[Leica] The Stock Photography Business

[Gerry Walden]

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
>>> 
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