Jansos Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I've been a member since June 2014 and so decided to calculate my average sale price (total revenue earned to date / no of sales to date) since joining in June 2014. For info, for the first few years I hardly uploaded anything and consequently had very low sales but things started to pick-up from 2016 onwards. I guess I have been doing this part-time for about 7 years in earnest. My average sale price is somewhat better than I had previously thought. It is $23 per licence, is this average or on the low side? I'd be interested to know what your average sale price is since joining, if you care to share. I know the 'old hands' used to make good 'bank' as my American friends call it, in the good ol' days. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Some contributors went back to since joining in this thread. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Not as good as yours: 2017 $24.6 (14 licenses) 2018 $20.5 (51 licenses) 2019 $15.2 (51 licenses) 2020 $12.4 (69 licenses) 2021 $16.8 (106 licenses) 2022 $12.1 (198 licenses) 2023 $11.7 (68 licenses to date) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VbFolly Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 My average license price overall is only $21.7. I started in 2016 with mainly UK content, but wish I'd started earlier when prices were higher. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Sales Gross $ per sale (gross) 2012 23 2053 89.3 2013 18 1477 82.1 2014 24 1971 82.1 2015 30 1672 55.7 2016 59 3409 57.8 2017 72 4260 59.2 2018 70 3443 49.2 2019 72 3589 49.8 2020 67 3259 48.6 2021 83 3513 42.3 2022 94 4800 51.1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David eastley Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 mine is $34.61 since 2005. However in the early days $300 was not uncommon but now I would like to sell at that average of £34 every month but too often I don't 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Nelson Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Since joining in 2017 total exactly 100 licenses to date, total gross $4,384, so average $43.84. For 2023 so far 8 licenses for $315, so average $39.38. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Since joining in 2004, average sale price has been $35 But in 2005 it was a lot more! Kumar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) I joined in 2003 but didn't make my first submission until mid-2007 as I was busy with other things, so I missed the really good ol' days. However, prices were still good, and $$$ sales were common. My average price per image since then is $60.38 (DACS not included). Last year my average PPI was $39. Edited April 6, 2023 by John Mitchell 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I have intentionally kept the number of images that I put up on Alamy at a minimum, I do have another Psydo but I am still down to just a touch above 2,000 total online. I do pay attention to each license and track the average. As of 6/4/23 with 1039 licenses starting in 2004 it is $55 and change per image. It was four times that in the 00's. In my opinion Alamy is doing a "Pretty good job, but it could be better." Over the decades I've worked with too many agencies and libraries to list, most of them are no longer with us, and I can say that Alamy is doing better than any I have experience with. Chuck 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 First sale February 2011 Sales to 6th April average $27.47 gross per image. Allan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) As Gen so kindly linked for me - here are mine by year: 2023: $35.25 (12 sales thru the end of March) 2022: $17.70 2021: $40.53 2020 $19.89 2019 $57.14 2018 $36.00 2017 $60.53 2016 $68.09 2015 $74.58 2014 $39.40 2013 $43.50 2012 $29.89 2011 $28.10 "Regular "sales began (nearly 2/mo - some NU) started, 140 images in portfolio @ beginning & 450 by year end. 2010 $88.00 5 sales, 60 images start of year/ 140 by end 2009 $38.00 (first and only sale that year - I had 60 images in my portfolio by the end of the year) Average Gross Price per Sale 2009-March 2023 is $40.02 I realized that my belief that I wasn't getting regular sales until I had 800 images was way off, it was actually the year I averaged 300 image, showing how different the landscape for stock photography was back in the early 2010's. This year I'm averaging 4 sales/mo with 1500 images. Twice as many sales with 5 times as many images. Not keeping up with inflation, that's for sure. Edited April 7, 2023 by Marianne Added overall Avg. Gross Sales Price 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 As Geogphotos mentioned in the link I provided, results will be distorted depending if a contributor is or has been in the NU (Novel Use) scheme. I have never been. For what it's worth, my gross average $ since joining in 2002 is $47.83 Sales Gross $ Av Gross 2003 3 723 241 2004 18 2,455 136 2005 20 3,266 163 2006 28 3,017 108 2007 30 3,790 126 2008 52 5,682 109 2009 40 3,864 97 2010 64 6,609 103 2011 66 4,261 65 2012 45 3,398 76 2013 60 4,643 77 2014 59 4,548 77 2015 59 3,451 58 2016 102 4,487 44 2017 168 5,521 33 2018 196 6,899 35 2019 170 5,021 30 2020 204 5,120 25 2021 243 5,818 24 2022 216 7,088 33 2023 58 1,273 22 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 My average from total sales to date is just $23.35. I think the low figure is largely due to the high numbers of 'newspaper scheme' images that I get licenced each month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) year - Av gross - ## 2005 - $195 6 2006 - $179 8 2007 - $458 26 2008 - $143 54 2009 - $ 73 60 2010 - $ 69 74 2011 - $ 65 92 2012 - $ 54 134 2013 - $ 52 202 2014 - $ 55 185 2015 - $ 59 219 2016 - $ 48 351 2017 - $ 46 315 2018 - $ 44 330 2019 - $ 37 322 2020 - $ 35 253 2021 - $ 29 314 2022 - $ 24 291 2023 - $ 21.36 85 so far Included in all schemes and deals and all distributors as well. wim edit: gross average over all since joining: $ 49 Edited April 7, 2023 by wiskerke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 It used to be more... and now it's less... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 On 06/04/2023 at 19:58, Chuck Nacke said: Over the decades I've worked with too many agencies and libraries to list, most of them are no longer with us, and I can say that Alamy is doing better than any I have experience with. Cheers Chuck, Yes, that is my opinion also. I get pennies/cents with other sites. It is definitely not worth the effort there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Definite downward trend 2018 $43 2019 $32 2020 $29 2021 $28 2022 $24 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Kirby Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 As others have said the prices where higher at the start of Alamy looking at my 2004 sales - 35 images sold for $6,920. Average sales now $36. Nigel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Myford Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Overall average is $67. But that can be broken into two distinct periods: 2001-2010, average = $124; 2011-2023, average = $35. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 07/04/2023 at 07:22, Avpics said: My average from total sales to date is just $23.35. I think the low figure is largely due to the high numbers of 'newspaper scheme' images that I get licenced each month. Breaking that down: Year Images Gross $ total Gross $ Avge 2014 18 1207 67.06 2015 28 1785 63.75 2016 73 2494 34.16 2017 129 4793 37.16 2018 199 6721 33.77 2019 291 7392 25.40 2020 352 9481 26.93 2021 483 10470 21.68 2022 814 12182 14.97 2023 190 3485 18.34 Depressingly depressed averages! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Pritchard Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) Average per sale since 2006 is $37.51. Edited April 11, 2023 by Stan Pritchard mistake corrected 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 My average is $27.87. John. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 My total average since joining in 2005 is $73/sale gross. That is with 2,862 sales altogether. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 From 2007 to 2011 average comes in at $149.72. Last year 2022 $52.12 Year to date $13.75 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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