John Richmond Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Just out of curiosity - and this obviously won't apply to anyone who joined Alamy before the days of online uploads and 4 initial submissions - has anybody ever sold any of their first four? I haven't - though I've sold 3 of my second batch of 6. Maybe I was too cautious. Although, looking back, it didn't seem so at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Of my first batch of images I sent in 11 years ago, I believe all have sold and just had a sale of one of those yesterday for $150! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Fun question. Looks like my 10th photo uploaded sold to Architectural Digest magazine, but nothing in my first four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Way back in 2007, one image from my initial submission (10 images then, if memory serves) literally got snapped up right away, and it remains a fairly regular seller. But that was then and this is now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 On the old forum, we once found an image that had been published, while the photographer had only 4 images in his/her collection. The collection was quite recent, which could be established by looking at the Alamy ref #. When I joined Alamy, I had to submit 10 images. The first sold two months later. Only three out of those initial 10 have ever sold. Number 11 has sold for the first time on March 10 of this year; almost 11 years after I have submitted it. Number 12 has only made $0.83. As I am a regular contributor to the how was your month threads, one can look up my averages and while those have been falling during the worldwide recession, luckily they are still way higher than 83 cents. That first sale was for $171; my latest was for $240 for an image shot in 2008. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armstrong Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 None in my first 4..but one not long after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Way back in 2007, one image from my initial submission (10 images then, if memory serves) literally got snapped up right away, and it remains a fairly regular seller. But that was then and this is now... Ah. but we were all younger then - and more foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 The first four was uploaded on 28th July 2009. One of these has sold three times - another twice, it took some time, however, and not for the amounts some of my later images were sold for. My first ones were typically microstockish, it took a short while to get the hang of it. I must have been accepted the same day as I already uploaded more on the 29th. In January 2010 I had the first decent sale of $245 of a news related RM image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManWay Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I started with Alamy in 2006. Since then i have licensed/sold 2 of my initial submission. not sure if they would sell today really as they were shot on a fujifilm 3600 or something like that. Pretty much useless these days for anything except internet/web pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 yes, two have been licenced once by Alamy, another has been licenced once elsewhere. The fourth has been licenced 5 times by Alamy and numerous times elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It was an interesting trip down memory lane. My first accepted submission consisted of photos from Edinburgh taken in 2007 with my old D70 and uploaded in 2008 when I first discovered stock photography. Two of those photos were licensed in 2014, one in May and one in July. Others from that trip were uploaded later and licensed sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Yes, back in 2004. And they keep selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 My first Alamy submission(s) were on CD, with medium format film scanned 200MB TIFF files (CD in the post, wait 2-3 weeks, wait for CD processing to clear, pass QC, then keyword. No panic then if nothing from QC after 24 hours). Two of those original test images have had multiple licences from Alamy. One of them is what I think must be one of my most zoomed images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gallery Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Half of the earliest batch sold well for prices that now we could only dream of and some sell still and one still gets not to bad prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Not from the 4. The nearest I get is a few from my second screen of 48, one of which is my best grosser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Pritchard Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 The fourth image I uploaded to Alamy, on 02/06/06, AB6PRD, was licensed on 19/01/07 for the grand sum of $152.50. It was next licensed on 27/10/07 for $84.80 and lastly on 19.11.13 for $70.67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 The fourth image I uploaded to Alamy, on 02/06/06, AB6PRD, was licensed on 19/01/07 for the grand sum of $152.50. It was next licensed on 27/10/07 for $84.80 and lastly on 19.11.13 for $70.67. I can see why it's sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Not from the first ten but from the second batch, image number 14, sent on cd ! A00K2C AME 0014 Martyn Evans 07 November 2005 Rights Managed Country: Italy Usage: Direct mail and brochures Media: Promotional brochures/ leaflets/inserts Industry sector: Cars/Commercial Vehicles Sub-Industry: Vehicle Hire Print run: up to 1,000 Placement: Inside Image Size: 1/4 page Start: 01 December 2005 End: 01 March 2006 $ 147.06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Six Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Missed by one! My fifth uploaded image eventually sold several years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi2ap Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Nice topic - I had to look to remember what I had submitted.....so I've not yet sold any of the first four images but the first to sell was number ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Not sold any of first 4. (10 back in my day!) but sold no 14 - a pic of Taj Mahal. Probably wouldn't stand a chance today with the number of images on Alamy - 18,878. Incidentally, I wouldn't want to be on page 189 in that search. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciprocity Images Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Had been thinking about this thread... then today, the very first image I uploaded to Alamy (actually the very first stock image I upload anywhere) back in August 2009 just licensed for a billboard... in China. Largest sale in a couple of months too. =) -Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 To be honest I can't be absolutely sure what my first four images were, but, from fading memory, included amongst them is one of my best earning shots, tending towards 4 figures gross. Problem is there has been a steady fall in the value of the sales year upon year, so it is approaching the magic $1000 mark asymptotically, i.e. though close, it may never quite make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 To be honest I can't be absolutely sure what my first four images were, but, from fading memory, included amongst them is one of my best earning shots, tending towards 4 figures gross. Problem is there has been a steady fall in the value of the sales year upon year, so it is approaching the magic $1000 mark asymptotically, i.e. though close, it may never quite make it. That's a brilliant math analogy. I imagine that each of our images has a revenue half-life as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Walker Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Just checked - none of my four submission images have sold. They were taken with a Canon 500D and Kit Zoom Lens. They're not bad but don't come anywhere near the image quality I get from my Sony RX100 M3. I was quite surprised as I recall feeling quite pleased with the quality of my early work at the time. It's easy to find your first four submissions - Just use Manage Images and work back to the beginning - you should see your first four right at the start, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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