[Leica] The Stock Photography Business

[Gerry Walden]

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
> 
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