ManuReyes Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On the 7th of September I had a sale of RF 334.85$ and my surprise is that Alamy, takes 80% 🤨, no more and no less than 267.88$ commission. Is this normal? They have never taken so much from me before. It seems to me to be a joke. 🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Contact Alamy. Their %age cut depends on whether you are on Platinum, Gold, Silver or Cardboard level for sales.  Allan  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) And depends on whether it was a direct sale or through a distributor that also takes a commission. Edited September 22, 2022 by Steve F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Look at your Account Balance on the Dashboard. If it is a distributor you will see their cut there. Â Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, NYCat said: Look at your Account Balance on the Dashboard. If it is a distributor you will see their cut there.  Paulette  Distribution would be 76% historically, though not contractually stated.  This looks like Manu was Silver Level.  Note, you should now be back to Gold, assuming Alamy reads their own agreement, so make sure every sale until at least June 30, 2024 is at the 60% commission rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 3 hours ago, meanderingemu said:  Distribution would be 76% historically, though not contractually stated.  This looks like Manu was Silver Level.  Note, you should now be back to Gold, assuming Alamy reads their own agreement, so make sure every sale until at least June 30, 2024 is at the 60% commission rate.  Do they change the rate as soon as you do $250, or does it start in July after they go over previous year's sales. I thought your percentage doesn't change until every July, but I could be wrong. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, Jill Morgan said:  Do they change the rate as soon as you do $250, or does it start in July after they go over previous year's sales. I thought your percentage doesn't change until every July, but I could be wrong. Jill  The Agreement states that:  12.13 If you are subject to Alamy Silver and your total License Fees, net of any refunds, exceeds $250 at any point during the Revenue Year then the Alamy Commission will automatically revert to Alamy Gold for future sales during the Revenue Year  However this would rely on Alamy reading the agreement and abiding by it, something we have seen is not a guarantee   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, meanderingemu said:  The Agreement states that:  12.13 If you are subject to Alamy Silver and your total License Fees, net of any refunds, exceeds $250 at any point during the Revenue Year then the Alamy Commission will automatically revert to Alamy Gold for future sales during the Revenue Year  However this would rely on Alamy reading the agreement and abiding by it, something we have seen is not a guarantee    That's good. Had a nice sale for $125 the other day, so should get to the $250 in not too long assuming all future sales aren't for .07.  Jill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunstun365 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) I had a lousy $3.14 sale & Alamy & distrib. took $2.77 way more than 80%. Come on Alamy that is not fair. Edited February 25 by dunstun365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 On 22/09/2022 at 08:34, meanderingemu said: will automatically revert to Alamy Gold for future sales during the Revenue Year That's future sales after hitting $250 or more gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Myford Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, dunstun365 said: I had a lousy $3.14 sale & Alamy & distrib. took $2.77 way more than 80%. Come on Alamy that is not fair. The distributor takes their cut first - typically 40% - and then Alamy takes 80% of what remains. They snuck the change in by removing the definition of the distributor's cut from the contract, so now we have no way of knowing what the distributor's cut will be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phomme Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I'm alamy gold and I have about 7 or so 80% alamy commissions in the past year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstorm05 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 I had about $509 sales, they took $405 and I'm left with $110. I'm at Gold level, but like you guys said, distributor takes some, Alamy takes some. Used to be better before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunstun365 Posted Sunday at 02:11 Share Posted Sunday at 02:11 Alamy increased their share over 2 years ago to 80% but give nothing in return it shouldn't be allowed. I wouldn't have joined if I'd known they'd do that.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Walker Posted Monday at 09:18 Share Posted Monday at 09:18 I'm still confused as to why distributors seem to be able to command higher prices than most Alamy direct sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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