jayembee69

I can predict where this is going next. Give it two years, and the remaining contributors will be here discussing their pleasure in discovering that the new annual sales threshold for the oh so coveted 'gold' status is raised to $1500 per year.

Core 40% being maintained ... well for 18 months and then down to 30%.. by then, if you're on Silver, you'll have to pay Alamy everytime they sell one of your photos.

I've now opted out of these sales - way too exploitative !

I've downloaded a handful of photos at the weekend - I can't be bothered to do the tags and titles to put them on sale anymore.

If Alamy thinks I'm going to supply them with any more of my photos so that they can make more money out of them than me, then they're delusional as well as greedy and exploitative.

I'm quite new to Alamy and very new to this forum. What has driven me to write is the low fee that I've been paid for the sale of a photo. It barely covers the cost of the sandwich I had for lunch that day. According to Alamy's own site, a photo sold on the following basis: Country: United KingdomUsage: EditorialMedia: Magazine - print, digital and electronicPrint run: up to 500,000Placement: InsideImage Size: 1 pageStart: 01 August 2018End: 01 August 2023Duration: 3 months. Any placement: Inside or cover. ... should have sold for about $12