Popular Post Alamy Posted April 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hello everyone, During these uncertain and challenging times that we're all facing in our personal and professional lives, you may notice some changes over the coming months that have an impact on how you normally work with Alamy as contributors. I thought it would be best to broadly outline some of the key areas below whilst a number of staff are on extended leave: You may well notice considerably longer QC approval wait times We're unable to provide our usual level of support via the Contributor Relations team. Responses will either be severely delayed or you may be pointed back to the support forum here until further notice Updates to the "What Should I Shoot" tool will be paused Social media updates and trends tips will be reduced / paused Contributor marketing / guides / tips communications via email will be paused Response to new unauthorised use claims will be delayed For any urgent legal or copyright inquiries you have, you can email the team via copyright@alamy.com Elsewhere in the business we're committed to operating as usual but our customers are also not immune to the business challenges we all face globally. Thanks for your continued hard work, support and patience with us during this time. We'll be doing our absolute best to keep things as normal as possible for you. Stay safe and take care. James Allsworth Head of Content 9 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Thank you for the heads up. And thank you for continuing a good level of activity considering what everyone is going through. Paulette 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I noticed a 25% discount being given to customers during this period. I presume that means the gross sales and consequently our share will be lower than normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Thanks for the update James - I guess contributions to Alamy stock numbers from us will also be lower due to the restrictions on movement! Best wishes and good health to all at Alamy Cheers Kumar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, Sally said: I noticed a 25% discount being given to customers during this period. I presume that means the gross sales and consequently our share will be lower than normal? What?! If that's true, it's scandalous. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stipe Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Sally said: I noticed a 25% discount being given to customers during this period. I presume that means the gross sales and consequently our share will be lower than normal? Who cares after all? Most of these photos will be refunded (like it happens regularly with newsletter/presentation use) or never paid by customers if covid-19 outbreak will last several more months. Congratulations to the new Alamy's owners for their clever policy and support to contributors! Very professional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) At the risk of being unpopular (and assuming there is a customer discount being offered - I haven't checked), I suspect purchasing photos for business uses will often be deferred by companies during the Covid 19 crisis as will many other discretionary purchases. Alamy will also see a 25% hit and presumably wouldn't have offered the discount unless they thought it necessary during the current temporary(?!) climate. It's a bit like the case with building owners refusing to drop the rent for businesses (shops), the shop goes bust and then they get 100% of nothing. There is an argument for whether customers would defer buying the photos they wanted now until after the crisis so they pay the full rate, but then there's lots of ways to argue this... At any rate, we can expect to see a potentially big decline in photo purchases for now. Edited April 3, 2020 by Steve F 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 18 hours ago, Sally said: I noticed a 25% discount being given to customers during this period. I presume that means the gross sales and consequently our share will be lower than normal? Where do you see this? Nothing immediately obvious on the UK site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 16 hours ago, Steve F said: At the risk of being unpopular. . . . Don't worry about being unpopular, Steve. Everyone in the forum is unpopular with someone right now. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, losdemas said: Where do you see this? Nothing immediately obvious on the UK site. @Alamy Twitter feed on April 2 https://twitter.com/alamy?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I saw it on their Facebook feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Ed Rooney said: Don't worry about being unpopular, Steve. Everyone in the forum is unpopular with someone right now. Yes, I saw. I'm staying well out of the flame wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Sally said: @Alamy Twitter feed on April 2 https://twitter.com/alamy?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Thanks. The direct link didn't work, but easy enough to find from the feed. Good to know that they're supporting creatives. At both ends of the industry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I saw the Alamy discount on this blog: Discounted Creative Assets and Tools for Designers During the Coronavirus. It's also a list of what the competitors are offering. Btw If I had to set a discount I would have chosen 50%. Anyway the offer ends May 31. That seems overly optimistic to me. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, wiskerke said: I saw the Alamy discount on this blog: Discounted Creative Assets and Tools for Designers During the Coronavirus. It's also a list of what the competitors are offering. Btw If I had to set a discount I would have chosen 50%. Anyway the offer ends May 31. That seems overly optimistic to me. wim Yup, that's where the Alamy Twitter post links to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Just now, losdemas said: Yup, that's where the Alamy Twitter post links to. Ah. That's strange. Showing / directing to what the competition is offering. All the more reason for offering 50% off I would say. I used to see the twitter feed on the dashboard page, but this has stopped a long time ago. The empty space is still there and there's a link to https://twitter.com/AlamyContent (which I never use). Looking for Alamy discount on twitter brought up nothing recent. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: Don't worry about being unpopular, Steve. Everyone in the forum is unpopular with someone right now. You talking to me........ At least I did not start the 'Pandemic' thread. Hope you are well EDO. James, Appreciate the post and all the best to everyone at Alamy. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 We're #InThisTogether - our entire planet - offering a price break when the world's economy is tanking seems like a reasonable move, 40% of something is better than 100% of nothing at this point. When I think of healthcare workers risking their lives, with over 100,000 cases already here in New York, not to mention those suffering and fighting this pandemic in the rest of my country and the rest of the world, I feel lucky to be alive. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Marianne said: We're #InThisTogether - our entire planet - offering a price break when the world's economy is tanking seems like a reasonable move, 40% of something is better than 100% of nothing at this point. When I think of healthcare workers risking their lives, with over 100,000 cases already here in New York, not to mention those suffering and fighting this pandemic in the rest of my country and the rest of the world, I feel lucky to be alive. Some of us may remember the last recession. And that was one without any physical threat. Let's hope this one is over sooner. But let's do the math: this thing will be half way if they not only have found a cure or a vaccine, but have made it available to all of us at a reasonable cost. Half way because that's when the recovery will start. Hmmm let's maybe not do the math. ☹️ 😂 wim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Thanks James, for connecting with us and letting us know about the changes. All the best to the alamy staff. Maria 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 04/04/2020 at 07:56, Chuck Nacke said: You talking to me........ At least I did not start the 'Pandemic' thread. Hope you are well EDO. James, Appreciate the post and all the best to everyone at Alamy. Chuck I'm so unpopular now that I don't even like myself. 😧 The update is much appreciated. Thanks, James, and stay vigilant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Walker Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 04/04/2020 at 10:41, Ed Rooney said: Don't worry about being unpopular, Steve. Everyone in the forum is unpopular with someone right now. I wonder who I'm unpopular with? I can take it 😄😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 You're popular with me, John; you introduced to John Smith's ale. Alamy did send me an email about deleting the Pandemic post. Gmail and everything else is moving more slowly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin McAbee Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Thanks and let me see if there is anything left in the back yard that I need to photograph.😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie5 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) Years from now when someone on here speaks of what a disaster the Pandemic was the newby's will think it about covid-19.😄 Edited April 10, 2020 by Johnnie5 added text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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