DDoug Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Thanks! The shot is of outdoor recreation on a lake in northern Minnesota -- motorboat, canoe and such. I wouldn't have thought of it as commercial in nature, but a food/bevereage company licensed it for TV, Web and an industrial film. There are some fairly large foods companies in the Upper Midwest, so I guess they didn't flinch at the rate. If it went through an ad agency, they'd always rather put their 15% markup on a higher sum than a lower one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc 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. Nice one Don! Congratulations! Kumar (the Doc one) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks, Kumar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arletta Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Wow Nice work and keep it going! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 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. Wow, that's some number! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks! Credit is due to Jemal Creary in the New York office of Alamy who negotiated the deal. It does leave me wondering how I can shoot in such a way that my work is appealing to commercial buyers, as they seem to be the ones with money to spend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Congrats Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 That's fantastic Don! And thanks for sharing some info on the image and sale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Thanks to all for kind words. Although editorial rates have been disappointingly low, this does show that Alamy will go to bat for higher amounts when the traffic will bear it. Edited April 9, 2017 by DDoug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 After Doug's and Alex's huge numbers, my $30 sale which dropped in on the 7th seems insignificant, but I'm over the moon. There's nothing like a sale to keep one enthused! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 a $370 sale this morning - my highest ever on Alamy - pleasing - i nearly didn't upload the particular image 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 $ 420 sale just dropped in. Direct sale. Happy bunny Cheers, Philippe Good news. I suspect your collection has several pictures of happy bunnies. Good to know sales are popping up on a bank holiday - I'll keep checking every five minutes as usual..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrumu Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't Edited April 17, 2017 by chrumu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbro Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't How did you get His Majesty to sign the release form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't Do you know what search term was used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrumu Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't How did you get His Majesty to sign the release form? It was an editorial sale of an RM license. I don't have a signed release of His Majesty, who is not only the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, but also Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance, and Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (and probably also captain of the polo team). Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't Do you know what search term was used? Not really. The location was Cirencester Park, and the picture showed up a few times for this search term, but was never zoomed. I assume the search term was something simple like "sultan of brunei". Edited April 17, 2017 by chrumu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 $108 direct sale for a pic submitted via the archive route Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) $193 direct sale just reported, which is nice as it's my best individual sale for a year & (by a tad) my best ever. Following on from the series of low-value sales this year, it's a relief! Edited April 19, 2017 by losdemas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinCP Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Three figure direct sale this morning of a neighbourhood cat - taken just outside my back door 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebabselector Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Just had one pop up for $108 for Television (editorial - Jetpac - Sinclair Spectrum game cover) - will be interested to see what context it's used for!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arletta Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The good news is the client was interested in buying an exclusive license. Nice. The sad news is the offered price was not even close to reasonable to freeze the file (and the one more similiar, here and on any other agency) for ten years... Well, almost positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Things have been pretty dreary for me this year but I just got a direct IQ sale for $125. Cheered me up. Paulette 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njene Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Three figure direct sale this morning of a neighbourhood cat - taken just outside my back door You should get him a treat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Walker Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 No sales so far this month - I usually show sales by this time of the month. Not been this quiet for a couple of years. Hopefully some will drop in before month end. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) This one popped in yesterday for $115. Country: United StatesUsage: Direct mail and brochuresMedia: Travel brochuresIndustry sector: Travel & tourismPrint run: up to 50,000Placement: InsideImage Size: 1/2 pageStart: 01 May 2017End: 01 May 2018Rights included use in context of printed brochure and distribution as PDF facsimile. Print run: 40,000. The last time I got a travel brochure sale it was sold a further 28 times - so here's hoping! John Edited April 21, 2017 by Stokie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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