4.1 License. If you designate the Work as exclusive to us at the time of upload, then the license you grant to us in Section 3 above becomes exclusive.
4.2 Total Exclusivity. You may obtain “Total Exclusivity” status by setting up your profile as such or during indexing of your Works. "Total Exclusivity" status means that no Work from you is offered (for free or for sale) on another royalty-free stock photography website or on your own website or through other method. All your Works must be exclusively offered (for sale or for free) on our Website.
4.3 Requirement. You are not eligible for the “Total Exclusivity” status if you offer the Works on other websites or agencies, including works that have never been submitted to our Website, Works that we have refused, and Work types that are not available on our Website.
4.4 Benefits. Total Exclusivity status allows you to enjoy certain benefits, such as higher commission rate and raising the price of your Works, in accordance with our Standard pricing and payment policies.
4.5 Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you won’t lose your Total Exclusivity status and may continue to:
sell your Works as rights-managed Works either by yourself or through a rights-managed company,
sell your Works through your personal portfolio website (provided that you cannot offer for free or for sale other author’s Works on that website),
sell your Works directly to end users in accordance with an assignment contract or editorial contract,
sell prints of your Works, and
to print and sell derivative products such as posters, t-shirts, clothing, decorations, and the like, whether directly or through a dedicated website (provided that the website must not offer for free or for sale royalty-free creative Works).
4.6 Termination and Effects of Termination. You may terminate your Total Exclusivity status by updating your profile or by uploading non-exclusive Works on our Website. Upon termination of your Total Exclusivity status, you lose all benefits related to the status and all your commissions on all your Works become non-exclusive as of the time the status is terminated. We may deduct from your account any credits that are unduly earned (such as if you are ineligible for the Total Exclusivity status but are nevertheless receiving credits under the Total Exclusivity status).