Dear Alamy, I'm not an accountant...

[Francescop]

The world of finance it is always boiled.

Dears, I never understood the calculation of new commision. So, what is it my real earn?
Maybe @Alamydevelopers should give a re-style at some pages like Balance of account view. Eg. I saw that:

 

Date	Description	Alamy image ID	Detail	Debit ($)	Credit ($)	Balance ($)	Paid *
22 December 2022	Alamy Distribution Commission	2HH7W2E	60% of net	0.90		35.26	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Distributor Commission	2HH7W2E	40% Distributor Commission	1.00		34.26	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Sale	2HH7W2E	Sale		2.51	36.77	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Alamy Distribution Commission	2HH7W2E	60% of net	0.90		35.87	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Distributor Commission	2HH7W2E	40% Distributor Commission	1.00		34.87	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Sale Refunded	2HH7W2E	Original sale date (22 December 2022)	2.51		32.36	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Alamy Distribution Commission Refunded	2HH7W2E	Original sale date (22 December 2022)		0.90	33.26	Uncleared
22 December 2022	Distributor Commission Refunded	2HH7W2E	Original sale date (22 December 2022)		1.00	34.26	Uncleared

 

Could, someone of you, explain me what hell done here? How much was the net earned?
Please, could some kind of you explain me what is the mathematical operation I should do? Which numerbs i have to sum or subtract?

 

At the end, someone have any idea what is this transaction?

 

11 January 2023

Other income

ASCRL Summer Distribution - DEC 2022

10.00

44.26

Cleared

 

 

Thank to all for attention and patient

BR

[spacecadet]

You have 1 sale there, your net is $2.51-1.00-0.90=0.61. The distributor's commission is 40% (1.00), Alamy's is 60% of the remaining 1.51 (0.90). Your net is 24% of a distributor sale.

Refunded items always appear 3 times if relicensed.

The other payment is a royalty from the ASCRL, which is a US collecting society, like DACS for the UK.

The black figure is your running balance.

Edited February 1, 2023 by spacecadet

[Contemporary Dave]

I don't know why they just show the net earnings and nothing else - just like all the other stocks sites do.

[Brian Yarvin]

Dave, this isn't exactly correct. At one time, all stock agencies displayed a full accounting of the money collected on your behalf and the sums debited as their fees for doing it. For many people, this information is really important. It gives a sense of how much effort is put into the sales process and how potential clients are interacting with a given photographer's images. Alamy is one of the last holdouts when it comes to these procedures.

 

BTW ... I made my first agency stock sale in March 1971, while I was still in high school. In those days, Sales reports were hand written. Even given that, they shared more information that most agencies today.

[Michael Ventura]

Every agency I have worked with (about 6), prior to Alamy, had all shown the gross invoice amount and then my commision.  The micros obviously don't do things that way.

[Chuck Nacke]

7 hours ago, Brian Yarvin said:

Dave, this isn't exactly correct. At one time, all stock agencies displayed a full accounting of the money collected on your behalf and the sums debited as their fees for doing it. For many people, this information is really important. It gives a sense of how much effort is put into the sales process and how potential clients are interacting with a given photographer's images. Alamy is one of the last holdouts when it comes to these procedures.

 

BTW ... I made my first agency stock sale in March 1971, while I was still in high school. In those days, Sales reports were hand written. Even given that, they shared more information that most agencies today.

Brian,

LOL (middle aged term these days)  I still have some of my "hand written" sales reports.  Thanks God you do have me beat by a few years for a first sale.

Happy Friday to all and I'll leave you with one of my favorites, "Youth is wasted on the young."

Chuck

[Brian Yarvin]

Chuck, twenty years ago, I still believed. Now, I'm a bit ashamed to say that I once believed.

[Chuck Nacke]

6 minutes ago, Brian Yarvin said:

Chuck, twenty years ago, I still believed. Now, I'm a bit ashamed to say that I once believed.

Brian,

"Believe"  Sorry to say, but I still "Believe."

Chuck

[Brian Yarvin]

I'll bet you're not alone, just not in a crowd.

[CarloBo]

@FrancescopFunny that when you sell through Alamy distributors you earn less than the middle man  isnt'it?