Duncan_Andison Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 28/04/2020 at 16:01, Stokie said: Luckily mines gone up to $80 cleared today. John. Still no movement here... on $70 at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) Just looked at mine. WHEeeee! $54 cleared and will be paid 1st May. Allan NOT as good as the tax refund I received in the bank today. THAT was an even bigger WHEEEEEEEeeeeeee! ITMA Edited April 30, 2020 by Allan Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearwater Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Today I've got reverted to 'Uncleared' a sale from november that was cleared on mid-January, more than 3 months ago! And it was a direct sale. Can't understand it... 😳😭 Edited May 1, 2020 by shearwater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) . Edited October 19, 2023 by sooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homy Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 It's not the first time but now again I can't even see the sales of two of my images I found over three month ago here MPJDY3 and here EDXXPJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffinsPictures Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Lots of sales coming in but nothing has cleared in at least a couple months...probably longer on a few (I need to start tracking this better). Extremely frustrating. Edited May 24, 2020 by PuffinsPictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) As most regulars know I have been in the agency business for decades and the one thing "I" have nothing to complain about concerning Alamy is their accounting. The reality of agency or library work has been that it takes time for clients to make payment. last year I often had twice or more the number of license fees as collected fees in my account. My agency in the 80's and 90's would send out monthly statements with two columns: Received and Billed, which is about the same as Alamy does and I do appreciate that. The reality, again in my opinion, is that there are going to be a number of publishers who default or go bankrupt and I fear that there will be licenses that will not or can not be collected and that is not Alamy's fault. One thing that I did until recently when I was doing commercial work is simply tell clients that after they approved the images they need to pay my invoice before they can have access to the images. I remember in the 80's and 90's having over $100,000 in receivables and $.50 in my bank account, thank GOD for DINERS CLUB back then. Now if we are complaining: Alamy's terms and license fees are a HUGE problem for me. Alamy was great for years, but I can not tolerate the fees and terms that Alamy is licensing my images for in 2020. Chuck Edited May 25, 2020 by Chuck Nacke plural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I think I'm repeating myself in this thread, but I do wonder if how many of the overdue invoices will ever be paid now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 13/05/2020 at 16:16, Homy said: It's not the first time but now again I can't even see the sales of two of my images I found over three month ago here MPJDY3 and here EDXXPJ. If you haven't already done it, drop CR an email and they'll confirm, or otherwise, that they've records of the sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffinsPictures Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Unless I am misunderstanding the situation, what I'm wondering is whether or not the buyers who suddenly claim they can't pay up because of COVID-19 are being allowed to continue to license images. Also, what repercussions will be for not paying. OUR photos have already been used and seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homy Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 23 hours ago, Avpics said: If you haven't already done it, drop CR an email and they'll confirm, or otherwise, that they've records of the sale Well, 9 days after my post here one of the images appeared in my sales. I think I wait for the other image to see if it can become a record holder as the slowest sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 24/05/2020 at 12:34, spacecadet said: I think I'm repeating myself in this thread, but I do wonder if how many of the overdue invoices will ever be paid now. i actually had a 5 december use $3 licenses finally clear last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 6 hours ago, PuffinsPictures said: Unless I am misunderstanding the situation, what I'm wondering is whether or not the buyers who suddenly claim they can't pay up because of COVID-19 are being allowed to continue to license images. Also, what repercussions will be for not paying. OUR photos have already been used and seen... if they don't pay, Alamy becomes one of their creditor, likely unsecured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Had an invoice from back in early December clear today and that's my last old uncleared invoice. , I did send a hurry up to Alamy last month which may have helped. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imageplotter Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) I've still got an uncleared sale from October. Gross value $191.32, a news usage. Quite a few uncleared from Jan and Feb. One uncleared Feb sale at gross value $300. Edited May 27, 2020 by imageplotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 I've noticed over the last two months that 'sales' (ie uses invoiced) have kept up well - this is the best month for a while. No doubt this reflects the time delay from selection - use - invoice so we are seeing sales from before the Virus. But cleared payments are certainly down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imageplotter Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 It depends on your port. A lot of the traditional 'stocky' stock side I should think still does well. Unlucky for me that apart from the news images, there are lots of travel pics in mine. They're normally doing ok, but obviously not now, and the travel sector is likely to be down for more than just this year. Taken a real hit for me. Happy to accept that, nobody's fault. As for the cleared balance...not so good. Tried to contact alamy, but only had the generic ' Temporarily, we’re unlikely to be able to answer your email due to a reduction in team size', which isn't very helpful. 29th now, so that cleared balance is it for this month I presume. Won't be rushing to work on the port after this. Especially not when I see how much effort I often put in the edits, and how much, shall we say, 'less carefully edited' stuff is rushed through in bulk via the news feed by certain togs and, even more so, certain agencies. That's very depressing to see and just tells me nobody is after quality, it's just a numbers game now. Not my cuppa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Walker Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 So near -yet so far. How's this for a close finish to my month - just 1 cent more is all I needed 😪. To be fair, this is a very low sum compared to my usual but hopefully it will return to good times soon. Current Cleared Balance: $50 We'll pay you once your balance is over $50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi2ap Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 One sale ($370 gross) remains uncleared from December but otherwise no issues with payments clearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) A slight digression from topic, but has anyone noticed more weekend sales being reported? I've had a few PU sales pop up from time to time but there seem to be more 'normal' uses being invoiced on Sat and Sun. Edited May 31, 2020 by Phil Robinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Phil Robinson said: A slight digression from topic, but has anyone noticed more weekend sales being reported? I've had a few PU sales pop up from time but there seem to be more 'normal' uses being invoiced an Sat and Sun. Yes, I have had three this month. That is not normal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I will not reach the $50+ this month and still have uncleared payments, I fully understand that allot of Alamy clients (large companies, newspapers etc) expect several months credit. Allot of companies require at least 90 days credit as part of their T&C to do business with. PU's how ever should be treated differently, they at least should be payment on download. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffinsPictures Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I just shot Alamy an email about this. Nothing has cleared in months. I get that times are tough but that should not mean we don't get paid when our content is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTo Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I have sales not cleared more than a year! Is this normal? Do you know how can I contact the support team? Tnx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearwater Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) - I haven't got any cleared sale "in time" (45 days) since January. - I still have got one direct sale reverted in May to "Uncleared" from a Nov'19 sale. - I have got another 4 sales still Uncleared that they should have been cleared up already. - In less than two weeks should clear another 3 more sales. No many hopes on that... - And CR doesn't answer any mail anymore (unauthorized uses included). Anyone else suffering this discouraging panorama? 😢 (Sorry for the moaning) Edited June 12, 2020 by shearwater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now