Nigel Roberson Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I understand that the commercial buyer will not go through the normal portal and Zoom images there before buying. It happens, I see it, no problem. But, personal use images will be different. Who would buy an image without looking at it closely if they were going to use it for Usage: Personal use, Personal prints, cards and gifts. Non-commercial use only, not for resale. I think its acon. Its commercial users who see a $13 useage as the cheapest option and go for it because the chances of getting caught are nil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Niels Quist Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) You are not the only one - various threads about this. https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/13691-personal-use-sales/#comment-266256 Some will argue that other sales sometimes are even lower priced - The truth is probably that stock will never return to the number of sales and prices seen just a few years ago - the $$$ sales are getting rarer. Edited December 27, 2020 by Niels Quist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nigel Roberson Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Agh I see, ime not alone. Sometimes its the content that gives it away as being highly unlikely its personal use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) I caught a presentation use ( not too different in fee from PU) being used on a commercial blog in a montage. It eventually licensed correctly There was no refund. So it may pay to GIS your PUs and presentations occasionally to see if they turn up. Alamy have a monitoring system for misuse as well. I have to say I haven't had a PU that wasn't plausible as a PU and apart from the example above, no misuses online. Since commercial fees can be lower than PU, it may not be such a problem. Edited December 27, 2020 by spacecadet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I understand that the commercial buyer will not go through the normal portal and Zoom images there before buying. It happens, I see it, no problem.
But, personal use images will be different. Who would buy an image without looking at it closely if they were going to use it for
Usage: Personal use, Personal prints, cards and gifts. Non-commercial use only, not for resale.
I think its acon. Its commercial users who see a $13 useage as the cheapest option and go for it because the chances of getting caught are nil.
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