Robert M Estall Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Just had a modest sale slide in this morning which tipped me past the $150,000 mark (gross). It did take 12 years though, but as has been so often said, this is a long game. Not many of the dreaded refunds lately either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Just had a modest sale slide in this morning which tipped me past the $150,000 mark (gross). It did take 12 years though, but as has been so often said, this is a long game. Not many of the dreaded refunds lately either. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Just had a modest sale slide in this morning which tipped me past the $150,000 mark (gross). It did take 12 years though, but as has been so often said, this is a long game. Not many of the dreaded refunds lately either. Congrats! +1! wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman t Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 It took a long long while but I have finally had my first sale. I have all but given up on Alamy as the number of zooms I have collected is so tiny, it's not even funny. I guess it'll take another long while to have the funds cleared. (Why is that, by the way? Isn't the sale a transaction when all the sum is paid? Or what Alamy calls a sale is really a pledge?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 It took a long long while but I have finally had my first sale. I have all but given up on Alamy as the number of zooms I have collected is so tiny, it's not even funny. I guess it'll take another long while to have the funds cleared. (Why is that, by the way? Isn't the sale a transaction when all the sum is paid? Or what Alamy calls a sale is really a pledge?) Congratulations on the first sale. Hopefully more will follow soon. Alamy sales reports are actually invoices with settlement terms of a minimum of 45 days. Direct sales through the website might be paid straight away by the customer but Alamy hold the money against possible refunds for that 45 day period. Account customers - most of the major image users - report usages, are invoiced by Alamy, and settle those invoices according to whatever schedule is agreed with Alamy. Could be 45 days, could be longer. It's the way most business to business operations work, with credit periods for approved customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I just reached 200 sales this month. It took four years, and I added about 500 photos each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman t Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Congratulations on the first sale. Hopefully more will follow soon. Alamy sales reports are actually invoices with settlement terms of a minimum of 45 days. Direct sales through the website might be paid straight away by the customer but Alamy hold the money against possible refunds for that 45 day period. Account customers - most of the major image users - report usages, are invoiced by Alamy, and settle those invoices according to whatever schedule is agreed with Alamy. Could be 45 days, could be longer. It's the way most business to business operations work, with credit periods for approved customers. Thank you for your kind words and the explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 After two weeks of drips and drabs of low value sales, a $250 book use drops in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 A $100+ sale showed up today of an image that I captured one block from my house. Love when that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I'd say woken up, but awoken if you want to be really Anglo-Saxon. Awaken means to wake someone up, not wake up yourself. There's a page about it here, but it's a bit dense even for me. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/awoken-or-awakened/ I raked up a pile of leaves one spring and it made the most terrifying squealing sound, like stepping on a cat (or, in my case, shutting her tail in the car boot). I'd woken up a frog a bit early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I had a nice 3 figure sale yesterday, to the BBC. It was a pic of the Orient Express at Victoria station and I found out on my phone just as I was pulling into Victoria station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 was just going to post that I've had some nice sales last couple of days when another for $120 just popped in ! thank you Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 $120 sale to a television programme yesterday Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbro Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 $120 X 2 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 March is shaping up to be one of my best months in a long time. Very encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Boff! $200 in a US magazine. Not had one of those for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 So jealous, I think my portfolio is invisible. Not even a zoom in over a week. Sorry forgot this was the positive thread. On the positive side then, it's to be a bit warmer today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 A $180 sale this morning for an image with no keywords or caption! I deleted keywords and caption about a year ago (i think) but obviously forgot to hit the delete button when i uploaded a less hastily processed similar image. Maybe the image had been downloaded to a buyer`s lightbox... Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kuta Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I have 47% of 2016 number of sales already, and 50% more sales than at this time last year. But 30% of revenue, and nothing over $60 yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shantz Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I had a direct sale for $365 gross ($182.50 net) on 3/21. Waited a couple of days in case of a refund, but so far so good. It was RF editorial only. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 $514 direct sale today - very cheering Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 And one for $114 too today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 And one for $114 too today Alex, now you may have to get a happier looking avatar for your Forum photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 And one for $114 too today Alex, now you may have to get a happier looking avatar for your Forum photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 A commercial client licensed one of my images for $1640 for multiple uses. Fortunately it was RM, so the uses added up. They had a lot of good images to choose from so it was blind luck that they picked mine. My plan for the future is to continue to be blindly lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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