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So, I just checked my Alamy stats... first image sold (yay!) at $120 (2xyay!)

Only the sale was refunded... at $152. So now my Alamy account is minus $32.

Suddenly iStock and Fotolia don’t seem that bad.

I have just sent an email to Alamy support, but I am wondering if anyone else has had this kind of "earnings" from Alamy?

Surely! Hopefully!
Please post back when they get back to you.

YIKES!

Just can't wait to see what happened.

I did have a sale refunded and then the person bought the same image at a different lower price. Hoping the sale just hasn't cleared yet. Otherwise, you are setting a record for negative commissions.

Alamy is a quirky site but like others have said they make it right in the end.  Sales are spotty at best but I make $2500 to $3000 a year there, so that in and of itself makes it worth uploading there.  They are not totally like Fotolia or Istock but they have cut commissions in the past.  It's now 60% for contributor instead of 65%.  I can envision another cut coming down the pipeline soon.  The commission cut was because "we are expanding operations in the U.S." but they can spin it anyway they want.  However, 60% of $300 is better than 60% of $3 in my book.