There is an interesting thread going on at Microstockgroup.com about the future of the non-exclusive photographer at iStockphoto.com
The original poster has a very grim outlook on the profitability of iStock for anyone not exclusive at iStock. I agree that they give a number of enticing beneifits to their exclusive photographers and think that they should do this, as submitting to one agency really puts a damper on your earning potential, but if they make it hard for all non-exclusives to get any downloads they are really discouraging their potential new exclusive photographers who have not received enough downloads to become exclusive yet, and I can’t really see them wanting that.
