Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know, and I have spoken to Alamy who come up with all kind of reasons but the reality is they get (according to their web site) 50,000 new images a day. The couldn?t give a sh*t about you and I. Gerry > On 20 Nov 2015, at 16:11, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > True, Gerry, but some of my "third world country" discounts lately have > gone to Germany and Japan - not exactly developing countries!! > > Tina > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> I feel your suffering Tina because my latest sale was $6, of which I got >> $3. The thing I find very annoying is that I have a feeling that prices >> are >> also depressed because the buyer argues that prices in their country are >> low because they have a very depressed economy (e.g. a ?third world? >> country) when in fact they are printing for a major ?first world? country. >> >> Gerry >> >>> On 20 Nov 2015, at 15:49, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >>> >>> Back when I started my own stock licensing company in 1980, the lowest >>> price I would consider for stock usage of any kind was $250. Textbook >>> companies often paid over $1000 for a cover photo for one year's lease. >>> Then they would renew it every year they want to use the photo. >>> >>> Times have changed. Alamy (one of the several agencies I now lease >>> through) just licensed a photo of childbirth, model-released, for the >>> following usage: >>> >>> Country: Lithuania >>> Usage: Editorial >>> Media: Editorial website >>> Industry sector: Media, design & publishing >>> Image Size: Any size >>> Start: 01 October 2015 >>> End: 01 October 2020 >>> Online usage only. Bulk discount >>> >>> Their price for 5 years' license was $5.37. My cut is $1.61. Guess I >> can >>> retire anytime now!!! >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> http:// >>> < >> http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=e55ed5cc-536c-427f-fa1b-e3e28436155b >>> >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > <http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=35502556-4f2d-44f6-93ec-354b95511290> > www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information