS, so it does make sense to sell only blueprint at SS and vector files at IS.
And now i have to decide between this 2.

Hi folks, I m a newbie here and i have joined Istock 3 months ago.

Few days ago, i received a mail from istock offering an exclusive program and now hesistating.

I wished to seek advice from former istock exclusives here, if i joined their exclusive program, does it mean that I am being offered 45% full commission???

The answer that I received from Istock is not very clear, they just said 30 to 45%, never giving me the actual commission figure.

Actually, the greatest surprise that i received from istock is that 70% of my artworks which is selling for $15 to $25 previously have been upgraded to Vetta collections and now selling at $45 to $75.
I am happy that istock valued my designs, but at the same time i m worried that they may not sell as well as before since it is very costly.

And one thing, does istock really check yr files on other microstock sites? I see that some istock exclusives are selling their files on other sites as well.

Any advices are welcomed.

Can we set our own Pricing for our images in Pixmac since P5 allow us to do so??

And another question:

123rf and P5 are partners, so does that mean that sales commission in 123rf is the same as P5's 50% commission???