AlessandraRC 110 Posted July 29, 2016 Since I have been officially a complainer here, of no sales, I thought this would deserve a little celebration, I made my first sale last couple of days, a RF pic, landscape, and it was all worth the wait. Won't be complaining for a while. 15 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Mitchell 4,133 Posted July 29, 2016 Parabéns! Hopefully, the second one will be a lot easier to make. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReeRay 335 Posted July 29, 2016 Congratulations. I well remember my first sale many, many years back. And my second sale a few weeks ago! Just kidding. LOL 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney 2,898 Posted July 29, 2016 Good going. Congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allan Bell 2,043 Posted July 29, 2016 Congratulations. And with only 457 images. I think I was at around 1500 images before my first sale. Allan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 632 Posted July 29, 2016 Many congrats. As a matter of interest why did you choose RF rather than RM? Jan :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted July 31, 2016 Lets hope the second will be easier! Thanks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foreign Export 290 Posted July 31, 2016 it will be if you upload quality images with solid keywords Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colblimp 1,817 Posted July 31, 2016 Congratulations - it's a fantastic feeling! Hope your second sale comes very soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) Many congrats. As a matter of interest why did you choose RF rather than RM? Jan :-) Had sold before as RF, else where. Edited August 1, 2016 by AlessandraRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted August 1, 2016 it will be if you upload quality images with solid keywords That's the goal, not the easy part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexandre Fagundes 55 Posted August 1, 2016 Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariaJ 387 Posted August 1, 2016 Congratulations! Enjoy the feeling. It's a good motivator! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarlMillerPhotos 24 Posted August 2, 2016 Congrats! Just had my first sale a couple weeks ago too. Hope it's the opening of the flood-gates for both of us!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bella 14 Posted August 10, 2016 Congratulations, I have also had my first sale last week 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marianne 753 Posted August 10, 2016 Congrats Alessandra! Gave all you first-timers greenies - congrats to you all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted August 11, 2016 shouldn't have celebrated, it was refunded. Who knows what happens next. Too good it was to be true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marianne 753 Posted August 11, 2016 shouldn't have celebrated, it was refunded. Who knows what happens next. Too good it was to be true. Sorry to hear that. Sometimes after a refund it will be licensed again, at a different price, and sometimes for the same price, sometimes not at all. My first refund was never re-licensed (it was for $250 so I was bummed). The next time it was for $50, refunded, and then sold for $50 again, so you never know. Hope they re-license it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kay 321 Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) shouldn't have celebrated, it was refunded. Who knows what happens next. Too good it was to be true. Alessandra - I thought I remember seeing on one of the threads a few days ago a message for you from Alamy saying that the sale had gone through? Edit: Found it. On the refunds thread. Looks like good news 'Hello Alessandra, Please check your sales report again as posting this in this way is quite misleading. Your image was sold twice and refunded once in order to rectify the customer error. This is one of the disadvantages of use reporting 'live', as sometimes customer errors can cause confusion. If you set your sales history to "All" you will see the two sales. Congrats on your first sale, lets hope it's the first of many. Cheers, Alamy' Edited August 11, 2016 by kay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan 12,748 Posted August 11, 2016 It would have been a hard blow to have your first sale refunded, glad to hear that's not the case. On the odd occasion that I make a big sale (very odd actually) I don't relax until I see that the payment has cleared. Refunds don't happen all that often, but it's painful when they do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biel 11 Posted August 11, 2016 felicitats! my first sale some years ago was a pic in the first roll with my new bronica Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted August 13, 2016 Great that my image sold twice but on my sales report it says Total sales $0.00. May be I don't know how to read a sales report. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) I clearly don't know how to read sales reports. Alamy has correctly noted to me that I have made a mistake reading mine, and I apologize for the confusion. I am happy to see that Alamy is attentive to the forum and has straightened this out. I wish, however, I could give an advice about how to read a sales report, it is a little confusing. Going to be away for a number of days so I won't be reading sales reports or this forum, will be unable to reply to comments. Crater Lake there is. Edited August 13, 2016 by AlessandraRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
