will perrett Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Alamy has just sold an image of mine for $3.41. I was under the impression, according to the rubric by individual images, that the cheapest selling price - for personal use and presentation/newsletters - is £9.99, some six times more than Alamy appear to have charged a buyer for my image (note the selling price was in dollars!). Can anyone explain this apparent anomaly, or justify such a meagre sum. I know every little helps, but this is getting close to insulting! Will Perrett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrsis Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 It can go lower than that. A recent PU sale here for $2.68 (even though we are opted out of PU) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Sales to some countries are almost always crap. As for the PU sale, it may have sold before you opted out. Just not reported until recently. Also, some customers get volume bulk discounts. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrsis Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 17 minutes ago, Jill Morgan said: As for the PU sale, it may have sold before you opted out. Just not reported until recently. Jill No, Alamy have said our image was included by mistake! They generously waived their 50%commission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I just got 52 pence after distribution, for an image on an Estonian Website. Looking forward to April to opt out of that, to go with already opting out of PU and the Newspaper Scheme Posted by Rob Cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 4 hours ago, will perrett said: Alamy has just sold an image of mine for $3.41. I was under the impression, according to the rubric by individual images, that the cheapest selling price - for personal use and presentation/newsletters - is £9.99, some six times more than Alamy appear to have charged a buyer for my image (note the selling price was in dollars!). Can anyone explain this apparent anomaly, or justify such a meagre sum. I know every little helps, but this is getting close to insulting! Will Perrett Ridiculous,! Just had my lowest ever, mine was Serbia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Oh sh!t! wrong place . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I had a $3.41 distributor sale yesterday to the Czech Republic. I get 77p!!! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Elias Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 My largest single sales from a well known micro, compared to my biggest sale from alamy on that month. From the micro agency I'm excluding all other hundreds of smaller sales, even if many of those smaller sales are still higher than the rest I get from alamy. August: Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 35.17$ / 19.05$ / 18.95$ / 17.66$ / 14.27$ Alamy highest sale (net): 19.14$ September: Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 91.86$ / 66.85$ / 31.21$ / 29.85$ Alamy highest sale (net): 15.02$ October: Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 94.67$ / 22.67$ / 18.06$ / 16.14$ Alamy highest sale (net): 11.87$ November (so far): Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 81.17$ / 56.31$ / 14.82$ Alamy highest sale (net): 11.33$ I don't have a clue about what alamy sales team is doing, but when a micro agency is able to license images for those prices and alamy only sells them for a fraction, something very wrong is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 25 minutes ago, Stokie said: I had a $3.41 distributor sale yesterday to the Czech Republic. I get 77p!!! John. So did I - Hungary- and I will be at this rate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gennadii Rybalov Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 20 minutes ago, Jose Elias said: My largest single sales from a well known micro, compared to my biggest sale from alamy on that month. From the micro agency I'm excluding all other hundreds of smaller sales, even if many of those smaller sales are still higher than the rest I get from alamy. August: Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 35.17$ / 19.05$ / 18.95$ / 17.66$ / 14.27$ Alamy highest sale (net): 19.14$ September: Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 91.86$ / 66.85$ / 31.21$ / 29.85$ Alamy highest sale (net): 15.02$ October: Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 94.67$ / 22.67$ / 18.06$ / 16.14$ Alamy highest sale (net): 11.87$ November (so far): Known Micro agency (highest net sales): 81.17$ / 56.31$ / 14.82$ Alamy highest sale (net): 11.33$ I don't have a clue about what alamy sales team is doing, but when a micro agency is able to license images for those prices and alamy only sells them for a fraction, something very wrong is happening. Let me ask about what micro is the comparison is ?? What agency are you talking about ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 5 hours ago, will perrett said: Alamy has just sold an image of mine for $3.41. I was under the impression, according to the rubric by individual images, that the cheapest selling price - for personal use and presentation/newsletters - is £9.99, some six times more than Alamy appear to have charged a buyer for my image (note the selling price was in dollars!). Can anyone explain this apparent anomaly, or justify such a meagre sum. I know every little helps, but this is getting close to insulting! Will Perrett 2 minutes ago, ReeRay said: So did I - Hungary- and I will be at this rate ! That's weird maybe it was an East European special offer, my Serbian one was the same price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gennadii Rybalov Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, LawrensonPhoto said: Has to be SS I doubt if I met such figures there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi everyone This thread is now locked as the Alamy forum is not the place to discuss competitor pricing (please read our guidelines). We also think the discussion is painting the wrong picture as our average licence price is £50. Images sold through distribution make up 15% of our sales, which make it worth while as an additional revenue for most photographers. Thanks Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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