Sue Heaton Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 After a disastrous year so far my 2 June sales were welcome - one day after another! One for $67.50 and the other for $163.80 gross, so net $115.65 - started uploading again after a couple of years away, so lets hope its onwards and upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 5 sales, all RM, gross $395.15. Unfortunately the highest grossing sale was a distributor sale, leaving me $162.87 for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Andison Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Robert: To answer the question, eight sales for gross (Alamy's) receipts of about $550. I've noticed that many shots in your collection are of commercial trademarks. Do you sell many of these? Has no owner of the trademark ever protested? Do you rely totally on Alamy's terms of sale to ensure that these images will only be used editorially? I had been under the impression that Alamy would reject images in which commercial trademarks occupy a prominent place in the image. Obviously not, judging from your collection. You seem to be doing very well indeed. How many images in the Alamy collection? Cheers, Ollie Ollie - yes I do. The Tesco distribution centre* and Shell fuel pump have both sold twice. Packets of Persil - the buyers are queuing up for that one. If I did more on the big brands in a social context, I would make a lot more here. I think it would help a lot if there was a simple way of marking images as editorial only, however (brands are fine for editorial use). I don't really have the time to spend on Alamy admin work, and the user is responsible for inappropriate use anyway. And if I did, I would lose sales: one of the Tesco licenses was for corporate use ... by Tesco. And to answer the OP's question: $367 for 5 sales * Correction: Tesco three times My joint biggest sale was a Trademark, well into 4 figures..... just not here. That said, last month here a joint trademark image went for several hundred $'s combined. It depends on what you do with then. A straight vertical snapshot probably won't cut it but use a little imagination and they can be big earners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Brook Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Robert: To answer the question, eight sales for gross (Alamy's) receipts of about $550. I've noticed that many shots in your collection are of commercial trademarks. Do you sell many of these? Has no owner of the trademark ever protested? Do you rely totally on Alamy's terms of sale to ensure that these images will only be used editorially? I had been under the impression that Alamy would reject images in which commercial trademarks occupy a prominent place in the image. Obviously not, judging from your collection. You seem to be doing very well indeed. How many images in the Alamy collection? Cheers, Ollie Ollie - yes I do. The Tesco distribution centre* and Shell fuel pump have both sold twice. Packets of Persil - the buyers are queuing up for that one. If I did more on the big brands in a social context, I would make a lot more here. I think it would help a lot if there was a simple way of marking images as editorial only, however (brands are fine for editorial use). I don't really have the time to spend on Alamy admin work, and the user is responsible for inappropriate use anyway. And if I did, I would lose sales: one of the Tesco licenses was for corporate use ... by Tesco. And to answer the OP's question: $367 for 5 sales * Correction: Tesco three times My joint biggest sale was a Trademark, well into 4 figures..... just not here. That said, last month here a joint trademark image went for several hundred $'s combined. It depends on what you do with then. A straight vertical snapshot probably won't cut it but use a little imagination and they can be big earners! Exactly. The image I have sold most at one agency (59 times) is of Sainsbury's own brand produce. You have to find a context: social, cutlural, political, scientific, without making it too obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 My Dashboard says 15 sales for $840 My Summary says 17 items for $650.98 Either way it's not looking good. wim (looking up that quote about damn statistics) Wim. Is that for a month? I wouldn't mind that out of Alamy! Alex and Todd. have you tried taking a good, long, hard look at what you have? I've just spent a few days doing just that and out of nearly 4000 images created a new pseudo with just under 400 images. I think it's always a good idea to reflect on what it is you have and is it really worth having. Hey Elliot Yes, I know what I have and I haven't added to it since my last long stint in the sin bin. I think trying to change things around (like swapping pseudos) to try to increase sales without the inside knowledge of how things work on Alamy is a waste of time. I can be much more productive elsewhere where I know how things work. I'll just let things sit there and be happy when the very occasional sale pops in. My views are ok and my CTR quite healthy. I used to log in here first thing in the morning and keep checking for sales but now it's almost lunchtime before I get round to it and it won't be too long before it's every couple of days before I check. Fair enough Alex I'm hoping that my severe pruning of my two pseudos into one in which I believe in will create a better ranking. It's been long overdue and this morning all of the images finally went into it. Be interesting to see how it goes over the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valestock Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Despite of {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252 {\fonttbl\f0\fnil\fcharset0 TrebuchetMS;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;\red102\green102\blue102;} \deftab720 \pard\pardeftab720\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs32 \cf2 \expnd0\expndtw0\kerning0 \outl0\strokewidth0 \strokec2 \ } No sales for almost two months...what Am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 5 sales for $128. The good news is that my income this year has already bettered last year and I have sold 1 more image than last year's total already. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famousbelgian Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 16 sales for $1547, excellent month, very happy. Best month for a long time. Thank you Alamy. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 16 sales for $1547, excellent month, very happy. Best month for a long time. Thank you Alamy. Marc Nicely done. I have to ask: where on earth do you get all that stuff to photograph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Hobson Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Zero sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 5 Sales for $262. Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arletta Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 One for $125. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photographer_Berlin Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hi, 16 sales for 1296 $ 1 refund 133 $ in June 2014, 8100 images on sale. Total in 2014 87 sales for 5667 $ . Compared to Getty this is a very low RPI (return per Image). due to the low prices at Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Not bad, 14 sales grossing just over $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 2 sales in Junes Still waiting for 8 news sales to show from march Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 35 sales which is just below average for me but prices were well below. The trend is not encouraging. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Wintle Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 2 sales - the first sales since 2012 - of the same image. $856 gross. (Still waiting payment ) Details - (I would love to have seen this if it were displayed on a billboard. Can't find the web site one) C71A7R Country: United KingdomUsage: Advertising/PromotionMedia: Outdoor Display – Billboard/Transit AdIndustry sector: TelecomsPrint run: up to 20Image Size: Full areaStart: 10 June 2014End: 10 July 2014 Country: Worldwide Usage: Non-Editorial Electronic and web usesMedia: Web advertisement, single designIndustry sector: TelecomsStart: 28 June 2014End: 28 September 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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