Lor Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 how do I Delete my account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pav Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 31 minutes ago, Lor said: how do I Delete my account? Alamy states: You can close your Alamy account at any time by emailing contributors@alamy.com. Once you've emailed us, we'll start the process. Your account will be closed and images will no longer be available for sale on our site 45 days after you asked for your account to be closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rebecca Ore Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Unless you've entered all keywords and captions and any other data before exporting photos to Alamy, I'd recommend asking Alamy for spreadsheet files of all your photo data if you decided to go elsewhere or re-open your account. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Lor, don't move too quickly to delete your Alamy account. Find out what else is out there before you exit. Good luck. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spiegel Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Lor said: how do I Delete my account? My photos are stored at about a dozen stock agencies. I think, can be a few more. Only 4 of these agencies really contribute to my income. However, the rest are always good for a nice surprise and bring a little pocket money now and then. Storing the photos costs me neither money nor time. Therefore, I leave them where they are and enjoy the pocket money when it comes. Deleting an account IMO only makes sense if you want to sell the pictures exclusively somewhere else. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Harry Harrison Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 You can in fact download the data from your Image Manager page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Mitchell Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 9 hours ago, spiegel said: My photos are stored at about a dozen stock agencies. I think, can be a few more. Only 4 of these agencies really contribute to my income. However, the rest are always good for a nice surprise and bring a little pocket money now and then. Storing the photos costs me neither money nor time. Therefore, I leave them where they are and enjoy the pocket money when it comes. Deleting an account IMO only makes sense if you want to sell the pictures exclusively somewhere else. Unfortunately, most other stock photo agencies are only good for a laugh these days. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Joanne W Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 06/10/2022 at 11:37, Pav said: Alamy states: You can close your Alamy account at any time by emailing contributors@alamy.com. Once you've emailed us, we'll start the process. Your account will be closed and images will no longer be available for sale on our site 45 days after you asked for your account to be closed. So I am also trying to delete my account and followed these instructions above. All I get when I email the above address is a robo email saying look on the website for what to do. So how exactly do I delete my account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Alexander Hogg Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Lor Last year I was going to delete my account and had a lot of good people here on the forum suggesting to me to leave the Alamy Account going On deliberation I had left the account open and since November had 7 sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NYCat Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 14 hours ago, Joanne W said: So I am also trying to delete my account and followed these instructions above. All I get when I email the above address is a robo email saying look on the website for what to do. So how exactly do I delete my account? You will always get that automated response first. Your actual response will come later. Paulette 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WaGi Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 They need to offer an automated account deletion system tho, otherwise they do not act legally in many regions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, WaGi said: They need to offer an automated account deletion system tho, otherwise they do not act legally in many regions No. A contributor's account isn't akin to a web signup. It's a contractual relationship involving third parties- image licensees. The platform would be very unstable if images just disappeared at a contributor's whim- what about buyers who had viewed them and expected them to remain on offer until a decision was made? You have to wait the specified time for images to be withdrawn. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) if one wants to immediately make all one's images NOT show up in searches could one just change all the vowels in one's keywording, e.g., a=>e, e=>i, i=>o, o=>u, u=>a ??? or simply all vowels + y to "X"? or some other nonsense results via AIM? thus shortening 45-day period to 1 day? I'm not doing this, I'm asking this... 🤔__🤔__🤔 Edited May 2, 2023 by Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brian Yarvin Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Jxff, that would make it unlikely that the images would show up in new searches, but it wouldn't affect those that had already been bookmarked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NYCat Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 47 minutes ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: if one wants to immediately make all one's images NOT show up in searches could one just change all the vowels in one's keywording, e.g., a=>e, e=>i, i=>o, o=>u, u=>a ??? or simply all vowels + y to "X"? or some other nonsense results via AIM? thus shortening 45-day period to 1 day? I'm not doing this, I'm asking this... 🤔__🤔__🤔 If there is a reason you need to have images deleted Alamy will do it for you. With the new owners, new contract and all the discussion here about our liability I decided I needed to stop selling anything from a zoo or museum. I gave Alamy a list and they were no longer available in searches though if someone were in the process of licensing I assume that wouldn't have been stopped. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 14 hours ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: if one wants to immediately make all one's images NOT show up in searches could one just change all the vowels in one's keywording, e.g., a=>e, e=>i, i=>o, o=>u, u=>a ??? or simply all vowels + y to "X"? or some other nonsense results via AIM? thus shortening 45-day period to 1 day? I'm not doing this, I'm asking this... 🤔__🤔__🤔 I have mentioned this before whilst pointing out that I am not suggesting it. It is in fact a breach of a contract condition- Alamy have confirmed this- because you're not accurately describing your images if you don't describe them at all. However I would probably do it if pursuing an infringement to prevent an infringer finding out the fee for a legitimate licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, NYCat said: I decided I needed to stop selling anything from a zoo or museum This depends on your attitude to risk- and also probably whether or not you're in the US. I have a number of EU licenses EU and UK licenses of museum exhibits, some of them repeat sellers. IIRC one or two have even been licensed by museums. Edited May 3, 2023 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NYCat Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I had good sales from museums and zoos too but this is not my main way of making money. Not even close. I have no desire to risk anything though I tend to think I would only have been asked to take something down. I'm supposed to have fun here. Paulette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steve F Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 29 minutes ago, NYCat said: I'm supposed to have fun here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Betty LaRue Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 18 hours ago, Brian Yarvin said: Jxff, that would make it unlikely that the images would show up in new searches, but it wouldn't affect those that had already been bookmarked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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