ernest Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 What's the highest sale you ever made with Alamy ? In my case, I sold a photo for 250 US$ in march 2017. Editorial, simple photo of a buddhist rock painting in northern Pakistan ( Lowest sale : 1,25 US$ !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 We have an unwritten rule here not to discuss low pricing in order to discourage buyers from requesting low-ball pricing. Perhaps you would consider editing your posting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I remember a few years back someone reporting a whopping $8k for a license. This was 10 yrs ago or so when good prices were still available. My personal record is $1280 for a walk-past photo of a seaside pier. It was reported on the same day as my daughter was born, so I can now say that the birth of my daughter was the second best thing that happened that day. (I am kidding just in case anyone thought I meant it) In fact here is a link to a post from a while back. Have a box of kleenex handy, 'cos these days are gone. https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/8870-the-good-old-days/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrsis Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Our 2nd ever sale on Alamy was over $1000 . Hasn’t happened since! That was in 2001. It was a scan of palm trees in Marrakech, shot on infra red film. ps I have other Alamy friends who have made $1000 sales recently so it is still possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 My $1280 was in 2014 which is not too long ago. Since then my highest was $330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 49 minutes ago, Snappy on California said: We have an unwritten rule here not to discuss pricing in order to discourage buyers from requesting low-ball pricing. Perhaps you would consider editing your posting? There is no such unwritten rule. Some people choose not to discuss low pricing; Alamy says it makes no difference, and they choose an open forum. In answer to the question, my highest sale was $300 net ($500 gross in the 60% days) in 2010. The file had its second sale last week, netting me $25, for a very different use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 As to price $ 602.49 in 2012 - otherwise an image of Zugspitze 2,962 m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeCee Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Back in 2007, I had one in May for $2149.64, and another in October for $2113.98 Good times - I've had sales of over $1000 since then but nothing to quite match those earlier two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Snappy on California said: We have an unwritten rule here not to discuss low pricing in order to discourage buyers from requesting low-ball pricing. Perhaps you would consider editing your posting? Except he's asking what the highest sale was, not the lowest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 29 March 2013 $4,295.02 strange amount! I thought it was an error. I checked every day expecting it to be refunded but it ended up being paid in May. Cheers and gone Shergar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Agreed, let's not talk about the peanuts, but there have been a few highlights. I've got one on the books at the moment for about $1500. It was refunded once and then up it came again a day or so later for almost exactly the same. Hasn't cleared yet. There was a book cover earlier this year for $950 and in the distant past a whopper for a shade under $30,000. That was financial advertising and we managed to arrange a 3 year sector exclusivity. Outstanding! I fear those days may be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 $1640 gross for one year, beginning April 2017, followed by $1475 for the second year, so a total of $3115 to date for multiple uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 My first ever sale (in 2012) was $695 (and that was in the days of 40% commission). I had euphoric thoughts along the lines of I was going to make my fortune! This was sort of confirmed by my seventh sale (in 2013), which was for $5213.40. Elation, however, turned to despair when this was refunded some 3 months later, but returned when next day it was resold for $5243.22! The problem (nice problem to have!) with this was that it skewed my annual sales (revenue) figures for several years. Despite constantly uploading and expanding my portfolio and increasing sales, it took another 4 years for my aggregate annual revenue to surpass the 2013 total. My revenue graph on the dashboard has a very peculiar pattern as a result, although the sales volume graph shows an almost linear year-on-year increase. This remains my only $$$$ sale. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinS Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Book cover for $500, ten years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Mine was $1770 for Consumer Goods Packaging (2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njene Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 In 2016 I had a $1000 license i ended up buying a small mirror less camera with the windfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 $1194 2015 $822 2018 $485 2016 $400 2009 Following the 2015 payment I bought a wide angle lens (Rokinon 12mm f2) and that lens secured the $822 payment this year! One of my more successful images has seen a decline in fees over the years as follows $320 2009 $400 2009 $74 2014 $37 2014 $66 2015 $45 2015 Overall my sales and income have climbed fairly steadily as I added new images and peaked last year, but this year's prediction is for a fall in both numbers sold and income. Too many pictures chasing too few buyers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Highest were years back 2013 $800 2010 $675 2005 $668 2004 $517 2005 $472 2006 $471 2014 $450 This year: 2018 $375 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 You guys keep good records! I don't recall any sales beyond a few hundred $$$. I still get sales of $100 or so. Understand that I aim all my shooting at editorial, common access subjects. No Live News or signed releases. My pro work was in the Film Era, and Tony Stone was my stock agency. A different time in a different world. Edo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broad Norfolk Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 My highest was $307.40 back in 2009 for a travel brochure. Most sales then were $$$. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 $1173.99 (2015) Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 $415 in 2014 for internal business poster/decor, 3 year licence. As far as I can tell, the terms of a $24 licence I had recently were very similar, except it was perpetual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbro Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Just checked my record. The highest single sale was a $571 distributor sale, $450 was the highest direct sale. No 4-digit sale over 10 years with Alamy. On the other hand, my single best seller was sold again this morning. In all, it was sold 27 times for a total gross of $3640. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzHighway Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 August 2012 $650.00 Book Cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Those high sales have always eluded me. I believe my highest was $500 a few years ago (billboard use). I used to get a lot of textbook sales in the $150-$300 range. I'd say that those peaked in 2014, which was my best year income-wise on Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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