[Leica] The Stock Photography Business

[Tina Manley]

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
> >
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