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 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