ROC Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Has anyone else had sales to Belgium showing up this morning for $0.20? Details say that the business contract with Alamy allows the buyer to have 750 images a month at $0.20 per image. How sad that our work is so undervalued yet again. Country: Belgium Usage: Internal business usage, Alamy Access - RF Images - 750 downloads per month - €1705 per year - € 0.19 per asset Media: Internal poster/décor (1 use only) 57 MB 5472 x 3648 pixels 1 MB compressed Start: 10 August 2023 Duration: In perpetuity $ 0.20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 2 hours ago, ROC said: Has anyone else had sales to Belgium showing up this morning for $0.20? Details say that the business contract with Alamy allows the buyer to have 750 images a month at $0.20 per image. How sad that our work is so undervalued yet again. Country: Belgium Usage: Internal business usage, Alamy Access - RF Images - 750 downloads per month - €1705 per year - € 0.19 per asset Media: Internal poster/décor (1 use only) 57 MB 5472 x 3648 pixels 1 MB compressed Start: 10 August 2023 Duration: In perpetuity $ 0.20 WHAT? Allan I have been thinking about the low value sales and think that any sale below say $10 is split 50/50 regardless of existing contract and should be part of a new contract. It would go some small way to helping the little guy. ITMA 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hogg Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: WHAT? Allan I have been thinking about the low value sales and think that any sale below say $10 is split 50/50 regardless of existing contract and should be part of a new contract. It would go some small way to helping the little guy. ITMA Totally agree with you Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Sadly this is how the stock industry works these days. 1705 euros = 1023 euros to Alamy. The competitors all offer this sort of deal so what can Alamy do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cor Blimey Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Does this only apply to RF images? I live in Belgium & so of course, my photos are orientated towards Belgium. If the future is sales of $0.20 with then commission & costs being taken from that too, I see no point in continuing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Cor Blimey said: Does this only apply to RF images? I live in Belgium & so of course, my photos are orientated towards Belgium. If the future is sales of $0.20 with then commission & costs being taken from that too, I see no point in continuing. It does not cover every sale to Belgium. It is one specifc deal to a volume user based in Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cor Blimey Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, geogphotos said: It does not cover every sale to Belgium. It is one specifc deal to a volume user based in Belgium. Hi, yes I understand that it is not specific to all sales in Belgium. In April I edited in which countries my images appear for sale in the hope to minimize the chances of these minuscule sale prices. I did not opt out of Belgium. Hence my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 40 minutes ago, geogphotos said: It does not cover every sale to Belgium. It is one specifc deal to a volume user based in Belgium. I've only ever had 2 sales via a distributor in Belgium, they were for around 5 or 6 $. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 On 11/08/2023 at 07:27, ROC said: Has anyone else had sales to Belgium showing up this morning for $0.20? Details say that the business contract with Alamy allows the buyer to have 750 images a month at $0.20 per image. How sad that our work is so undervalued yet again. Country: Belgium Usage: Internal business usage, Alamy Access - RF Images - 750 downloads per month - €1705 per year - € 0.19 per asset Media: Internal poster/décor (1 use only) 57 MB 5472 x 3648 pixels 1 MB compressed Start: 10 August 2023 Duration: In perpetuity $ 0.20 I had one of these $0.20 licences the other day. Not impressed but what can we do? I hope there won't be too many of these going forward. My sales are up this year but revenue is, sadly, well below last year's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) this shows desperation. A nice little earner for Alamy, emphasis on the little but of no use at all to the contributors. Are we in this together? Doesn't look like it. Best things about Belgium, are: fabulous beaches, good beer, good chips & moules, great chocolate if that's your thing, and they hold their own against the French. Like the place, but last time I spent a night there in my campervan there were a lot of mosquitoes after my blood Edited August 12, 2023 by Robert M Estall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Robert M Estall said: this shows desperation. A nice little earner for Alamy, emphasis on the little but of no use at all to the contributors. Are we in this together? Doesn't look like it. Best things about Belgium, are: fabulous beaches, good beer, good chips & moules, great chocolate if that's your thing, and they hold their own against the French. Like the place, but last time I spent a night there in my campervan there were a lot of mosquitoes after my blood Even Gérard Depardieu emigrated from France to Belgium. It's got to be good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 13/08/2023 at 01:14, gvallee said: Even Gérard Depardieu emigrated from France to Belgium. It's got to be good! Yes, loved him as an actor but then he went on to 'choose' Russia to live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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