[Leica] The Stock Photography Business

[Tina Manley]

Amen!

Tina

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
wrote:

> 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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