Gordon Scammell Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 In all the time I have been with Alamy I have never had any sales licensed for 'presentation/ power point' - but now I've had a spate of them. Am I the only one who is rather suspicious/cynical about these sales? Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 At least they're paying and not just knocking it off the Internet. I was a bit less impressed to see a sale today for a 'digital marketing package' for a similar amount. My average this year is $26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 At least they're paying and not just knocking it off the Internet. I was a bit less impressed to see a sale today for a 'digital marketing package' for a similar amount. My average this year is $26. Yeah, same here. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Still, it broke my duck for the month. Klein vieh macht auch mist. (Thanks Don). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyAppleRed Images Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I've had a couple recently and they are both local(ish) to my area so maybe smaller companies. At least as Spacecadet says, they are not just raiding Flickr, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armstrong Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 The positive thing about them is that if used as licensed they do give people the opportunity to do the 'right thing' rather than take them from Google Images. Another benefit is that they help your Alamy Rank. In time that should generate more sales across your portfolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I had one today too. First one ever. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Another benefit is that they help your Alamy Rank. In time that should generate more sales across your portfolio. Except for the fact that average sale price is apparently a factor in rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Please feed them to Google Images and see if the clients are being honest. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I had a couple this month and never had them before either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armstrong Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Another benefit is that they help your Alamy Rank. In time that should generate more sales across your portfolio. Except for the fact that average sale price is apparently a factor in rank.I take your point. However how much different (i.e lower) can these sales be when compared to figures like sub $7 gross regularly mentioned for bulk newspaper sales? (I genuinely don't know the answer as I've not had one of these licenses yet). If the answer is not very then it won't skew rank that much for a contributor in the Newspaper scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoM1ke Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 My first ever sale ... over a year ago was one of those. I actually thought the rate was pretty good for a presentation at $25. And it doesn't seem to have turned up anywhere else that I've discovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Please feed them to Google Images and see if the clients are being honest. wim You old cynic, you. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Since there seem to have been a flood of these lately, perhaps these are minor infringements Alamy has found, so has billed them at the cheapest open rate. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I haven't had any on here though I've had a few corporate web use IQ sales that include "personal screen saver use." I have, however, licensed a few for Power Point presentations from my own website and I used Alamy's pricing which seems reasonable for the use. I've licensed images for personal blogs and invitations off my website too and I think it makes sense to price these reasonably so people feel good about doing the right thing and not stealing images that in most cases you'd never find. Image theft is a sad reality today and IMHO pricing that is reasonable enough to encourage people who are doing the right thing seems like a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyAppleRed Images Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Since there seem to have been a flood of these lately, perhaps these are minor infringements Alamy has found, so has billed them at the cheapest open rate. Jill Mine were first time buys for both images and not available elsewhere, so I'm assuming legit sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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