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I just received a request to sell a web license.  This is new to me and I don't know what it implies.  I'll look at Dreamstime online help, but in the meantime does anyone want to offer advice or tips?

[update] I can't find anything on DT regarding what I'd be paid for a W-EL.  There's a single paragraph in terms & conditions stating that it allows a buyer to resell 10,000 online copies.

Can't make any sense out of this so  I'm inclined to just say 'no'.

"Web Usage (W-EL):
 Electronic Items for Resale: this license includes the right to use the photos for webtemplates that are sold to more customers, screensavers, e-cards, powerpoint presentations or as wallpapers on cell phones. Maximum number of electronical items is 10,000 copies (applies as a total of each type of usage). If this amount is exceeded you need to acquire this license once again. The new license will provide you with the standard amount of copies.
 This is an additional license to the rights included within the regular Royalty-Free license. Note that the other restrictions still apply."

So it's a license to resell the image 'electronically' 10,000 times.  I emailed back and asked about the little detail of the commission.   If it's just another RF sale, and they're going to offer me 35 cents for 10,000 uses, well no thanks.  Hope they at least reply.

According to http://www.dreamstime.com/sellimages page, you should see a max of $15-$31 depending on the level of the image if you are non exclusive.  By my calcs, you could get as little as $10 if they buy a 200 credit pack and your image is Level 0...  Minus any withholding tax, if that applies.

That's the page I couldn't find.  Thanks.

It's level 3 so apparently - unless there's other fine print somewhere - I'd get $25.   I might go for it.

It's always "funny money" with these guys.  It's never as simple as - this is what we'll sell it for, and this is what you'll get.   They've created their own currency - "credits" - with no fixed exchange rate.

I wonder if they'll even answer my straighforward question: "what would I receive for this sale"?  Only a clueless newbie would ask something so dumb.  :-)   


 

I'm confused too. It's not an exclusive license and you're not selling the rights.  It's just a license to resell the image electronically for web site use.  At least that's how I understand it.  I sure could be wrong.  It's not a real important image to me, so I decided to just go ahead, click the W-EL box for that image and see what I get. 

When I submitted my images I didn't check the W-EL option because I didn't understand it.  I expected that as I learned more about microstock I'd revisit these sorts of decisions.   

I actually received 16.88.   Who knows how that number was arrived at....