Betty LaRue Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 4 hours ago, NYCat said: I like "cleared" and "uncleared". I tended to forget what the symbols stood for since my brain interpreted o as being zero and therefore not good. Or do I have it confused again? Paulette Always confuses me, Paulette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsphinx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Well, my cleared balance on my first sale last year has gone from $0 to $1. I guess that is a positive - I mean reading the forum I could have been waiting months or even years for that balance to clear. It is a start - onwards and upwards is my motto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Starsphinx said: Well, my cleared balance on my first sale last year has gone from $0 to $1. I guess that is a positive - I mean reading the forum I could have been waiting months or even years for that balance to clear. It's actually quite rare nowadays that waiting times are that long. For me, from before October almost all has been cleared. Only 4 have not been cleared, including one from December 2017. Total sum $125, with one smallish distributor and 2 tiny direct sales. Say just over $50 net, which is the payout mark. However around $13,000 gross has been cleared over that period. So yes there are some that take a long time to clear, but it's a tiny fraction. In my case the biggest and oldest one is from a client nobody and I mean absolutely nobody here with Alamy would like to lose. More about that further down. October to December: only 11% (6 out of 53) have not been cleared yet. December: only 1 has cleared. Some distributors seem slower to pay and one very good client from the US (they have a UK branch) is a bit slow, or maybe more precise: has very long production times (like a year or more) and will only start paying after the whole production is well finished and off to the printers. Big calendar companies can be worse: even when a calendar is made and published to the retailers, but it turns out there are no or not enough takers, the whole project gets scrapped and the calendar actually never gets printed. Which is why it's sometimes good that a client has very long time to report. Otherwise we would have far more refunds. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rabe Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 7 hours ago, wiskerke said: It's actually quite rare nowadays that waiting times are that long. For me, from before October almost all has been cleared. Only 4 have not been cleared, including one from December 2017. Total sum $125, with one smallish distributor and 2 tiny direct sales. Say just over $50 net, which is the payout mark. However around $13,000 gross has been cleared over that period. So yes there are some that take a long time to clear, but it's a tiny fraction. In my case the biggest and oldest one is from a client nobody and I mean absolutely nobody here with Alamy would like to lose. More about that further down. October to December: only 11% (6 out of 53) have not been cleared yet. December: only 1 has cleared. Some distributors seem slower to pay and one very good client from the US (they have a UK branch) is a bit slow, or maybe more precise: has very long production times (like a year or more) and will only start paying after the whole production is well finished and off to the printers. Big calendar companies can be worse: even when a calendar is made and published to the retailers, but it turns out there are no or not enough takers, the whole project gets scrapped and the calendar actually never gets printed. Which is why it's sometimes good that a client has very long time to report. Otherwise we would have far more refunds. wim Well, maybe now that they (Alamy) are taking a bigger cut, they can pay/credit the contributors immediately, and deal with late payments and refunds themselves, and not involve the contributors in such shenanigans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 minute ago, chris_rabe said: Well, maybe now that they (Alamy) are taking a bigger cut, they can pay/credit the contributors immediately, and deal with late payments and refunds themselves, and not involve the contributors in such shenanigans Just in case: My post is to be understood as positive result. ;-) wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 A year today on Alamy, just under 2000 uploaded 13 sales for just under $700, I think that's a positive start to the journey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 This thread has been quiet for a while, so I guess I'll try and revive it. Two of my dinosaur photos from January were refunded (wait) but today were resold for an extra $30 each. Print rights were added. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbro Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) A $95 sale from January was refunded, and re-licensed for $125. Don't remember that ever happened to me before. Can't argue it's a positive. Edited February 15, 2019 by Gabbro 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 51 minutes ago, Gabbro said: A $95 sale from January was refunded, and re-licensed for $125. Don't remember that ever happened to me before. Can't argue it's a positive. Hmm... same numbers, maybe the same buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Nearly posted an earlier sale today (small coffee without sugar - or milk, bring your own cup, sort of price) in the 'How Low Can You Go' thread or similar...then my best value sale in 22 months (approaching $200) popped in. Marketing, large business, so much lower than it would've been a few years back, but hey, it's balanced things out and made my weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njene Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Gabbro said: A $95 sale from January was refunded, and re-licensed for $125. Don't remember that ever happened to me before. Can't argue it's a positive. Haha. Me too January $95 sale refunded and resold for $125 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsphinx Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) I am afraid my best so far in 2019 is not Alamy related - but I am over the moon so sharing it anyway. I cover football matches and sell the shots individually. Yesterday I was contacted by a team who had played on of my regular teams asking if I would travel and give a price for a whole shoot - working off my usual sales prices and discounts next week I am getting paid £150 to shoot a footie match. Its a first for me - and I am so chuffed. PS just realize I should clarify - that is the whole shoot in hi res images 1200 x 1800 px - I maintain copyright and any prints larger than 6x4 will still come through me at the normal prices. Edited February 15, 2019 by Starsphinx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jampham Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 The sale hasn't popped up yet, but as of today, my image of the black sand beach in Wainapanapa Park in Maui is featured on the homepage of National Geographic for their story on State Parks!! I doubt it'll be a big sale $$ wise, but it's surprising that Nat Geo uses Alamy for some of their content! http://www.nationalgeographic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KODAKovic Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Jampham said: The sale hasn't popped up yet, but as of today, my image of the black sand beach in Wainapanapa Park in Maui is featured on the homepage of National Geographic for their story on State Parks!! I doubt it'll be a big sale $$ wise, but it's surprising that Nat Geo uses Alamy for some of their content! http://www.nationalgeographic.com Surprising?! Since the beginning i'm here on Alamy (3 yrs ago) i was checking within my magazines which are the sources of every image and always found Alamy as well as Getty or Redux. I suspect NG buys images from Alamy (and many others) from the film era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Pleased that a $187 sale dropped in today for what I can only describe as a 'run of the mill' image. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Just noticed I'm exactly one dollar over $50,000 total sales since starting in 2007 - a modest landmark. Alex 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, Alex Ramsay said: Just noticed I'm exactly one dollar over $50,000 total sales since starting in 2007 - a modest landmark. Alex The kind of modesty I like! We'll done - here's to another 50k for you, but much quicker this time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 15 hours ago, Sultanpepa said: Pleased that a $187 sale dropped in today for what I can only describe as a 'run of the mill' image. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 A $225 popped in today and if had sold tomorrow, I would have gotten 20% less! A non-exclusive image. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 45 minutes ago, Michael Ventura said: A $225 popped in today and if had sold tomorrow, I would have gotten 20% less! A non-exclusive image. Timing! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 On 19/02/2019 at 13:05, Sally said: Congrats! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njene Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I had a $200 sale pop in today - when I saw my portion was $80, I thought it was a distributor sale, then I remembered it’s 40% for me now. well, that was a nice introduction.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) Up until yesterday I had 2 sales for $37. Now it's 11 sales for $499, including 3 for $$$! Amazed!!! Edited February 22, 2019 by Colblimp 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksisson Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Three sales so far this year, two more from last year. Considering I started in August and only have 2,303 posted here, I'm surprised and grateful. I was prepared to see no results for at least a year. I'm very happy to be here and look forward to a long, happy relationship. Now if I can just get my other 57,000 photos edited, keyworded, and uploaded ... Edited February 23, 2019 by cksisson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 4 sales on consecutive days - a first for me All reasonable to good $$ licence fees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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