Alamy Measures Designations

[MichaelD]

Can anyone tell me what the (LU) at the end of a search term means. I know what most of the others mean (WOP with out People, P portrait, etc. But I can't find anything on this search filter. Thanks.

[gvallee]

13 minutes ago, MichaelD said:

Can anyone tell me what the (LU) at the end of a search term means. I know what most of the others mean (WOP with out People, P portrait, etc. But I can't find anything on this search filter. Thanks.

 

There has been several threads with answers about it. Basically, it's Limited Use, part of NU scheme. Do a forum search for more details.

 

Here's one

https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/15730-measures-fixed/

 

Edited July 5, 2022 by gvallee

[spacecadet]

We're hoping it's a mistake.

Alamy have been asked, but answer came there none..........

[NYCat]

I have a few and two of my zooms have it. I have not been in Novel Use for a couple of years.

 

Paulette

[meanderingemu]

1 hour ago, NYCat said:

I have a few and two of my zooms have it. I have not been in Novel Use for a couple of years.

 

Paulette

 

only a few?  All my searches this month have [LU], and the 2 sales resulting from them were just regular web news package deals 

[Michael Ventura]

All mine are LU searches too.

[Roadrunner]

[NYCat]

3 hours ago, meanderingemu said:

 

only a few?  All my searches this month have [LU], and the 2 sales resulting from them were just regular web news package deals 

 

I usually have Measures set up to show my Zooms with the highest number on top. If I change it to show the Views with the lowest number on top I starting seeing many LUs.

 

Paulette

 

 

[John Mitchell]

1 hour ago, NYCat said:

 

I usually have Measures set up to show my Zooms with the highest number on top. If I change it to show the Views with the lowest number on top I starting seeing many LUs.

 

Paulette

 

 

 

I gave that a try, and it looks as if only two out of my 537 views so far this month are not LU -- i.e. 535 have the [LU] designation.

 

I'm still not sure what all this means, though. Will it really make any difference? A lot of contributors were already seeing super low prices.

[Cryptoprocta]

On 06/07/2022 at 00:32, gvallee said:

 

There has been several threads with answers about it. Basically, it's Limited Use, part of NU scheme. Do a forum search for more details.

 

Here's one

https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/15730-measures-fixed/

 

Virtually all of my (much reduced) views are LU, but I've never been in NU.

 

Why doesn't Alamy have the common courtesy to inform suppliers of all these many changes and what they mean?

[gvallee]

1 hour ago, Cryptoprocta said:

Virtually all of my (much reduced) views are LU, but I've never been in NU.

 

Why doesn't Alamy have the common courtesy to inform suppliers of all these many changes and what they mean?

 

Same here. All searches have LU and I've never been in NU.

[meanderingemu]

another week, another explanation void 

[Roadrunner]

Here's what's happening at Alamy headquarters as we wait for an answer. I ♥️ gifs for some reason.

 

[Phil Crean]

14 hours ago, Cryptoprocta said:

 

 

Why doesn't Alamy have the common courtesy to inform suppliers of all these many changes and what they mean?

This!

Phil

[Sandi]

I just Googled LU and Alamy...

Could it possibly be a bit of old software code they have inadvertently revived?

[CAROL SAUNDERS]

I've been opted out of NU for years yet the majority of my images are still showing LU - yes an explanation from Alamy would be most welcome 😉

 

Carol