Dyn Llun Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 09 January 2015 Sale D53M9G Sale 5.79 09 January 2015 Alamy Distribution Commission D53M9G 30% 1.74 09 January 2015 Distributor Commission D53M9G 40% Distributor Commission 2.32 Leaves me with $1.73 Just over a pound. We have a pound shop nearby so maybe I will have a browse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stipe Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Sales like the one you experienced happen to anyone here more and less. Thankfully, they are just an exception in the wide panorama of sales you may have with Alamy. I wish you a three-digit sale next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM photo Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Perhaps you should reconsider which territories you want your images to be distributed through. Some pay quite well (apparently) whereas others do not. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Knock yourself out. I got a pair of Farah trousers, new, in Wick last summer for £1. Beer was only about £1.30 with CAMRA tokens as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Your links show me my own statement - which these links always will do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 You could always buy some professionally taken images from a large picture agency... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstw Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I had one last month. I was mad about it for about 2 days. Settled down a wee bit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 09 January 2015 Sale D53M9G Sale 5.79 09 January 2015 Alamy Distribution Commission D53M9G 30% 1.74 09 January 2015 Distributor Commission D53M9G 40% Distributor Commission 2.32 Leaves me with $1.73 Just over a pound. We have a pound shop nearby so maybe I will have a browse! It was mentioned on another thread a while ago that with agency distribution the agency and alamy should share 50% with 50% to the photographer. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 09 January 2015 Sale D53M9G Sale 5.79 09 January 2015 Alamy Distribution Commission D53M9G 30% 1.74 09 January 2015 Distributor Commission D53M9G 40% Distributor Commission 2.32 Leaves me with $1.73 Just over a pound. We have a pound shop nearby so maybe I will have a browse! It was mentioned on another thread a while ago that with agency distribution the agency and alamy should share 50% with 50% to the photographer. Allan If they did, I might be tempted to rejoin distribution. As it is I can't stomach all and sundry squirrelling away 70% of the fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I had one yesterday! Must admit I was shocked at first, but a sale is a sale, and it goes towards my ranking is the way I looked at it. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've had a few of those disappointing $5.79 "dollar store" leases. OTOH, a $250 book sale (non-distributor) showed up yesterday brightening up an otherwise gloomy month. So, hey, you never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre rochon Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Country: MexicoUsage: EditorialMedia: Magazine - print, digital and electronicPrint run: up to 10,000Placement: InsideImage Size: 1 pageStart: 01 December 2014End: 01 December 2019Flat rate per image. Duration: 1 month. $ 20.00 Not quite as bad as your lease, but I'll be left with $6 since it's a distributor sale. And the image size is 1page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Had a picture of a fake £2 coin published in the Mail. Got $5.92. That's $2,96 after commission. That's about £1.84. Only another 16p needed to make up for finding I'd been given a fake £2 coin. I understand that small-circulation magazines in Slovakia might not pay top rates, but I find it disgusting that national UK publications seen by millions every day can get away with paying that kind of 'money'. No distributor involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 99% 1,588 images1% 765 images October Revolution 3,421 imagesNot even 100 years ago. November 1917. (It was October in Russia, but November in our parts of the world.) And we have just celebrated the 25th anniversary of the end of it. Fall of the Berlin Wall 3,013 images wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Andison Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I've had a few of those disappointing $5.79 "dollar store" leases. OTOH, a $250 book sale (non-distributor) showed up yesterday brightening up an otherwise gloomy month. So, hey, you never know... Very true. I've had one of those smaller ones this month but I've also had a couple of reasonable size ones as well. That doesn't mean I feel the small ones are acceptable (especially the Newspaper Scheme ones) but there are quite a few larger ones around to ease the pain of the smaller ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyn Llun Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Just had another one, identical in every way to my original post, same pic, but for even less money! Also a distributer sale so I will get a few cents less than the previous. Going down! This is a reverse auction where bids go down not up! Good job I sell many prints at good prices elsewhere, have many paying projects and am lucky not to depend on stock. You have to chuckle. Country: Finland Usage: Editorial Media: Editorial website Placement: Single Placement Image Size: up to 1/4 screen Start: 01 December 2014 End: 01 January 2015 $ 5.55 Last one was for $5.85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyn Llun Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 I thought of that but the use date is identical and the time period too. Not to worry. The previous one will probably be refunded so the client gains a few cents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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