Just got a heap of Novel Use sales - each going for 49c of which I get 24c (because, apparently, Alamy can't work out what half of 49c is).

If I knew this was for a school project I wouldn't mind but the lack of details is worrying.

When they launched this, there was talk of $10 sales, that seems to have gone out of the window. What next, 25c sales?

I was less than pleased to see this as well. Initially I saw I lot of the $5 and $1 variety and then 89cents and now 49cents. I will be opting out now.

Same here!  Even SS and FT subscriptions pay more per sale!

i tried to opt out, but it doesn't appear you can do that anymore. do you need to notify alamy's admin instead?

thanks, hope someone will remind us then. 

They should just tell us what the novel use is.  I was opted out but opted in, just to see if I can get some.  I am sure they don't give away full size images for that price, it's probably thumbnail size or with lots of restrictions but it would be better if they just told us.

I used to get excited to see 1-2 sales a month at Alamy.  Now it sucks, at 0.24 net!!!

I am not crazy about .25 subs either, but the sites that give them (including even TS) allow you to leave whenever you want.  It's very unethical for Alamy to keep us locked in to virtually giving away our images. 

People are still reporting files in TS when they opted out months ago (or not showing when they opted in).
That doesn't for a minute excuse Alamy, especially when they repeatedly knock the micros.

I am doing reasonably well at Alamy.

I don't get penny sales because I have opted out of the Novel Use after a few months. If you agree to the Novel Use, you have to live with the results.

Well, that's true, except that Alamy marketed it as being in no way like microstock. I can't remember if Alamy itself was talking about $10 as the sort of expected price or if that came from somewhere else. Whichever was the case, the programme was sold on the understanding that commissions would not be down at microstock levels and now those are below Thinkstock's and the unit sale price for customers is probably below that charged by ANY significant micro.

They are also in breach of their own terms, which were that the commission rate would be 50% and they have chosen to cut it to about 48%. Whether that could be used as technical grounds for demanding to be let out of the Novel Use arrangement, I'm not sure.

Well guys!  we opted-in, now we have to live with it. Its a giant laugh but frankly the way Micro is going, I rather have thousands of 0.49c,  then a smack in the bollucks.

cheers everyone.

Aaaah, no-one on the Alamy forum is claiming thousands of 49cs, you must be one of the "luckier" ones.
It is very concerning, however, that people who have opted out are seeing these sales, reported here and on their forum.

Quote from: ShadySue on August 22, 2010, 05:47

Quote from: lagereek on August 22, 2010, 04:58

Well guys!  we opted-in, now we have to live with it. Its a giant laugh but frankly the way Micro is going, I rather have thousands of 0.49c,  then a smack in the bollucks.

cheers everyone.

Aaaah, no-one on the Alamy forum is claiming thousands of 49cs, you must be one of the "luckier" ones.
It is very concerning, however, that people who have opted out are seeing these sales, reported here and on their forum.

Hi Sue!

nope!  not thousands,  just a figure of speech as in I would rather have that, then nothing at all. get it?

Ive really no sentiments for some of the old-style Alamy shooters,  they been knocking the Micro for years, telling everybody what fools and idiots we are selling for a few bucks and when this NU started they were extremly sarcastic, etc,  well they were the first ones to join into the NU, now when the going gets tough,  same crowd is the first one to scream.
This is inside Alamy you understand.

I do understand, and have been finding the irony very amusing vis-a-vis the micro-macro debate as you say, except where people have opted-out.

Exactly! At least, Alamy gives you the option to opt out.

But in some cases, haven't respected that option having been taken

Oh, I see. I must have opted out in Aprill.