This is perfect news for me. I can't get my arms down. I was sooo close to making it to the next level (a difference of less than 3 weeks of sales), and I guess there must be hundreds of artists on iStock that are really close to the next level, and who would have just not made it by only a few downloads.

Those pulling their art from other sites are still in a good position: they are closer to exclusivity, which I think is a very wise decision.

Yours sincerely,
Daniel

Maybe even better news for people who like yourself were close to one level up. From the IS forum:

When the canister levels change on February 24, all members will still be grandfathered into their current level, and all Exclusive members will be grandfathered into the old levels for their next canister as well.

I don't see how people who changed to exclusive can find something to complain about being grandfathered into the next higher level? But then some people will find something wrong with picking up a $20 bill off the ground.